The Panola lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1846, 1845-12-13

ne and elevation Of character. And {
while the human soul is welded to |
'ordid dust, and carnality is everstr,ving
Tor the ascendency over the Other altri
butts Of human nature, men need not
expect TO find the path Of life gentle
festooned with amaranths
and cnlivened continually with sing
ing birds. All have their moments OF
bliss and their years Of turmod-alI
have their friends and their enemies,
AMI as all are dependant upon each
other, like one link in a mighty chain
is dependant upon another, reason and
good policy would seom to dictate, that
if we would be happy ourselves, we
must contribute TO the happiness OF
others.
Communities are little worlds them,
selves, and possess all the elements Of
happiness and misery;-and he who
takes upon himself to be a moral
teacher and a paragon of virtue, if sue
cessful, deserves the highest honors
such a community can bestow upon him
the confidence and the esteem of the
upright But he who with the unholy
motive in view Of SodomiZing that COM
munity for the purpose Of enhancing
his personal interest by the errors and
degradation Of others, deserves to be
laShed with scorpions, Kissed al by ser
penis, and driven from the abodes OF
men. Yet, the moral teac her is in most
cases, the object Of many gibe and
Jest, and though his excellence is ad-
m,tted as matter Of fact, ye: his inhu-
ence is opposed and often thwar ted,
because it is belligerent 10 the purpo-
ses Of the vicious; while that fend, that
spark smilten from Pandemonium which
has assumed a human shape, is the
object of caresses and laudations extor
ted from souls too weak 10 play the
man. There are also in communities
kind Of standing jury, whose
business it is to enquire into other
mems matters, (having no profitable
business Of their own) Before the
tribunal Of those men, every member
of the community is arraigned, and
being called upon 10 plead guilty or not
guilty, or whether called upon or not,
the verdict is almost invariably against
him. These cliques are composed Of
men who are never seen engaged in
any useful avocation, and no matter
what pursuits their neighbors ingage in,
they are ready with an uniavorable
prediction as to the result, thus displr-
aging their victim and IeSsening his
probabilities Of success. Who as he
reads this article, has not some loathe-
some, putrid, hateful, vagabondish
clique in his eye?-Some association Of
men collected to gether in a little group,
holding in their hands as it were, the
fortunes Of their neighbors? Men who
have any thing at stake should con,emn
ana scorn such assoSi ations, for when
any man or set Of men are 10 be put
down, these associations are the instru-
ments to do it; and no one can promise
himself that he is not the obnoxious
person, for they may then be gnawing
at his viials.
Human nature is the same every
where, and under all circumstances,
and the only way TO guard successfully
against lis errors, is to put into opera
ton, means which will be most likely
to have countcracting influence. Ed
ucalion, and severe moral discipline.
are the best and only reliable instru-
ments TO oppose it with. Who does
not know that all this southern country
is radically deficient in education and
moral teaching? The exhibitions OF
every day lie convince us that some
thing must be done, and speedily too
We need not expect refinement and
virtue to walk hand in hand among us
until the evil is dug up by the roots
We ali have an interest in one another
and are dependant upon another. Our
own happiness is controlled by those
around US, and our feelings partake of
the influences Of their actions, so as 10
direct our minds in channels the re
verse Of what we desire.
1t would be beautiful picture to the
human mind, FALL men could be brought
within the influences Of that reason
which appears SO lovely when shont
upon by the benign rays ofinteIligence