Year: 1859




are the instruments themselves rather,) to th
Infinite delight Of those who are higher in tn,
scale Of intellectual existence, as "distanc,
lends enchantment to the view" 10 this, aa any
thing else. As all know that the farther yot
get from music the better it sounds, especially
il it is dscordant, therefore harp away fellow
citizens. But the fourth line Of my text says
that "all partial evil is universal good" these
little evils create distinction in society, and
therefore break the monotony that would 9th.
erwise exist II all men were equally smart, by
debasing the one who does crime, and at the
same time improving the eloquence of the law.
yer who pleads his case, and gives credit to iu-
rors who get to exercise their righteous iudg-
ment and mercy in their most noble decisions
and therefore results in universal good. Now
l come to the last line of my text which says
that zone truth is clear, whatever is, lie right
which has always been hard to reconcile in the
blind ages passed, but l suppose il vas left to
me to explain, who will make it appear as clear
as mud that il is one Of the greatest facts thai
ever was penned, and only to be unraveled and
explained In the nineteenth century.


In the first place. we will suppose that every
one Of the human family would rather be his or
herself, as the case may be, provided they had
riches and health, as everybody loves most
their own identity. And secondly. everything
seems TO be the result Of acciden. considered in
one way-as every effort is the result of former
cause--and some of those bowling fanatics and
blind philosophers, when they are expatiating
SO largely on the wrongs Of the past, should
stop and think moment, for how do they know
but that their very existence is the result of q
bull-beat or dog.fght, or some other trivial
circumstance; and this can be easily explained
on the following plan; We all know that
formerly such exhibitions, though seemingly
vulgar and immoral to u.s. were carried on in
Europe where men women and collected to
witness, where no doubt was the cause of many
marriages that whould not have occurred other.
wise and some of these were the ancestors of
the present people, and sometimes the fate Of
empires may hang on the mere act of man
laying half hour late in ed. As the whole
course Of my life was changed by the simple
act Of walking up stairs, in strange place
where / was introduced 10 man who empoy-
ed me to go into business forhim as a salesman.
went and failed in business, but happened to
be inthe neiRhborhood of an excellent school
whersthere presides an excellent teacher, he made
everything appear simple to me; study was no
longer labor. | afterward taught and inspired
many youth with the love of learning, and
who knows but there may be a Napoleon or a
Cesser amongst them who will overturn ems
pires and who knows but that, il keep on at
such sweeping rate for few more years, that
will not be a second James Buchanan, or
Emperor of the French


Suppose for instance that Christopher Colum-
bus had died when he was a boy, America
would not have been discovered perhaps for ages
aiterward, then George Washington never would
have been born; so we can only make a proper
use Of the present, and thereby shape the future,
but as far as we are concerned, whatever is and
has been is right SO you will see that every
action you perform in life will have an influence
through all time. And if Napoleon Bonapart
had been killed in his boyhood, it would have
affected the world quite differently, as no doubt
but at least two millions of people filed a
will say that all things are controlled by Di
vine providence, if SO. the truth Of the text
remains the same, and we have no more right to
complain than we had before Arnold's plot
was discovered by three men who were engage
ed in the unlawful act of playing cards. don't
know whether providence has anything to do
with card playing or not, but am sure that
had not these three men been playing on that
occasion, the result would have been quite diff
ferent with America. Therefore will say in
conclusion, to one and all, il you would rather
be what you are than not have been at all, you
should thank fortune and be satisfied.