The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-07-07
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The Grs, of these words, the ubiquitous
and omnioresent word, is "RIGHTs," tbs
second. the obsolete and ostracised word IL
"pUTIEs." The first we meet at every turh'
we hear in every sentence; the second IS
banished, offensive and obJectionaoie 10
modern ears.
We have the rights Of women, the rishts
OF sons and daughters, the rights OF cltlzens,
of sailors, Of soldiers, and now Of er@s' not
ian ,iQrasis, who came 10 live and.dte among
Us, to form in dee time citizens ot our lana;
but those who fly hither for refuge or some
special temporary purpose. But Tor any
mention of the duties Of children toward pa
rents, of citizens toward communities, oi
sailors and soldiers toward superiors. OF ex-
lies toward protectors and entertainers, or
of men toward law, the day seems passing
away. The present generation IS rapidly
becoming too fs. to admit the existence OF
duties: unless il be a duty for one to obey hi.
own incIinatons, to the total derogatle OF
the rights of others, and in scorn of law and
the public good. .,,I
To these considerations we are impeiied
nv observation of the tendency OF the times
TO erect n fslse standard Of rights, as pos
sessed by political exiles and refugees or
by political or religious reformers, VINO, IN
virtue of these various characters, have even
Iaroer license than the citizens OF the land
in which they are temporary soloufners, ana
entire immunity from the restrictions im-
posed on citizens by the laws OF theiF 7couh-
try. .e
the ofieious and immodest, not to say lmpn-
dent, conduct Of foreign sojourners. IL
would be sufficient TO refer to the arrogant
extravapancies of KOssuth and his follow
ers: of a lecturer of the name OF Leahey'
who. after exciting mobs through the coun-
ltrv. has been sent to the penitentlary Tor
murder. or ofan Italian named Gavazzl,
who. after a crusade in our country, has
inst been the cause of an appalling amount
of bloodshed in Canada. :.
There were in very early ages, according
TO the inspired writers, many evils under the
ann and acommon AMONG men" Whether
those meddlers who traverse the world ts
give their unasked advice or dictation 10 Peo-
pie whose languages they can nelth'e sPraK
nor read, existed as far back IN the recess
es of time as the age af solomon, we can,
OF decide; but that they now exist ana
traverse sea and land, and vex nations WIN
their intrusive proselytism, is an eVil OF .he
present day, and one which is becoming
very mischievous in our country. we are
getting to be. too often favored wi'h these
/ exutics. who come to claim the interference
of our power And for what' why To
tramplc our established policy under our
own feet, and embroiI us with European ma
tons; and to cap the c%%,nax, to join our own
TO the denunciations ofitinersut preachers,
against, to them, an offensive branch OF
Christianity, professed or cheaished with the
deepest devotion by hundreds Of thousands
Of our people.
We name these examples as the most re-
cent and fragrant, and also most directly III
derogation Of our hitherto maintained Pohey
in regard both to religion and national COM
ity. It becomes those who seek our shores
as fugitives, eAiles, visitors, or so]2nrness,
to practise some modesty, and not abuse the
hospitality freely extended to them; ana the
people should not encourage, but ra'ner
frown down, all those haranguers who come
among us to excite to riots, contusion' ana
lmurder.-NationGl Inteiligencer.