The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-12-15
MIS- CELL ANEO Gus
The =. avs OF Nature.


In contemplating man under his true as
peel; in quitting authority Of fellow expe.
lIiencc; IN LAYING aside error 10 consult rea
son; in submitting every thing to physical
llaws, from winch his mag 'natou bus vaiull
exertedlls utmost power 10 Withdraw them,
II, will be found that the phenomena Of the
moral world follow exactly The same general
rules as those ol the physical, aud lha; the
lgrealer part of those aston sihng effects.
which ignorance, aided by his preiQdices.
makes him consider as inca plicalAle and a.
twnndeFtnl, aie natural consequences llnwiug
lIrom staple causes. He will find dat the
leruptiun Of volcano, and The birth Of
ETamerlane. Are,slo nature, the same thing;
lin recurring TO The primitive causes Of thrse
suking events which he holds with consIer-
nat0n; Of those terrible revolutions, those
lfriphIful commissions that distract mankind,
la, waste the laires works of nature. and
llraVale natim,s, he will find the wills thai
IrWmpassed lie most surprising changes. that
operated the most extensive alterations in
The saIe of lnires, we're moved by physical
causes whose exili made him real them
las contempt BILE. and utterly incapable
q live birih 10 the phenome m, whose mag
u',nde strikes h;m with awe aud amaze
ntnr.
= itm,nw re to jadge of causes bv lhei
i iiecs. there would beno small causes ii
unNcIsr. In +, ua,uGe wEete every thing il
i,,nutc ed; where every tifing acts, aud re
as. moves aud change ttmposes aud de
lrumposeS :. towns and dsafrhss, there Is nu
IN alom who tloes uuI play an imp"r'an
- nd he, esSaf, pTt; there is no' an i.nper
i, lcrp hie particle. hnweyer minute. which
:, lplaced IN convenient circumstances. doe
$ not uperale The m,si prodieious etfec's.
pr IN II W. re IN capacity To follow the eierni
!, chain. To pursue The concentrated links tn
I, connec, with their causes al The effrcfs b
- w1nt ssos. without losing sipl1 Of any, on
- of is rugs; i he could unr val of those il
=. ls,Lsihle ,hteads that give impulse - Il
thou. rs, decision 10 the will, di ecl o.
IA, PISS "ns Of those men WHO are oallt
N nniy, Ascending io their actions. he wen
hnd hat lhttNbIe lrue atoms which ma n
= mplnys 80 move he lnmal world thai
is tue uueY pec'ed bnt Necessary fnctinn
t'hese ind scpn ahle particles If matter. il
~. lileir aggrrgaiinn, heir fglmbnaiions th
AnuppF un, their fermentation; which mo-
tying the nalv dual by degrees. in desp
lie 81. b.mseif- and ttequen II without his o
kpo"ledgr, make Ipm think. will and acl
ps a defentinde bui necessary mode II !
10. viii and The ecinns Of tins ind vidual b
su an Influence over great number of d
tnen. here is The moral world ins STATE
s1d The CREATES combustion. Tuo mech 4,
- mony in lie lie uf fanauc. bleed
4se much inflmed in the heart Of cunquel
painful Ind gestion in the stomach Il
monarch, a Whim that passes IN The nains
woman, are sometimes causes aaifici
10 bring on war, to send millions Of meT
fsa the slaughter, 10 root SIT an entire pep
=. tosOverlhrow walls, 10 reduce cities 10
- es, 10 plunge nations into slavery. 70 pa
Don. whole nation into mourning. 10 breed far
l,lar in land, 10 eneendeF lence, to PR
Or gate calamity, % extend misery, 10 spr
&. desolalion far and wide upon he snrfa
our globe, through long series Of ageI