The Old North State

              salisbury n c march 2g 1869 no 12 vol iv | , ljc(dlb_xortl state i'riii.isiiiii wnio.v nv *<_■ xi w i » iiakthm iu iiitir iimi propi a lor ra'i'lin ol ii iii ull i ion dnk yi'tait payable in advitnou iftliui hu months " " i ml 0 i'miics t uni aihhess i jitiua of advertising . /... . li y . u j^**ir ..-,.,: „ fl.fit booh additional insertion sn twelvu lines nf brevier ] 1 inehes lungth wise tli i ii mn or less i u it'ite i sipiaru speeinl iniii es » ill l barged 50 por ei nl higher thau the above ratal ■ courl orders bi * woolib 4 < . if ll ash ue eompanlusfth ;\ -. b10 if it does nut obituary nntioi . ■ sis lines oharged aa uilveriisi nn ni to persons wishing lo advertise for n ion ner time than • uu mouth th l llhi nil tornih will he given i mm ii itnnil so * i orkur peace and ri.lim'v vimt an.i lointer grow the oohoes disoord lliin upon tho air and we entcli lha answerln muslo of the nn lion's elinnle 1 pmyoi ; like a holy bododlotioo od n prisouod oul rolease come at length the iwool lutonlngi of tho blossed wordi ol po i o there are momory-plautnd willows o'or the graven of ne ing oui b for tbe sitters ml a tin li lovei i ai"l iho moth ers mourn thoir on , hut ibe willow sighing oadonoe is the boftcsi lliiliniiirin and wo only i 1 their prosonoo fi r tbe shn 1 ows 1 1 t they tl .: i by tho side of lim in r waters up and down the fragrant mea ir yet ihn air may 1 ar a w bispor of a tl and iiiihlo deedl ; but tho shout anil tlin of battle nil have float ed liir away anj the song of uir nnd waters is the song ol peace to-day 01 » coming gt j irai4ost all the breezes bcuui to sing all lhe buds upon the brunches sweetest blos soms prophesy aod tbe blooms will breathe of ripeness in an early by-nnu-by where the plowman turns lis furrow there are promisea i gi ain for the plowing and the sowing they blinll not be nil in vain ; and the faith that trusts 0 kernel to lhe keep ing ol lha bo 1 shall an hundred foi i receive ii frum the open baiul of t ion 1 if our faith has special blessing it is surely granted here fur wo walk in utter blindness through the changes ol the year : wo may plant in human weakness with n hope of bounteous \ ield , but tin blessing of tho masloi restetli on eai : . planted bold ! misl ellakeous rnmi tlio vt ohm i i km i i what about the l'l jtl.k 1 it is extremely natural we suppose that men in lhe smith -] hi take a .- om bro view of tho world's future and cry out that all expeiinients of sclf-gov . i jnent have failed we have seen such excesses committed in the united status iu the name of domocraey and in tho name of liberty — tlio constitution which wo so touch revered ao openly scouted that wo just feel disposed to give op und say that of course we aro running the career of all oilier republics and drifting into impoiial jani und tho history of government is a aeries of cycles following each other from one form to another — none ever very good none ever to be very gjood now we affirm that this cycle theory is an extremely incorrect representation of the facts nf history thero have been conatani fluctuatioua — constant tumult and agitations ol the surface — constant advances and recessions of the waves — but on the whole tho tide and main cur rent of history has been moving steadily in one direction : ami we affirm that that movement has withont interruption from the beginniug to this day bei u from worse to better tlio uabylonian monarchy waa probably the drs beat nf empire al though tho accredited chronology of the does not gro back ol uboill w,400 li c while modern kgyptolngi : claim that that country was an establish i ed monarchy as far back as 2,g00 b c ' the world in tho days of abraham had ithe oriental despotisms of assyria kgypt india and china then followed siuiilai . in character tho phoenicians tho reign i of solomon the empires of the medi ; and persians then about a d 400 the i greeks tho macedonian dynasties llu | oartliageninns aud finally rome 1 p : to this period then has been progress ve know it is assumed that from the t time of marcus aurclius or at his di mb boman world begun to decline and sot tho middle ages a 1x800 to a d.l j 0(i(i have been tho darkest in european | history aud yet h'n was tho a^o ofjt l m.«nw.wr.v._._u___.__mmv.hww.-u__u charloinngno and his paladins of nil thai in bountiful in the almoin of chivalry — of gallant knights and fair n om n th po iimi iii which i inthlo archltoctnro took iin rise i lm ago nf llnroun ul liail.il and nf alii i il - i,f i in , chool i 1 i ixfnrd und cambridge and cordova nl vinloo and the itopubllos of li ii ofl iiliii iln croat nnd llihlilnnnil tho lmrolc ago of spain — the ago of ah nin of vm k of john oco ins i'lrlgcnn iho azophl mid ieber the arabian antonoiuuib of fjultprnud the hi i.ui in nl suldai ihn gram mm ian md li . ■ icujpln ■ of wl ibfl \ mi pby s l " ul .. v id in i l of ti lliiln a l lili i i ii \ 1 piihu'iis tin ophj 1 ictub ontl i f ih norman nf tho old of tho building nt st mail i al \ i nii'e i'h innl aucbtl b"w ever ih wn lhe ", . ly nr this i '- lu adviin i i i > in iln days nl i'erlclnb or < llci rn .' n w lm bus si mill il nuclcnl hh ton no ouo who bus v ai i i'onij.i 11 or iho been i mn eiiiii ai nitpb i can h iiii i i nn tvi r hi iln allii in ilive it wns impoi i bio lhal those vt li i-vi-u nominally rented tin li ■ o clnl structure on thu mur il ; nnd tho iho ology ol allgll lin nud jeiniii nud i hi'vh oi lorn und aib ma in ; - h hoi o law was fouudod mi the pandoati and i le of . i iih - lini in shniiuuiiot hnvo boon superior to lha worshlppors ol voiiub and mars and lluruulob ihogi noralioiib which practisod ihe klctifllnlaii mystorlob or gatliored a hundred il mil al a timo in tho bplan did circus of vespasian lo witness tho rl.ul.iiiiri.il combats or tho devouring of ui li ■ ii women by iho wild boasts and yi i tho wavi : h el rolled bock wo allow we inly i tend thai ihe gnjud ourroul of human history wns blill running onward in o deopi r and more oarni bi llfo then came tho oul burst of lha i inibadcs — the eulininat mi of isuroi an chivalry — wild ainl superstitious enough wo admit bul o ei ited w ith in my i tho grnndi il and in ' in roi i sentlmouts of the hum lli boarl who oven now can contemplate in imagination those assembled banners of christendom with all the pomp of her ahlry ml war without an omotlon of a i mi hi sympathy j and then abi 1 1 d nnd l-.h-i "— tnd the scholabtio philosophy — arnold ' f uresuia — the albigensi i id the wnldenses tho learned mitimoni'.les — ihe troubadours and tho min ii ' . and iho miiincsingertfc-tho uuivr-rsi i i'mis pad ii n nnd stuamiuicu — tho forma lion of the lin.rli-h parliameul tho boild tl 1 . li bf.r.i fvffff.ti-o.i'm.'j.uuuzii li.e i.-ai'n ed and 1 r ilieoiffctmnbih lli fath er of modern paiuting5?ttjff*_6*fiuor , s com pn b dante — giotto — tho inv,~.-.jjon of gunpowdi r i trarch r.i.e.-.ci in im i rey chaucer wickliffo i'm art van l'.yeh — the revival of greek literature in italy nnd so wo como to thu fifteenth century lias uot society advanced uni now wc reach a grander nun ; and the firsl i ii nun is that of i.oonardo da \ inei tl o sculptor an hitect painter r ivo reach also tho age ol print ing mid iii cstablishmi nt 1 post-ofg ■■ s iu l-iigland ; and near the close of the cen tury tho discovery nt amerii a it wna at the begimiii - of iho bixtei nth century that the greatebl work of archil c turo which probably ever existed was luiilt — the chinch of st i'ctors and ihis wns the glorioiib period of it li.iu art — the ago of michael augolo ltaphacl correggio lim \\, havo now arrived al tho refor mation hub kuropi in - icicty ndv tnced bincu luther entered worms or zwingle preached tho open llibleat zurich ? and in re our n iraativo brings u to tho modern system of i'.uropo and ih main question tinder discussion now confronts us ; is tho knropeand amer ica of to-day in advani f tiie icuropo of tho days ol notts xiv and qucn anno — ofthe pure rtii.t cerfi and tho author nl ih l!i lapse / or is socii ty to day in advanc f what it was in tl middle of tin inst century ? wo nfiirm and with a iittl space could ea ily prove i — lhal it ia immoaaiirably in advance mi ral ly of the ngo of george selwyn tobias smollett 1 a u re nee sterne hichard llrina ley sheridan and that famous white's inn lai house where chesterfield gamed to be succeeded by i lilly williams charles towusend and selwyn — tiie club-houso where when a man full down dead at the ihiur be was lugged in and bets mule as to whether h was dead or no that we are in advance of that ago in material development is uf cour c ud 1 mitted and now will socioty retrograde ? shall wo lose whal we base reached 1 when liuropo becomes democratic will it grow worsu 1 wo say , no i tho sen is nf_i ti il — he waves run high — they roll lack — luii tho tidt is tdvtitit •■ ,. wo havo uo doubi iho sax us thought all was lost when the norm ma conqui ri 1 1 _ ii 1 ii ni . but they survived ii — and ihey aro ubjtit .