st attributes of man; and in a free
n becomes an object of paramount
> aspire to a career of extensive use-
tinction. Every year in our country's
1portance, and affords additional rea-
ng our youth to meet the emergencies
ing times. Questions of vital interest
nd social institutions, are agitated with
advocates of error; the demagogue, as
aster, "is abroad in the land," and the
which shall triumph,-whether the school-
conclave shall prevail, whether our free
e sustained by the conservative power of
undermined by the selfish machinations of
is a growing demand for men, who know,
e maintain in public assemblies, with all the
nce, the true interests of their country. To
ne Common, as well as the High-school, we
ture men who are to advocate and sustain the
blic morals, the important interests of learning,
fabric of our civil policy-under which, as
re thus far flourished.
hief glories of our country is the
ing, and the general diffusion
ducation of our young men is
1 practice of this branch, which
id value. Thousands of men.
e often heard to lament their neg
school-boy days, and their conse