The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-08-16

: race OF riot and luxury, despite the
9 warnings of prophecy, until she fell
Q and prophecy realized the fulfllmen
9 of its predictions 'sThy mobiles shall
: dwell in the dust, thy people is scat
8 tered upon the mountains and NJ
; man gathereth Them" And has NJ
| prophet of Tarshish been commits
stoned to arise and cry against tn,
city of our building, "Yet forty days
and Ninevah shall be overthrow.
Heed the prophetic warning, today,
my countrymen, as it comes, "swell-
ing with the echoes of the last
and blending in woeful unison, with
the sound Of the whip and a sound
of rafting wheels, and Of the pranc>
| ing horses and mounting horsemen."
Heed it, for it peals in thunder tones
your doom aud your destiny, unless
Error is banished the throne and
Truth, Virtue and Intelligence as
sumo the sceptre of Empire. Cast
lots to-day and throw into the sea,
the Jonah, that has provoked the
vengeance and the storm. Tack
ship and make back to your origin
al mornings, before she is driven
upon the rocks by the tempest and
the gale.
How then, says the voice Of pa
triotic desire, shall we escape the
threatening danger, the impending
Storm Educate your people. |
speak not now Of education in the
general acceptation of the term, for
this is an age of classical refinement
and scientific attainments. Knowl-
edge is on the wing and "of making
many books there isno end" Learn
ing, rising above the horizon, cul-
inmates in the heavens, morning
star, casting its radiance over the
hopes and destiny of man and adum-
brating the dawn, which will break
in millenial splendor upon the intel
LICENCES of earth Conquering in
its march, the attestation of its tri-
umphs is signalized in the perfection
Of every science and the adornment
Of every art. Phrenology has been
so perfected, that its developments
prove, that beasts can reason, be-
cause "the OK knoweth his owner,
and the ass his masters crib. y
Mesmerism has been mastered, and
avarice now sleeps at the sight of
silver, while irreverence slumbers
under the very droppings of the
sanctuary. Lights and shadows are
so regulated and controlled, that
Photography can miniature your fea-
lures, though ''your eyes are as the
fishpools in Heshbon and your nose
as the tower of Lebanon, that look
eth toward Damascus" Typology
has attained such proficiency, that
Autographed greenbacks are danger
Gus tenders and promises to pay
miserable evidences of legislative
fulfllment. Psychology has attain
ed such heights of perfection, that
gifted mediums, revealing the secrets
of the world unknown, assure you
with some show Of certainty, in dis
closing your history, past, present
and future, that your mother was in
all probability woman, and that
the certainty of your death will de-
pend much upon the length of your
life. Astronomy has been so tamil
iarized and utilized, that its stars
now shine resplendent in the Zodiac
of second class drama or dazzle in
the eoronet that encircles the brow
of "the girl of the period" Mathe
mates is yet taught as the science of
quantities, when if the satisfaction
from your stores, becomes addition
to mine, giving me all for the quo
tient and you none for the remain
der, the sum is right for it proves
according to the usages of trade
Mechanics are taught in practical
lessons, for young mans arm IS
simply cog-wheel that turns the
whole delicate machinery Of the
dance. The mechanism of celestial
plants has been solved and subordi-
mated to the demands of fashionable
folly, for a modern belle, arrayed in
the requirements of "the styles" APP
pears through the telescope of a
searcher after truth, to have en-
c;rcled herself with the rings of
Saturn and enlarged her dimensions
with the satellites of Jupiter. Nat
ural Philosophy has simplified her
lessons, for the sympathetic leaning
of lovers, one to the other, is proper
" attributed to the irresistible laws
of attraction and gravitation. In
fine, such has been the progress OF
Science, so great its victories, that
the music of its triumph, is heard in
every beeze, its glory mirrored IN
every ocean billow, its greatness
shadowed upon twinkling star and
burning sun. Ispeak not now Of an
education that looks alone to mental
development. l want an education
practical in its results, complete in
! its benefits, universal in its blessings.
To develOpe in my state all her ele-
ments of power and independence |
would school her people, in every
branch of knowledge, that human
mind can conceive or human wants
demand.
Educate them in the arts and the
u.;O..oos. ndncate them for the force