Washington telegraph., 1843-09-06
For fhc Telegraph.
NITMRER FIVE.

strongest bu!waIk to The throne, and lie
safest entrenchment 10 the free institutions
of republican governmenii hence, The
founders Of empires, as well as The cham
pions Of civil Liberty, have carly inculcaied
religious principle, and guarded lis sanctity
by ihe severesi sanctions Of legislation
With view 10 impress the importance Of
religious faith upon the human mind,
churches and synagogues have been ns,i,u.
ted, temples and corporations founded, and
| pilari,nages and crusades advocated; self
turlure and mariyrdon fomented and i'll
Hicted, and the strict observance Of some
may, bni magnificent, ceremonial com
.nandcd Ly every legislator from Moses TO
Robespiere- Therefore, independent Of all
ulierior advantage, the enlightened citizen
and The cultivated subject will ever seek 10
conform 10 The laws Of his country, and re-
gard The institutions or his native home.
| By rhe prccepi and example of such, lhe
feet OF inexperIence are directed 10 The al
Iars ur social and public worship, and The
Youthful mind expanded and refined by the
lessons Of virtue and wisdom. Much as we,
from squeamishness oI a false estimate Of
our own consequence, may dislike the al
tendance Of children on divine worship, yet
nothing is more advantageous 10 all than
ihis CUSTOM; for there Ihe child, ever imi-
iaiive, first learns The practice Of social law
the object Of human existence. Ihe relation
that man susiains to man, and the obligation
of moral duly. IL is there the nfracIuns of
law are menaced with line vengeance Of
Heaven, and the amenities Or our nature
called nio existence by The hope Of COM
Ing immortality. Then, in obedience ,oIhe
acquisitions Of expediency and The obliga-
lions of duiy. The parent is expected to visit
The sanctuary of God, leading The inappre-
cable pledges Of commuiuaI love The
Inconvenience Of their attendance and tie
disturbance Of their momentary resiveness,
are evils too inconsideIable TO be weighed
against the vast and incalcuIable good Sc
cured BY The Practice But, aIasl SO la
mentally low are the morals Of the people,
that Ihe CONVICTIONS Of public utility and lie
requisIion Of social obligation, arc nearly
wholly unheedcd and neglected; aud the
child left 10 segeIate in the kitchen, among
class uf menIals, whose morals ate a.
questionable as ibuse of Judas, wlIs,se
language as corrupt, and whuse custom as
non. Al were madness 20 expect virtue aud
intelligence among Tie youth OF the land
under such unfavorable auspices
PIT, again, LET Us probe The body polite.
In barbaric ages, supe: s,iIious fear impcIIeu
lie voIary u risII The faues Of his wursh:p.
- exIiaic his crime or seek the indulgence,
ot has capricious Deity; in the light and
blaze oiiie nineteenth century, Earope and
New England are prompted 10 an ubser-
vance OF religious ceremoaials by the views
OF advantage and prospects Of power; but
~ some VI The western states there are
classes Of men whom oeiihcr fear nor inter-
est can allure 10 an obedience 10 The v;,ole-
some Oil gallon Of Social companioDship
of the long settled laws of their country.
And yet, again; whenever curiosity or pbi
ianihToPy explores Or surveys The secret
baynios IT giided crime, the prowling ban
OIL oi mountain glen, or drunken btayl Of
street OF recess; horrid and haggard group
n aged demons present themselves as first
ia crime, foremost I'D debauch, and ever
prompt TO malign. with ibe foul breath Of
SANDER, the conduct Of the sirruous and
good. With such disregard of law, such
pnFohy and roltenness in ihe body of The
people, who can expect the moralify and
intelligence of The rising generation, unless
a new order ct things be Instituted. the
lountain Of impuriiy dried up, and the Id.
oi moral lurpiiude Stayed in its propressa
IL is but natural Hoio that ;ner,,crienee should
be led into folly; yet, The frown Of he cen
s"f II slili nndissipaied, and The lash Of re-
proach still scourging lis victim. o. socie-
~ society, what crude inconsistency cha
acieHzes The course Of Thy movements. and
whai strange contrarieiy governs the irnpul-
sl"ns oi thy nature! The man grown old
- years and folly, scaihes and blasts ip his
ihry The unfortunate victim o!inexoerience-