Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-03-31

opinions and interest, or to remove sin and
misery from human society, except by the
change of these three most gross funda,
mental errors, and their entire abandon
ment for the three divine laws Of nature
which are opposed 10 those vain imagina
tons which have ever been the father OF
lies, and the true origin of all the notions
respe citing the evil spirits Of the earth and
heavens, or Of Satan and his angels Of mis-
chief.
20. That there is no hope for the human
race ever becoming reasonable or rational
in feeling, thought or action, until the char
acter of man shall be based on the three
divine and eternal laws of his nature, and
society shall be constructed, from IFS foun-
daton, in all its parts and rs whole, TO be
in unison with man, and both to be con
siste.it with these unchanging, most betef-
cent, and all glorious laws Of that Power
which gives motion and life and mind, and
sustains the universe in its everlasting on
ward course.
81. That these three fundamental laws
Of human nature are list. That man is
crea ed unknown to himself physically,
mentally, and morally, by the great mys-
terious creating power of the universe, and
for which man can never deserve merit or
demert &: ID, That human opinion, belief,
and disbelief, are formed for all indvidu
ais, by the strongest impressions made on
the mind o. each, and for which none can
deserve merit or demcrit: Sd. That all of
human kind are so created that they must
like and love those things and qualities
which are agreeable, and dislike those
things and persons which have been made
10 be disagreeable 10 their individual ia
ture.
% That for man TO become wise, good,
and happy, he must be entirely removed
from those external circumstances which
society has created and combined in accor-
dance with the three fundamental errone-
neous imagina,ioEs Of our ancestors, and he
must be new placed, amidst new formed
circumstances, made to be in accordance
with the three divine laws of humanity,
that he may become, through the natural
influence of those circumstances a reason
able and superior rational being.
23. That by this change in principle and
practice, in forming m!n and society, the
cause OF sin and misery will be removed,
the effects will, of necessity cease; and Sa-
tan, 50 called, or the evil spiri, of iglo.
rance, will take its fl ght from the earth,
no more to torment poor, deludud and abu-
sed human nature,
81. That with this change of the three
errors Of our ancestors for the divine laws
Of human nature there will be no real diff
Guilty in speedily making men wise and
good, and the earth into terres, al para
disc; for all the means now superabound
10 enable society easily 10 effect both. The
only thing wanting 10 insure this change
rapidly over the earth, is the want Of homes
ty and moral courage in men trained from
birth in false prime les to act and speak
the truth; defect created IN men and wo-
men by the three fundamental errors on
which their characters have been formed,
and on which society has been hitherto
alone constructed.
%. That il is, therefore, the highest in
tercst of one and all Of every class, creed,
and cline, that til cAange in human ex-
istence should now be made without delay,
that al may enjoy an ever-increasing pros
perlty and happiness.
There is, however. one apparently insur
mounlatle difficulty 10 be overcome, before
this great change in human affairs can be
accomplished; one that appears TOO deep
rooted, too widely spread over all quarters
of the world, and too gigantic in lis power
for mortal man 10 attempt TO contend against.
This is the power of PREJUDICE, forced in
10 the minds and upon the habits of all
men, by their local positions; a position
which infilcts upon them their geographical
language, religion - manners, = habits,
associations Of ideas and conduct, and
hus compels all men, without exception,
instead of heing trained to become rational
beings, 10 acquire the character Of rration-
al animals, TO the deep injury Of all the in
habitants of the earth. How is this univer-
without creating misery by the conflict, 10
all these localized animals Mortal man,
by any power which in ordinary language
he can call his own, would never think Of
attempting that which now appears 10 all
men of the old world most wild and vision
airy, nay, not 10 be exceeded in folly or in
sanity by any Of the most extravagant or
mad enterprises ever undertaken by nan
in his most rude and irrational state
Well, then, what earthly power can be
brought 10 this mighty conflict against To-
Called, irrational man, TO obtain the victo-
nv over him for intelligent, rational man;
that the human being may no longer re-
main or his offspring forced TO become, the
mere geographical creatures of local i'm
p.essons, producing and reproducing con-
tinually local errors and associations Of
ideas, destructive of real knowledge. of
virtue, and of happiness? Evidently most
vain would it be for any mere earthly pow
or 10 enter upon this more than mortal con-
flic, A new and divine weapon must be
obtained from that source whence man has
derived his organization, and his mental
faculties; weapon of snch might and pow
er as shall, when daily welded, and with
certain aim directed, sever the gordian kno,
of human ignorance and prejudice so eff
fectually, that it shall never more be the
cause of infiicing error and misery on man.
But where is this divine weapon TO be
founds or, when found, who will have the
temerity 10 WELD it, and commence the