Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-09-17

however, ~ easily settled by single
TACT Let an American citizen be un-
sxpectediy east u stranger upon the mer-
cles of his icllow men, let the stage
coach leave him by accident, or let
him lame his horse by fall, or let h'm
be suddenly attacked by disease IN u
Iregion where his name has never YET
bren spoken, and the man whom he
will inslinciiv"ly inquire alter, rs The
person most likely 10 sympaih'ze IN h's
1 misfortune, aud sulace him with his so
| cietv, and extend 10 him the rites OF hos
pitality, 1. the clerg, ,'nan OF the district.
/ We thus learn what such have found
IIby experience to be the character of the
priests.
Our author himself ascribcs TO the
prses,hood great influence over their
fellow men. But citizens of this land
are proverbially shrewd, intelligent,
clear-sightcd, indcpeudrnt and free
To suppose such cicrgymcn as he de-
scrlhcs, capable ot eNerlng the influence
which he comedies to ihcT, is strongly
| ut variance with common sense. Nor
is this all The supp"si'ion itself is ii
rcpIoach uron The chaIact. T Of our coun-
luy. Pope ASKS, what must The people
DC when monkey is the Cod We
ask, what must the people he, who could
be led about and bctooled by such men
as Mr.. Smith, Mr. Wilson, and their
fvc or six brother clergymcn in Mr.
| Wilson's study
| We have marked scvcrnl passages to
illustrate the sing uIar bitterness which
comes over our authors spirit whenever
he has occasion TO speak OF the church,
OF Christianity as II Is commonly under-
stood But enough OF this. We are
delaying already too long on this part ..
our subject. Let us proceed TO examine
briefly The views OF Sociciy and social
/ reformation set io,ih in the work before
US.
/ Charles Elwood, it seems, uncr hi-
matrin,onlal disappointment, was for n
long time without him or object lie
was, of course, miserable, aud he wan
dered over the earth, dlspeascd with
himself aud with every thing about HIM
AT length, beholsling The social miscrieS
OF man, he determined 10 attempt re-
formation. We are happy here to in
scrl II passage containing noble scnii-
ment expressed with great force and
beauty and We commend II to our rca-
dcrs, Of all classes and conditions, es-
oeclally 10 those who are troubled about
their ntrres, while they are surrounded
with all that heart can desire.
"Now had found "A purpose, an end,
an aIn,-a future: and begaa to live
again. No more whimperlng, no more
sickly scntmenalisn, was ii man
now, and had man 5 work before me.
l might stand alone against u hostile
world, but what of that | felt | had
! that within me, which was more than n
match for all The iorces It could must er
I against me, 1 carried whole with
in me, infinitely superior to the world
| wIihou' me, and which should ere long
replace it. y, ye, who whimpcr and
! whine over your petty miSerlcs, 60 forth
into the world, behold the wrongs and
oulrages 10 which man subjects his broth
or, aud Seek 10 arrest them 80 shall
ou forge, your own puIy sorrows,
and find The happiness ye sigh for"
/ Let Us first contemplate the state OF
society, as It revealed Itself toihe eye OF
our hero -
Wherever ! went beheld injustice
oppression, inequality IN wealth, social
! position, moral aud Intellectual culture,
the many every where toiiing Tor the
few. Here Is II man well made, with
vigorous body and active limbs, AN in.
telIect capable OF graphing with The
weightiest problems Oi sciences, and Il
heart OF loving all things which are
beautiful and good /; and yet he is COM
| pelicd 10 toll and rack his brains from
morning 10 night, in order TO gain the
bare means OF subsistence, which shall
after all be infinitely inferior to the fare
of the rich mans dog. Wealth is every
where, IN practice at lca.i, counted the
supreme good, and every where it's pro.
ducers are the poor aud wrctched They
who toi not, spin not, are they who are
clad in soft rament, and fare sump,uous-
| ly every day. What nonstrous injustice
! is here
II Here priests, statesmen, lawyers,
all boas'ing their services, and pretend
ing to manage society as it ought to be
managed. But what do ilSey for the
mass, the great, nnprivlegcd, hard
handed many. a rich man Is murdered,
and the whole community rises 10 ferret
out The murderer Il poor man is MUIR
dered, leaving u wife and children to
The tender mcrcies Of a hearilcss world
and no questions are asked Mo,hers,
pale aud cmaciaed watch the live
long night over their starving little ones !;
| young women are driven by poverty 10
prostitution, young men are becoming
thieves, robbers, murdcrcrs, that they
may not waste away in absolute wan,
unknown and unhonorcd. On every
hand vice aud crime, and waiing and
wo; aud the vice and crime Of the
poo' alone exciting horror, aud the wall
r ing and wo Of the rich alone calling
Ioftl co'nmiseration. q, it is bad
world. Society is all wrong. These
ih'Hotous distinctions Of class, this in
Jus'ice, this oppression Of the toling
many To feed the luxury and the vanity
OF the IDLE and worse than useless few
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