The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-12-24
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WlttiHA my Fel'aFkS W appear ~ your
paper. will you indulge me to fur
ther inquiry !
| Whence proceed the slapderous
tides. the harsh words. the unfeeling
remarks, the cold neglects, the bitter
hatreds--the burning jealousies, and
all the dark catalogue Of wrongs that
oanker and milew. and blast the hap.
piness of clrstenlom ? "Can the
rush grow without mire ! Can these
things be without cause ? Are they
not the fruits Of faith ? Let us see,
"For as he thinketh in his heart, so
is be- saith the wise.
Mankind dcsire enjoyment. They as
naturally desire to be happy as sparks
tend upward. or rivers to the ocean
Il Is the first wish of the child--the
motive of every voluntary act in life !;
and in death, it is the one idea that
mouids and determines every other 10
the last gasp-nor do we know that its
action or its influence end with the
death rattle, or are husled in the aw-
fnl stiffness Of death. 1t is inseparable
from mans existence. lie can no
more avoid it, than he can suspend
breathing. or stop the circulation of
his blood. While he lives. he will
desire to be happy, and under the in
duence Of that desire, he will do that
which he believes will produce enjoy
ment. The child--tl,e man--tbe wo-
man-does not-will not-cannot
make one voluntary effort of body or
mind independent Of the influence of
this desire-for this is the motive pow
er that CONTROLS volition itself, and all
acts proceeding therefrom.
Why do we do wrong? Because,
though we may know it to be wrong,
we e.rpecf to secure some advantage
tl1ereby-some enioyment--the graft
fica'ion Of some desire and expecta.
tion is but another name for belief.
faith why do we sometimes try to do
right !? Because we have d faith
teaching us 1t is the road TO happi- |
ness--now we return to our first in |
quiry. Are the evils above alluded
to, the fruits of The teachings of Jesus
Christ, or has some pagan faith re.
ceived A christian baptism by their
fruits shall yc know thcm''**** "and
every tree that bripgeth forth not
good fruit, shall be hewn down and
cast into the fire. ENQUIRER.
Fer The Felicaua Wing, still con.
tinues the publication Of forccablc ar
ticles, advocating lateral road from
Clinton to the Great Northern rail
road, with terminus at Port Hudson.
If the writer would turn his attention
this way. and uniteswith The Capital
in an enterprise that must soon be
accomplished, it would give the pro-
!ooe "oio "csul"HCe VI suCcesS. JJaSt
Feliciana is unable, like East Baton
Rouge to undertake work of this
magnitude, yet the two parishes might
very cazily effect the desired object.
We have been waiting patiently to
hear, what the Directors Of the Plank
road would say on this subject. For
our own part we are satisfied that a
mutual arrangement can be entered
into by East Feliciana and East Baton
Rouge, that will be mutually advanta-
geous, and every stockholder of the
Plank road will cheerfully agree to it.
Whit shall be done ? Let us have
something more than an empty echo.
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To The local reporter Of the True
Delta, in noticing the arrival of DR..
Hines in the city, says, he visited
Professor Vannuchi's wax Statuary,
where the Doctor found himself SO
well personated in wax, that he (the
poctor) involuntarily clapped his hand
on his breeches pocket. The same
writer infers that because the Doctor {
's IN town. that some body must !
bleed, which is not correct inference. I
The Doctor is opposed to phlebotamv. ,