The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-22

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Relies Of Scraps A. Msslnss-As. 20.
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have heard many viss men sxpsosv eveaG -
preheasion Of The people; but, fos my mart. /
would rather trust thoss Of the Unite4 Stats tkaa
their rulers. 1.-THE former 10 se&ray, " 81 49,
they rnisled by ths latter. Who "a ~ va ~
always obliged to Goat with the current they have
raised. To deceive free people, u the worst Of
crimes, because being the sovsrsigns, their errors
ruin the State.
The pride Of human reason il a favorite subject
Of apprehension il ths pulpit; bua \ knew ~ ~.
what man should be proud, il not Of thai vhich
has made him master Of the wexd. The n,anne}
in which most clergyman trsat this dissiseSiskin
characteristic Of superior race Of bs3nes h sb-
surd, since even revelation must submit 10 that
great tribunals and i i impossible 70 Form an
opinion on any subject without some pscesss Of
reasoning. When question il presented. We
cannot abstain from reasoning upon it. We en-,
quirs il the thing s probable, and resort 70 reason
and experience to 6nd. whether it il 10 or not -
We ask ourselves il the authority on which Il 10
founded is sufficient to command our belief or
whether what we see and what we know from the
evidence Of our senses, accords with what VI are
called upon to receive as the truth. In fact, il we
examine the subject deeply, we shall find that
even faith is founded in human reason. II this II
not so, then revelation might az well have been
addressed to irrational as rational beings.
rRouBLE. a )
man who has nothing else to trouble him
will be troubled with HIMSELF which is the great
est Of all troubles; and to those who are free from
great troubles, little ones answer the same pnr-
pose. One Of the most miserable discontented
Ev,a IL LII L.
denounced the world and all things in it, becauss
be could not shave himself without dra wing blood.
He ended at last by cutting his own throat in de-
SPAR.
PROB ABILITY
There thousand things happening every
day that seem utterly impossible, until We know
the circumstances by which they were brought
about. Consequences are only to be explained by
their causes. i@a
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTs
Mending political constitutions is delicate OBJ
Grafton. II is like dislocation which always pro-
duces weak joint Reformers Of all classes gem
orally see but one thing at time and in patching
up the hole, make way for half dozen others, I
once sent fellow to the top Of my houae which
had an OLD fashioned roof Of Dutch Tiles, one Of
which leaked little, and he managed to deranee
so many Of them, that was obliged to get an en-
tire new roof. political system is complicated
HldCHrilc, WIficH ~ frequently SCI IN motion and
governed by those parts which are invisible.
CERTAIN GREAT ORATOR AND STATESMAN.
He spoke and acted with all the insolsnce az
ihexperience.
ANOTHER. .S4ts
He had become so arrogant by having long
successfully practised on the weakness, creduilty
and sehshness Of his fellow creatures, that he az
most believed he could deceive Heaven by the
same means.
Whatever may be the faults of women, their
virtues are sufficient to reconcile man to their inn
perfections. They certainly constitute one Of the
principal drivers of the great wagon of the world ,
and nothing prevent their holding at least one
Of the reins, except attempting 70 snatch them
both. The moment they aim at the breeches, even .
Lucretia Mott can't save them. II was said by an !
old statesman shat where women reign, men i
rule, and where men reign, women govern
Each has Its turn, and each should be content.
REBEL KINGS. ~
The monarchs Of Europe are rebeng against
the people, and ought to be punished fer treason
GOVERNMENT. S.S
Locke says it is absurd to suppose that any peo-
pie would confer power their rulers for the pur-
pose OF enabling them to infict injury on them
selves. The only just prerogatve Of rulers is that
of administering to the welfare and happiness of
the governed, and when they cease to do this, the
great end of government is not attained This,
seems to be the case at present in England and
on the continent Of Europe, where it cannot be de-
MED that large portion Of the people are deprived
OF their Just share of the product of their labors.
and condemned to ignorance, poverty and desra-
dalton. Will our sturdy republican, advocates Of
passive obedience and non-resistanee, maintain,
that governments which no longer answer the
ends for which they were originally instituted,
ought not to be either abolished or at least no
modified as to administer to the happiness of the
people who originally created them solely for that
purpose fissiA
Who ARE YOUR ARlsrocRArs.-Twentv vears
ago this one butchered, that one..made candles.
another sold cheese and butter; fourth carried on
a distillery; another was contractor on canals:
others were merchants or mechanics. They are
acquainted with both ends Of society--as their chill
dren will be amer them, though it will mot do to
say out loud; for often you shall find that these
tong worms hatch butterflies, and they live about
a year. IfEa
Death brings division Of property--and it brings
new 6nancers: the old apent in dischsrcsd. th>