The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-08-15
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
UP TOWN ITEMS.
REPORTED BY Up TOWN, ESQ.

DoS'r READ THIs-Though it is the legitimate sub
stance of our column yet feel something like Sc
cret qualification when the police items fail u.s. and there
is prospect that if depend upon those alone Tor
our substance we will long while in attaining
thing like aldermanic proportions
As substitute reauers propose TO take hu-
man nature a subject and for little while deal with
il sically 1t affords vast field for eonem
platoon 1t presents such variety of phases 1t may
be explored through many different channels yet the
student philosopher the dreamy Spectator or The
visionary theoris whatever he may be, though pos
sessed of the wisdom of Solomon, only finds after all
his labor a Heterogeneous mass OF irreconcabe ambi-
gutter. Some desperately wise ancient once said 10 his
plpn "Know ThyselL" Fool, he might have directed
his mind to some study in which theb boy could nave
made more advancement.
Know and understand human nature--why the idea is
absurd il is itself incomp visibility, anomaly
the created world perfect chaos of morals and i'm
morals, substances naaons aud vods OF every Color
shape aaq character. may be compared 10 geoneI-
ricaI figure With thirty thousand varied sues anu as
an examination of all Of these sides woud require con-
siderably than allotted time ana Space we VIII
leaye each lively imagination perform the work for
ITSELF at its leisure, few random thoughts VIII
serve our present purpose which is nothing more nor
less the laudabe OF preventing The occurrence
of hiatus in the progress of our peculiar lnsnIupoh
9. the ssItems."
In material world it is general rule, that IKE
substances subjected like influences will produce
similar results with the subject OF our essay, or
homily or sermen, Dissertation whatever ii may
be called the rale is quite dfeant rather there no
rule in the case. thousand intellectual beings, EN-
bodying as many portions OF aumap natare acted upon
nv the same circumstances, exhibit effects, perhaps all
dissimiIar Take instance the al-absor6ng topic
of the day apolitics." Here we are who e nation oil
civilized beings speaking the SANG language living ah
der the same government, subj to the same poitlc
Influences all claiming to have the same ooeet IL
-vew--lhe good OF the country, and yet who can mum
berthemuuplicity opinions formed out OF thls ans
combinatieAof circumstances, some TOO when are a'
ametrically opposite each 9th Take ielgIoh- We
all reason from the book and arrive atdVers'
and diverse conclusions axe any event, either OF h
past expected in the future in the least bearing
individual interests and with the same evidence
We form conflicting Judgement No jury Oftwelve mel
Gaye yet agreed upon verdict matter how ella
borated posiy 81 he testimony without
opinion to greater o. less extent by all. a equal
Nv honest ia their mode reasoning and all have per
haps equal capacities, but species of intellectual pride
an ambition to be the mouldsr of ones own opinion
the controller of man! operates secret! in thu
mind and a sort Of FePeng agent ana preclude
unannity All this however pertains only to the lhe'
Iecual pagt of human natnae. but as that IN grea
measure controls the prpcyities and instincts OF tn
animal man, we will pause inaeanaely in our lnVest'
CATION OF the beet, and dragn "a point wGout nav
fnz made one rencati" only ayr s3raIg ADVICE 1'"
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