Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1855-12-07

than this. Tie Incorporate nan when once
i his property, money, and character, have
been buried as it we're, isregarded as a
/ nuisance By society and consequently must
Be tarned into the Poor House. Dye who
4 love justice and truth. Iappeal 70 you;-
/ tell me, can this be justice can such
a course secure the blessing of heaven can
the spirits oftbe iElustfious dead look down
vita pleasure upon such deeds Of kindness Z!
No, let the voice Of an iusu!ted honor cry
40: asyer. soeieiy is IN fault. The m
telligeat, the upright, tas rich aud the high
are to ll,me. They have failed to do
their duty and the justice Of heaven will
surely confound then, when the secrets Of
mems hearts viii be revealed.
The man who IS overlaken by misfortune
IS thrown into confusion and trouble and
to drown lis grief seizes tho intcxieating
bowl his neighbor, no doubt rich and IN
| dependent, Instead Of rendering small
amount Of assistance which would again re-
store the unfortunate to circumstances Of
peace, would rather take advantage OF his
misfortune in oder to enlarge his own pos
sessions, and thus leave the wretched nan
to wander 10 the dark regions ofde>pair.
This same individual in the course Of few
years may perhaps be found miserable
druakard--a beast IN human cornl,-whcreas
ifsociety mad besn true to its own interests,
be might still be harry, respectable, ana
usefal man. Who is to blame, then, for a
great amount Of the evil now overwhelming
our land? Men make great noise about
temperance laws and the evils Of inteaper-
ancc bat whateap law &c, wien the spirit
Of the times is fake
1 In my oTieion lbe sin Of commission on
the part Of sofiety IS as great as that Of
commission. Would a wise man stsnd still
when tc toholds hianeighbor about to take
his lie by means Of hanging himself Z Or
would any man stand uamoyei On seeing
his friend in fit Of madness about to take
thelfe or a feIIow-inan3 Of NotsiG any nr1is
vidual remain composed on seeing a nadniaa
rushing along the streets Insulting and Kill
/ ling the citizens With equal propriety
should every intelligent patriotic and upri. ,ht
citizen, consider it q duty TO use all this
power pdinfuenceto TO check the evil of in
temuerauce. If such acsrc the case an
incorporate man would fud no encourage
ment and. indeed, would be ashamed to
appear n the company of respectable men.
Bnt such Is not the case, very far from it.
! Where, then, is the use of having a temper
ance law, except only for the Hame Of the
thing
had intended TO notice several other
points intimately connected With thai of
1itempe rance, but my paper Is already much
larger than was originally proposed,
Summing up the meaning Of the ttrec
propositions, It will be seen that this Is an
age of Hunbuggery and infdelity Not
inidelity in an Unlimited sense bat inddeii'y
10 tie dearest Interest Of tic nation. The
masses are easily imposed on II consequence
Of want Of knowledge. A crafty man
can accomplish almost anything he under
takes: if!he accumulation Of wealth is his
object, there is fine example il B.rnuu..
or another in this city, if were disposed to
name biin- Na matter how silly are the
pretent;ons Of Qpack, he wiz find epcour-
agement; and let him 60 into tie country,
he wil be sure 10 succeed in humbuggery, ],
not the most ignorant Only. but these who
consi3er themselves men Of knowledge,-
Qaaek doctors, Quacll Lawyers, Qaaek
/ Preachers, in word Qaackery seems to lc
the order of the day. Political and relig-
iQus lsns fiji the country, Parties are at
wa: with each otler, rot that the rights Of
the 'dsar teopie,' may be proteefed but that
party Interest," may lie defcnIed, ana thus Sc
cure the spois. will eoncletle as be-
i gan, acknowledges power, rs
saysan English Poet,
4 For forms Of g}gegpment, lei fools contest;
What'er IS best administered IS best u. .s..
For modes OF ftlta, lsf gracious zeatQts feht,s
HIS can't DC wrong whose iit5 i. In th4s right;
4 la FAITH and hspe tbu world Sjll tiiSsEges,
i III ailnanhindfs concespsis eimfilg:
Almpst be false that thwArts this 9i.e sstaat end
nd AL or i5.t{H
Man, hke the generous yide, sulIprtei ives;
The strength he gains is from tie eabr4ce he
gives.
On theie own axissas the planets run, -
, Yet make at oncc their eireier9nhd the saii;
SO TWO consistrtt motions act The s6uE t. -
And one regards itAslf, and one the whole.
@-a Il. VI
Lancaster City, 1853.
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A negro FrsacherKas holdingfbrtifto to his
Congregations upon tie sLhlect OF obeyng