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WILLIAM BREWSTER, I. EDITORS,
SAM. G. WHITTAKER,
RECEIPTS & EXPENDITURES
OF THE COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON,
PROM THE EIGHTH D4l - OF JANUA.
RY 1856, TO TAE TENTII DAY OF
JANUARY 1857, includlig both doffs.
RECEIPTS
Amount in Treasury at list Settlement $474 86
1851 Chrles Green, West, $7 00
1853 Robert Pelern, Dublin, 200
do. William Smith, Union, 99 45
1854 William Couch, Barree, 153 62
do. John import, Franklin. 30 00
do. Joseph Douglass, Walker, 75 00
do. W. Hutchison, Warriorm'k, 9 47
1855 John Smith, Barren, 510 OG
do. Christian Miller, Brady, 347 92
do. Jolla Bowman, Cass, 199 22
do. Win. Cunningham, Clay, 312 25
do. David Esnier, Cromwell, 310 65
do. Wm. Appleby, Dithlia. 292 01
do . Alex. Ewing, Franklin, 718 92
do. And. Decker, Henderson, 53 19
do. J. M. Simpson Huntingdon 366 44
do. John Beaver, Hopewell, 2:55 00
do. Thos. Osborn, Jackson, 646 50
do. Alm,. Lenberg, Morris, 654 22
do. Ahm. Grubb, Penn, 126 28
do. Peter Piper, Porter, 722 11
410. John McKinstrey, Shirley, 559 09
do. Rene& Stevens Springfield 194 84
do. Samuel Parsons, Tell, 256 32
do. Bonj F. Baker, Toil, 378 20
-do. Wilharti Chilcute, Union, 37 85
do. John Thompson; Walker, 601 00
do. Wet. Wray, Warrriorm'k,6l4 71
do. Mordecai Henry, West, 1320 15 9788 44
1856 Joseph Pot - rest, liarrce. 300 00
do. George RopertvliratlY, 508 23
do. Samuel Pheasant, Cass,, 325 00
tlo. David Heck, Clay, 200 00
•do. Fred: Harman, Cromwell, 221 12
do. Jacob Hunt, Dublin, 250 00
Sain't Wigton, Franklin, 669 00
-do. W. V. Miller, Henderson, 418 12
do. W. Rothrock, Huntingdon, 754 21
do. Jacob Summers, Hopewell 570 48
do. Solomon Hamer, Jackson. 141 00
•do. Benj. F. Wallace, Morris, 466 00
•do. George Garner, Penn, 616 00
do. John N. Swolme, Porter, 536 24
do. Joseph Miller, Shirley, 547 00
do. Benj. Long, Shirleysinirg, 106 95 •
do. Jacob Moller, Springfield, 113 80
do. Satn'l Haekedorn, Tell, 200 00 -
do. And. Dnnlnp, Tod, 360 00
du. David Pheasant, Union, 225 00
do. Jos. Isenberg, Walker, 347 00
do. H. Grazier, IVarrio•mark, 815 00
do. Wm. Moore, West, 710 65
do. Niel,. Corbin, Cassvillc, 86 73 5493 53
.Am't ut County tax on unseated lands,
419 59
do. 11:11.1 do. do. 208 57
do. Ruud du, du. 203 70
'Redemption money ou un. lands, 160 5.1032 44
Floes, Jury lees, Sx., collected by
_Sletl
Greenland, 564 43
Fines collected by Justice Snare 26 34 590 77
Of Samuel Wigton, to pay off the Bond
tbr Poor Horse 750 00
Sniper Blitz, fur use of C. H o u s e, 3 00
/Balance due County Treasurer, 1274 7,8
*23,427 62
EXPENTI:LTURES
tt'ny Gen. Proey., Shell:, and witness. fees
.on criminal Prosecutions, $303 00
Constables for making returns, miner
:fining Spring Elections, &c.,
Grand and Traverse Jurors, Court Cri
er, &c.,
.Fudges, Inspectors and Clerks of Elec
tions,
Assessors' Orders,
'inquisitions on dead bodies, •
Road and Bridge Views, 417 00
tlauniges, Jos. Forrest, 100 00
Isaac Peightal, 40 00 557 00
Bridge Orders
Geo . rgc Couch for bridge at Nell's Mill
749 49
Cunningham and Harrison, for
bridge across Stone Creek, 875 00
D. Blair, for bridge at Illair's
Mill. 560 00
'John Gagbagan, toe repairing
bridge l,oluw Alexandria, 560 60
Comp Letup, fur securing Min
tier of bridge at llulitingdon,
carried away by storm, and de
livering it at Huntingdon, 150 00 5601 09
Con 1111 issiumos
Thomas Hamer, • , 206 00
Benjainin 16. Poll, 131 131
Jacob Baker, 162 50
Hence L. McCarthy, 18 00
Auditors for 1855, 46 00
Clerk to Com's. in full fol 1955, 75 00
" for 1356, 325 00
John Reed Esq., Att'ny to Com
in full for 1855,
Do, on account for 1856,
luta:rest on County Bonds
Willie's 13. Leas,. 247 50
William Orhisun, Esq., 180 00
William P. Orbimn, Esq., 60 00
George C. Bucher, 60 00
Jahn R. Gosnell, 165 72
Thomas Fisher, 114 00
A. B. Crewel, 15 50
J. S. Stewart, Esq., 7 50 850 22
County bonds paid as follows:
William B. Leas, 2560 00
James G. Doyle, 532 00 3002 00
Treasurer of State Lunatic Asylum,
David Brotherline, 217 60
John Madden, 135 12 352 81
Fur Coal, Wood, Light, &c., fur Colfrt
Jost. and Jail,
Fisher S McMuririe merchandise for
Court Douse and Jall, 33 02
Sundry individuals for repair to same, 03 46
Medical attendance. prisoners in jail, 50 or,
Levi Murrels attending sick injail, 5 00
Samuel Africa, burying Mrs. Harker, 4 00
M. F. Campbell, Esq., for Protv's (hos,
stationary for court and blank book,
for Proty's office,
Astiessment.books and Duplicates for
Comm's Office, and blank books for
Register's Office, &c.,
Joshua Greenland, Sheriff, for sammo
nagjurors,conveying convicts to Pe
netentiary, hoarding prisoners, &c.,
for the years 1855 and 1856, 954 03
Graffiti, Miller, Sheriff, on account for
same,
10 00
20 U 0 993 50
For County Printing,
William Lewis, for 1856, 96 50
John A. Nash, 129 75
Wu'. Brewster, for '55 and '56, 205 95 432 20
Postage, William Lewis, 30 76
Wild Cat and Fox Scalps, premiums of
1856,
School tax on unseated lands, paid in
1856, 254 26
Road tax, on same, 159 76
Redemption Money, on same, 160 52 574 54
Refunding orders to sundry persons, 122 80
Insurance op bridge at Iluntingdou, 7 80
Scrubbing and cleanhg Court House,
and Prosy, 25 00
Washing for prisoners in jail, 25 00 50 00
Directors of the Poor, for the year 1856. 5593 38
Treasurer's commission on $45414 58, 681 22
la testimony of the correctness of the above
we hereunto subscribe our names and affix the
ace] of said county, this lOth day of January, A.
D. 1857.
BEND. K. NEFF,
JACOB BAKER,
H. L. MCCARTHY,
Attest
H. W. M' nun, Clerk. Commissioners.
We the undersigned auditors of Huntingdon
County, Penn'a, elected and sworn according
to law, report that we coat, didaudit, settle and
adjust according to law, the account of A. D.
Crewit, liisq„ Treasurer of said county, and the
orders of the Commissioners, and the receipts
for the same, for and during the past year, and
find a balance due the said Treasurer by the
County, of twelve hundred and seventy-four
dollars and fifty-eight cents.
Given under our hinds at the Commissioners'
office in the borough of Huntingdon, the 10th
day of January, 1857.
PERRY MOORE,
WM. MOORE, Auditors.
JAMES CREE,
Feb. 4. 1857
Receipts and :Expenditures
OF TII I:
HUNTINGDON lOUNTY POOR HOUSE,
From January 2, 1850, until January 0, 1857.
RECEIPTS
DR.
County Treasury for am't drawn to Dan. 6th
185 d, .
$5593 38
Do. for ain't drawn on orders,Jan. 6,
1857, 1880 95
To Jas. Murphy, former Steward, sun-
dry items detailed in his account,
" W. Glasgow, present steward, cash
received for tines,
" W. Glasgow, cash received from J.
Lott, on eoc't R. McCormick, 13 77
"W. Glasgow, Levi Evan's Due Bill, 12 39
EXPENDITURES
Cl , .
By sundry expenses on farm and for farming via:
By Geo. I'. Wakefield, for cloverseed and locust
,
posta, 37 50
.1. L. Junkin, for harness and
repairing, 20 00
" U. Brewster, ton of plaster, 7 12}
" Israel Grafts I plow, &c., 14 75
" J. G. Lightner, for corn, oats
and bran, 32 24
" D. 'Whittaker. 1 yoke'oxen, 90 00
" Thos. MeGarvev, wheat and
rye for seed, 11 50
' bleNite, rye and corn for.
feed, 14 00
" David Douglass, 1 stock hog, 3 15
" Sundry persons blacksmithing 49 30}
P. Myers, blacksinithing debt
of 1855, • 19 95
"Jos. Murphy steward, sundries
detailed in his account, • 380 74 880 26
EXPENDED POll PROVISIONS:
By T. H. Orbison, fur 1217 lbs Pork at
7c., debt of 1855, 85 19
" Jno. Jacobs, beef, mutton &c.,
debt of 1855, 49 30
‘. Wm. MeNite, 153} bus. wheat
125 c. 191 46
" Some, Mil. due, lotion. 1836 3 50
.l i ..i„e,,, , *, , gi t r i li t i c ir;tittl „. 22 50
throughsumnier, 66 60}
" J. Jacobs ' meat thro' summer 31 50
" .1. Creswell & Co., bacon, &e. 10 58
" Sundry persons 4685 lbs. bf. 233 80
" do. 3771 " pk. 246 06
" 1). Umbenhour, bill of moot,
boll anee,
3 86
. . .
381 92
2468 37
1305 34
906 25
62 69
J. MurPhy, steward, sundries
detailed in his account, 59 59 1004 031
Sundry persons for Merehandise :
By Jas. G. Lightner, fur merchandise,
per bills, in pact debt of '35 205 41
John Bare, for same. 150 94
" Doyle, Foust & Co., Same, 109 62
" Wm. B, Leos, " 99 43
" Salmi° 1-Mattern, " 44 161
" & W. Saxton, " 15 81
" Samuel L. Glasgow, " 19 34
Join Long & Co., " 30 88
" John W. Smith, " 34 10
" Wu]. A. Fraker, " 10 01
" John 11. Lightner, " degs 11 291
" JoSb. Greenland Esq. " 38 04
" David Etnier, " 16 00
butt, Wigton & Co., " bal. 6 23
" T. E. Orbison, " " 39 28
" J. Murphy steward, sun. an
derailed in his account, • 22 94 847 49
Expenses,* Out b9O, Paupers :
By sun. persons lisr med. & attendance
on 0. U. P. 224 581
"
to. for 11 coflins,,tta„ for 0. p. 53 60
" do. for relief and support lar.
e, it. p. about 56 eases, 999 691
" Jas. Murphy, stew., sundry ex
penses, fur do., per his aixh,•209291 1487 171
&morals to end from the House :
By S. S. Smith; Huntingdon, delivering
paupers, of sundry times, 27 47
.• J. Grafting. Petersburg, do. 18 35
" A. Isenberg, Morris, 2 pan., '3 12
"J. H. Stoneroad, Bh. i " 8 17
" David Hindi, I " 7 97
" David Shoup, Tod, 1 " 6 10
"M. Householder Alex. 1 " 5 77
"A. Isenberg, Morris, 1 ." 517
"Sundry persons, 9 " • 38 75
" .I's. P. fur official fees, orders
of removal, 12 261
" Jas. Murphy, stew., for sundry
charges detailed in his acc't., 109 921 253 06
Slate Lunatic elsghan at Harrisburg :
By J. Murphy, steward, cash paid fur '
keeping 4 subjects, as per ace's. ren.,
Incidental and Miscellaneous Expenses :
By sun. per.. cash pd., debt '59, 103 55
“ Mrs. S. Burka, cash pd. sun. 249 124
" Sundry persons, printing, 54 75
" M, S. Harrison, tin-ware, 24 08
" Jona. Davis, stocking yarn, 18 92
"D. Blair, Esq., fess in procur
ing land warrants, 20 00
" Sundry persons, shoomaking,4l :09
" Peter Myers, tailoring,7 49
"D, Berptresser, leater, 38 041
" W. A. Hudson, Ins, fees, 19 50
" Jos. Kong, coopering, 10 37
Eph. Doyle, ballance on net.
of making coffins, &c., 5 20
" H. Brewster, stove rent, &e. 3 46
" Mar. Mosey, kitchen labor,
bal. on account, 33 22
" Send. persons, repairing, Bge. 6 53
" J. Murphy, stew., sundries as
detailed in his account, 597 804 123313
SALARIES:
By Dr. J. G. Lightner, for salary, as
At. Physician, debt of 1855, 52 50
" J. P. Murphy, 1 year's salary
as clerk, debt of 1355, 40 00
" D. Blair, Esq., 1 year's sala
ry as Counsel, debt :4'55, 20 00
" Same fur 1856. 20 00
" Dr. W. 0. Baldwin, 9 mos. as
attending physician, 1856, ISO 00
" AL J. Mclienuon, 3 mo. do. 50 00
" J. Murphy, 1 year, as steward
1856, 400 09
H. Brewster, de. clerk, 50 00
" Samuel Slattern, services, as
Director, up to Oct. 7, 1856, 106 80
" J. A. Shade, do. to Jan. 6'57 68 00
1.. Green, do. to Jan. '57 59 60
" J. Gibbony, do. to,'Jan. 6'57 38 40 1095 30
• "J. Murphy, ballance due him
at last settlement, 433 02
173 19
173 17
63 27
50 00
370 74
$23427 62
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1857.
.` Wm. Glaegow, baUance of his
account to square, 182 53 565 55
1857.. January 6, To Win. Glasgow, Stew
ard, for bal. of acc't as per contra, $132 63
NATIONAL ADDRESS,
Deli wred by Rev. A. R. Still, in the Baptist
Church, Huntingdon, on the Evening
of the 24th ultimo.
TEXT :—"Righteotianees exatteth a nation : but
limn is a reproach to any people."—Pro. 14. 34.
The name of Washington is enshrined
in the heart of every true American.—
We look upon him as first in war and
first in peace ; as standing in the very
front rank of the truly great and good.—
His name and glory shall nourish the love
of liberty as long as the name of the Un
ion brightens the pages of the worlds his
tory, and shall remain untarnished while
the Stars and Strips float in the genial
breezes of Liberty. In him and men of
kindred spirit we have the language of the
inspired penman verified; that "right
eousness exalteth a nation." For our na
tion has been exalted by it. It has been
exalted from a few feeble and oppressed
colonies, until it now towers far above all
other nations in intelligence, enterprise and
cheistian integrity. Mark !he does not
speak of a righteous nation, nor of nation
al righteousness, but utters the great truth
that a nation is exalted by righteousness.
Were it possible at this period of the world's
history to take some lofty stand point and
view the elements that have combined in
exalting the various nations, it would be
seen that righteousness has always exalted
while the want of it has brought nations
to ruin. When were the Jewish, Grecian,
and Roman nations most exalted? Was it
not when the principles of righteousness
exerted the most power ? What proved
their ruin? Go read their history and you
will find it engraves in indelible characters,
sin and unrighteousness.
The Statesman and Philanthropist look
back to the old world, and view the ele.
ments at work, which, in process of time,
were to establish a glorious Republic on
the American Oontinent ; and from thence
throw back its genial influence to break the
bands of Despotism, and drive back the
pestilential clouds of superstition and er
ror, until the spotless flag of "Soul Liber
ty" shall float over the nations of Europe,
Asia and Africa, as our own happy Union.
They watch the principles of righteous
ness kindling the spirit of Liberty amidst
unrighteous oppression, until they behold
, eehh, hand !env° Vindrod brun t^
brave the roiling billows of the mighty d eep
that they might unfurl the banners of lib
erty on the shores of America. Great in
deed were the privations and suflerines
which they endured. Yet animated by
the noble spirit 'Give me liberty or give
.me death,' they surmounted every difil
' culty and planted the seed from which the
glorious tree of Liberty has grown. As
time rolled on, new elements were borne
across the briny deep, to mingle with the
elements already at work amid the forests
of the new world. Thus lay the guidance
of an overruling Providence the principles
of righteousness continued to operate until
Roger Williams was raised up to establish
“Soul Liberty," in the colony of Rhode
Island: Thus for the first time in the his
tory of the world, was established “civil"
and "soul liberty." This became "the
• Star in the East," to attract the attention
of "the wise men," who were raised up
by Gcd to break the yoke of foreign op
pression' and establish an asylum for the
oppressed of all nations. It was not un
certain chance or blind fate that placed
Washington, who was governed by the
principles of righteousness, at the head of
the American forces, and the nation, in its
plastic condition. For in him were cen
tred the principles of true individual and
national greatness, Other men, such as
Alexander, Boneparte or Cromwell, posses
sed a part of these principles. but in Wqah
ington alone were they comnined ; and in
him they were combined in their true pro
portion. He was not only greatas a Gen
eral, a Statesman and a Philanthropist, but
also as a Christian.
291 51
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A nation may be great in numbers, as
the Chinese, great in power, as the Rus
sians, and yet lack the principles of true
National Greatness. While righteousnesi
is the strict fulfillment of the law, it em
braces the three great principles of Libel..
ty, Intelligence and Moral Integrityor obe
dience. These principles combined in nn
individual exalt him in the glory of the
Redeemer and the eyes of the world.—
There are none but admire these thiggs in
others, no matter how they may disregard
or neglect them in themselves. Thectme
is true of nations. A nation is exalted in
, the estimation of other nations, by its spi
rit of Liberty, its Intelligence and Moral
Integrity, and in proportion as these are
wanting will it be debased. Hence these
three great principles demand the special
attention of all. In cherishingand guard
ing them we shall be exalted, and in their
neglect sooner or later decay Therefore,
Ist, We must cherish and guard the
principle of Liberty, us the apple of the
eye. Liberty is dear, to the American's
heart ; for, he lies been permitted to taste
of its delicious fruits. It is the birthright
of every individual, of every nation and
clime. It belongs equally to ull classes and
conditions, except when forfeited by crime.
For "God hath made of one blood all na
tions of men for to dwell on the face of the
earth." They all breathe the seine air,
are fed by the acme beneficent hand of Pro
vidence, and are amenable to the same
laws of justice. Slavery, 'tyranny and op
pression of every form and grade, have
thetr origin in the depraved heart of man.
which "is deceitful above all things and
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I I LIBERTY AND UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE. "
desperately wicked;" while liberty has its .
source in the nobler principles of
which bear the impress of the Divine.
America is justly the boasted !!Land of
Liberty;" for here it is enjoyed more fully
and universally than in any other nation
within the circuit of the Sun. Other lands
may boast of their Philauthropy--Eng.;
land may glory in having freed her black
subjects from abject slavery; yet she binds
the heavy chains of oppression on the great
mass of her subjects, both black and white.
We, more truly, in permitting all except
about three millions, to enjoy the clear sun• ;
shine of freedom. Freedom, equal rights
and privileges, are enjoyed by all alike,
from Maine to Oregon, but not from the . ;
Ohio to the Mexican Gulf, Slavery, altho'
cherished and guarded by an ever covet
ous eye, in our Union, finds no place in
the better feelings of man's nature, in the
moral law, cqr in the economy of Grace.—
The great law of nations, the principle of ;
humanity, "All things whatsoever ye'wo'd
thatsinen should du to you, do ye even so
to them," and "love thy neighbor as thy-
self," lay the axe at the root of slavery,
and establish universal liberty. Some in
deed
notwithstanding this great fundamen
tal principle of liberty and equal rights to '
all, as set forth in God's eternal truth, wo'd
try to srnction slavery from the Bible.—
True it was permitted under certain forms
and restrictions, in the Jewish nation, ns '
other things were permitted. because of the
hardness of their hearts ; but it has no
where in the Bible received God's appro
bation.
The whole spirit of the Gospel is i
to secure and establish universal liberty.—
Neither is the Old Testament destitute of ;
the same spirit, for they must of necessity
be in harmony. If Moses, directed as lie
was by God, should now enter the Halls
of Congress, and speak to the nation as he
did to the Jews, he would bo bravoed as
traitor to the Union, and perhaps in the
absence of better argument to confute him,
feel the force of Gulta Percha Logic.—
Hear him : "Thou shalt not. deliver unto
his master the servant, which is escaped ,
from his master unto thee : he shrill dwell
with thee, even among you, in that place
which he shall choose, in one of thy gates.
where it liketh him best, thou shalt not op
press him." This does not harmonize ve
ry well with our Fugitive Slave Law, and
shows the opinion of God in regard to it,
no matter what the opinion of our states- I
men may be. It shows that it is a wrong
and disgrace to the nation. Or, if Isaiah
were now to speak by the inspiration of God
in our nation, as he did amen the Jews,
tho cry of Fanaticism and Disujon would
portion of the American Press. He speaks I
boldly and by the authority of God. Hear
him : "Cry aloud. spare not, lift up thy ,
voice like a trumpet, and show my people
their transgression. Is nut this the peo
ple I have chosen ! to loole the bands of
wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to
let the oppressed go free,und that ye brake
every yoke." This is the clear declara
tion of God himself with regard to oppres
sion and slavery, and needs no comment,
It was the will of God that the Jews sho'd
free every slave and establish universal li
berty among them; and we are not left in
darkness as regards the consequence of
their disobedience. Hear Jeremiah, as he
tells us in words fresh from the lips of Je
hovah himself : "Therefore thus saith the
Lord, ye have not 'hearkened unto ine, in
' proclaiming liberty every one to his broth
er, and every man to his neighbor; behold
I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord
to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the
famine ; and I will make you to be remov
ed into all the kingdoms of the earth."—
This 'solemn declaration has been literally
fulfilled in the Jewish nation. We have a
, solemn warning to .let the oppressed go
free;" and free oto glorious Republic from
, the blighting curse of Slavery There is
a fearful conflict going on in our country.
The fires of Liberty and the poison of Op
pression have been brought together; or in
other words; the principles of righteous.
ness and unrighteousness have been bro't
is conflict with each other. On one hand
the principles of Liberty are strengthening
by their own happy influence, while on I
the other, the principles of oppression have
been strengthening by their demoralizing
effects. The slave-holder necessarily im
bibes the spirit to rule and tyranize over
others. Thus the slave power while small
its comparison with the free, has been
lengthening its cords and strengthenig its
stakes for the pest twenty or thirty years,
until the North are made to feel that they
must e.ther maintain their rights or see the
glory of the Union buried beneath the dark
pall of slavery. These principles are so
at war with each other that they cannot,
long exist in a nation together. Slavery
must either be Ibolished or restricted in
the United States, or the Union will be de
stroyed. I repeat it—We must abolish
Slavery or see the Union crumble. The
heavy rumblings and quaking around, give
I solemn warning that the volcanic fires of
liberty are burning briskly in the heart of
the nation, and that the superincutnbent
mountain of oppression must be removed,
or there will be a fearful eruption, which
shall spread desolation on every hand, and
bury all in ruins. We trust however, that
the true principles of liberty are taking a
deeper hold on the hearts of the people,
not only at the North, but all through the
South. Many of us I trust shall live to
see the Jubilee of America, when the glo
rious eagle of liberty shall soar aloft with
out a stain of the blood of oppression.
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The second element of true national
greatness is intelligence. This is insepa
rably connected wi i th liberty and equal
rights. As liberty is an essential element
or righteousness, so is intelligence ; and
as liberty must be cherished in giving true
greatness to a nation, so must general cd
47 0lintal.
ucation. Hence the importance of promo
ting general education, that the masses
may become intelligent, and fitted to fill
their respective places in the world.—
While education gives dignity to man, it
also makes him respect the opinions and
rights of others. He learns that the mind
imperfectly developed as it is. cannot ful
ly understand any subject, in all its rela- ,
tione and bearings, and therefore, tho' he
'
may differ from others, yet will he show a
respect for their opinions, and will nut be
offended when they advocate them—which
is the natural right of every individual.—
The very fact that man is responsible for
his opinion, gives him full right to advo
cate
and defend it. The very fact that
God has kiven man a mind susceptible of
being educated to an indefinite extent, is
evidence that he designed man to be edu•
cated. And while God has given man
laws to obey, and these laws can be snore
fully understood when the powers of the
mind are developed, so the importance of 1
a general education is manifest in exalting
a nation. For it not only fits man to obey
the laws, but to understand their nature,
and distriminate between right and wrong
enacttnehiii. It enables him to form such
as UPC calculated to promote the interest of
all. We as members of the greatest Con
federacy on earth, have reason to be proud
of our free schools. wherein ell classes are
equal sharers in a blessing,—which is not
enjoyed by the masses in tiny other nation.
It is a fact worthy of notice, that liberty
and general education go hand in hand ;
so that where there is the greatest spirit of
liberty, there also the masses of the peo. '
ple are the best educated; and the reverse
is also true. An educated people could
never be enslaved ; they would perish be
fore surrendering their rights. fleece the '
philosophy of slave-holders in enacting
laws to prevent their slaves from being ed
ucated. Hence slavery is destructive of
general education. Free Schools cannot
exist in Slave States, and the consequence
is, that the poor whites as well as the in
jured blacks are deprived of the advanta
ges of education, while the wealthy, who ,
live in luxury, on the sweat of unrequited
toil, employ their own teacher.. This is
the reason why a few slave-holders exer.
vise an uncontrolled power in the South.
And in a measure explains their great in
fluence in the nation. Education is pow
d; and the South thoroughly educate the
few at the expense of the masses. The
same is true of all despotic governments.
Moreover, the eduoating of a few, at the
1 expense of the masses, throws the whole
1 power into their hands, and thus weakens
1 Thus we are taught two important facts—
that while the masses are liberally educa
ted it not only adds true greatness to the
nation, but is its security. Thus every
friend of education is a true friend to his
kindred and country. By the eduoation
of the poor and placing them on an equal.
ity with the rich, see are confering on them
a favor which is not to be found oy any
other means. The system of general edu
cation originated where the principles of
Liberty were first established, and they
move hand in hand, and arc destined so to
do until we shall have -'a new thing un
der the sun"—an educated nation. As the
masses become more t' °roughly educated,
the spirit of universal liberty becomes more
deeply established in their hearts. And it
is impossible to establish any but a Dens•
, ocratic Republican government, where the
I masses are educated. The rich man who
1 pays his tens and hundreds of dollars for
the education of his poor neighbor's chil
-1 dren, is doing a good work for his coun
t try, and leaving a legacy which will be a
1 perpetual blessing to the community. He
is bringing out and developing talent which
otherAtise would have remained buried,
',Lod consecrating it to the good of humani-
Iy and the nation. He is breaking the iron
fetters of caste, which throws the power
into the hands of a few, to the injury of
the masses. General education opens
1 healthy channels for the stagnant wealth of
' the rich, and creates an influence which
elevates man and gives true dignity and
greatness to the nation, in promoting the
principles of liberty and destroying the
1 power of slavery But we pass on to no
-1 tice the most important principle of na
tional greatness, and which, in fact, is the
foundation of the other two.
The third principle of national greatness
is Moral Integrity. While liberty and in
telligence are essential principles of nation
al greatness, yet they cannot make a na
tion truly great, unless allied with this
third principle. They, in themselves, nei
ther make a man better or worse; they on
ly develope whatever is in him, whether
it be good or bad. Moral integrity is the
great fundamental principle, which must
give direction to the others in exalting a na
tion. It is the sun, whose geniel influence
must nurture them, or they will prod uce
mass of corruption under the controling
influence of a depraved nature.
It is two•fold in its relation. First, as
it relates to man with his fellowman. Sec
ond, as it relates to man with his Maker.
A man may possess it measured by his fel
low, and be destitute of it measured by
his God, Ile may be a moral and honest
citizen, and yet be an enemy to Christ and
Christianity. He may, in a sense, be an
instrument in exulting a nation, while sur
rounded
by those, who, by precept and ex-'
ample, enforce his obligation to God.—
While moral integrity in relation to man,
is noble and praiseworthy, yet it is the mo
ral integrity which relates to God, which
gives strength and vitality to the rest. The
Bible is the source of true national great
ness. Without its influence no nation can
become truly great. It is the only source
of true moral integrity., Were
. ito light
and influence removed from us, the foun
tains wliich are now sending forth their
pestilential influence, would flow without
restraint, until the nation would sink into
ruin, as utter as ancient Sodom. {While
we glory in our liberty, let us remember
that we owe it to the Open Bible. It was
the Bible that kindled the spirit of liberty
amid the oppression of the Old World, and
led the Pilgrim Fathers to seek a home in
the New, where they might worship God
according tothe dictates of their own con-
science. It is the Bible that is the guar
dian angel of the Republic; and yet, sad
to relate, many of our rulers despise it and
mock at its teachings. Whatever of true
greatness belongs to our nation, has its or
igin in the influence of an open Bible. It
raised a Luther, a Melancthon, a Calvin,
and a 11 ickliff out of the stream of Papal
corruption. It was the open Bible that
exalted England while Rome has sunk into
ruin for the want of it. It is the Bible that
hen exalted us above all other nations while
Mexico is left in degradation. We must
keep the Bible open, not only in the pul
pit, from which its hallowed influence is
poured upon the hearts of millions, Sabbath
after Sabbath, from year to year, from gen
eration to generation,
but in the family cir
cle, in the public schools, that youth may
be brought under its sanctifying truth, be
fore ruined by the corrupting and debasing
influences of the world. The question
may arise, whence so much degradation
and misery to paralize the energies of the
nation, and retard it in its great and glori
ous career of illuminating the world with
the glorious influence which it has receiv
ed from the open Bible? And the answer
comes buck that it arises from those hearts
and homes where the radiant influence of
the Bible is never felt, except by some scat
tered rays, which keep back the dire pall
of woe which is brooding over them. We
ore so accustomed to the Heavenly influ
ence of the Bible, that we become insensi
ble to its benign effects in elevating the
nation, until we carefully scrutenize not
only the moral condition of our own coun
try, but of the world, and then we are
made to feel what even atheists and inh.
dels must feel, that where the influence
of the Bible is shed with the least obstruc
tion or interruption, there the principle of
moral integrity in the best developed, and
the social condition of the people the most
elevated. Does the pingue.spot of Slavery
cancer-like gnaw at the vitslity of the na
tion, it is in opposition to the humanizing
influence of the Bible.
Do the cries of wretchedness and woe mine the glorious Temple of Liberty.
from the bleeding hearts of down trodden I And while every ono must be convinced
and oppressed humanity rend the serenity of the fact that the true principles of nation
of natura it is because the wicked heart of ; al greatness are Liberty, Intelligence and
scure the glorious light Of heaven's golden tdey hark ii paretti'perratiri - hr heisting.
ramp, that he may live in the luxury dun and developing these principles. As it cc
united and involuntary toil. Is the frame gards the principles of liberty and general
tVork of our mighty Republic made to education, I trust there is a perfect harm,
quake, as if the volcanic fires were about to ny among us. We all love Liberty. We
rend is in pieces? it is because the steam of love it as our birthright and the birthright
Liberty, generated by this fire of Divine of the nation. We love it as a mark of
truth, is confined by the valve of oppres- I God's goodness to us. We love it as her,
skin. Are the eyes pained, and the hurts ven's legacy to America, in establishing
of virtuous humanity made to bleed, in our Union as an Asylum fOr the oppressed
view of the'evil that stalks abroad at noon- iof all nations. We all love general educe :
....
day, and nestles in the haunts of infamy at
niOr.? it is because the god of this world
has, through human agency, so shielded
the human heart from the purifying influ
ence of God's truth, that man is left to
sink beneath the angry waves upon the
dismal sea of carnal security. Is the un
obstructed influence of the sun necessary
to make the pure breezes of heaven play
around the earth, and to bear away its mi
asmatic vapors to be neutralized in the
great chemical labratory of nature? so also
the unobstructed influence of the Bible is
necessary to cause the holy spirit to oper
ate upon the heart, and destroy its corrup
tion by bringing it in contact with the
blood of Christ. Would man exclude the
Bible from tho public schools, it is that the
eagle's wings may be clipped, sod the hy
dra-headed monster of Despotism may feast
on its carcass. Would you be made fully
sensible of the power of the open Bible, in
promoting Liberty, general education, and
inoral integrity? you must unroll the pano
rama of the world's history until those na
tions come in view where the Bible is clo
sed to the masses; and then those nations
where it has never penetrated. Contrast
thuae countries with our own, and view the
great difference. This difference is main.
13 to be attributed to the open Bible. It
has made our pious mothers, devoted fa
thers, and God-fearing ministers. Do we
feel the injurious effects of dishonesty and
crime in our midst and nation? a is all for
the want of nu ral integrity. Who are they
that fill our jails and penitentiaries, that
throng our courts of justice, that feed our
lawyers, and that top the purse of Uncle
Sam I It is not those whose lives are
governed by the influence of an open Bi
ble, and whose hearts are controlled by
moral integrity? No, but the very oppo
,l site. Who are they that exert a peaceful,
elevating influence in every community ?
Are they those who have thrown off the
.restraining influence of the Bible, and laun
ched forth on the stream of dissipation ?
No. They are those who have opened
their hearts to the influence of the Bible
and thereby have had tLe principle of mo
ral integrity established in them. Are we
shocked at the rapid spread of Intemper
ance and the legion of evils that grow out
of it? Whence does it emanate ? Can a
fountain so poisonous, and causing so much
misery and wretchedness in its course,
emanate from the Bible / Who open these
fountains ? Is it the pious mother whose
prayers and tears are offered to God night
and morning that her dear children may
he kept front evil? Is it the devoted fa
ther, who Ineathes the spirit of the Lord's
prayer, at a throne of grace ? Is it the
minister of the gospel, wha unveils the
mirror of - Ciod's!ttruth, and causes it to re
flect its celestial light upon the benighted
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soul ? Is it the man who is so controlled
by moral integrity, as to shun the very ap
pearance of evil ? No. for these have been
led to Jesus by the Bible, and learned of
him. We look at the evils which are de
grading individuals around us and through
out the nation, and with them the nation
itself. But these all have their source in
a lack of moral integrity, which lack is
caused by a lack of Bible influence. Hence
the importance of guarding the open Bible
must be manifest to all, in securing the
great principle of moral integrity in the
nation. Would we see our nation null rise
higher, and exert a more powerful influ
ence upon other miens for good, its liber
ties must be guarded by moral integrity,
and not destroyed by dissipation and op
pression. The spirit of liberty that burns
so briskly in the hearts of our youth, must
not be suffered to be dissipated in the foun
tains of evil or burst forth into anarchy;
but must be guarded by the benign princi
ple of moral integrity. The developing
mind must not be left to the uncontrolled
power of a depraved heart, but as it is de
veloped it must be brought under the sal
utary influence of the Bible, that the ptin
ciple of moral integrity may be developed
I with their nature, and they be fitted to
give an exalted character to the nation.—
Just in proportion as these great prlnci•
1 pies are blended and perfected in the na
tion, will it become truly great. Hence it
is obvious that those who promote the
blending of these great principles are true
friends to our Heaven-honored Confedera
-1 cy. Moreover it is manifest to every re
fleeting mind, that not only Slavery, which
is poisoning the lifeblood of the Union,
but also Intemperance, which is spreading
corruption and degradation through the
country, is destructive to a Republican
government and true national greatness.
In conclusion, we have a mission to per
form in the nation and world. We are not
placed, as a lone flower amid the trackless
desert to waste its fragrance on the barren
sand. A kind and beneficent Providence
has given us a place and influence in the
.
great;st nation on earth. Not the greatest
in numbers or power, but in the true prin-
ciples of national greatness. And while
we pride ourselves in our notion and liber-
ties, we must not forget that with these
great principles and blessings there is also
a great responsibility. Every individual
is exerting an influence to add strength.
and ,security to our nation, or to under-
'tion. We love it because we see and feel
its blessed effects. We love it for is ele
vating influence and because it fits the
mind to understand the laws of nature and
principles of Revelation. But while we
love and cherish these as great blessings
to us and our children, we must not forget
to guard and direct them by moral integri
ty. The principle of moral integrity must
be planted in infancy, nurtured in youth;
arid perfected in manhood. In doing this
we must keep an open Bible. before the
children, the youth, and the grown; not
only in precept but also in example, that
the depravity of the heart [pay be conquer
ed by the grace of Clod. 'We must keep
an open Bible before them in the family
circle, in the public schools, and in die
daily intercourse of the wend as well as in
the house of God ; "that they see the na
ture of sin, that it is an abomination in the
sight of God; that they are travelling on
to the bar of justice, and must soon give
an account of their stewardship, and re
ceive their just reward." The woes and
miseries of bleeding humanity call upon as
so exert our influence to extirpate the Mum ,
tains of crime and misery which are de
grading and destroying our fellow men.
Intemperance is at war with the principle
of true national greatness, and needs to be
suppresssed. Woula we be true friends
to humanity and our country, we must not
only pray, but act faithfully to have the
dire evil of Intemperance removed Iron our
midst. We must act in the church, in the
community, and at the ballot-box consis
tent with the great principles of Righteous
ness. Look at the inhuman and unrigh
teous system of Slavery. Mark the horrid
train of evils which grow out of it. See it
turn the master into an inhuman monster,
to offer $5O fir the capture of his slave and.
$lOO to any one who will murder him;
while the laws of the Slave States pro.
nounce such a murderer innocent. The
nobler feelings of humanity revolt at the
idea of amalgamation. But who is the
friend of amalgamation ? Is it the aboli
tionist ? Go to the South and view the .
image of the master in the yellow-faced
slave, and the answer is manifest. But ,
why hold up to view a system so perni,
mous, soi inhuman, so demoralizing, so sin
' ful, and so cbstructive to the principles of
I national greatness, and especially to a Re.
publicists Government, when it is manifest
to every discerning mind. And what heart
that has not lost all the nobler impulses of
humanity, can view the evils of Slavery
in our country and not be constrained to lift
the earnest prayer to God to deliver our-
I nation from this direful curse. There can,
be so neutral position iu regard to Slavery
is our country. We must be. its friends
,or enemies. We must either uphold ii,Cr
give our influence against it. Bence the