Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-07-11
Sigms the Times.

4 Society at the present day presents .
I curious phenomenon. The lengths to which
all classes are running, are In strange con
I trast to the rigid economy ofthe past gen
i GRAFTON. The rapidity with which for
tanes or regulations are made, seem al
i most fabulous to those accustomed to the
I slow acquisition of former days. The rack-
/ lessuess in crime of all grades is noticeable
4 even to the most casual observer. A Ger
/ tain laxity in morals and religious belief
| and prevalence of the more intellectual
forms of scepticism are becoming more and
more apparent, and eontrasted with the
strict notions of our forefathers seem to
present an almost impossible gaIf be-
tween our present condition and the state
Of society fifty years ago. The hurry and
hustle OF the present times stand in bewii-
derlng contrast to the quiet regularity of
days gone BY. The fact Of the increasing
activity, and decreasing morality Of the
present age,cannot be denied In no 9TH
/ er age could such murder as the BurdeI
tragedy be committed; nor such enormous
detalcations have happened nor such a gi-
gantic scheme as the oceanic telegraph be
preached, without death from ridicule; in
no ether age of the world could Kansas
have been settled in a year, nor the ques-
ton Of fillibustering in Cuba or Nicaragua
have been seriously entertained by our cit
izens, or winkcd at by government. The
facts cannot be denied; the causes of this
state Of things it becomes US to inyesti-
gate Western Fireside.
GY- Clergymen sometimes purchase
two-hundred poends OF Theologo, of the
! happy book sellers at once.
lie Savior Of the world preached one
RECORDED sermon, wrote once VITA his flu
ger on the ground and went about doing
good. His sermons could be written OIL
the shell that have sheltered a pair OF
young doves, and His prayer on the leaf OF
a lilly. There is a lesson III this, it men
could oaly get at it, the more a man real
y has to say, the gr;lver the import, the
less time he takes wherein to say it; and
as, to slip one man In and out OF five hun
dfed suits OF CLOTHS, will not make a regi-
meAtyao single thought though forever
changing jackets, Will remain a single
thought still.
There is room for conjecture as to what
the Savior wrote, but We rather think it
was neither DO / condemn thee, go and
sin nc more Whatever it might have
been, there Was an eloquent significance in
that act Of writing on Tie ground The
noblest thoughts conceived by human
heart, have not walked upon that rag-car-
pet We call paper, but have been traced
upon the bosom of our common mother;
have smiled i'll our harvest fields,an risen
III our affairs, aud glittered in our hearths ;
they have sprung up in burrows behind
the plough share; they have drlfted in
golden beauty, before the sweep of the
Artic bound ADVANCE they blossomed
il the footprints Of theAngel Of theCflm
Ca b. L. Taylor.
JUDeG TRumBULl, OF ILLINOIS. The
New Orleans Crescent has the following al
fusion to Senator Trambull,of Illinois, and
his collision with sundry doughface demo
cratic Northern Senator's
Judge Douglas, who considers Tfun-
| bulls presence in the Senate thorn III
| his side, attacked him one day last sum
mer, when TrumbulI not only defended
himself with mastery ability, but charged
home upon the "IiiIe giant" and held
him d closely contested discussion for two
or three hours. It was during this debate
| that TrumbufI sought to bring out Doug
| las as to whether lie favored or opposed
squatter soyereigntyin the territories,
The giant eyaded a reply for long time,
but, being pressed, finally got out OF il BY
saving it was q Judicial question, aud he
Icou!d not forestt+ OF influence the decision
1 of the Supreme Court BY pronoancing an
opinion Oh it in advance! There is no
| doubt, III my mind, that Douglas does not
recognise this doctrine, but fearful of It's eff
fecls upon bis popularity in the South,
was afraid to ayow it.
Judge Trumbull is one Of the boldest oil
the Black Republican senators, and does
! not hesitate to break a lance with the a
Ill. st Of the opposition. 4 few days be
fore the adjournment of the last session,
roucey of Connecticut, (now Secretary q
the Navy, Happened to say in debate that
the Black Republican was an '.unconstltu-
tional' party. Trnmbull walked into him
land scored him without mercy. Toucey
/ had to explain, and qualify his remark, be-
/ fore Trulnbull would let him off.
1
F. RArlRoADLoGIc.-T Supreme Court,
Indiana, Judge Perkins presiding, has just
rendered the following luminous lega
Iopiuion. The case was that Of the y
! Nj. r. r. Co, vs.. the city Of Aurora.
i 1t seems that the corporation OF that CT
ty, under an act OF the Legislature author
iz!ng to subscribe stock in the o. d IL
leo. and true to lis instincts, after tht
road was finished, refused to pay its sub
scrlp,ion, insisting thai rs the road raj
through The place TO Cincinnati they haS