The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-06
Friday evening, Dec aI.Ts5.


evil of the past is beyond recall What has
been done well, It's WE'LL it has been done;
what bas been omitted, is beyond the power
Of human agency to perform; and what has
been done III, 'twould be better could il. be
recalled. But omnipotence is not Of mortal
man, and what is good and evil in the past
can serve only as guide and warning for
the future. 1t will be well, il men take
their lessons from the great teacher, and i'm
prove as they are thereby taught. Then,in
stead of crime and ndlicentousness dissipation
and folly, selfShness and pride, the morals of
mankind will improve with each newborn
year, and progress in the religious element
Of civilization will keep pace with the intel
lectua and physical.
Railroads and Canals and Turnpikes serve
their purpose; Education enlarges and i'm
proves the mind and makes it capable of
greater and higher efforts,-but what are all
these, If the heart remains selfish and cor
rupt, and each member Of society strives to
invent means whereby he may get the ad-
vantage of his neighbor, or perchance crush
him to the earth. tits not that advanced
stage OF fertilization necessary to the improve
Fment and elevation of man, nor will it serve
to promote his happiness. -sf 8 '~ -t-
In this country above all others, where
man is free to act as he peases, provided he
does not encroach upon the rights of others,
are the three great elements of civilization
necessary to the convenience, the comforts
|, and the happiness Of society, and the pros
perity and perpetuty Of our institutions. -
Men must be Independent in property as
well as in name; they must be educated,
with intelligence enough to place them be-
yond the power OF corrupt and designing
demagogues; they must have implanted in
, their breasts, that idea of human rights, OF
benevolence and brotherly love, which will
enable them to enjoy their own without in
terfering with another's. The physical, in.
tellectual and moral improvement of the cit.
izens of this country, is beyond alIdoubt alb.
f solutcIy essential to the final triumph of lib.
eral principles, and failing in either of the
G three, we fail in giving that example to the
, world which would induce other nations tc
follow in our footsteps. -.....f.
Mere resolutions to do good, without cor.
, responding efforts, will be OF no avail. But i
any one has a desire for Improvement. to hin
all times are seasonnble, but no better time
Than the present. And with himself, lbt
work does not cease. He must look beyunt
the narrow circle and see that his influence i.
felt wherever it can reach. That is his duty a
duty imposed upon himby being part ol So
ciety, in whose Improvement q advancement
he is deeply interested, as his own prosper
: ty and happiness depend, in great mea 5.
, ure, upon those around him. .i
We speak Of individuals, only in their col
lective capacity, as regards their influence
prosperity and happiness in the world, as a
part of society mingling together under a
, republican government. with bright and
glorious future before them, provided their
} duty is discharged. fthe individual and
the great future in which he is so deeply in.
terested, others will speak, and it may be
well with him to heed their counsel. .
, But, unless we are greatly deceived by
3 the numerous accounts olcrime,of every de.
gree, which daily reach us, there is a sac
state of public morals, absolutely incompat
ible with the safety and prosperity of thi:
e country, and which calls upon all good peo.
pie to look at and discountenance. 1t il
not confined to one place or certain class
y 1t has spread for the past few years with fear
/, full strides, and has reached, in one form oil
: another, almost every section of the coun
i try. 1t has assumed various shapes and il
a many instances has defied the power Of thC
law. Man, unless he is awfully depraved bN
II some accident Of birth, does not at one,
commit the higher crimes. A spirit OF law
+. lessness in any community gradually draw
c the unthinking into its vortex, and not huv
$ ing the power OF resistance, he is gradual,
Il whirled along from one degree of crime t.
= another, until he has reached an abyss plac
ing him beyond the control of all human eli
iorts made to save him. Npped in the bud
c that heart might have been preserved; bu
;, upon crimes of lesser magnitude, men loo
v with too much lenity; a spirit of ldwless
it ness, where laws are not popular, is winke
IS at by the multitude, and therein lies the dan
<, ger; this is the origin of large amount c
- crime. 1t is easier TO prevent than to cure
# The maxim is old and good, and if in tn
T. moral world, or il in the enactment of laws
r its teachings were more strictly observed
i there would follow that Improvement an
purif cation of society, so necessary to tn
A existence of good governments and the pro
ID gress of the world in all things tending t
;. promote human happiness.
:" The TRoUBLEs ON THE Rio GRANDE.-
is The New Orleans Crescent, in announcin
a. that Carvajal, with four hundred TeXasRan
q; gers, had crossed the Rio Grahde, and wa
" " on his march for Monterey, says:
~ ~ att was generally supposed that th
q movement on the part of Carvajal was q
the invitation ofthe State eofTamaupilas,a of an
n further, that Gen. Cruz, the military con
IA mandant at Camargo, was indirectly aidin
it. The force under Carvajals command
q A 4 n = a.