Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-01-27

Such course will remedy the evil, whilst
| the law never will.
| We some rimss find maps wherein the moral and
intellectual character Of the Globe are marked by
ines,as the geographical lines of division drawn
IN others. On such maps always find the ISL
and of Great Britain, and the states of this Union,
represented by highly luminous patches indicative
of the superior Intelligence and the exalted state of
christianity, enjoyed by them whilst toe rest OF the
world is distinguished by the different degrees of
backness presented by the different sections. The
Chinese, 1t rs said, have map of the world where
IN the celestial empire is represented occupying
the principal share of the whole globe, whilst other
nations are jottod down as dots upon the surface.
! Neither the Erglishman nor the Yankee have the
effronery to extend, even on paper. their we'll de-
fined boundaries, but not to be behind hand with
the Ceestlas, they appear disposed to claim pretty
much all the intelligence and all the christianity,
and with about the same propriety that the Celes-
tails claim the whole geographical world Had
we the making of these maps, we should represent
Eng land as black as ink could make her, and re-
lleve the shade but trhe for our own much ex
tolled land. And it is because of the superior in
tellectual endowment, that we would do so, for
whilst other nations are pagan and barbarous with
out intellectual light, it would seem that the intel
lect OF these nations has other end than to gid
and refine extreme barbarity. The same dark and
PoooiohS sway tlic mass III tilOSe SectiOnS
of country generally conceded barbarcus and unen.
llghtened, seem also to sway them in the enligh
ened portions, the evil being widened and deepened
In the latter case by the intellectual cunning brought
to bear. Ii the barbarous and unenli ghtened, are
gwen to wars. are blood thirsty, ferocious and cru
Ell; have repulsive customs connected with their
superstition and bigotry, the called enlightened
certainly excel them in all these features. If truth
has been unfoded, science developed and the in
tellec generally of men lifted up il has as yet sub
served but the most degraded end. The intellect
is but noble captive chained to the car of Ayarce
Its holy and ennobling purposes are spurned and
lost sight OF, and to minister to the one PASSION il
Is alone employed. England, no doubt, is the main
centre OF what is understood as enighten ment and
civilization; 1t is as certainly the centre of all that is
base, cowardly, cruel, and mean. Where in the
savage world will be found the same pictures of des.
tuition suffering, and DEATH as are presented in
the streets OF her own capital. and that too, where
the wealth OF the world centres. The plea of ge-
neral poverty and general want has no application
here, tor there is enough for all; but the intellect
of man avails nothing, the moral man shrinks and
becomes nothing under the influence of the predo-
mlnant passion; 1t there be want, dcsltution, and
suffering abroad; If bodies do perish and souls 90
down to perdion, through crime, forced By want,
will the sovereign rellnqush one groat of the mil
lions wrung from his subjects; will the lordly peer
abate one Jot OF his useless luxures or the miser
relinquish one piece of his loved gold! No. The
light OF the world may centre there, but North
American savage would cry shame, at the entire
want OF the commoaest impulses ofhumau!ty. En-.
gland too, has her Chrissin missionaries in every
portion OF the world; but presume there is
scarcely missionary station which has not in view
OF II a military post OF the country, so that
whilst the plouS adventurer is endeavoring to in
culcae the mild and benevolent preceps of chris
tanity, the first dawnings of the savage intellect
are me, by the deliberate and studied preparation
tor human butchery, on the part of the nation to
which their teachers belong and not only this but
they have the daily experience of brutal oppression
to rouse and keep active the very worst feelings of
their nature, on the part of The enlightened, civil
zed and christian country OF England. England
boasts too that not slave inhabts her SOIL and yet
no pagan ner savage country exhibits the same re-
voting picture OF universal slavery as d, es she
Look over the face of Globe, where the power of
England prevails, and tell US if hers is the enght-
ment, hers the christianity which should seek
10 perpetuate God forbid! Let lines as black a
night be closely drawn the Illuminated norton
which represents England on the moral and inteI-
lectua map OF the world, and if preference must
be gwen, the tribes oil our American Indians are
vastly more deserving, for although they NAV rush
TO savage warfare with their enemies we douht
whether the extreme barbarity which would rob a
brother OF his substance, and leave him to die like
dog, is known In their midst
we SAID that we should relieve the shade Int a
riiie for our own land. About the same impulses
appear to move the mass here Tut we are fortunate
In better government anu a more extended coun-
try, which have conduced to greater eoualitv and
yet Kept US tree from the extremes of both splen
dor and want; but the same causes must in the end
produce the same effects and this oblteration of the
NOR al man, this warning of the intellect from its
naturally high aspirations, must result in the same
evil, which Its longer existence in England has &C.
casioned. Here as there, intellect is worth nothing
genius Is worth nothing, except so far as it coins
the almighty dollar nor does science appear to
have any other purpose in its development. Our
government too, manifesis, as matter of course.
the same popularity; an everlasting warfare with
regard TO dollars and cents; it seems to have no
aigheI purpose, though 1t occasionally occupies its
attention with purposes still lower; for if il ceases
moment to talk Of dollars and cents il is tina, il
may talk OF war, and supply its demands of men
ana money. AS though the murderous steel and
deadly tire-arm were the natural or necessary in
sfruments OF an enlightened and christian country.
out government bestows ten times the attention
upon the art OF murderous war that they do unon
the simple art OF peace. A newly invented weap
on OF destruction commands at once the means Of
the nation, whilst a newly developed truth cacula
TED 10 INT man from the dust In which he provels
may starve tor want of sustenance. The plea that
II Is necessary TO organize system of murder for
defence, we don't believe in; it is the existence of
ths organized defence, which most generally makes
the necessity tor It's We have great faith TINT
no defence for nation is so powerful ne hah,s oT
strict justice IN all transactions. This throws ma
tons at once upon their honor and whilst we mi gh,
calculate confidently upon securing the good will,
and respect OF all barbar Gus nations, we incline to
the opinion that even England would respect MS
and reclprocate the feelings We manifested. We
need armies more TO protect our own lust acts
than for purposes Of defence. If our dealings with
our own Indian tribes had always been strictly bo.
norable and upright we should not need armies to
protect our frontier. In the early history Of the
country, whilst the savage was always ready with
his Ratchet and knife for those who approached him
In an evil spirit, the honest and peace-loying Qua
ker who knew not the use of fire arms, was secure
from danger. With all our boosted intelligence
we have less happiness in our midst, and les. prac.
teal christianity than the most barbarous nation If
the earth! Why then shall we boast of our enIph,.
enmentl II is our reproach rather; and in the eve
OF Tim who seeth all things correctly, it will be
as a mill stone about our necks.
Ii we supposed the inevitable result of awaken
ing, cultvatlng, and developing the intellect, was
merely the creation of an active agent to minister
to the blind impulses of our nature, we should de-
Piore such awakening, but pray earnestly for the
unbroken night of the dark est intellect But such
is not always to be the Although the present