Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1842-05-06

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.mOR.1L REFLECTIOsrs, NJ. I.
Nh. RussrII-Dear Sir:-It has been said BY .
wise and benevolent men, that every individual, No
matter how humble may be his sphere and capacity
ran do something for the general veal, and should
DO it: according to his ability. Kicking sfroa1
from the general pathway to happiness. is comforting
benefit; and none should be 80 entirely engrossed
in selfish aggrandizement, as to forget the important
injunctive duty incuIcaied as above. Recprocation
should be the watch-worl, the banner we all should
rally arousd: Reciprocity will figure as moral
lever, in the social worlds lever Of gigantic power
which should he allowed to play free and untram-
melted in the complicated machinery Of the human
heart. It will regulate the wheels to just move
mont, balance an equipoise which # suffered TO
act independently to riot giving rise to the de-
tesable passion Of envy, hatred revenge, Jealousy,
covetousness backbting SANDER, contempt and vit-
perativeness, and the host ofeyls found in Pandoras
Box.
A man once came to Alexander and desired that
he might see his treasure be babe one Of his serv-
ants go and show him-not his possession OF his
money, but his friends; even the mighty king It
seems, put greater value upon his friends, than all
the wealth he had The world should be united by
loss and - f.ss1.h;p, rrihant which thu nn-
verse would be desert in nature truly has it been
said there is no contempt upon earth comparable to
the union Of minds and interests. Where there is
difference in religion there is rarely agreement in
affection; but il meet with honest, just man, let
his persuarion as regards religion be what it will,
can put him in my bosom, without thinking Of the
snake in the fable. But am DEPRESSING from my
Intentions and writing article on the laws Of
friendship which will leave for another period Of
leisure and your pleasure to publish.
Having all descended from a common parent, and
the curse Of sin being entailed upon the family Of
man, we are only superior to our fellow worms by
the peculiar circumstances by which we are sur
rounded as connected with the mysterious laws Of
nature and this truism being conceded, and who will
dare gansay it, it beehoovcs nay it is an imper-
alive duty to eschew pride and vain-glory and SYM
pathize with the stricken and heavy ladened Of
humanity to smooth the thorny and rugged pathway
to the grave. Now am reminded ola beautiful lit
tie verse that contain sermon in epitome it is this
Teach me to feel another's wo,
TO hide the faults see;
That mercy to others show,
That mercy show to me.
Yes! distort the fact as you may, we have all
sprung from common womb, the earth is our moth
er-from its prolific bosom receive succour, sus-
tenance and support and to it all-every of us,
to be consigned before entering upon the stage of
action in another world. How inconsistent-how
peposterous does appear that in view Of these facts
man will oentines, in despite Of his boosted noble
Of soul, throw stumbling blocks in the way Of
his fellow mortals and hold him under the Iron rod
of OPPRESSION ay and that too when the very object
of his malignity has been his mainstay in hours of
adversely strange anomaly in nature! wonderful
perversity Of "oing unto others as you ,vouM they
should do unto vou." What Byron said in his mo-
ment of detection:
"Oh man thou feeble tenant of an hour,
DECEASED by slavery or corrupt by power;
Who knowsthee well must treat thee with disgust,
Degraded mass of animated dust.
Thy dce is lust. thy friendship all cheat,
Thy smiles hypocrisy, thy words deceit:
To mark friends remains these stones arise,
never knew but one, and here he lies"
Reader, that friend was faithful dog The penc-
trating mind Of Byron, deeply thrilled in the mys-
terions workings of human action ssfss With I
Ofosen spirit corruption Of the deceitful heart
SSI1ah. The lack of Reciprocation, sympathy, and
al the enrolling attributes which should revere man
above the brues he laments in the bitterness of his
'oul, ond draws his only friend closely to his lonely
heart 1t was the same feeling or train Of thought
hat made the immortal Cowper say, in his task -
ooh, for lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundess contiguity Of shade,
Where rnmor Of oppression and deceit,
Unsuccessful or unsuccessful war,
Might never reach me more! My ear is pain'd,
My soul is sick with ev'ry days report
OF wrong aud outrage with which earth is filed |
There is no flesh in mans obdurate heart,
It does not feel for man ; the natural bond
Of brotherhood is severed as the fax
! That falls asunJcr at the touch Of ire."
But, Mr.. Editor, have wonderfully digressed
from my main Object in writing this essay, it was to
attract the attention Of the people Of the Queen City
IF lo,ca, to the procurement Of Fire Engine, to be
in readiness to meet if necessary, the devourng pro-
- Al,c l:.Il.