The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-09-05
THE TIMES.

The difference between our state an
the savage state, is, that in the savag
state there is but one flock, subsstipg bu
! Tor one whereas IN ours, tn
mighty herd, moving in masses, under on
control, is now divided into myIiads &
Hooks, called socIEriEs-lnto parties @
every name, hue, and character, purpos,
ana description, in which men herd fo
various objects-aud many, alas! too ma
nv-but to save themselves the trouble o
seeing. thnkipg, and acting for them
selves. Henre,- ,-no man acts of himse
and by himself !; but he sounds his horr
and summons around him clansmen, ant
iorns society, party, fock. What
ever Is done must be done IN such socie.
Ties. "A solitary man is a wonderful man.
s. luclSJ indeed is he, it he be not thought
a ut tenant for a mad house. Is public
opinion 10 be formed3 First form So
ciety-tap the popular drum-mus er
your iollowers-ralI the roll--act in mas
ses. No Peter the Hermit would, now
days, run over the earth, and act with
individual, solitary enterprise. He would
branch off there. Men must be lerded
tas cattle are herded. All classes, all
parties, ali occupations, make use of So
cie'ies for all purposes. They are lorn,-
cd for our heavenly as well as for our
earthly good. Reision has its thousands
Ioi societies. Every denomination runs
up its flag-Baptists ard Anti Baplss-
Univcrsaists and Unlarians-S Sweden
borgians and Cathoics-Congregation-
alsts --Episco opalians aud A,menians.
Each has lis newspaper--each lis schools
--each It's missionaries, aud sub -socie-
ties. Zach bands its followers together,
and rallies them under one flag. Tenn
perance has its societies. Benevolencc
works by the social principle. Nothing
can be done in religion, in moral, or in
charity, without u society. $ Seam is
managed in companies. Swine are div
en- in companies. Millions OF spinning
jennles 20 in compauies. The Insurance
Company nocKs III Inc calamity Of fire.
Canals, Railroads, Trusts, Savings, Life
Insurance. Stocks all are managcd in
A man has water lall. a.
way he goes, and summons u dozen or
twenty more, and up 20 mills, manulac,o-
res, lfol-worhs -al in companies One
mas thousand dollars, and so has nnolh-
er, then Il third is summoned, and up
springs Bank, an Insurance Office, "A
Land Company, or-heaven knows what,
such is the Ingenuity olman! why, pins !,
are made in companies, and so are nee
dIes-und SO is almost. every thing VIC see,
ouch or use, from the. buttons on our
coats, to the pegs Ia our shoes. There
ire card companies, thimble paper com
)lnies, aud wafer companies. But the !
politician out-does all. What societies
le has ofnations, states, counties, towns,
districts, Observation-Disclosures, twenty -four
ri number, all making laws-aud then the
federal goverrmcat, legl-luting over all
with Judiciary systems, how numerous u
md complex: and ,hen his paitIes, con
'entions, caucuses how many and how
'arious!--of Jacksonmen ard An'i-Jack-
onmcn, State Rights aud Anti-Slate
Rights, Federalss and Democrats, Null
Ifiers and ConstitutionaIists Masons and
Anti Masons, Regular and Anti-Regular,
and Acknowledgment,
Radicals and Conservatives, Tanmany- =
1en aud Pewter-maggers all at work,
leaving down and butcherpg each other,
alling names, iraming thunderbotS, grin
ing out crceds, sawiog off systems, roar
,e Justly !or 'he public good, and-( do
,ev not sometimes mean their own. =
From book published at Rome, called
The Tar Of Me aposiohc Chomcery," ,
'e give the following as the prices asked
,r certain iudulgences
For sacrilrgc, So o5
For perjury, ? 90
For robbing, 9 81
For burning a house, 9 67 {
For layman numbering n laynan, 90
For killing father, mother wife or {
sister, 9 So !