xt7sxk84nj8k_130 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7sxk84nj8k/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7sxk84nj8k/data/L2021ua019.dao.xml Kentucky University 18.26 Cubic Feet 32 document boxes, 5 flat boxes, 21 bound volumes archival material L2021ua019 English University of Kentucky Property rights reside with Transylvania University.  The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.  For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Transylvania University Library. Record Group 5:  Collection on Kentucky University The Collegian, volume unknown text The Collegian, volume unknown 2024 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7sxk84nj8k/data/L2021ua019/Box_5_26/Folder_4/Multipage5667.pdf 1872 July 1872 1872 July section false xt7sxk84nj8k_130 xt7sxk84nj8k PAGE(S)

MISSING

 

 OF KENTUCK' Y UJVIVERSIT I”.

5

 

 

July, 1872.

are prodigal of their time. Man generally learns
Time’s true value too late in life. Oh!
“Where is that thrift, that avarice of Time,
Blessed avarice, which the thought of death inspires.”
Man’s period of existence, at most, is short. But
when he deducts all that is stolen imperceptibly
away by languor; all that is required for sleep, or
given to the other demands of nature; all that is
torn from him by disease; all that must be appro-
priated to the demands of custom and society, he
will find that part of his existence, indeed short,
which he can call his own, or spend wholly at his
choice. Hence, how raluable is Time!
Nevertheless, a proper economy of Time will
bring its reward. Life’s object will, at least in a
measure, be attained. If this object be, Riches,
our free and productive country will scarcely with—
hold its resources from a man who is frugal of his
time and money. If li‘amc, even she may not re-
fuse to sound her silver trump to his praise, if he
improve every moment of his time. If Knowl-
edge, the hill of learning is sandy, and it is only
after many times falling and rising again; after
long and persevering effort, that we are enabled to
perceive that we have ascended, and stand above
the plain. Hence, only he, who presses into ser-
vice every moment of time, may expect to reach
what men choose to call eminence. If Virtue, this
is the gift of God, and remember that it is only
after a lifetime of vigilance and culture, that He
considers us prepared to enter upon its fruition.
Of Genius, labor is the better part, since, “Labor
omm‘a cincz‘t.” If he be the greatest man who has
performed the greatest number of brilliant actions,
then the lives of great men forcibly verify this
' truth, ‘ETime is valuable.” Astonishing is the
amount of labor performed by some men before
they reach the meridian of life. Byron sank into
the grave at the~early age of thirty—six, crowned
by a halo of glory, which even his dark wickédness
cannot wholly dim. Bonaparte “disposed of courts,

and cr His, and camps, and churches,” not by ex-.

cess of numbers, but by beating his enemies in the
use of Time. In the cabinet, he declared war be—
fore his opponentwas aware that he was offended.
In the field, the opposing general was beaten while
he was forming his army for battle. The capitals
of monarchs were burned before they were pre—
pared for war. Lastly, Daniel, the great Prophet
of the Bible, while bearing upon his shoulders the
one hundred and twenty provinces of the Persian
empire, found time to kneel three times a day at
his open window, with his face towards Jerusalem,
and pray. It is true these men possessed great
powers of mind, but it will not do to attribute all
their success to genius. They show what may be
accomplished by a proper use of Time.
' J. W. H.

WYMZ [S Mal/W

This interesting question is thus systematically answered in
Ilumcm Nature:

In the language of Cosmology, Man is a part of the uni-
verse, subject to the various laws and principles that regulate
its action in its many spheres of phenomenal development.

In the language of Anatomy, Man is an organized structure

j —a magnificent physical temple—a unique Specimen of archi-
tecture, so beautiful in appearance, convenient in arrangement,
and suitable in material, that to fulfill all the purposes of orna-
ment and use, no improvement could be effected in it by the
cunning and experience of the wisest designers.

In the language of Physiology, Man is a bundle of functions;
an instrument of a thousand strir gs adapted to discourse music
of ihe most exquisite harmony, of the widest compass, of the
most celestial altitude, of all keys, expressing in a universal
language the most profound purposes of creative power.

In the language of Chemistry, Man is “of the dust of the
ground”——a shovelful of earth and a pailful of water; a fortu-
itous compound of moldered rocks and condensed rain clouds»—
agglomerated round a mystic magnetic center, subject to that
inevitable flat, the laws of matter.

In the language of Hygiene, Man is a wondrous, vitalic,
vegetative machine, the normal state of which is change,
growth, health; at the same time subject, in whole or in part,
to stagnation, disease, death.

In the language of Phrenology, Man is a rational being, an
individualized entity, distinguished by organic conditions—the
laws of the universe, in a state of self-consciousness and volun-
tary action.

[In the language of Physiognomy, Man may be read by the
various external “features” of his organization. which are the
outward expression of the internal qualities, as may be seen in
the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, cheeks, chin, complexion, and other
“signs of character.”]

In the language of Metaphysics, Man is an accumulation of
hereditary and acquired mental experiences, thought-powers,
and processes—an occult chemistry of mind—products in all de-
grees of union and logical relationship—a great subjective halo
enshrouding the sphere of cerebral function.

In the language of Psychology, Man is a “living soul,” ex-
tending his influence and individuality beyond the confines of
the body, reciprocating the activities of other congenial souls,
and those soul—forces of the universe which are represented in
his being.

In the language of true Spiritualism, Man is an immortal be-
ing tabernacling in the flesh, in the germhood of existence,
preparing for the “higher sphere” and holding intercourse there-
with, developing within his external form a comely and perfect
organism, more intensely a reflex of mental states.

In the language of Theology, Man is the “child of God”—
that eternal an inexhaustible source of the principles of being;
and, as a necrssity, man’s mission is forever, through endless ‘"
grades of existence, to give fuller and truer expression to the
“Deity that rules within him.”

In the language of Education, Man is a germ-seed of very
limited extension, but capable of infinite development in all
directions, in one or all of his powers, and in many degrees of
combination. ~

In the language of History, Man is a series of mental phe—
nomena and social forms, repeating themselves in accordance
with the sublime purposes of creation.

In the language of Individualism, each human being is the
center of the universe, by God made manifest in a special man-
ner, and to aid in realizing that all other things exist.

In the language of Society, Man is a myriad of atoms having

common interests and destiny—each one promoting his end in
the highest degree by promoting the ends of all.

In the language of Ethnology, Philology, etc., Man exhibits
very different characteristics. What a diversity of aspect this
mighty subject presents! The greatest that the mind of the
investigator can apply itself to. In its many ramifications are
embraced all other forms of knowledge and conditions of ex-
istence. Each distinct language in which Man can be read is
the imposing frontage of a stately edifice looking out on a land-
scape of rare and characteristic beauty. The scene is changed,
as if by enchantment, according to the position of the beholder;
and to wander amid these varied glories, and drink in the true
significance, is an occupation, a privilege, worthy of the most
sublime attributes of intelligence. But, alas, many inquirers
know not one-half of the many features of the subject they
presume to discourse upon. Like the unsophisticated children
of isolated tribes, they vainly think that all the wonders of ex-
istence are comprised in the familiar objects that portray their
native spot, and that their limited horizon is the verge of crea-

 

 

  

6 N THE COLLEGMUV’

tion. Hence, the students of Human Nature are, in most cases,
the assiduous nurses of mongrel hobbies, which they pet and
pamper till timely destruction overtakes them. The question
may be asked, Is there a science of Human Nature? or are we
only admonishing ourselves as to the advisability of such a
thing? That there are ample materials for it, none can doubt;
and that they are being brought to light, day by day, is equally
apparent. Our task is to collect these precious gems, and set
them in their natural order.

ZZZ’EZM ZZSflf erg/1.7V? £1? G251 Z] Sflf.

 

Negatively, Liberalism is the diametrical anti-
pode of Legalism, whether in religion, ethics or
politics. Legalism consists in a mere mechanical
submission to law—a submission to form without
due regard to the internal or spiritual significance
of the act performed. Liberalism, of the genuine
type, is a violent reaction from, the ritual and cere-
monial paraphernalia of the I’apacy, and repre-
sents the opposite extreme in doctrine. It mani-
fests a total indifference to rites and ceremonies,
as unnecessary and cumbersome, and only seeks
compliance with what, in its own phraseology, it
chooses to style the spirit, or intent of the law.
Liberalism and Legalism are, therefore, the two
opposing points of an antithesis. They stand
over in bold and palpable antagonism to each
other. Light and darkness, liberty and bondage,
are not more directly antagonistic. By a strange
and anomalous construction, they both concede
the obligations of law; but the one is all spirit and
the other is all letter. One quotes the authority
of philosophy; the other quotes the authority of
law. One dwells in thunder tones upon the state—
ment of Jesus, that mercy is better than sacrifice;
the other, upon the fate of Uzzah and the young
prophet of Judah. One clamors for a monopoly
of mercy and that spontaneous outgush of love,
which, without the intervention of formality, rises
into communion and fellowship with God; the
other is tenacious for the unsparing rigor of law.
One is soul without body; the other is body with-
out soul. But who knows anything about the ex-
istence and phenomena of soul without body, or of
body without soul? These terms are but the legit-
imate representatives of mind and matter, both of
which are essential to a proper conception of man
as he is, and as he fell from the hand of his Cre-
ator. There can be no difference of opinion be—
tween phychology and physiology 011 this point.
Neither can phrenology complain. Though these
respective sciences may contain much that is false,
they also contain much that is true, and it is the
truthful elements of all in unison, that approxi-
mately at least, unfold the true philosophy of man
in all the wonderful ramifications of his nature,
moral, mental and physical. This aptly illustrates
the case in hand. Both the liberal and the legal

plea indisputably contain elements of truth. In—.

deed they contain all the truth, though injuriously
alloyed with much that is false. But here, as in
every similar case, the golden mean lies between
the two extremes. One claims to inculcate a strict
and reverential obedience to rightful authority;
the other, to be replete with a spirit of subordina-
tion and that love that worketh no ill to its neiglr

 

 

July, 1872".

bor; it only questions the propriety of what it
dubs monotonous formalism. One says worship
God in spirit; the other says worship Him in
truth. But why not do both? The same authority
that enjoins the one condition enjoins the other,
and both are plainly declared necessary to accept-
ance into the presence of our exalted King. By the
common consent of critics, to worship the Father

‘ in spirit, is to worship Him with a profound and

earnest enlistment of the understanding and of the
affections; to worship Him in truth, is to worship
Him in the manner prescribed by divine authority
without addition thereto or diminution therefrom.
Now combine the two factors, and we have all that
is essential and fundamental in religion. But
What must be eliminated from the two systems in
order to effect the combination in question? Sim—
ply this: 1. On the one hand a reckless latitudi—
narianism that measurably lays the Bible on the
shelf; exalts the human will to the imperial king—
ship of the church; makes the flimsy conscience
of man the infallible criterion of moral action;
makes everything wrong and everything right,
nothing wrong and nothing right, provided, of
course, somebody is silly enough to believe it.—
And, 2. On the other hand a narrow, dogmatic

attachment to the flummery of ceremonialism.

and mere form, that reduces the Bible to an old
statuary ritual, and takes supreme delight in hurl-
ing bitter denunciations against everybody that
cannot exactly see things from its own peculiar
angle of vision. This elimination could certainly
be effected without any sacrifice whatever on the
part of truth. Why then is it not done? Indeed,
till these extremes and counter tendencies are dis—
placed by more just and conservative principles, I
entertain not the slightest hope thatZion will ever
accomplish the glorious mission whereunto she was
sent. Forsooth, I know she cannot, for the divine
Savior himself has declared that a house divided
against itself cannot stand, and the sentiment has
been caught up and re~ech0ed by the universal ex-
perience of mankind.

When I contemplate these obvious facts, I am
utterly amazed at the blindness of men who claim
to be the heaven—appointed guardians of religion.
Let it, however, be distinctly understood that no
one has a more unmitigated contempt for the de-

spicable littleness of legalism than the writer,

which doctrine he regards as the very essence of
Papal supremacy and sectarian bigotry. But, be-
cause presumptuous and arrant dignitaries pervert
the law of liberty and degrade the obedience of
the gospel to the level of lifeless and graceless
formalism, shall we stultify ourselves by advoca-

' ting an opposite extreme? In bursting the fetters

of legal servitude, shall we lift high the flood gates
of licentiousness and every conceivable form of
error that perchance may originate in the brains
of religious fanatics? I trust we are incapable of
such folly. Free-lovism, and other species of law-
lessness and crime that are now dealing death
blows at theheart of a nation’s piety, are the
legitimate offspring of such super-abounding lib-
erty. In fact, it is:_1io liberty at all; it is only a

 

 

 

 

 

 S

\M
-.r “m, *4 ”a.-.

I

d
:.

 

 

M.» rm. h.

 

 

 

. she‘d ‘

3

July, 1879.

OF KENT U CK Y Ufl/"Z VEBSZT Y. ’7

 

perversion of liberty paraded. under 9 false name.
Legalism, as a distinctive plea, as an exclusive
basis of religious thought, is wrong. Wholly
wrong. Liberalism is not a whit behind. To say
the least, they are both unsafe extremes. The
truth lies between, it occupies medium ground,
and this is the only ground infallibly safe. “Unity
in things essential; liberty in things not clearly
defined; charity in all things,” is both the liberal-
ism and legalism of the gospel, and with these
embalmed in the heart, I am resigned to rest se-
renely content. H.

 

27].]? 6.7425912? /' tel/Vi? I'll]! WIZ-
@EZ’fl/‘ESS.

 

 

The plan of human redemption may be conve-
niently generalized under two aspects: 1. The fall
of man in consequence of Adam’s original trans-
gression. 2. His recovery in consequence of the
obedience of Christ. These factors, or parts, are
necessarily complementary, uniting to form the
one grand and glorious whole, which concentrates
in all. its richness and fullness the wonders of Di-
vine love. All minor details incident to the system
are comprehended inlthese two generalizations.
The whole' of God‘s dealings with man proceed
directly upon the truth of this assumption: 1.
That man has become sinful by the fall, and is
resting under the condemnation of God. 2. That
the claims of the Divine government have been
fully satisfied, and the possibility of salvation se—
cured to the entire race through the vicariousness
of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. Hence, says the
distinguished Apostle: “Since, by man came death,
by man came also the resurrection of the dead; for
as in Adam all die, even so in, Christ shall all be
made alive: but every man in his can order;
Christ the first fruits; and afterwards they that
are Christ’s at his coming.” In order to reach the
point in view, I here raise the question, to what
controlling events are these results distinctly
traceable? I answer, first, to the tragedy in Eden,
and, secondly, to the yictory of Christ over Satan
in the Wilderness. This will appear on a little
reflection. If Adam had not been tempted, he
would not have sinned; if he had not sinned, he
could not have fallen; if he had not fallen, he
could not have become a subject of redemption, as
the very word itself implies. So we perceive that

the tale of human woe, for time and for eternity, .

looks with a plaintive sigh to this event as the
fruitful source whence flow its ten thousand ills.
The temptation of Christ was a crisis of equal
moment in the history and destiny of our race.
Had he not triumphed over Satan in that memora-
ble contest, the human family would have been
plunged into ruin—hopeless, helpless, and ever—
lasting. But thanks to the Father of mercies,
such was not the case. Satan was triumphantly
and gloriously repulsed, and the sons of Adam,
though fallen and depraved, won a sublime victory
in the person of Prince Emmanuel. Adam yielded,
and man fell; “sin entered the world, and all our

 

 

 

woes.” (Thrist resisted, and vanquished the mighty
foe, presenting to our benighted race the inefiable
been of everlasting life, on the simple, yet sublime
condition of faith in Him as our Divine Savior,
Redeemer and Lord. If then, matchless heroism,
dignity of character, strength of will, fidelity to
conviction, faithfulness to our God, and,'finally, a
home in the skies, be the aspirations of our hearts,
let us, while we mourn the sad fate of our parents
in the Garden, linger much upon the scene in the
wilderness, and learn to study with profound con-
cern the secret of its results. ' H.

Conscious that self-praise is half scandal, we
refrain from high-sounding eulogiums upon the
merits and prospects of the “Collegian.” The
students of the University felt that there was a
demand for such a periodical, and made a move-
ment to supply this demand. Having now the
honor of success or the disgrace of failure before
them, its Editors, backed by the Students, Alumni,
and Faculties of the several Colleges, are deter-
mined to do all in their power to merit success.
Our Pamphlet has, thus far, surpassed our expec-
tations, especially in a financial point' of View. _
This inspires higher hopes and renewed determi-
nation to make it an interesting, instructive, and
useful sheet to all the friends, and especially to the
students of the University. Aware, however, that
any enterprise depending upon public patronage
for support, must be placed before the public, we
let others praise us and not our own lips. The
Christian Standard says: .

THE COLLEGIA‘N, of Kentucky University, Published by the
Literary Societies of Kentucky University. Monthly, 16 pp.;
$1 50 a year. Lexington, Ky.

It is high time that an institution of the dimensions and fame
of Kentucky University had its journal. We were, therefore,
glad to note a few weeks ago the appearance of the prospectus
of the Collegian, the first number of which is now before us.
It bids fair to take its rank among the best college papers; and
we do not intend this as scant praise, for not a few of the col-
leges manage their papers with superior ability. In material
finish, it is a beauty. One prime element of success is the dis-
position to furnish news of the college and its sons—indeed this
is well nigh the only interest such a paper can have outside the
pale of immediate academic membership —and we observe that
that disposition is strono' already in the Collegian. We ponder
with affectionate interest the statement that “several contribu-
tions have been crowded out of the present number”—an origi-
nal solution of the editor’s most inveterate problem. That our
handsome young contemporary has good cause to crow, no one
who has seen him can deny; but that his cheerfulness should
spirit away such heavy matter as “contributions,” beats the
waste—basket out of sight' May he never change his tune

The Kentucky Statesman thus mentions it:

The COLLEGIAN or KENTUCKY UNivnnsrrr.—-—Through the
kindness of the editors, a copy of the above new monthly
College Magazine has been laid upon our table. it it 7: It
is devoted to the interests of the University, to the llnprove-
ment of its students, and to the cause of truth and right. in
general.

Other papers have mentioned it favorably, but
lest we burden our columns and tax the patience
of our readers, we desist. W'e bespeak a helping
hand from all who have been students of the Uni-
versity. Already our subscription extends from
Prince Edward Island to Western Texas; from
Montana to Florida.

 

  

 

6’

run coLLneran

OF KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY.

PL [)2

5.9th by the Literary Societies oflfy. University.

EDITORS:
W. C. GRAVES, Periclean Society,
J. J. HALEY, Christomathean Society,
’1‘. J. 'LYLn, Philothean Society,
Jxo. WV. RADIEY, Union Literary Society,
J. 'W. llamas, Ceeropian Society.

,DIJBE OTIOACS'.
lVrite plainly the name of each subscriber, Post-
Ofiice, County and State.

In ordering changes, name the subscriber, Post—Ollice
changed from, and that changed to.

Send money, when practicable, in bank checks or
l’ost—Ofiice orders. \Vhen this cannot be done, send in
‘arefully registered letters. Money thus sent will come
at our risk.

All commimieations, whether business or otherwise
should be addressed to

THE CGLLEGIAN OF KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY,
Brat/Jar 269, LETTINGTOAV, KY.

 

lbs-”Students will please notice those who patronize
our advertising columns, and show their appreciation
of the same by patromzing them in return.

 

 

LEXINGTON, KY., - - - _ _ - JULY, 1872.

WThe addresses of the editors of the COLLE-
GIAN, during the Summer months, will be as fol.-
lows:

W. C. GRAVES ............... Chile—sburg, Ky.
J. J. HALEY .................. “Tineliester, Ky.
T. J. LYLE ................... Collierville, Tenn.
J. W. RADLEY ................ Elizabethtown, Ky.
J. WV. HARRIS ................ Lexington, Ky.

 

MleVZVEfBSaZfi fififéWPZZCgJLyggzfi

 

Emblazoncd upon the pages of history may be
seen indubitable proof of an irresistible revolution,
which has advanced noiselessly for centuries in
spite of the most amazing obstacles. Almost im-
perceptibly, it crept upon the dominions of monar-
chy, and captured some of her strongest bulwarks.
That revolution is still proceeding in silence amidst
the ruins it has created. Monarchy, a remnant of
the barbarism of former ages, cannot withstand its
crushing power. All Germany is new burning
with an intellectual fever; all France is trembling
before the frightful upheavings of the French vol-
cano; and all England is shaking with the wild
shout of freedom. In fact, we may be said to live
in an age pregnant with great events. The storm-
bird is even now on the wing, and in the distance
we hear the sullen mutterings of the approaching
teml'icst. The whole political and moral world

THE COL LE GIflN"

 

July, 1822.

seems to be agitated by one common spirit—the
spirit of progress; progress forward, not backward;
progress onward and upward, not downward;
progress towards the amelioration of the social
condition of man, the imlividualization of human
liberty, the equalization of every political advan-
tage, the REPRESENTATIVE PRINCIPLE, not unity of
power.

‘We propose to show that this progress, or natural
development of the human race, will inevitably
east every artificial form of government into the
natural mould of Republicanism. Developed hu-
manity, the subjective condition, will no longer
yield to the mystic glories of monarchy, the objec-
tive influences, which once captivated the imagi
nation of humanity undeveloped. History proves
that not only government, but religion, too, has
always been moulded to suit that condition which
we call the subjective. Government and religion
are. the effects, and not the causes of the progress
of civilization. The rapid development of the
human race, then, will form every government to
Suit its subjective condition. ’ ‘he mighty spell of
loyalty has already been broken, and mankind will
not again bow down in servile adoration before the
thrones of‘kings or priests. .Men have learned
that princes and princesses are nothing but men
and women, not gods and goddesses. The divine
right of Kings to rule, has been dissipated into air.
The aristocracy of birth islosing its charm, and
the aristocracy of mind is taking its place. Roy—
alty laments that the educated classes are so de-
ficient in imagination and wonder. The people
have learned that the child that is born in the
humble cottage of the peasant, is just as fitted to

rule, so far as birth is concerned, as the one that
The latter is just .

is born in the palace of a king.
as apt to be a child with a bad heart and brainless
head as the former. Either of which, in this con-
dition, would be unfit to pilot the ship of state.
Man is now estimated not by the splendor of his
birth, but by the powers of his genius. The therv
mometer of merit is new the scale on which is
measured a man’s worth. We are happy to say
that the present generation has laid aside the cowl
of superstition, and appeared in the more pleasing
costume of intellectual development. She sits
upon her throne, and wields the scepter of reason.
Her brilliant eye is not dazzled by the splendors of
monarchy; her divine soul not oppressed by the
incubus of ignorance; her heart does not palpitate
in dread of the dungeon; her lips do not kiss the
scepter of the tyrant, and her knee does not bend
before. the throne of oppression, but robed in all

 

 

 

 

-.‘.
.,
«+244 ,,...

  

 

 

 

 

-n.
.,
“+1.“,

July, 1872.

 

 

0F KENT [ICEY UNI VERSIT r: .9

 

the beauties of Utopia, she walks abroad in all her
majesty, in proud contempt of the magnificent
halo of glory, which encircles the brow of mon—
archy.

We hold that the full and harmonious develop—
ment of our collecti re and individual humanity, in
which consists human perfection, is only possible
under a Republican form of government; that a
monarchy offers insuperable obstacles to its accom-
plishment; that it is only in a Republic that the
mind, collective and individual, can energize freely;
that is, can energize in perfect conformity with the
laws of its own being. lVe speak here of mind in
general, of the elevation of the masses, not of the
privileged few. It cannot be denied that monarchy
does shackle the common mind—the mind of the
masses—narrows the field of its action; confines
freedom to the select few, by the steep inequality
of property and privilege, by the limited fran-
chise, by the social barriers which confine patron-
age and promotion to a caste, and as freedom—
spontaneity of energy—and development must
proceed paripassu, monarchy must fall or develop—
ment cease. No such obstructions are present in a
Republic, but the mind is free to energize in its
own way. But, the constituents of the body poli-
tie, in obeying the laws by their representatives
enacted, really obey themselves, for the laws are
nothing but the “objective will of their own self-
objectification.” In a Republican form of govern-
ment, paradoxical as it may seem, the governors
and the governed are identical. Here, then, is
freedom—‘spontaneity of energy—here, then, is the
highest plan of possible political development.
Either, then, the race is not developing, or else the
tendencies of the age must be in this direction.

We firmly believe that the» time is not far dis—
tant, when there will be a general Congress of all
the nations of the earth. Their representatives
will meet, not to discuss questions of war, but
questions of peace. It will no longer be considered
to the interest of man to wage an eternal war with
his fellow—man. The sword of the warrior, will
then be beaten into pruning hooks and plowsharcs,
and nations will learn war no more. We have al—
ready had one movement in this direction. Look
to the great International Exposition, without a
parallel, unprecedented in the history of the world,
the grandest triumph that was ever achieved by
the third of the Napoleons. It was won without
the sword, without the shedding of one drop of
human blood. “We consider this, even though the
aims of the Emperor may have been ambitious, to
have given a mighty inmetus to the cause of Re—

 

publicanism. It assisted in breaking down the
walls of prejudice, and binding the nations together
in, closer sympathy—in closer union.

\Ve pause here, lost in wonder. Who talks of
the marvels of fiction? Who speaks of the won—
ders of romance? Behold the exile of 33 years,
the captive of Ham, upon the throne of a mighty
people, the highest pinnacle of human greatness
and human glory, with the crown of peace upon
his brow, amidst a whole constellation of peaceful
crowns, satellites, revolving round the mighty, cen-
tral orb of peace and power. What a spectacle for
human contemplation! ‘We consider this but a
foreshadow of the still grander assembly of uni-
versal Republicanism. The march of civilized
man has ever been “on a plane of continued eleva—
tions.” We are moving slowly, but surely, towards
a grand consummation—the perfection of our hu-

' manity. The area of human liberty is, every day,

being enlarged. I'Ve live in an age of great intel—
lectual activity an age of free nations and free
men. The Turk has taken his polluting hand
from the bosom of Greece, and Austria her hated
standards from the towers of Venice. Italy, the
land of the muse, historian, and hero, redeemed
from the sway of foreign domination, is once more
an independent and free nation. Liberty—loving
France, once illuminated by the presence of Napa-
leon, no longer “weeps over the tombs of her hopes
and heroes,” but rejoices in the blessings of free
institutions. That all England is pervaded with
the democratic spirit, is just as certain as that the
crown of the country- now rests upon the brow of
Queen Victoria. Germany is ripe for the intl‘OdUCz
tion of free institutions. Even despotic Russia,
the ice—bound region that once sent its locust—
legions down upon the plains of Poland, to overa
whelm and destroy the patriots and pioneers of
liberty, animated by the mighty spirit of the age,
at one blow strikes the chains from twenty million
serfs. America, animated by the same spirit,
strikes the chains from four million slaves. It was
not the northern bayonet, nor the proclamation of
Abraham Lincoln, but the spirit of the age, that
freed the southern slaves.

The friends of freedom next demand that the
fetters of Poland be severed, and that England
gives back to the Emerald Isle of the Ocean her
ancient liberty. Already Brazil has begun to look
forward to the emancipation of her slaves. That
same spirit, then, only with ten-fold increase of ac-
tive power, is making the whole world to-day quiver
as an earthqttake; and, the thunder—tones of that
restless and stormy spirit will not be hushed, until

 

 

  

70 , THE COZLEGIflJV

July, 18 7 9

 

the battlements of stern despotism, and still more
stern superstition, shall have been leveled with the
dust; until the extremities of the spotless banner
of universal emancipation shall rest upon the hori-
zon, and kiss with its silken folds the breezes of
every clime, and basking in eternal sunshine, wave
in triumph over an entranced world. The philan-
thropist will, ere long behold such a flag, compre-
hensive as the arch of heaven, with a star for every
tribe and class of men, waving to the delight of
once oppressed humani