Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-12-25

ana Ordained the worship of the Goddess of T
oer'S Ia the person of vile woman. The awf,
Consequences which followed were too horrible :
- E u converted the most polished nation
VI EuroPe into nation of fends and fures. nm
the theatre of voluptuous refinement into . 6ai
oI oiood. That Almighty being who governs III
universe whose wrath they had defiied who's
existence they had denied; whose Bible thew ho,
ouinou' Withdrew from them the arm of his pro
'ect'on and gave them up. Every evil passo,
ie'S"ea triumphant, and with fendish ferocit,
they fastened upon each other. and the worL -
ue",n commemorative guillotine groaned beneath
us us ioad-the earth grew luxuriant with bpmar
oooo' ana more than million and half of h.,
@ man victims were sacrificed on the altar of folv
no "'"eissic influence or conspiracy may affecl
u.s. not oy a numerical majority al the polls onlv
ou' oy variety of The influences which will aug.
"'on' us power. In their opposition to order and
o", ana Feli iSion. they will find aid from everv
P'oh'Sase ana unprlnclpled character. They may
ca'cua'e' without the possibility of mistake. on
| every young man, whom The loss of cha racter
anu al, seH-reproach have urged on TO desperation
ihey may create pestilentiaI atmospheric and
sehd out moral contagion all over the lan6-they
may arouse the evil passions, goad on insubordina-
tion' ard madden the brain of the naton--they may
suspend the influence of those moral attractions
of Heaven which hold civil society tooetber q nd
without which civil society would dissolve. as or
game matter, should the attraction of gravity and
cohesion cease. Let the belief that there is no
uod, ana that we are not accountable, fail from
the public mind, and appeals be made to the un
godIy and lnsubordinaie passions of corrupt hu
man nature; and poverty, and envy, and ambition
oe summoned to crusade against religion, and
iaw' aud purity, and property, and how long would
our institutions stand, the supremacy of law
protect us-how soon would statute law be sus.
pended, by depraved public sentiment and crime
roll Its dark waves of desolation over u.s. re-
pubic, where the citizens viruous and inteli.
gent, affords the highest degree of perfection to
human society but it is the most slender and
complex, and periious in its construction ond
when 1t falls, there is destruction so awful and
no anarchy Sc dark and dreadful as that which
ioiiows. The nature of our government the ex.
tent OF our country its diversified interests rem
der 1t Impossible that law can extend an efficient
control over Us without vigorous tone of moral
principle, and general intelligence. Look at the
restless and vigorous character of our national in
teilect; our unrestraned habits; our self.will,
ana love OF liberty; our boundless enterprise
our impatience of rebuke control our abun.
dance, with its corruptng influence: our voluptu-
ous dissipation, and diversity of interest and SYM
pathy. and tell me if this is a nation so fea arfuIy
htted for sef-destIucton, TO be able to say to
God with lmpunlty" depart from we desire not
the knowledge of thy ways" What power but
that of God alone can extend its efficient and ON.
tended over so vast country diversified by in
erest, and so deiicatey and slenderIy allied, and
SO frequently chafed and excited by party spirit
and pride, and ambition and discomfort. God
alone can extend his efficient control, and exert 4
power sufficient to quiet so excited public mind.
What but the omnpotent attractions of his glory
the sanction of eternity, and the sweet and tran
quilislng influences Of his gospel upon renovated
minds. can hold such discordant material in pros
porous soc al alliance. Ii with difficulty that
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and patience, and prudence, and wisdom, and con-
fidence in God, and his protection and benedicton
to hold US together and make us one people. 1t is
manifest, the danger is not all passed yet. Dark
clouds skirt our horizon yet, and the ship Of State
IS tossed with angry waves, and the rocks and
quIcksands about way--the excitement
and elimination, and detraction of party spirit
now not the healthful conflicts of diversity Of
opinion and political policy, jealous Of liberty;
but the exacerbatlon of envy. and desire of pow
er. and desperate ambition. Party spirit already
begins TO plrrenzy the public mind, and break
down the power of distinguishing between right
and wrong. When the public discrimination be-
tween right and wrong. truth and error, common
and folly, moral purity and pollution, shall
faIter through the influence of party SPIRIT SO that
profiigate mon shall te elevated TO places of dis
tinction, or encounter no reproving eye, then has
our ruin commenced, and the stream Of pollution
is rolling deep and rapid, under the foundation OF
our institutions. | would not proclaim danger
when there is none, or conceal it when it comes.
would not arrogato to myself the office of pro-
phet, or draw aside the curtain which conceals the
future, if could. | trust my country will rise,
live to a glorious immortality. But, If, through
the influence of evil and misguided men, she should
abjure revealed religion, and like infidel France
dare the Almighty conflict, and fall upon evil
times and be ruined while tho lame ntatlon OF her
sons are heard amid the dark chaos of anarchy
and confusion, and the fragments Of once beau.
tfuI republic dashed upon the angry surges OF
revolution and popular excitement, let US, at least,
be able TO retain the consolation Of Hector amid
the ruins of burning Troy
ST Perganta dertra
Defendi poSsent. etiam hac defensa tuissent."
There are many who beg to look upon the
dissolution of our Union, and the dismemberment
of our government, very probable result, and
this probably may be the reason, why so many