The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-12

Milton, in his poehca history Of the fallen angels
Moral accountability is despised and neglected
doctrine. The Christian rinciples which animat-
ed the Puntans, and the early settlers of Virginia,
and upon which, In some shape or creed, have
been based all the groundwork of society and civil
zation, are overturned as the useless scaold-
ing which has been necessary only to rear the edi-
fee. Men are taught to regard nothing except
themselves and their fellow-mea, and the latter
last, while every precept of Christianity is disre-
garded as united for the state of high intellectual
progress in which mankind are now represented to
exist In this way, our public school system, by
the agency Of journals devoted to these new doc
trines, is a mere intellectual one. 1t teaches
nothing Of heaven, of God, or of the belief in fu-
ture spiritual existence. Our schools are but the
nurseries of that same pride and obstnacy Of INTEL
lect which leads men into cratic courses, and, if
we may believe the history of man, finally into the
narrow circle of sels-desruction.
one-Eyed Thompson, doubtless, wac one Of the
victims Of this new school OF philosophy. He had
learned to hate successful honesty, till he hated
honest men. He equally detested rogues, when
he could rise by their downfall. Having no regard
for God, he had none for man; and we find him
of the earliest associates of the police spies of
this city, and, at last, an adeI. in stoolpgeon
practice, that led him to total discontinue
and defeat. However, there never was that
unnatural monster in existence who could
teach his children, at his death bed, to neglect the
benehcent means which society provides for the
moral culture ofthe young. Thus, Thompson, with
the bravery of pride, seeking the mysteries of the
great "heareafter,'. virtually acknowledges his
want of reliance his socialist and atheistic
doctrines, and commends to the virtuous and good
for vice always admires virtue-the education Of
his children. IIow this was to be done, the un.
happy man did not state but there is strong sig
niticance in his language. II was not necessary to
say more. How the vrtuous and the good would do
this, he was well aware; and it must be the earnest
hope and desire Of this benevolent. community, not
only to afford all requisite aid for this purpose but
to asss! also the unhappy widow to carry out her
Intentions. We do not know Mrs. Thompson, but
.nce the voluntary contributions for her support
have passed through our hands, crafty her heart
and to lessen her griefs and anxieties, we have
learned that she is an estimable wife and mother
that she has borne her thorny pillow with the meek
ness of saint, and with new hopes daily in her own
influence over her late husband. No one can feel
as enderly as she can for the future happiness of
her children, and The charitable in coniding to her
hands the means for supporting the family in re-
spectability and honor, will not misplace their
bounty. We shall be happy to convey to the af-
ficted mother all sums which may be entrusted
to our care, and ready to aid, either through
benefit or by any other means which may be deemed
most desirable, in raising such fund as will re-.
lieve the widow from that heart. breaking tribua
ton which has, for many years, burthened her
with griefs and anxieties. Assured that this is a
work of charity and of mercy we do not doubt that
the public will nobly follow the examples which
have already been given by the charitable in our
columns.