Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-02-27

pousty ana uocreod ihat hAtPu LEEyE
should Be crushed. They would blss'
him-reot, trunk, branches. end leaves
Why should such contunacious fsl.
low, who won't worship the golden i'm.
age they had Get up, have life or liber,yl
So once thought the King Of Babylon.
And the Times In their wrath they
swors that il should die. Their minions
hsstsd 10 Withdraw thsir subscriptions,
and our list sustained the irreparable
loss Of fourteen names. Wo parted in
peace. We are glad to be absolved
from all obligations to them. Some are
prolesssd members Of Christian Church.
es, and like their spiritual fathers. the
Pharisees Of old. they sound a trumpet
before them when they give aims, and
love 10 pray standing in the synasogues
that they may be seen Of men. Yet, al.
ter all this profession, they have shown
how little Of the spirit Of heauen actuates
their deeds. Protesting charity, they,
as for as lay in their power. tried to take
away our bread, and blast our reputa.
ton. Pretending to be republicans,
they have done their bsst to break down
free press. They only wanted the
power Of the Spanish Inquisition to do
the worst that that engine Of tyranny
ever dared. Yet these men choose out
the highest seats in the synagogue. they
give literally to Bible and Missionary
Societies, and, in their thick ribbed
blindness OF heart, they thank God that
they are not as others are We thank
God that others are not as they arc, else
man worship and money. worship had
long since
--"eciipsed the sun,
And blotted out the stars OF Heaven"
The great crime that wehave commit
ted is our advocacy Of the repeal Of the
charter OF the Ohio Iron and Coal Com.
pany. We do so; and how, in the name
Of consistency, could democrat have
done otherwise /? "But," says an oppo.
nent. edo as you like about corporations
generally. prevent the formation OF such
bodies in fu,u,e, but don't disturb those
in existence already. Property is ten
der" Would not Satan Be immensely
delighted if he could only effect such q
compromise in favor Of sin
"1he TINES arrays the poor against
TIE rich" Who says so I? A few, whose
worth is estimated in dollars and cents.
Just as we take account Of the value
of swine--and when you have made an
inventory Of their estates, and ascert ain.
ed 5000, 800, 900 90 0 10 be the exact
sum Of their property, is all they are
north! To acquire riches, they have
oppressed the lsborer, harassed the ira /.
der, broken down the merchant, fore. !.
stalled the farmer; they have remorse.
lessly fed on the vitals Of society, and
still, like vuitures, their voracity isunsa.
tisfied and Unsuitable. More than this !:
they have consecrateJ valuable time that
can never be recalled, and talents that
ought to have been better employed, d,upon
the altars Of mammon ;--hnve deliber.
atelv chosen perdition rather than give
up their money worship, the only cor.
dial feeling that pervades their breasts.
These perverted creatures. who have sti.
fed the noblsst impulses Of the human
heart, and starved the immortal spirit
these poorest Of all the famishing chill.
.dren of Want say that the Times seeks
to array the community against them =
1t is not so. The Book of Books de.
nounced them long ugss before the Spi.
rit of the Times had an existence.
We wish to be we'll understood on
this point. The desire to acquire prop.
erty as a means Of doing good is lawful
and right. No person is thoroughly ed
ucated who. has not learned how to get,
save, spend, and give money. Hence
all should be industrious and frugal
But between the true business man and
him who boards wealth seIfishly, and
+. az f
uses the power it coneers for the opprss'
sion Of his fellow men, there is a vide
difference. e
"The TIxEs paaders to the ba'ess pas.
sions of the multitude" So said one
who thought the withdrawal Of his sup,
port fatal stab to this paper. He won
defs and won nders how it can exist
while his dark frown rests upon it,
The poor fellow should get copy Of
"Mason on Self f-Knoscledge," study il
closely for six months At least, and then
possibly he may form some idea ofhis true
dimensions. "Pamders, &C." We have
apandered" TO nobody. ); II to fearlessly
II ,Lre