The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-09-02

iUuN lUUlV NIOdIOI uuVH VtuVtou ubtu bUte0Iy
to' iwO-fold purpose; as present punish-
msnt and fore,aste ofths hell eternity for
tho vicious and impenhant; and for the virtu-
OUs poor, blessed preparation for heaven. in.
cTearlng tho Joys Of another world by contrast
with ths ~retchsdness Of this! Believe il noi.-
il ~ false, and he who would have you believe
il, knows ils falsity. He has sold his own
conscience for paIry gold, and daily wakes
fai on the wtongs and injustice he inaicts or
suffers to be inflicted on his breihcrn.
All things, animate and inanimate. were
made for the sue'enunce and cosafort Of man,
and subjected to his control, BY tae Creator.
fet man-made in the image Of God, endo~.
ed with Godllke faculties, and with capacities
Er devclOpement and progress which mark
alike his origin. his Immortality and his a!li-
ance 10 Deny-man alone, Of all the creatures
He has made, is denied the exercise ofh nat
ural rights, and ruffsrs and weeps and perish
eS for wsnl Of food and ramcnt and shelter.
The bright sua's genial warmth and the re-
froshIng rain from heaven which fr1ctify the
earth causing il to bring forth abundanily,
bring no blessings for him who is poor. Ho
hao no field 10 be made fruitful, no corn grows
for his eustenance no hOcks and herds to yield
their fecces, their milk, their fssh for his com
fort or that Of his inRocent and helpleS chill
dren. He is one Of Gods children, 10 whom
the Creator hath gwen the earth for an inher-
lance, but hs brother hath cheated him Of his
bn,b-Eighl.
There ie room on the earth for ALL Why
then are the many who ",c bu. 10 1--we and
live but TO toll crowded in dark, damp col.
lars and garrc,s, breathing polluted aImos-
phere in close lll-ventillated workshops, facio.
ries and sleeping rooms, and occupying poor,
dilapidated and comfortless hablationsl We
answer because society-not God--has given
the teto the right 10 be born rich; and they
the lew-.in tho exercise Of their prerogative
shut up the earth for their own exclusive occu,
pancy--have engrossed all physical and mo.
chanicai power for their own benefit, and cor
rupted tho fountain or checked the goinxs
forth Of that knowledge which should and
would teach the suffering many Of tber just
righIs. and the way by which only they maJ be
regaincd.
There is always on lhe earth an ahundan.
supply Of every necessary and every conye-
nlenee fully adequate 10 the wanis Of oil anis
! mated existences! The humblest and The high
est, Of beast and bird and fish and insect aad
creeping ,hirge have daily from their Crestor
a boun.lful and ample provision for their wants.
"Not sparrow fafs TO the ground without
thy Fathers notice." Man alone oi all Gods
creatures, seys or feels~-."l am hungry, am
| cold; am homeless, shellerless, fr,endlssl!"
| Why s this so? Dcth God care less for ihes
thanfor those? Forbid the thought! While
ihou and thy lihle ones are suffering for food.
thy peighbor hath enough for himself and thco!
| God careth for Thee as much as for him; God
gave thee, ell thathe gave him; bu. society
hath intsrposed, an1 eet lie Laws HE com
sells and HIS requirements at defanee. God
made him man, and human law bath made
him rich. Ho mRde thee too in the saue form
and endowed thee with the same capacities, but
society hail, made theo slave because thou
vert born poor
There is that within thee, God created,
dealhleos and divine, which tells thee
thou art q man>-cnO for whom all things were
created, and to whose use all other creatures
were subjected. Other creatures have wants
10 common with thes, but thou hast rights su-
| perior 10 their wants and adequate 10 the sup-
| ply Ofallthine own. And these rights were
given thee by thy Creator--thsy are natural
rights, necessary TO thy existence, thy COM
fort and the fulflmsnt ofthy destiny. CAnst
| thou not give ortranSfer thine existence 10 ems
tanned, and the purpose for which il Was given
thee, accomplished. And what are these nat.
ural rightsl
YeGr couniry'S chsrtsf ef independence, de-
clareS them to be ''life, liberty and the pursuit
| Of happnsss." We would be more explicit,
and say thy natural rights are--ths right to
lve--the right Of self preservation and the
right 10 cultivate and develOpe nll thy facu.
ltics. Thou art proud to call thyself a free-
| msn and the son Of a ffsemsn; yet thou hast
in and ofthyself, il thou at poor, none Of
ihssel Thy Freedom s thy eutsel Il thou
vert Il slave, sef.intcrsSt, flhere was no law,
4 would impel Thy individual master 10 grant
| thss al last the Two first oflhsse. But thou
art the slave Of society --shO has taken from
thee all Thy rights. Thou art allowed TO ex-
erciss, ,0nly while thou art in health and strong
just so much Of thy natural rights az can con-
duce 10 the profit ofthoSs who control sccie-
"; and when thou art sick Or old or worn out,
ifthOu hast the means furnished thee Of sup.
porting life, il 10 called Charity Dissertation
Of the wOTd--iI 10 not charity; Il 10 only Jue-
ticsl --
4 An Englishman having asked con Of Erin
/ ifthe roads in Ireland were good, Pat leplied,
i YES, they are 90 Iihe, lha. voudcr you do mol