Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-03-29

else, win hXed principles ana prescrloeu
rules to govern his action. This it would
seem he has forgotten. The pride Of intel
Iec,, the deluson of reason worship, dar-
ing, refractory and atheislic spirit of inquiry,
with blind and improvident drift towards
- might almost say-lniversal empire, are
among the evils which threaten US. The
sources Of public opinion are polluted. !.
has been asserted at midday in our Senate
chamber. and commended for in more places
and upon more occasions than one, tina!
there is law higher than the law of the
land. 10 effect, and in fact, annuling the
.anc.ly Of an oath, subver,ing the force Of
all government, and eevaling each indivi-
dual 10 position most piusble, ludicrous
and conemptibIe-tha, Of being his own
God. The public men Of our day, unlik e
their predecessors, have forgotten that even
Gin the corrupted currents Of this world''
I''corruplon wins not more than honesty. .
4 free press, that mighliest Of all engines for
good. but Of all powers most to be dreaded
when marshalIing its forces in defence of
error, in some quarters is dealing 'remen-
dous blows against the Qualifications OF our
government. Puerile concessions 10 the so
called force Of circumstances" or "msnI-
fest Destiny" are the order of the day.
Where shall The anxious patriot look 10
whom shall he turn for deliverance from
This worse than Pagan blindness? The great
lights in our political frmam men. have gone
out. They are buried with The dead past.
Would tina, some Hercules in mini, some
Washington in heart, some man who, in the
language Of distinguished modern writer,
loving America ''ss an Athenan loved the
city Of the violet crown, as Roman loved
the marina rerum Roma,'" would rise up
in his strength and put to death this manv
headed monster would say 10 the winds
and the waves Of fana,icism, "Peace be
still" Were this our only hope, dark and
dismal indeed would be our prospects,
There is another source to which we look
for deliverance, and here we find consola-
ton full Of hope. To the dispassionaie,
honest and almighty judgmen, of an enIgh'-
ened people we look as to the ark Of our
safety. Planting The staff Of our faith on
this rock the vision changes. In the place
of the hdeous images of disas.er and despair,
riaes, in all her native purity end splendo',
The proud genius of our institutions, and as
she mounts alof,, from her out stretched
hand there floats slreamer bearing this in
scrip,ion "Columbia triumphant"
Though i. be true, gentlemen, that Oman
is Of few days aud fult Of troubles" this life
is not altogether dark to him, whose aims
are 10 himself eleva'ing, TO others beneficial.
Though the image Of his primeval purity has
been deslroyed; though fiendish ingrs'Iude
testers in his corrupt heart, never has he
failed to pay to true genius and merit its
Jus, mead Of CONNIE ndaion. Ia this world,
times, circumstances change. Times and
circumstances have their influence upon
men, but principles and great truths, immu-
table and ishable-wonhy emana-
tons of the God Of Tru,h-defy the with
ering touch of memorable decay. As The
rule and guide of life, they are the only
means given under heaven whereby man in
his individual capacity, or men in nations.
can ever reach the schme Of human glory
When conduct, aud character, and fame rest
on them, the cry may be. The beseIgers
come; fear not, 'your castles strength will
laugh seige to scorn." Is it no. thus with
Washington