The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-01
Gbt lprrklu Gol1ltt
: :
GEORGE A. PIKE,
ED1ToR AND rRorRtEroi

1s HUMAN llEasuN.--On Eunda,
morning last, we had a short politica
sermon for The times, that we hat
hoped would serve az lext for som,
Of our contemporaries to spin out I
leader 1t attracted the attention o
our neighbor il Church street, wl,t
re4published it, with D few lines O
7rytcedto,y remarks, which nov
call for note, or rather n key of tx
PLANTATION. The Advocates remarks
are as follows
1--WE commend to The serious con.
sideration Of our readers the following
able and timely article, which we COPY
from tbe Comet Of Sunday Y
The Advocate has copied liz, ret-
bdtiha, and as several errors occur
red in the original, we re-publish it,
corrected.
"Error ceases 10 be dangerous,
te|spa reaso,, is len f,ee 10 combat
" This saying Of 'rbos. Jefferson,
gives---(witlont o SYLLABLE mure from
his lips), evidence Of the true nAno-
cratic idea, Of his great mind. II il par
ticularly applicable to the times. Rea-
eon IL the chemists crucibla, into
which The rough ore Of error is placed
to bear the heat of the Are Of reason,
and The light from Heaven. that ever
accompanies It. It is folly for any sect
Of religious or political philosophers.
to endeavonr to fltghtra the world III
to the beliefof nny abstract theory, not
based upon human reason and calcu.
lated in itssepplieaticn, to benefit man-
kind. Let reason be free to combat
error, and The public mind will never
remain long, at any ohe period with
out that light which is necessary to
ehea present happiness and future feA
lieity. Mankind In one united voice
have proclaimed that they viii
neither be forced on one hand, or
on the other" Rulers In
authority, spiritual, es well as tempo-
raj, are aware of this fact, and the
spirit Of the age leads them, as il
should. Reason, IL The highest aud
noblest faculty, II supports revelation
special, as we'll az natural, and one
harmonious system must ultimately
grow out Of it, to restore mank ind to
Is. primitive state of innocence and
purity We have nothing to fear
from secret or other, societies. as long
as reason Ia left free to combat tlei,.
errors, We advance this as the text
For q Know Nothing sermon. VIII
eomc one take up the thread, and spin
II out to greater length.
The Advocate int,rsperses the ar
'icle, with a qaantum suNfcst Of
tdf's and italics, and from Its very
brief remarks, we take IL for granted,
that the editor endorses the Jeffersoni-
an sentiment Error ceases to be dan.
gerous. when reason is left free 10
combat it." As before said, this is
applicable to the times. II is need
less. for what Is called the Demo
rratic press of this Country to 40 IN
10 spasms about the Know Nothing
organization" !" which has not come
spontaneously into existence, but
which has been called for, by the re-
|igious. as well as the political com.
plexicn Of the times.
II il not every man who comes vol.
,ntarily or by shipment, across the
Great Deep---whose intellect and rca.
on has been Gagged and cramped by
papal or Monarchial interest. who can
ully appreciate what liberty is. They
re as i were, dazzled by the light,
md run into the ultra Democratic idea,
shich is death to reason and republi-
anism. We have no objection to
seir coming--'our lands they are
road enough, so don't be alarmed;