The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-05-16
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eyes 10 the same God, and feel that III
has made them all Of one blood, and
united them By one common lie Of inter
lest and affection, to the same father and
to one another; and we may expect tc
hear that motion has been made and
carried by acclamation to "beat their
swords into plough shares and their spears
into pruning hooks" sH.f
Another view Of steam commerce is
its tendency 10 unite more closely the
Staies-bringing them into more intimale
relations, and subjecling them to the ID.
auenco of mutual intercourse. 1' F''l''l \
Emigration is making us heterogeneous
people--unlike' in habit, language and
religion, aud scattered over a Vast terri.
tory, from The Atlautic TO the Pacific. =
States formed out fsuch apopnlation thus
widely dispersed, cannot be held togethel
and consolidated by military power alone
sectional Interests and jealousies Which
will spring up against the Constitution
and brute force will form no barrier. ~
Our only hope is, in the general diffusion
Of religion and education, and in the
kind and frequent Intercourse which the
railway is calculated TO promote-bring-
ing distant portions Of the country into
The relation Of ncighborhood. p 0'a
By means Of recent intercourse with
foreigners, the Chinese begin to think
1T doubtful whether the earth ia a plane,
and they in The centre Of il, and all upon
| the outside barbarians; and the most
peaceful and happy results will follow
the intermlngling of the North with the
South, Could railroad be extended to
the Pacific, il would do more to promote
union in the States Ito circulate kindly
feelings-to establish our institutions in
California, Oregon, Utah and New Mexi-
co, and to consolidate our glorious coE.
federacy, than all the Legislation Of Con-
gress from now until dooms day. A new
end vas. trade would spring up be-
tween the Atlantic and PaciGc-,he is.
lands the Pacific, and the populous re-.
gions of eastern Asia. Every new Rail.
road, therefore, constructed in our coun,
Try, is another link in thu chain OF iron
binding the States iogetbet. yedI lies
.y The railroad is also levcler--but it
levels up not down. It's tendenoyis 10
place the poor on alevel with the rich,
not by abolishing the distinctions of prop
eity--itiis no socials,--not by depress-
ing the rich, ,abut by eleva.ing all to the
enjoyment Of equal advantages. -leris
like the press. Before The art Of printing
the poor had no books; now The pussess-
ion Of books is no very distinctive maIk
of wealth. Manufactures are Jewelers.,
in the same way, by bringing to the fire.
sides and wardrobes of The poor, articles
of comfort and luxury which once were
a,iairable only by the rich, So with
railways. The poor can tyayel with as
much ease, rapidly and cheapness as the
rich. They are MT doomed, as formerly,to
spend life within the limits, of parish or
Ia city, but can take their seat beside the
millionaire, breath the fresa air of the
country, recreate and recruit health and
spirits in its vallies, and onits mountain
tops. ,,.,,, .ra.-o,'r or.I,,1 ,..', ,,.. petf.,
In the construction ofrailroads, the OBJ,
ieci Of man may be commerce, CONVENE
ence, pleasure, profit, or naliopalglory.--
But "my Thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways" saith
the Lord. Fol, as the Heavens are
higher Than the earth, so are my ways
higher lhan your ways, and my thoughts
higher than. your .houghls"7-lhe hand Of
The Almighty is concerned in the vast
system Of railroads. Is God in nature
but not inyits movements and evolulions'
Is He in matter, but not in the mind that
moulds il? Is He in the stars, but moi
in the telescope, nor in the mechanic .iha
made il? Is Helm the fires of Etna
and not in the loconiotiye? Give me the
philosophy of David, rather than that oI
la Place. 20, Lord, how manifold are
Thy works in wisdom. has, thou made
them alI.''tJ eaNla fnA a' pr'Ha7e '7el 20
David booked up onlv TO adore; La
Place never worshipped. David saw God
everywhete. His boundless glory filled
! The unIverse;-La Place looked into the
temple Of Omnipolence 10 Jscrutinize
the principles Of its slructtire, but saw
nothing of"its Builder aud Maker, who is
God" huoo 9v 1ol'6la4e s.I n9d)'sH
The sermon concludes as follows: a9
"My frlends,ahe slifring scenes through
which we are passing-ihe movements
of which we are spectators, and which
| we are actors, are great to US. i5And,
| indeed, connected with the progress of
our race, and with the destiny Of our
country and world, they arc great Ia reall
liy. But another exlslence9is before Us.
Other scenes are yet to open-scenes
of still deeper interest--of vastly differ
en-, in their natme--of a higher ORDER
spiritual, eternal; and we are all approach
Ing them in the great rail-car of time
wilh,a speed more rapid than lightning
-+more irresistible than chariois Of fire.
God grant through in6hie' mercy id
JBsus CHRTsi. we NAV be faithful in out