The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-22
OLE Wttkly CplI1rt
sunday Morning, $: Oct. &c, 1854.
What a Stupid people is this.

man y existence. we arc forced to sum
up-the conclusion in the words of the
Poet, ut ia a tale, full of sound and
fury, signifying-nothing.
There are many well meaning men
in the world, who fold their arms and
exclaim "the race, has reached its eli
max in moral health and social happi-
ness--it is futile to endeavour to
make an advance step. Man has ar
rived at the appointed bound which
he cannot pass To think thus is to
wear the narrowest feature that mar
row mindedness can put on for it is
evident on a single glance at any quar-
ter section, that such is far, very far
from the fact.
To leave vain theories in church, as
well as State government, let us en-
quire into the causes, that conspire to
make the social compact, what it is
A compact under which one half Of
the world lives upon the other half-a
compact under which a man must be
either knave or hypocrite-a condl-
ton that most effectually chokes out of
existence every trace Of moral honesty
and virtue How is it, that in a COM
munity like this, where the evils of
the city are not yet known, that each
man is an isolated being-a knave
who locks himself within the precincts
Of his own potato patch, consoles
himself with the reflection that the
world was created expressly for his
sake, and that when he gives up his
miserable existence, then and not till
then, will be the end of all sublunar
things? There are a great many
causes united to bring about this I'M
christian condition-There are errors
religious--errors social--errors politi-
cal, and sooner or later they must be
torn down and abandoned.
Narrow minded, and narrow sight
ed Indeed, is the man who looks about
him, and deliberately concludes that
nothing more can be done to anchor
ate the condition Of mankind.
In our own lovely little city, it
seems to us that there is retrograde
movement in the social condition.
The spirit and fire Of an early day has
died out, and wasted away, Now
nobody knows nobody there are~no
social reunions, no gay gatherings of
the young and light hearted--sober-
ness has taken upon itself, long faced
presbyterian visage that gives the lie
to the natural impulses and gives soci-
ETY. staid--stiff, and hypocritical
complexion. Everybody is trying to
deceive everybody into the belief that
all recreation and amusement is ex-
pensive and useless. And this leads us
to ask again "What is life y A book
could not contain a full answer to the
question, and yet it may be summed
up in a few words. Happiness should
be its object; and this is received on
" in the ratio in which it is given.
May we ask the young and the old,
the rich and the poor Of this city,
where is there any recreation or anus
ement to be had in public Where
is there a respectable place of resort
for our young men, in the long and
tedious eveningsl There is no place
but the Bar-room and the card table,
and these are the common head quar-
tiers. The good christian people of
this place, who are so very solicitous
about the salvation Of souls should Cf
they would do any practical good)
look about them, and make effort to