American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-05-03
From The Pennsylpaaion
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THOUGHTS BY A JOURNEYMAN PRINTER


THOUGHTS BY A JOURNEYMAN PRINTER.
AS the wisest men differ in opinion. and as
philosophers, as they are called produce sys
TENS discordant and contradictory man must
admit that he is the victim of error, the child
OF uncertainty, and often ''most confident when
palpably most wrong"
Lest any thing herein that follows should ap-
pear infallible assertion we beg leave to qualify
every expressed opinion by the term Omna,
which is meant to convey the idea, g 1t seems.
/ was born in the old world; my mother was
pious woman. Alas never knew her care.
was never taught sELF-ooNTRoL. This was
the first great evil of my life.
had passion for Devotion, but knew not
which way to turn. Discord regned in the
churches around me, and Christ has said there
shall be one fold and one Shepherd This was
the greatest evil of my life Discord in religion
is fatal to many young mind.
had a passion for patriotism and liberty,
and was always planning the perfect freedom
of my country. Iidealized Republic before
knew that one existed; but when knew that
one existed, my hopes of the regeneration of
man were turned towards the West.
My affairs were the mountains, and I often
endeavored to worship my Maker among the
lonely temples Of my forefathers.
prayed to possess the 'tmind's eye." and
see into more than human organs can discover.
thought saw vision, and heard what seemed
to be voice. 1t said, $50 to America, you
shall save the world"
l put off this duty, as l term it, some years,
till something alarmed me that made my very
salvation depend on its fulflment, and came
away.
was standing at Washington's tomb. n \
What new doctrines are these?
Man is progressive, and religion is progress
sive.
Union is to be held as religious principle.
The majority is to decide all questions, and
the minority submit.
Change is in the nature Of man, and in all
things around him after the trial and failure of
many privileged nations, the United States have
now power to show the world that one people
can be true to themselves. America was mys-
teriously set apart for the especial purpose of
cherishing liberty.
America is the last refuge of oppressed man.
If the tree of liberty cannot flourish here, it can
have little to hope for anywhere besides
The battle of Armageddon is to be fought
here-not o war of bloodshed, but of opinions ;
tending to subdue that sef-love that causes
every man to deem his own opinions the best
and tending also to cause him to submit to the
majority.
We're community commanded to form
wheel, and every individual produced spoke of
different length, the wheel could never be
formed. So must we sacrifice our opinions for
the benefit of the whole, and they alone can be
known by the majority.
The young ought to be taught that all work
is worship, and that industry is great part of
religion.
The young should be taught as a religious
principle to make and take care of money, so
that society shall not have the burden of the
maintenance of so many who have been i'm
provident.
The Bible has reference in many places to
America.
God has always had favored people-the
Jews once-and what nation is now so highly
favored as America?
The citizens of the United States having de-
clared their independence of man, have now the
noble privilege of declaring their dependence
on God.
Religion is real blessing, however mystified
by thousands around us, and God will bless the
humble heart that seeks Him..
Mankind are still expecting something, and
find no rest, and rush into every wild scheme of
divinity.
We have found and proved a civil government
without a civil war, based on the majority prin.
ciple Let us all unite under one banner o
fallibility, and submit to the doctrines of
church founded on the same principle, but suf
fer no power to be lodged in the hands of one
or few.
Though the fathers of the Revolution fough
in the battle of life and death, we cannot be
still, but must carry on the arduous contest
against prejudice and tyranny. Eternal vigi-
lance is the price of liberty"
Ifliberty cannot make and maintain her raj
lying ground here, there is no hope for man,
and the "ocean is beyond u.s."
The millennium, if it ever occur on earth,
will probably commence in land where reli-
gious opinions are open and free, and no one
sect can domineer over another OMMA