The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-29


lOssing the security, ArIesllns The eohrs'
Of Justice, aud thus m'srup' the ha'm"ny
good order aad pelrs Of sUrie'y. Nor Is thi'
sisc am 40 ee,ion confined alone 70 the reiigl
oas, civil aud judicial department; but We
fiad IL exhibited ia all the vOcalions of life
e . prudential measure. The tradesman has
his private mark 10 conceal ihi cost Of h's
goods. The solder his secre: pass word to
guard sgsins, Imposition and tIeachery.
But leaving the associations Of mankind,
let ua turn to the vast and boundless held OF
nature, stu lded with its eounlless objects, all
Displaying creative power sud design 10
their organization and structure. Aud though
science may have assigned to each It's ap'
psopfiate D lace in the animal, vegetable or
mineral kingdom, and accomplished much
that is valuable and interesting in reterence
10 their ature, use, &c, there iS still much
more thi. is beyond the comp ehsnsien Of
finite 10 inds or rests on mare enjecure, and
must 70 rev er remain enshroaded In mystic
fious secrecy, notwilhsnnding the light OF
science and the boosted powers Of human
rsasUn, lbe uItimlts design their great au>
thor has seen ft to conceal from mn. Who
10 his eager search prompted by that intru'
sive principle of the human mnd 10 trace
cause 10 effect, has suece ssfu!ly invoked the
aid Of chemistry and geology, 10 explain the
phenomena and unfold its lnherentprosp rites
BY the established law that govern matier,
and ia The progress OF his Investigations and
during its analysis has watched with delight
the different plans OF affirwiIes tina, trans
p;Fed in ta return 10 its private elementary
particles, or in the less Interesting and more
sagdy process of its formation carefully noted
the laws Of stlala, texture aud crysti izttlon,
and stood in silent aslonishmenl, whilst by
the powers Of the miscruscope. he mas been
permitted TO view the sporiVe gambols oi
those numberless beings that animate sin
gle drop water, taken from the purcsl foun"
iain, OF belleld the countless myrlads uf ami
maculac thgt floats in the ci!cumainb ent al,
mosphere ten thousand Of which might dance
on the point of cambric needlef
Captiva,ed by the exhibition Of such an
extraordinary spectacle and lost in admira>
tion, reason for time yields TO conjecture,
and the niAd ID unconsciously drilled into
the uncertain labyrinth Of speculation. Nor
has all The facilities furnished by science
and art united with patient Investigations ol
the most gigantic minds, been able TO eluci-
date these intrucata waves of uncertainty,
but the disappointed volary has abandoned
the task, and 10 despair is forced 10 exclaln,
wonderfua and past fndng ont are thy ways,
oh, nature; whilst len thousand OBJECTS bear
the impress and the countless tenants of air
earth, and water proclaim TO presnmptuonS
man the instructive lesson Of secresy, and
sin nd n
unequal imp Gus contest with high hea9en.
Then lei me ask the lastidious devoice
who would remove the covert from the hid
den mysteries of nature anG penetrate the
dim yesta Of secrecy, is thine own moral es-
cutcIleon so pure, so spolless that there has
20 inciden, occurred thai does not need the
seal Of secrecy? Does the recollection ol no
past ind secretion at times cause that faithful
index Of Thy soul 10 m1nlle in hTtd conth
sionf Aud what would you tn n< ot The
Yithess hnnd that would draw aside the
curtain and expose TO public view a 20,
moral deiunnHy2 Such wretch would be
ftted for treason, rnpiue aud murder, and
with unplushing eff on'ery, would enter the
circle qf domestic felicity and drag forth their
innocent harmless converse to appease the
Tapacious ear Of lnreslrained Curiosity itself.
The objection of secrecy answered, another
is stated, and the oppon4nl of Odd Fellow
ship, by an appeal 10 their haser passions,
have endeavored TO destroy public conf ience
by exciting their susp,ciuns and favoring a
class Of feeling 10 The human mind that has
ever mlred individual happiness and dis
Rraced mankind, and with more Than super
Iii daIn o1 4,
perpetuae tha cause Of Htlsr All her
descendants, whose hand sliolll be raised
Rgainsl every man and every mans hand as
gaiIst them, even in The present highly civil
ized state ofsocietv, and in this, the toasted
age of political and religions tolerance, in
their effort TO excite popular prejudice a
gainst the Order (mnst likely from their ig-
borance ofits real desgns) have not hesitated
10 intimate that the in1derco of the insliru.
iion, al the instigaion Of its general head
night ba induced 10 unite with either OF the
great political parties or religions denomina-
lions Of The day and thus endanger the Iibs
erts of tile country Had the order Of Oh |
Fellows been the only secret association that
ever existed since the creation Of man, and
had all other associations hitherto established
with or without the covert Of secrecy, always
sended TO tho promotion Of The happiness of
mankind, then there might be some plausi-
bic grouud for this objection. But as the his.
tory Of the world ever back to its ramotesl
periods fnrnishe The testimony Of the exis
renee Of different secret orders; and as the
associations Of men, laying no claim TO Sc.
crecy in their organ Z,iions hive excited
revolutions, md by that course filed nations,
kingdoms and empires with sorrnW, suffering
and vo,, this objection, therefore, app les
with equal force to all associatons, wheiher
secret, civil or religious, no matter how be
Devoient may be their design, since all are
capable by psrversion Of blasting The hqppi
hess and eqtailing misery and wretchedness
% iac human family.
! will MT allemp! to portrny those dis
graceful scenes that here IN ,rkel the history
Of Chrslendom lseC. When holy religion.
~ solacs d The present and The hppe' he
fu'ure, vas nude subservient 10 temporal
waste Of spiritual praiermeu, md the ahom.
marion Of this vile compound Of Iolicy and
pitt was hung around The cross Of an IN.
suited Say0ir and wher5 the successor O
St. Peter became the greatest earthly polen
fale, and By the establishment Of that foul
ani incesluous con2lct between church and
state, sought 70 enforce by the strong arm nI
civil power his eccieEasic denomination and
by bis tyrannlcai mandates issue from ihe
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