Crawfordsville Record, Volume 4, Number 29, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 12 December 1835 — Page 2

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A D URESS, i vulscd the governments of the earth, science has sped Dihi'ii cd before ih'- Western Liu nu-y society of Wabash j hor way. 'ofoTj'fc 'henry S. lani:, esq., Scpicttihtr '2Hh , I ; ) The institution to which you arc attached, has not m.irluiie-J. yet formed its character, and upon your good conduct '.Mirny clouds of fearful import and portentous us-1 depends much of its future usefulness; it has already 'pect, threaten the peace and security of our govern-! met with opposition, although in its infancy; but I ment. What man shall this important crisis speak j trust in God it may be, like the infant Hercules, able into being, clothed with the eloquence of an angel's j to slay every envenomed serpent which may environ tongue, to portray the scenes of suffering and distress its cradle. There is, among some, a prejudice against which await the southern portion of our republic, if colleges, on the ground that they are nurseries of aristhe fanatics of the north do not cease their ill timed tocracy, and that they are intended for the rich alone, efforts to effect the immediate abolition of slavery- (This objection cannot with propriety be applied to wesThis is a subject of importance to you, young gentle- j tern institutions of learning, for most of the students men, friends as you doubtless arc to the cause of sci-jin them are poor, and indeed many of them pay for ence; for, the effect of agitating the slave question I their tuition in manual labor. Does this look like arisseriously at this time, or of disturbing in the slightest J tocracy ? I think not. The rich man could send his degree the relation of master and servant, must endan- son to the Atlantic states, or to Europe, to finish his ger the union of the states, and consequently the liber- j education; so that to him it is a matter of small conlies of the people; and if by any possibility we should j cern, whether we have colleges at home or not. But become slaves, you may bid farewell to all hopes of j how, I ask, is the poor man to educate his children,

tween Mexico and Texas. We have seen accounts of volun

teers, from divers places in the United States, inarching to aid the Texians: Ed. Record.

luerary eminence or intellectual greatness. l am aware that the most thrilling strains of eloquence, and the loftiest notes of poetry, have occasionally been heard in monarchies; but their literature is not stamped with that native independence and joyous freedom

which characterize the literary productions ot re pub

unless we have institutions of learning at home? The inevitable result will be, a great portion of our citizens will remain in ignorance; that the rich only will be well educated, and consequently they will take the lead in the affairs of state: we shall then have an aris

tocracy, not of birth, but what is yet more damning in

lies, but is rather an effort to garland the chains of jits consequences, an aristocracy of fortune. What

their slavery with the flowers of rhetoric and poetry

The time will only permit me briefly to warn you of the danger resulting to us from party spirit, as it now exists in the country; that spirit of intolerance which pervades every portion of our common country, from Maine to Florida; which invades the sacred sanctuary of the social hearth, arming the son against the

fatuer, and the lather against the son; that spirit which

poor man is willing to tolerate for a moment a state of

things like this? Knowledge is, and always will be, power, in this as well as all other governments; and if we do not educate our own young men, young men of education will emigrate to this state from other parts of the union, and in a short time they will fill all the important offices, to the exclusion of our own citizens;

and in a few years we and our children will be gov-

sacrifices, on the unhallowed altar of its worse thanierned bv strangers

heathen idolatry, the purest patriots and loftiest states-j Some men tell us, that learning is dangerous to our men of the land, merely for a difference in name. If! liberties. When was it heard before, that intelligence we do not speedily correct this great and growing j was dangerous to the liberties of the people? I had evil, we may yet retain the form of a republic, but in ; supposed that the knowledge of the people was daneffect we shall have a e-notism. Do you ask for j gerous to tyrants only. They tell us also, that colproof, look to the history of the hundred republics ; leges endanger our religion. The refutation of this which have preceded ours', whose splendid and magni- charge, is written in characters of light, on the history ticent ruins lie scattered along the pathway of human ; oi" Protestant Europe and America. Look to England, history, revealing to us their former grandeur and : and to Franc?- Germany, Holland, and North America, glory, and their present ruin and desolation. ' and then to Spain, Italy, and Portugal, and see if ignoMuch danger is also to be feared from the rapid i ranee is favorable to liberty or religion. Arguments spread of infidelity in the land: beware of its syren like these arc not suited to this age, nor to the country voice, promising all and accomplishing nothing; it j in which we live : if we could bring back the midnight deprives us of all hone worthy of an immortal mind, j of moral darkness which covered the world during the

and snatches the last plank from shipwrecked human- j middle ages; if we could revive the days of papal su-

.nd what does it cue us instead ot our hiirh i prcmacy, and renew all the horrors ot the inquisition;

enkindle anew the flame of persecution, and wake the shriek of christian martyrdom, which has died Catho

licism red with the avenging wrath of heaven; if we

struck out from the mind of that debauchee, Thomas i could revive the catholic doctrine, that ignorance is Paine, and his worthy associates, for the sun-like j the mother of devotion; then arguments like these beams of God's inspiration. Where are the proud would be o gain appropriate. The state of morals and

monuments which infidelity has erected, to perpetuate' religion, in protestant countries, since the reformation,

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hopes and lofty aspirations? It substitutes the dim light of human intellect, for the full blaze of heaven's divinity; it cives us the feeble emanations of Urdu.

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The following will show something of the state of affairs be-1 have something lO do in reducing T , - J'1 VT I ! I - ,-.

san Antonio. The lorces oi the

enemy and that of the volunteers are about equal in number. Gen. Aus

tin despatched a communication to general De Cos, by a Mexican, statingthat he was supporting the principles of the constitution of 1824,. and inquiring how our flag would " be received. His reply was, "disband your forces, return home peaceably, and then, perhaps, I will

listen to your petitions; at present,

I can only regard you as rebels and traitors." We will teach him that we have rights independent of a dietator or military power, that his haughty reply cannot influence Americans to compromise their rights. Yours, &c. JOSEPH BRYAN.

its benevolence or virtue? Where arc the almshouses

and hospitals, which it has reared, to relieve the wants of the poor and the needy? The only monuments which it has reared for the stupid admiration of its votaries, have been reared on the ruins of happiness and virtue. This truth cannot be too deeply impressed on your minds, that no good government can Ion"stand without the aid of religious sentiment. I have endeavored to show some of the benefits, resulting to the state, from a general education; I shall now, for a few moments, attempt to show some of the gains to individuals from a good education, and some of the motives w hich should influence them to strive to improve their minds. The desire of earthly fame and distinction, is common to all mankind; and it was well remarked, by a distinguished sage of antiquity, that contempt of fame is contempt of virtue: then if you wish to 1x3 distinguished among men, if you wish to steep your name in immortality, mental cultivation is the best means to effect your object. Literary fame,

although it may not dazzle with the same momentary j You are the hope of your country, its defence in war, brilliancy as military renown, v et it is purer in its i its ornament in peace; you will soon be called to quit

nature, and moro imperishable in its character. A the pleasing retirement of academic life, and to enter

Bacon, a Locke, a Newton, and a Milton, will be grate- j on the busy scenes of strife and turmoil, which beset

fully remembered bv posterity, when the most splendid I human existence; you are now the artificers ot your

shows the influence of learning on the cause of religion; for be it remembered that the reformation was at once the light of Christianity, the torch of science, and the beacon blaze of liberty, to a benighted world. As guardians, as parents, as christians, patriots, and philanthropists, I appeal to you, this evening, to make an effort, in behalf of education, suited to the importance of the subject, and corresponding with the vast improvements which are every where making to ad

vance the physical, moral and intellectual condition of

man: it you, as christians, ever wish to see the time when Christianity shall become universal, when every kindred, nation, tongue, and people, shall bow to our

God, I call on you to lend a helping hand in this great

work; it you wish to see the time when tyranny throughout the whole earth shall be overthrown, when human rights shall be every where understood, and liberty enjoyed in every land, you cannot be indifferent to the great cause.

One word to you, young gentlemen, and I have done.

victory achieved bv British valor shall have been for

gotten. England derives a more imperishable glory from the works of her Campbell, her Byron, her Montgomery, and other bright stars, who shine in the firmament of her national literature, than from all the blood stained laurels which spring from the naval victories of her Nelsons, or the victorious campaigns of her Wellingtons. France will remember her Descar-

own fortunes; your present course of conduct will decide whether vou arc to be useful to yourselves or

1 r your country; you should remember that you are soon to fill the place now occupied by your fathers; that perhaps you may soon be called to administer this government ; that on you will rest the responsibility of upholding this last citadel of freedom, this last refuge of oppressed humanity. The recollections of the past,

tes, Laplace, and De Stael, when oblivion shall have; ' the interests of the present, and the hopes of the fu

ingulphed the renown of her victorious marshals. Old tare, warn you of the importance of your trust; and if

Egypt will be known as the mother of the arts and

sciences, when the wealth and splendor of Memphis, Thebes, and Alexandria, shall have passed away, or become the idle tradition of other times, and when the crumbling ruins of her lofty pyramids shall have teen scattered to the four winds of Heaven. Athens will be remembered as the home of orators, statesmen and poets, when the last stone of her thousand temples shall have mouldered into dust. The generals, poets,

and oratoi-s, of antiquity, owe the immortality of their fame to letters, which embalmed their deeds, and transmitted their productions to postcritj. Where lives proud Troy, with all her grandeur and magnificence, and the long list of heroes who battled before her walls for ten years, save in the thrilling and lofty strains of Homer. As a branch of education, I would earnestly recommend to your attention, the study of elocution. Eloquence has ever exercised a powerful influence on the character and destiny of nations: see its effect in the almost unlimited sway which Demosthenes held over the fickle .populace of Athens; witness it in the history of Gicero, who we are told governed all hearts in Rome; hear it in the terrible eloquence of Mirabeau, which hushed -the voice of accusation, and convinced those who came to condemn. Eloquence is ever the first born of freedom; it seems to flourish best in republics. Our own country is rich in the finest materials for eloquence, and no where has its power been more plainly exemplified than in the United States:

three fourths of the distinguished men in this country, I

have risen by the power of elocution ; see its triumphs, written in the history of a Hancock, a Henry, a Pinckney, a Clay, and a Webster. You, young gentlemen, have much to encourage you to persevere, in the glorious pursuit in which you are -engaged. The progression of science is written, in ocean, earth, and sky; and it is no longer a matter of mere speculation, but it is now successfully applied to all the practical purposes of life: if we dive into the .-earth, to find its treasures or disclose its secrets, science is our necessary attendant; nor can we traverse the ocean, to enrich ourselves with the fruits of commerce, without its aid; if we soar into the limitless fields of ether, tj number the bright stars which twinkle in the coronet of night, science is our guide; and Although her course has occasionally been impeded, yet in the midst of all the revolutions which have con-

you arc faithful, to yourselves, your country, and your God, the angel commissioned by the Lord to seal the

book of time, will find us a free, intelligent, and christian, community.

Note. I am indebted for many facts in this address, 1

to the excellent speech of John C ioung, of Kentucky, before the education convention of that state, in September, 1834.

Crairfordsvillc, October 1st, 1S35. Henry S. Lane, esq. Esteemed sir: The Western Literary society, through us, acknowledge their obligations to you, for your eloquent address, on their behalf, and request a copy for publication. Be assured sir, that this request is not made merely from a desire to keep pace with the formalities of the age, but with a firm conviction that the effort was one of uncommon merit, and well calculated to promote the cause of popular education in the west. Yours, with the utmost respect, THO'S J. NEWBERRY, S. S. THOMSON, R. JONES, Committee of publication.

From the New York Commercial. MEXICO. The packet ship Montezuma, captain Davis, arrived yesterday from Vera Cruz, (sailed on the Cth instant) brings advices from that port to the 5th, and from Mexico to the 1st, inclusive. The tidings of the recent movements in Texas had reached the capitol, and as to be expected, had nroduced a ereat excitement. The most en-

- - i' a emetic measures were resorted to without a mo

mcnt's delay, and there is every appearance mat wc shall soon hear of serious doings in die revolted proyince. A strong feeling ot ill-will and suspicion, against the Americans resident in Mexico, was aroused, and apprehensions were entertain

ed of injury to their persons and property. A

large number ot commissions tor privateers the accounts say five hundred had been received at Vera Cruz, to he given out as occasion might re

quire. The archbishop of Mexico, and the bishop ot Puebla, had undertaken to furnish the government with a million of dollars to carry on the

war This is the most important movement of

the whole, for the government is notoriously af

flicted with extreme poverty. A division of two thousand infantry had been ordered to assemble at Metamoras, and 300 cavalry under general Montezuma had begun their march to Monlerry in Texas. It was said that general Santa Anna himself would proceed thither to take the chief command. The new constitution had been adopted by congress and proclaimed. Some opposition was made, but without effect. From the New Orleans Bulletin, of November 10. We are indebted to a friend, arrived last evening lrom Nacogdoches, for the latest information from Texas. He informs us that gen. Houston left San Felippe about the 22d ult. with a

considerable reinforcement of troops, to join the

commander-in-chief, Austin, near San Antonio.

Our informant also states that he met a company

of eighty men from the neighborhood of Nacog

doches; another of 33, and another ot 2i, from

the same settlement ; and the company ot about 60 which went from this place, who were to be

joined at Nacogdoches by an additional corps-

all ot whom were in high health and spirits, and

marching on to San Antonio. A fine cavalry

company of 16 men, from the neighborhood o

Natchez, were also met on the way. On the 25th

ult. a letter was received from Labadie, stating

that a lieutenant had captured a Mexican from

whom he learned that there was a reinforcemcn

of Mexicans of about 400, coming on to join

gen. Cos, whose army consisted in all of abou 1,700 men. The balance of our information is appended. CIRCULAR TO THE PUBLIC.

We have just received by the hands of Dr.

Hoxev, a letter dated 19ih, from head quarters

stating that a vigorous defence may be expected

from the enemy, an extract of which we send on tor your information. To the council of safety, e.: The army will take up the line of march tomorrow morning, for the Salado, which is five miles ofTBajar there it will take up a secure position, to await further reinforcements. It is now fully ascertained that the citizens are well affected to our cause. Since the taking ofLaBahia, the enemy has been busily engaged in fortifying San Antonio, by barricading ihestreets,and planting cannon on the top of the church, cutting down trees, and in everv way exerting themselves to

make a vigorous defence. The army is in high spirits, and eager to advance; but at ihe same

time not disposed to act precipitately.

S. F. AUSTIN, commander-in-chief. W. D. C. Hall, adj. and inspector gen. The council sends this out for vour informa

tion, hoping you will lose no time in affording to our friends the reinforcement so earnestly solicit

ed, with all possible speed. Dr. Hoxey says gen.

Austin attempted a communication to gen. Cos,

and received for reply that he could only view us

or treat us as rebels.

K. ROYALL, president. JOS. BRYAN, DANIEL PARKER, LORENZO DE ZALAVA. S. Houston, secretary.

CK AWFORDSTILLE:

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1835. Married On the 10th inst., by the rev.

John Miller, Mr. JOHN BRATTON, of

Montgomery county, to Miss PHEBE AL-.

EN, of Parke county. Wanted, immediately, at this office, a boy,

of industrious habits, about fifteen or sixteen

years old, to learn the printing business.

We have, at the time of making up our

paper, no news from the legislatue; the organization, and governor's message, are ex

pected by this day's mail, and shall appear next week .

The honorable Jesse L. Holman, has been

appointed United States' district judge, for

this stUe, in place of judge Parke, deceased ; and Horace Basset, esq., of Dearborn coun

ty, clerk, instead of Henry Hurst, removed. Charles Dewey, esq., is chosen to deliver

an eulogy on the character of ibe late judgQ

Parke.

Barling up the wrong tree. At the Van Buren meeting, recently held in this place, the honorable A. Ketcham was appointed one of the delegates, to attend the Van Buren state convention, at Indianapolis. The judge was formerly a supporter of general Jackson and the party thought him, of course, a follower of Martin; and he was accordingly nominated a delegate, in his absence. Wo understand he not only refuses to act as a delegate, but declares that Van Buren is the last man whom he would support for president. A number of the Jackson men of this county, declare themselves opposed to the little Dutchman, or the on committal, as one of the orators, at the late Van Buren meeting, chose to style him.

CrawJordsviUe, October Is, 1835 Messrs. T. J. Newberry, S. S. Thomson, and R. Jones :

I have just received your flattering note to mo, of

this date, requesting a copy of the address, delivered by me, to the society to which you belong, on the 29th of September, 1835; with your request 1 will comply,

with great pleasure, so soon as my prolessional en

gagements will permit me. Although I can but believe that the opinion you express, as to the merits of the

address, is rather the result ot your kind feelings to

wards mc, than of real merit in the address, yet if you

think its publication will tend in any degree to advance

the cause of education, I feel bound to furnish you a

copy for publication. Accept, tor yourselves and lor the society which you represent, the assurance of my

warmest wishes, for your prosperity and happiness. Yours, with great respect, II. S. LANE

POSTSCRIPT. A letter just received from general Austin, da

ted thc29ih instant, informs us that a division of

tbe army had advanced and taken up a position

at Salado, within five miles of San Antonio, in doing which they had come in contact with the ad

vanced guard of the enemy, who still continued

in sight, on the hill between our troops and San

Antonio; general Austin continues to urge rein-

lorcements to hasten as last as possible. San Felippe De Austin, Oct. 24. Dear sir: Knowing that your paper has a ve

ry extensive circulation in the United States, and liolmvintr flint ..-.onir f r-v.i. 1 r.l i

.,v ..v, . tuuuj vji jum i uuuvjrs ieei a cieeo

mit;it&i in me auairs oi icxas at tins time, I take the liberty of enclosing for your publication, a circular, containing extracts of a letter from gen. Austin, from which you will learn that wc will

The Indiana Palladium, of 2Sth November,

contains the valedictory of Mr. Victor M.

Cole, its editor. It now passes into the hands of colonel Wm. A. Cameron, who will, of course, change the paper from Vanburenism,

is he is a whole hog Harrison man.

George D. Prentice, punster, and editor

of the Louisville Journal, notices a Van Buren meeting, in Indiana, that had to adjourn

without doing any thing, because they had no preamble nor resolutions ready for the oc

casion; and intimates that they should have "the mantle for the boy quite completed," at

least before the birth-day, unless they antici

pate an abortion, in which case preparations

are useless.

A rail road is in contemplation, to connect

the cities of Cincinnati, Chio, and Charleston, South Carolina. This toad completed, and

I J it will be an easy journey, to the sea board and back, in a week. Success to internal

improvement

From the Louisville Journal, We call the attention of the community to the following document, which speaks more eloquently than, any thing we could "indite, the praises of general Harrison. It is a. pream pie and resolution ofthehousc. of representatives and council of the old Indiana Territory, soliciting general Harrison's reappointment as governor. He had already been governor nine years and so wise, prudent, paternal, and beneficent, was his administration, that the people's representatives called for his reappointment by a unanimous vole. Their wishes were gratified : ho was reappointed with the unanimous approbation of the senate of the United States, and by

nis subsequent course,became more endeared than ever to the thousands whose interests were entrusted to his charge. Let his career, as governor of Indiana, be compar-