True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-10-14

THE POwER or TRUTH.-Truth, Spolless
as an angels robe, and terrible as an angels
might, is the shield Of honesty and the natural
foe of falsehood. What is TRuTH2 Truly in.
tSrPretsd, that solitary, BRIEF expressive word,
which has stood from ante-deIuvian ages until
now, as the representative of PRINCIPLE,
means the WORD OF COP. He is the origin Of
Truth inhimthere is no corruption, no change
He is ever the same-TRUTH knows no muta.
tioni He is immemorial-truth existed before
the computation OF time, or memory was given
to man, as faculty of his intellect. Truth, in
politics, in morals, or in law, is the adamant
"h!ah sophistry cannot shake, which coIIusic,"
and corruption cannot totter frorc - arm pedes-
tai Hail to Truth the er-iissary of God upon
the earth, from her nicely balanced scale she
VIM tecs me testimony of error aud of fraud:
Truth mast prevail in the political world, or
politics will become satire upon the Const-
tutio0 II must prepOndeTats in our courts Of
justice, or justice will be the veriest farce Il
must be ascendant in morals, or morality will
lose lis distinctive characteristics and blend in
separately with vice In short, TRUTH must
be supreme, or vice must be the ruler Il is
prSpesterOus, utterly So to attempt to establish
medium between Truth and FalsehOOd There
is no middle, no neutral grounds statement,
an assertion, mus. be fact or fallacy
Beautifully grandIy, and with all the terse
expression Of poetic genius, has Bryant one of
our sublimest American poets, illustrated the
relstive positions of Truth and its opposite in
the following verses:
"TFulh, crushed to earth, will RISE again,
The eternal years Of COP are hers
While error, wounded, writhes with pain,
And dies amid her worshippesp
Ia how many instances have we not seen this
noble passage sxempli6edl We have seen the
usleItered, BIZ ineOrruptible man, ridden over
dOwn4rOddep, by GINNING, intrigue and maeh.
nation; we have the hoofofa libelIous assail-
ant llmOs, planted upon hisnecls; we have seen
the victim, though strong in TRAN and spotIess
in integrity, almost hOpeless.Of bis cause, and
drsading the brand and the infamy Of a felon,
when he came 10 mark the tireles maligDay
Of his enemies we haze seen him desperate and
slmOs, deserted, for % deep were the plots Of
fee, 20 cunning the devices Of enemies, that
sesmiDgly ineTiricahls web was woven around
him. Like the eseed lion, sung BY the piIifaI
wasp, &c eSeid only murmur atihs unprovOked
persecution, or submit 10 silence 10 the trying
ordeal Bm fnally, TRUrH-simPle males.
&c. resistless,-beeame bis ally and bis friend;
the word, the breath Of God. brealhed through
crested and immortal sOul, and that SOL,
though eliminated and persecuted, emerged
Ike q sun from 90 eclipse, e. brighi, if not
bnghisf than before What signal evidence
Of The Poa'er, the majesty, Of unudorned and
fsukless truth
WhH lesson Eas tken taught be vixen We
'rinc,soi ths miehi Of hlsshOod giving nay
'si5rs ,hs sfsng sannes Of Huih7 Yes j.
Eas On syiisass lh.i Gcd and man vii coalesce I
> pin, Il nos mserially, % ave he honcs |
% he unocaf from uIier rnin. i proves \
lso, thE hlsshooi may career 20 "a is insid.
~ charges upoairu,h, nn,l viciory seemsaL
oa gitin m EarP Bm b thst ncnssi-
q monsni q HiuriFe tfio1aPb. Ississ inter.
~ and claint Ihs rici0rr
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