The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-06

inteFposeG except careful reference 10 that fdtr
of recfstndeana honor implanted IN each Of their
hearts lrhica hare endea rored to Keep 5urnish,
ed ,rih assiImous care.
And SO far generally from deterioration. -fnfhe
character of either sex have believed the very
reverse was true. When we are frequently
minded Of the obligation under 10 each
other, and that we should all the time have our
actions directed by that unerring guide that Is
placed Irifhla us, and as general principle OF
government, il is the most efficient rule that
have ever exrerieuced; and that when there
exceptions to it, there would be exceptions to any
other.
1t is one of the natural laws of creation for the
sexes TO dwell together, and you might well un-
dertake to roll back the waters of the Mississippi
from the great gulf TO its source to devise any
system by which the sexes will be kept apart any
system, therefore, that is SO opposite 10 the patu-
raj one, must be erroneous. II il Is erroneous,
then ii behooves Us, as teachers and guardians 10
conform our operations to the one based upon ma
ture and philosophy. And we should be slow to
change this natural and philosophic mode of ope-
ration. Notwithstanding may occasionally find
the winged archer dispensing his arrows at the
hearts of the fair.
The great good that is effected by educating
the sexes together, will very greatly prependerate
il the scale all the evils arising from the supposed
contamination OF that kind of association. The
vast benefit derived to the male character is be-
yond estimate in softening tn, ir dispositions and
raising them from careless, slovenly habit, to
more genteel and manly bearing; and the female
to correct that extremely femenine and affected
modestv and prudish behavior that is SO dsagreea-
bic and unpleasant, to a more natural standard Of
female dignity; and each sex is greatly benefited
when ca>sed together, knowing that they must
appear in the same recitation room, and submit to
much greater modification if they are not well
prepared for recitation, than if but one sex was
present. These facts. and the difficulty of keep
Jag them apart by the imposition of fines impris-
onments and penalties You will ever find to be
hopless undertaking. and your plans continually
thwarted. 81 long as those plans are formed IN
opposition to the established law of the universe,
SO long viii the sexes ever act in OBJ dlence to
them; and the heavier the punishment inflicted,
the more frequently you win find will be the vie-
lation exemphfcation of which may be most
strlkingiy in the earliest age of the world
Man was created in innocency, placed in the gar
den, which eastward in Eden, the most beau
tiul and pleasant abode that could be desired
and surrounded by every thing that could gladden.
the heart satate the senses; he was allowed to
partake OF all the fruits and exceiences that
spread before him, except the fruit of the tree
which grew in the midst of the garden, and Of
that, he was not allowed to either taste or touch,
under the severe penalty of death Bat notwith-
standing all the anguish of death was portrayed
before his vision the desire to partake OF that for
bid len fruit grew and increased, by that very act
of inhibition, until he was impelled. in that
state of innocency to transgress the Holy Law.
our first parents in this pure and innocent state,
as they came fresh from the hands of their Crea-
tor, haw much more likely will we Of this and
succeeding generations wua perhaps are more
tainted, as pass down the scale of ere alton, be
prone 10 transgress the laws of men, If they, in
their Paradisical state were tempted aud aliured
by the appearance of the fruit Of a tree, how
infinitely greater the temptation to u.s. when the
most beautiful objects of creation placed be-
yond high wall in our sight 1t is not merely
for the qualification of the fruit, or the beautiful
object placed in sight beyond the wall, but
that innate irrepressibie desire inherent IN man,
10 pGrtake Of those things chich forbidden.
\ on may build a wall that will reach to the up
permost regions of the atmosphere, to separate
the sexes-you may enact laws as forcible and as
binding the ingenuity of man can invent, and
pass the most solemn sentence of death upon the
perpetrators in Of violation, and you will
ever ind that these walls will be torn to the very
fouudation-those laws as feeble as the fmsy
structure of the spiders web and all your efforts
ever unavailing, when they directed against
the strong current of Natures Laws
PoLITICAL PREACHERS OF THE OLDKN
TIME-Rev. w. w. Hibben, in letter ad-
dressed to John L. Robinson, says:
Look at Luther amid the thunders of the
Vatican-at the intrepid Knox before the Pa
pal forces of Bloody Mary'-see John Cal
vim welding the battle-axe of Protestant he
roism-boldest among the brave in the fight
cf the Reformation. Were these men dis
turbers of the peace'-the 'fermenters of
broils' and Disturbance They fought for the
principles, the great doctrines of christianity
we are now contending for The virtues
which these sublime doctrines demand. We
have gone over to new party-we have
entered upon no new issues. The ground we
occupy is, and has been venerable for ages
has had the service and devotion Of good men
and faithful ministers in our own and other
churches, and OF thousands of no church,
from the very foundation of the government,
and as long before.
Then shall we retrograde-go back, or
let our moral lights pale in our midst, until
midnight or spiritual darkness gather over US
as il has over countries of such ancient gran
deur as Spain. Portugal, and even Mexico?
Shall we, as the ministers Of religion, consent
to preach tame, man pleasing and time
serving ggospel-tickling people who have itch
ing ears, least We bring upon our defenceless
heads the hot anathemas of those who neither
fear God nor eschew evil? 1 hope not. l
expect better things of the noble band of min
issers with which God has blessed the church
es and | am well convinced there are among
the people many more than seven thousand
who have bowed the knee to Baal.' Indeed,
the principles and interests of the churches
are not to be made subservient to party sue
cess; and the NJ E. Church in In llama last
fall gave to the other churches of the State
and made known to all political parties her
devotion to principle, her adherence to vir-
tue, in the fact that she almost unanimously
refused to support one of her most talented
and popular sons, for one of the best Offices
in The State, choosing rather a minister from
another denomination, because be was q more
consistent representative of q prohibitory Ii.
quor law. Let the truth be maintained and
spoken, though the Heavens fall"