Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-03-10
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political ideas. When We reflect tia
every thing proceeds from z cause. Il.
.othing in DO moral Of political world
comes By accident. We must look dseps
Dan ne effect. II We would hope 70 sres
de disease With skin. The politica
xefid. mora especially. in ! governmsn
Of he people. Is but the mirror % redec
shs social virtues and vices. a politica
idea i found % . moral social one, AM
must nscessariiy reflect the features 9
i,sparsntage. Hence. il apolitical op;n
ion IS srror, and w would correct it
ue must % IN search Of The moral ide'
ltom which Il smanatss. When We hav'
5ound this moral idea, and cut i out
" may hope to correct The political man
not sooner. The practice Of al success
fal rsiormsrs has ever bean to address
themselves to the morals Of I communi'
~ frsk When these are corrected, po'
Ideal truth viii - infallibly take posses
,;on and root out political error as virtue
~hsu properly presented win correct vice
- rovsrnmens win reflect the NOR;
Il social condition Of the people. 70
abuse ) man for being IN atheist o.. an
idola.or. win never reform him. Ad.
drsss yourself to the moral man. elevate
and expand h;s intellect. and he win re.
,.cs his atheism and forget his IDOLS To
rsyils . nan for being an abolitionist, .
H.. soiler. red Republican. or 6leet
Republican. two colors that in politics, Al
lsast. harmoniss into one. To spurn z
man for being . socialist. an emsnciPa-
ZIONIST, ! Observation-Disclosures. 8 woman'a
iightm.n. orr puritan, win never reform
him. Address yourself to the moral dis,
ease from which these monsters spring,
aud you may hope tooorreot his errors.
There ara two influences always =
work IN the moral world, the good and
the evil. 30 in the material world, two
influences, the destroying and the crea.
tive, always going on. In the moral
world the one or the other influence il
apt to lpreponderate. though always in
conflict; and hence, there are always in
popular governments two parties. each
however faivided into many political
shades and Eases. because political ideas
ipripg from moral IDEAS. and are - d.
verse Is the moral features from which
hey receive their impress.
Show us man who has . great horror
q the ordinary passions Of youth. and .
tongue busy to expose the habits that
spring from natural passions, and in SO
cases in 100. you wiz fnd him an extor.
tiensr. 3 hypocrits, cheater ofhis neigh
Dor. an advantage-taker in trades himself
ready to profit BY preying upon the
unsuspecting object whom his puri-
,4nnical tongue is % want 70 injure and
Disgrace. Such apsrsou win generally
be predisposed to . strong. and ifhe will
confess it. . monarchical government.
And why !! Because be takes unnatural
views Of mon and things, and without
,ths heart 70 sympathise with human in
trinity. would mako al things CONFORM
70 his own narrow. cold and idoginatical
views. Such person. himself . moral
pdeformity. would force upon the idivid-
ual. andths aggregate man, certain, 90
called. social virtues, which. whom en-
forced, generate still greater vices. Thin
man would have government to cores
pond With his moral ideas--hs Is puri.
san. moral prostitute: that 10. he would
impose both upon the individual man and
upon the people certain rules Of morals,
aga'ns. rn'cn nature Teosis. ana hence
ds'vs the individual g me gFatihcas'on
Of the natural appetite By means at oncs
deceitful. cunning. dark and crafty and
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