Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-06-16


disposed 70 think he would find wider range tor
the anplicationof hs philipics. than High street
of Failport; and his anathema upon the altilita-
ran tendencies:of the age would not be conaned
to the market-place Of his neighboring village.
where he imagined that his appearance, with a
bale Of linen under his arm. would make him an
ohiecl Of more interesting observation. tiAn il he
displayed there, on his finger. the antique and real
cameo his neptsw Hector had brought him from
Egypt. We confess ourselves 10 be often Of his
opinion' when we look abroad, andsee how much
more regard is paid 10 matter Than to niind-haw
many more woEshippers there are Of Mammon,
than the Muses. how sdbseryient genius has be-
come 70 isefplnessi andsthe coInageof The bFaint
les current Than that Of HE mint; tie latter hay-
ing universal circulation. while the former is re-
stticted to the Jew. and has little, no value il
the mart, or in places where nen most congte
Egale.'s
We sometimes lend ourselves 10 the melancholy
task OF discovering why moral and mental pro-
gress DO not Keep pace with uatetiaI improy enent
why the useful continues 10 occupy an undue
proportion OF consideration. and the intellectual,
the elegant, and The ofhanasntai arc still confined;
TO class. certainly not increasing in the same
ratio Of augmentation with such as make wealth
their object and worldly gain their idol. Might
we not 90 further. and no:ht 70 Communities in
which enceura cement 10 The latter il in Inverse
proportion 10 devotion 10 the former: where fine
houses. fne dresses, cue furniture and enc equip.
ages betokep care for the body and love OF dis
play for the substance while tie mind; Ike The
Lnmbse dependent ia the household Of the great
IS consigned % obscuritg. or comes in for sort
second course of such centre fare as islefi an
appropriated by appetites which, been esnt.
fled BY solids. are Fain to abandon what, IN HE
language OF gasitonomists. are called the hors
d onnrss, 10 10 those whose pTopensities are
erfor The delicate than for the gross. We ac-
acknowledge ourself 10 be struck, and, we must
add. saddened by the we daily witnesses
upon this subject. We hear continually sof
schemes for the pFomolicn Of what may be called
physical prosperity; 10 add acre to acre; dol
lar to dollar; aud tenement 10 tenement; but little
OF nothing Of projects the increase Of intellect
Inal,Nealtli, or mental emb eiishment WI are, as
Caxton sa,ss in the volume to which We hive re-
ferted already, tlatchess, but not upholsteTefs;
busted with the Outside or sks fabrics while We
neglect the interior. or leave to be occupied BY
tenants wemay hereafter find Il difficult to eject,
should We ever become DESTROYS 10 remove them,
and their rubbish, and devote the structure 10 no.
bier purposes. " E would force men 10 be sober,
and yet do not encourage them 70 be wise. We
close the bar room, but do not open the library
We slrike At vicious enjoyments. but where are the
rational that should snpplant theml We have
penalties for vice but where The incentives to
merit other than that which too often owes It's
success 10 means education teaches as 10 disda,n.
We have colleges without reslraint-sc schools with
out discipline households Without Authority
children without obedience; servants who are
mpsters, and slaves taught to rebei, and can we,
in this social chaos. expect the lamp Of learning 10
emit other than feeble the cause OF science
to have other tlan timiL andmisgiying yotaries.
Aasi for the classic psge, where worth dates from
the ledger. Alasl FOR the fine arts where interest
is umpire between them and the mechanical
iasl FOR the elegancies of life and and OF iitera-
popular prejudice, aud an impairment to public
Iovof. Alas. for education. " here wealth "makes
the man, andlwant of il the fsllUw.s
Education. Oil who shall number its bless
ings NotI who have neglected opportunities
for is attainnent few men have enjoyed, ADD who
yet owe 10 the only element OF happiness crook
ed fortune could not reach 10 impair. II is my
lace in sorows my companion IN solitude, my re-
source IN my ~ poseF'ys my sus
tanning llenp q, ail lungs. = y my nnEyeyoI 81
promise ~ ne tntnIei ioE' without y, my Bible
would 1e a Dlariks and the word q God an eng
mn, u pughtens the sace OF nature when 1 re.
ioee. and mul.iPes all my pleasures, IN more
eleyated and comprehensive perceptions il Affords
me Of my Creator--in Tbs more intelligent appEe-
citation q The wonders his ptoyidence has spread
around me. L makes me creative too. and draws
me nearer IN afipity 2 Hum; What 70 me would
be The heavens by night but a plane studded with