Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-12-02

person would huya baon he'll a ( o Or "a
lunat,e who had appeared 10 tljuk oihrr.
wi4e. This eHpl ina, u 1 rn"r"ly tho unl-
veryaI ptofs sgiol Of religion, by poIs0n4 "f
whatever character or manner % IT,, but
the generally manifest sincerity Of tho
profc ssion Tho bligit Of uuhoIief had
sea rcely yet Touched meD's minds. TIE
common ftith, Protestant or Catholic, ~ha
~ much The sisto1Ance Dfall n Ike, ua tLH
common mir. It was ii this respect almost
~ in the pnImr day Of ancient PaganisH,
~ in Greece in The ting Of Hofmf, oF
INDEED for ages afterwards, when ba VII"
did mol discern and atkpqag ledge a PRESENT
deity IN any one'ot certain common natural
occurrences, would have been dptfnrd not
III seq or hear Alright, mt 10 have lhe psoper
use II his senses.
'IfthIs had bcen MI, ono might envy n
time when the Garth, thus gorgcousIy iIfg~
mined by Imagination, and IungA with
sploudors not It's own, might be thought to
lie 70 near 10 the gate, 80 close undtr tho
crystal battIcrpents of heaven aud when
men, ~nnsubdurd by sense, walked 81 much
IL the light If the spiritual and Invisible,
and were exalted mud upheld BY 80 much
hat has now for ever passed away. but
The actual effect was considerably different
from what Il lively fancy might piciureeit.
II w0nli almost seem aa If religion hadIo lost
instead Of gained in practical power and
efficiency, by being thus universally received
aud submitted 10, a. ii matter III cntirae.
In accepting It's d0ctrins with the same
IL al 4srTIlt r urplrn = sSyH trsty 81 Il s.tsI
which the mind surfeudcrg itsrIf 10 lha
propositions # the tina bemaitcs, or 10 any
simple physical truth. the Ioss acrupulo1s
spirits of the fret age Of The Ref0rma'i ion
seem tnaby If them hardly to have con.
uected more of sentiment or uff,rti, u with
their religious b. LET than with their belief
in the lnw "f m IRE, according 10 which, n
some drort from The hand fills to thu
oDunt. Thy creG appear to have c0nsi.
Irrrd Themselves entitled 10 treat the rpli.
{ gjo1= truth aud the tbysicnl truth ON nany
occasions IN the sumo why; aud az they
could arre,t III" action If the Law Of eravi.
taiion Mt my time by The application ol
some opposing fnrce, In like manner, by
some analogous c6nirivance, to suspend Or
ncutraltzc any principle Or percept Of
religion whenever they chose. File pin.
=, ciple, indeed was moi to be overturned, ~
. for n moment g]ainsaid Or questioned; but
still II was ~ be kept under management
and control, just ~ fiji were n principle IT
mechanics or chemistry The fierce aud
al absorbing contest betwcenlhe two rival
FIRMS ofCh isli4pity had husbcd all dispt.
\, ~ta'ion, had stopped a i doubt, al reflection,
4, III Investigation about Christianity ITSELF
- had made that ON MI hands be simply taken
:, for granted ;-and this was The result"
Trr'y, n state ofthinte to which we bope
= never to return, bat which II extremely 10
: trrestiog to inquire into as mater Of his
Il tory. There then are "the golden daya
Of good queen Besg." This is the history
:, tn" ,tttly romaefi', altrps! tho incradtbl,
- his DRY ofthe private lives oI some OF il,
: brightest ornaments ri her court. :
The descendants Of Lerice Kn0lIys,~a
y they arr. as Mr.. Craik shows, very runner
g Gus among the aristocracy,-wiI doubtlcs'
be very curious to see this account ofth"ij
common ancestress, since every word il
true IA far as documentary evidence CAT
Ii testify.