The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-09-28
From The N. Y. Spirit of the Age.
Lecture on Reform!
BY FRASK,A. HowIG.

BY FRASKA. HowIG.
We live in an age replete with wonders,
even when the great mass of the human
family are waking up from the slumber of
ages-are shaking off the fetters of op-
preston and adopting truth as their motto
are fast verging toward higher, no.
bier, and holer state of existence.
No other age has been like the present
No other age, since the memory of man,
has opened to the moral and investigating
philosopher such broad and expansive
fields from which the eye and the mind
may reap such an abundant harvest
Each and every individual wishes to think
and act for himself. Old and superstitious
customs are abandoned; and honor, integ-
rity, and justice have now different
menning. Individuals and even nations
are fast verging toward one common level.
The arstocratic and tyrannical few who
have for ages past ruled the world are fast
becoming extinct. Their crowning sun
has set to rise no more. The royal blood
which has been so long the pride of ma
tons shall soon course through the peas
ants veins. Education once thought a
luxury for the few may now be obtained
in the humblest walks of life; and to think
and act different from another is not CON
sdered now, as il once was, grivous sin.
The time has at last arrived when it is
proper, when it is required of every person
to read, to think, and investigate for them
selves. Reason and sound philosophy
have never been trusted-they have been
considered false and tickle. Common
sense has not been sufficient to rule the
world, and all those who are now in ad-
vance of public opinion must bear ridicule
or persecution. There must yet be an en-
tire revolution in the moral, political and
religious aspect of the world. The glori-
Gus sun of reformation has hardly arisen.
Its bright and congenial rays illumine but
"a minute portion of the vast ocean of hui
man mind whose mighty undulations cause
kingdoms and principalities to tremble.-
The great work is slowly but surely pro
crossing. The whole human family per.
ccive and feel that there is a mysterious
something effecting an entire change
causing the earth as it were to be "created
anew" A new fountain of Truth has
burst upon the world from which eman-
ates ''desire for freedom" love and hap
piness. The accumulated atmosphere of
ages, containing stale ideas and opinions
which have resulted in ill will, discordan
cy, and wars, will soon be among the things
that were. There are few who can not
but notice the change. These hail with
pleasure the good un1e that is coming"
The veil which shQts the present from the
future is in manner partially drawn aside,
revealing to mankind the hidden secrets
of anoJher world which has for ages past
lain enveoped in the dark folds of super
stition and ignorance. AS the arts and
sciences advance, mystery upon mystery
is unfoded to the world, Under its mys-
terious influences the spirits of this world
commune with those of the Spirit Land, ~
thieves are ferretted out, and the art of
medicine advanced with lightning speed.
But even yet this grand science is only in
its infancy. There are yet thousands of
in the science, who sneer at
the very idea of Clairvoyance, and alas!
too many of the Medical faculty treat the
subject with utter contempt. Stlll this on
ly reflects discredit upon themselves
only betrays their ignorance. Truth will
ever hold the ascendency, and while one
half the world lend an ear to its voice, the
other half with its jeers and taunts only
place themselves still farther back on the
olden car of ignorance, believing that the
gilded rays ofscience which arc just dawn
Inc iii the distance are only some wild de-
lusion-some "Ignis Fatuus" which is
destined to lead the world astray, then
vanish and leave them to grope their way
through endless darkness with evil spirits
for their tormentors. With more than one
half the world peopled by such persons,
wishing to follow on in the old track OF
their forefathers, 'turning neither right or
left" and to whom knowledge would be
ignorance, are we to wonder If final ref
ormation is slow to acconip plish, are we to
wonder at the hardness of scientific pursuits
and furthermore, are we to wonder at the
comparatively few who even dare to speak
forth boldly and fearlessly their opinions
regarding truth and error, declaring to the
world that by adhering to ccrtaln prncl-
Piles we may be far wiser and happier than
at present. In conclusion, If we would
view the fruits of reform, let us look three
hundred years hence into the dark veil OF
futurity. There, stamped upon the char
acter of man, which time nor eternity can
never erase, shall we behold the wheel
in motion" of reformation besnn to-day
yet never-ending in its completion.
"a I Davis Revelations. |