The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-08-16
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your spindles and your looms, on
their way to the sea. Educate them
in Mining and Mineralogy and your
noblemountains, hoary monuments of
your neglect and your folly, viii un-
lock their spacious vaults and reveal
: to your astonished visions, treasures,
rich as Afric's "golden sands 'plente-
Gus as the wants Of craving avarice.
Educare them in the Mechanical art,
and the genius of Watts and of Full
: ton rekindled in the neglected minds
of your children Of toll, will enliven
with their discoveries your multi
piled furnaces and FORCES. Educate
them in Science, and your own New
tons aud Keplers will explore for you
those distant worlds, in far off space,
as they revolve their mountains and
hills, their oceans and rivers, their
material universe aud intelligent in
habitants around that great central
creation, that stands motionless and
still in the great plan of the universe
gazing enraptured upon the grand
mechanism Of the skies, radiant with
the wisdom and glory of a God Ed
ucate them in religion, and the tenn
piles of earth viii glow with the light
Of the millenial morn and the happy
worshippers mingling their united
voices, in heavenly harmony, will
| fill their affairs and courts with their
songs Of triumph,
Joy, Joy forever, our task is done,
The gates arepassed and Heaven is Won
A people thus educated will be an ia
dustrious people and industry is the
parent of morality and steady habits;
they will be prosperous people, and
prosperity brings contentment, and
contentment virtue: they will be a
happy people, and happiness insures
obedience, promotes the moral facul-
ties, fortifies yirtuous instincts, emo
bles society, strengthens government
They will be an independent people
relying upon their own energies,
their own industries, their own brains
Egypt will be abandoned and Canaan
occupied. Upon this rock, Georgians,
build your churches and invite the
nations of the earth to worship
around its affairs. Let the glad songs
awakened by the success of your eff
forts here to-day, be heard through
out the length and breath of your
land and commonwealth, that from
the charred ruins of your old insti-
tuition, Phoenix has arisen, and up
on the red hills of old Cobb, an in
stitution has been founded for the
education of the neglected industries
of your State, broad as their de-
mands, comprehensive as their ne
cessities Amid the prayers of its
projectors we lay the corner stone
while the old cadets survivors of those
who illustrated Georgia in the ''pi-
ping time of peace and the seyerer
duties of the battle field, have jour
neyed to the Mecca of their love to
join in the ceremonies of the eelebra-
ton and the triumphs OF the hour
What hallowed associations, does the
occasion awaken Jonathan is slain,
but David survives and amid the ex-
ultation of victory pours forth his la
mentation over the noble dead. Your
comrades are gone and stricken mem
ory, with burdened heart, hangs
her tunelesS harp upon the willows
by the stream of life and in their
shade seats herself down, to weep
herself away over the heroes slain.
From their humble grave comes the
earnest appeal to-day, Georg'@ns
discharge yOa duty.
The dead speak to the living.
Listening to the summons, let patri,
otism rekindlc the firm resolution,
that we will be true to ourselves, and
THAT all the ends we aimst at shall BE-,
Oar Country's, cur God'ssud Truth's.'
Our enemies have wrecked our for
tunes, sacked our cities, burned our
temples; but thank God, though Pa
troclus is slain, Achilles returns to the
field and naughty Troy trembles to
her fall. Georgians, feebly have |
enumerated some of your duties and
your necessities. Your destiny is in
your own keeping. IfyOu are mac
tive and cowardly, it will be one OF
disaster; if aggressive and daring,
one of brilliant victory deserve sue
cess, and it will crown your efforts.
The walls OF opposition will crumble
before you Syria will be yours;
Antioch viii yield to your advanc-
ing host Odessa will open her long
closed gates at your coming, and
despite of the Turk and the Ottoman,
you will waive your banners upon
the walls of the sacred city and sing
again your temple songs in reclaim.
ed Jerusalem.
''Nice weather for corn" said a
minister up the valley to one of his