The lynx. (Panola, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1845-1845, 1845-06-07
Communicated.
MO r A L ] T Y.
pANOTA-ITS TRUE INTERESTS

If. Mess.s. Editors, there Is an AK
ION IN morals, that is one which asserts
that the amount OF prosperity oil any /
community will depend Oh the aggre
gate virtue Of its citizens. As " hone S |
" is the best policy" as relates to IN.
diyduals. and that even III pccunla-
ry point Of view, so TO cultivate virtue
and morality is The best policy 10 pro
mote the happiness, the growth, and
The pccuniary interest Of any people
he history Of the world shows that
NO town ever did, and common sense
saws no town ever can flourish without
it. The following extract from The
pen OF Dr. Lyman Beecher is n point
on this subject.
"It is a sad mistake, too often
countenanccd by ministers themselves,
that small congregations are unable TO
support the Gospel; when the fact IS,
that no congregation is able TO do with
o1t the Gospel; for the tax Of desola-
lion is four times as expensive as the
tax which is requisite To sustain the
! institutions of religion. This is no iic
! ton. Gro TO those societies which have
! iudged themselves unable 10 support the
Gospel; 90 70 parents, and demand the
items squandered by their prodlgal
children, besides breaking their hearts
by their undutiful conduct. Go 10 the
tavern on the Sabbath day and on week
/ days ATTEND the arbItratIons, the
courts, the trainings, the horse-racings
and midnight reveIs;-wllness the dc
cayed houses, fences and lillagc, the fall
ing school houses and taltered children
OF barbarous manners and then return
10 your own little paradise, and decide
whether you viii exile The GOSPEL as
too expensive 10 be supported. II YOU
are too door 10 support the Gospel, YOU
are demonsirabIy, too poor 10 do without
If the one would severely press you,
the other will grind you to powder
A tew tamHicS mag 1arire in trGsie p't-
ceS, bNt ii 'cW be upon he rices Of the
rest; The greater porljon 1rjN be poor
and ignorant; and ricio"s."
II is not in religions point Of view
f that seek to speak As disconnected
with Crecds, Insist apon the naked
proposition (Which no Atheist can deny
and no church-man will undertake &c
! conIradict} that no town can flourish
s and the citizens Of 10 town can pros
per, without Scdu7ouS cuIGrafion o
>. The moral virtues Let lhis'be done a:
o it may-but ii must 6edone. To thiul
, seriously but five minutes in each da,
would make US better men, and vii
not undertake TO say what efficacy there
might be in the trial Of some new sys
: tenn Of philosophy or religicn-but m
: Ill that is furnished | will rest conten
, with our good, old fashioned Christian
f -eligion, as the best means Of cul,yu
, ting the moral virtues. 1t is iucumb
!. ent on him who would cavi as 10 ,ht
f means 10 furnish Us better, for it is in
# dispen eibIe under the circumstances tina
!. we should adopt the Bible, after III,
Il fashion Of the Connecticut people, VIII
declared it should be the law Of III,
, land, " untif they could find time 10 pro
: ride a better" proposition seemingly
so rational as this, no man, apprchcnd
i will deny even in his own mind.
n The fact then being admitted that thu
cuitiraiiom Of good morals is Indispensi
. bic; (history and experience attesting
;hat every movement is retrogra!e with
out ~ and il being admitted that TIT
PRONUNCIATION Of the Christian religion
Is, for the present, The best means 0
such cultivation, let us come home |,
orr own town, hold mirror up to our
: selves, and inquire whether our owl
;, conduct is consistent with the dictates O
;. our own reason.
!. Alas! in poor Pamela, While we hav
n a Courthouse and iail-groceries, race
J. course, gambling and drunkenness il
20 abundance; we have 10 church, n
70 school house. no moral teachers, no lii
,e erary society-with every cause, "
y have every consequence Of bad manner
= and bad morals. The same causes nc
\ yer failed TO produce the same result
d Deal tender'y with US strangcr!; exter
,e uate nothing; yet add nothing % on
G. shame by setting down augh; again.
.e US IN malice! If there is Lot her,
If let him first lift an arm 10 save III
ut moral Sodom; then condemn US if vo
Nc must
b. Citizens Of Pamela! ye who advocat
n morality. and occasionally practice
VIII you not arouse from your ctha
n. gy and subdue the causes which, ouic