Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-02-07

had withheld our present known capacity
to improve our race, and denied every
sense to enjoy all other pleasure taan those
we share in common with the meanest
brutes. then we should be justified in re-
oard;nc the animal man as everything.
and the spiritual man as nothing. Let
each be esiimat at its true value. First.
deal Justly by American Mind. and its
power over the physical elements OF ma
ture, to consolidate. enrich and elevate
our whole population, whether on the
shores of the Pacific. or Atlanic-whether
on the great Gulfof the South, or the great
Lakes Of the North-will be all that the
most ardent pa,rio: could desire.
Our agricultural. mineral. manufacture
ing and commercial resources. are aitoge-
Their beyond computation. The danger is.
that we shall prove unworthy OF blessings.
SO numerous and transcendant. Tn
merited wealth and undeserved prosperity
have ruined millions Of individuals. and
induced the speedy downfall ofmany pow
erful nations. As our form of government
makes every voter a minister of state. he
should study to inform himself in all mat
ters of public policy. A sovereign that
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in some parts of Africa or Asia, but he is
out of his Kingdom in the United States.
! The larger the number of immigrants
that flock to our happy shores. from DIS
turbed and bleeding Europe, the more
urgent is our duty TO watch closely all
demagogues. and provide ways and means
for the settlement and improvement OF all
! new corners. We confidently expect soon
the annual arrival Of a million OF foreign
ers to reside permanently. and multiply
rapidly in this country. 1t IS indeed
land worth coming to; and not few OF
the two hundred and fifty millions in
| Europe have already found it out. Wake
up. young man!-prepare yourself to act
well your part in this wonderful drama
Tell us what can poor, limping Ignorance
do. in a race with Science. with its loco
motives, its steamships and its telegraph
wires! Common people fail to appreciate
the value Of Science, although not year
or month passes in which it does not dou-
bic the productive power Of human mus
cles. either in the field or the workshop.
Study. then, the uniform and unerring
laws Of nature; which, if we'll understood.
will add four fold to thy happiness as a
rational being. and place thy name among
the honored Of the land.-Gcnesee Far
nacr.
A Chapter for Young Husbands.
| FROM THE EPISCOPAL REGISTER.
! Walking, the other day. with a valuable
! friend who had been confined a week or
two by sickness to his room, he remarked
that a husband might learn good lesson
by being occasionally confined to his house.
by having in this way an opportunity of
witnessing the cares and never ending tolls
Of his wife, whose burden and duties. and
patient endurance he might never have
understood. There is n great deal in this
thought, perhaps enough for an editorial :"
Men. especially young men. are called by
their business during the day mostly away
from home. returning only at the hours Of
meals. and as they then see nearly the
same routine Of duty, begin to think it is
their own lot to perform all the drudgery,
and to be exercised with the weight ofcare
and responsibility. But such man has
got a very wrong view of the case; he needs
opportunity for more extended observa-
ton, and it is perhaps for this very reason
that kind Providence arrests him by
sickness. that he may learn in pain, what
We have seen recently a good many
things said in the papers to wives. especial
ly TO young wives, exposing their faults.
perhaps magnifying them. and expound
ing to them, in none Of the kindest terms.
their duties and the Offices pertaining to
woman's sphere. Now, we believe that
wives, as a whole, are really better than
they are admitted to be- We doub, if
there can be found a great number Of wives
who are disagreeable and negligent, with
out some palpable GOODNESS or short COM
ing on the part of their husbands. So far
as we have had an opportunity for obser-
walton, they are far more devoted and
faithful than those who style themselves
their lords. and who. by the customs OF
society, have other and generally more
pleasant and varied duties to perform.
We protest then against these lectures so
often and so obtrusively addressed to the
ladies'. and insist upon it that thew must
most OF them-have been written by some
fusty bachelor who knows no better. or by
some inconsiderate husbands who deserve
to have been old bachelors to the end of
their lives.
But is there nothing to be said on the
other side! Are husbands so generally
the perfect. amiable injured beings they
are so often represented. Men sometimes
declare that their wives extravaganza have
picked their pockets-that their never
ceasing tongues have robbed them Of their
peace. and their general disagreeableness
has driven them to the tavern and gaming
table. but this is generally the wicked
excuse for a most wicked life on their
own part. The fact is. men often lose
their interest in their homes by their own
neglect to make their homes interesting
and pleasant. 1t should never be forgot
ten that the wife has her rights-as sacred
after marriage as beforehand a good hus-
bands devotion to the wife after marriage
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