Washington telegraph., 1853-06-29
lEor the Washington Telegraph
CANpES. June 2I 1883

soul seems To live move and have its being, in |
their study the devotees Of SELL. .everywherc, cry:
-enfliusiqst-bore--toci: don't know that it re-
quires much philosophy to account for this, when /.
we consider. in gross, the constitution o! man
The mass OF those that have gown up out of
the sarings of the Flood. have bt1 indistInct re-
gard or care for causes. whose effects are net I'M
mediately ia sight All their dealings with for
tune they desire to make cash frsasartiona and
have but slight disposition To credit the iuturcl-
Here ii ore and there is he other, l. principle
understood even BY the wild Indian; and II H. q
source of sorrow to he compelled to affirm. that
il contains large portion OF the operative crndl-
ton of the tamer of these loastiully happy
shores The influence of government and laws,
upon nation habtuay at peace and hereditari-
Iy free. engages to very small extent the con-
sderaton OF the erery-day ploddilg millions, who
flow like great waters along the hrst channels
that are found; and to carry them further than the
thing and the price, in the doctrine Of wealth.
mountains Of prejudice have to 5e hewn away
and deem washed caveTns of nsturalized error
filled up.
This Is not the task Of day o. year, but for
the most part, occupies the coming and going Of
generations Now. when the legal heirs of all
Adam ras moral estate, get wrong, the longer
they run the faster they go, until they besnear
the walls of ruin with-what ought TO have been
bTGinI
And such is the pertInacity OF men in gang,
that when en- route to the Devil. it is by
neat many reflective specimens, considered ex-
ccehingly dangerous 10 get on fic track lest you
might be overtaken by the mournIul fate Of a GER
tain masculine individual Of the genus bos- well
known for his desperate purpose throughout Joke
dam.
But 70 return: The actual object. intention and
dutr of government in. and its influence upon, the
happiness prosperity and progress of its people is
generally kent as far out of their sight possible
dema ogues would instruct them that, 20 be free.
/ government must have nothing TO do with them
I 4 ~ .l.t. rv,.irr.
YOU please have no business with our domestic hap
pness Or concerns, and that ior them 10 interfere
\ in any way I'd promote morality. religion educa-
\ ton or improy erents Of any kind H. downright
! usur1ation. and insnpportabie oppression. Well.
in one respect Is: 1t turns out and hcips oRf of
| office dcnlgogues aud fools those shippers that
| infest the public meat. hatched from the eggs OF
/ the hnal-5rs, by the warm breath of chn-laen
cREDUi-rrY!
Here we are. out in the woods and have en-
4 loved the right scrciHecn HcdTs, of doing as
pleased, either 10 giTi up cur oins and run the
race Of prosperity an. improvement which the
\ time anG circumstances had set before IT.; OF I'd
make la3,rasfn tracks upon The shores oi time
\ scantily supporting dwnding existence with
| the muscle which its ever-heaving tide could
spare with our posterity, like that OF the abori-
| inal sGuayv ngoa our bucks: And what have we
done! and triD did 1t! And what have our peo-
pie to sayt do they feel that they are blest, are
they satisfied! will they believe with dema-
gogues, that in the first pidcc ALI. RIGHT, and in
\ the second pure any thing Is irroRg. the 90
| vernment lad nothing to DO with it9 These are
\ not party questions, no more than h3tRdn happi-
ness il party question Every man knows
what answer he must give to them all ii he tells
the truth, still there are many who will sacrifice
| wife, children and country; sooner than have sus-
pected the purity of their party attachments
| rather leave their children. and their chIdren's
children to solve the astounding problem Of their
folly.
Ii the sky was clear. and thunder were to utter
the sylahles Of his power. every live creature
within the range Of his battery, would shut his
eyes and jump. with instructive terror: Vet man.
poor thing, can srho2t himself To bear without
flinchng. All the long-drawn and deliberate tor
lures of perfected calamity-artHay make love
to lHSs t9rtHHe and il di.rareiof through the in
| nuence Of rash and unmerited good iltrs. almost
weep himself away 10 - raier. Are we all
descended from EphTaim? Had the Israelites re-
fused to drink after Moses smotc the rock the
ancient world could not have been more astonish-
ed at that fact, than the modern world is at the
present miniedness Of the people Of Arkansaw!-
| There are some strcaks Of good, some signs Of
\ promise know but the average truth is particu-
4 larry mortifying-asPcrf1liy Mis h1t TcGfhrrl Ana
\ | am not III q Passion-l write with a. nnch
ooo'Hess as the nature Of the case Will admit Of
| a man who could think about these thurs \ ma
ncnt much less than to retain them ia his mind
long enough to trace them in ink. and not get ex-
| cited. would make conounded good substitute
| for Phillips .faHii3dfOr. II the world was on
| fire with thoughts that breathe. and words that
| burn" and the very rafters of the heavens falling
| In a man OF such uncrea ted stupidity. with heart
/ 20 sappy and >obby-such trdktfHg yfidss7sa-re-
fused scrap Of mental da kncsS-co.,iE DHf II o7.t
5y the brrrh of his rosfy7zs
| The time j. at hand when namrs should be e.
| condary to sHjg'anrc-when The first ana ,reat in
| terest Of the State should be uppermost i'll All
! heads and hearts Clear away iron, the public
walks the rubbish of the past. and scatter along
their borders seeds whose resurrection shall brinsr
| honor aud treasure TO the future. man has no
more right TO subsidize his conscience and be-
/ come the slave TO impracticabe. abstract IDEAS
/ than he has to commit snicile. and rush unhidden
upon the stately privacy Of the Devil We are
all trust property and ourselves the fybsyeas
anTare accountable for the -reAts and proftsr to
| the cer',fig,-lnty and honor
Sometimes hear men say---d--n public ar
\ fairs ATS H1ne Of my bns,neSSr1 Then sir II i
none Of your business 10 be gentleman patriot
| or good and useful mani | admit no otker crea-
ture but ones self has any right to dictate to us
principles OF action. for every (supposed) rational
blped IS entrusted with an apparatus for the man
uiacture of his own opinion, and is at the same
4 time responsible to the court Of conscience for
the article he attempts to throw into the general
circulation, az by this currency all the world cx-
\ pcct TO buy happiness. The fact i'll and | hate 70
say N, drfy i kicked and cuiIed about among men
/ like dog:-a very delightful and nsefI animal
| when pleasure or profit is to be obtained but
chHrtef out Of company, and accused OF feas when
| the 'dFsre' is over. / could wish it were stout
and truzty o5. that would bite every ngraiefu
| master.
| | saw man the other day abont half sick.
ransacking confectionery TO find something TO
attend dose Of qrfin1le into his stomach. 70 re-
concie it, irritabiiiy at the introduction ol such
N bitter vislter; when in using old newspaper To
wrap up what he had bought, his eve fill unon
one Of my letters Changing the subject of his
thoughts he turned to me and said ':lf YOU want
to convince the people of any notions YOU NAV
entertain; and | admit some of 'em are COOS.
why don't YOU stick to an argument, and leave
off your foolishness - My very critical siru
said |, If YOU will answer my question, will
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