The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-02
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son Of gratitude. the hour Of adversely doth
also train the soul to patience. II the noon
day sun wake torpid nature from her winter
trance. the night. dew doth also weep refresh.
ing tears upon her fevered face. The pur-
pose 81 suffering is that man should learn
endurance, not despair. And when the
heart hath once known that there Is 4 God
ii Heaven God 81 truth, Of mercy and
and 81 justice an ominpotant and benefo-
lent Being that presides over Che deslinies
Of our fallen race-the conviction can never
be eradieated from the mind, that al The
works Of that Providence are designed for
some good and holy purpose. And though
at times that hand above seems to draw the
sable curtain Of so dark cloud about us.
shutting out every ray Of sunlight beyond.
yet it is enough to know that the great
Fountain Of Light can never fail Though
over the PROSTATE. woe racked spirit roll
the full tide Of afliction; though life for a
time hath lost The last, lingering hue of Joy.
and existence seem only one long, wasting.
whitening curse; though the weight Of a
crushing sorrow bow the soul into the very
dust, and the deep night Of some dread
agony unbrokenIy prevail over the mute and
bleeding heart--yet may the countenance
of man still be lifted up with the thought
there Is a COL
But these reflections have been induced
by the much suffering and sorrow caused
by the late pestilenee with which our and
other Southern cities have been afflicted
For weeks our ears were saluted with Incl
dends Of the most touching distress, and our
exchanges were filed with recitals of suffer
ing and woe. until the very heart grew sick
over the melancholy record. In all the
annals OF the past. we can hardly find a
pestilence more fatal than that which has
visited us and our sister cities We have
indeed been sorely tried, and the aflliction
will not pass without its lesson. When the
appeal for aid, from philanthropic associa-
tons. went forth. il met with a prompt and
liberal response, not only among the gener-
Gus sons Of The South. bit also among our
warm hearted brethren of lie North. And
here ns may lealll o.nS 81 ne uses b q
psfsitgt-here ne may find where much good
hath been wrought hy this fearful calamity.
For no sooner had the tale Of our sorrow
receached the cities Of the North--the peo-
pie Who have been so uncharitably yillifed
as being utterly void Of any sentiment Of
brotherhood for their neighhors of the South
who have been attacked with the bitter
est inveclive for their grasping disposition,
their enmity to our institutions, their illiber-
al views, ETC., mo sooner ne say did the
news Of our fearful visitation reach their
ears, than their hearts and their purses we're
open to our distress, and their heartfelt
sympathics, attested By their free and gem
erous contributions, went forth to assure US
lof their goodwill and The fraternal feeling
with which they regarded is. We say hat
this may ret exercise most beneficial in-
duenee on the distipy Of our country. For
when, ii after years, We hear tie loudre-
Wiling Of some demagogue, endeayoring.
FOR some selfish purpose or By some fend-
|ish propensity moved, 70 instigate feelings
Of luminosity Of suspicion between the two
great sections Of The Republic, let US re-
member the dark day when the Destroyer
was in our midst, and who it was chat came
up So nobly to assuage Tie pestilence. e
Is de period Of distress, when orr anger Is
1t rest. when the heart IS softened and peeu-
lisrly susceptible to kindly impressions; it
is the moment for reconciliation, for rcnaoYs
ing all misconception, for breaking down
the barriers Of doubt and Jealousy, and for
uniting both North and South u their ma
tural relation Of fraternal friendship.