The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-11-19


Our Yankee portion of the human ro,o
ing on too much steam If the old ngas ,O. orc set
SOW, ours is becoming too fast The mon ~ ~
oul't tne pyramids were patient and tbougbtr,,
a'Ier tnlrty centuries their monuments sn.,;''u
oun What upheaved temple or column ~ U W. ,
VIII stand thousand or hundred wear, W.
aie 100 impatient in all that we seek IN acoor,
push Our zeal to get to the end-tbe fn ~ u
oao,io .n"t we sacrihce substance for show our
beo, on I'm a'i sor's' when the storming batteries
oeal on them, crumble to the dust The rra"to
is shell instead of a solid rock. DisnIa,, "ui.e
sinIuited, iIui et, and not endurance. 10 oon-
its cradle, aud ever alter IL 5n2rs.is the fastest
clothes. In real stamina Of manhood it started full
grown, without nfaDcy--as we pray it may exist
without dotage Since its grading its strides have
been colossal In century it has stretched the
pattern OF Empires thousand years. 1t il all
over continent and threatens soon TO be all over
a hemisphere and considerable way beyond
among the Islands. 1t has run by every compctt-
OF on the seas 1t las beat every example in grow
ing and importing population. 1t has built the
fastest ships curried the fastest steeds, and devel
ooped the fastest humans Leading ALL waiting
for none, the word FAST should be written on its
front, and made national motto.
1t Is well TO be fast, if we are not too fast, We
have little fa-cy for plodding nations or people
Holland would not be our model--nor China We
prefer quicker, hotter blood provided it doesn't
reach the Doll over. We would have an active
rather tnan restless nation steadily energetic,
rather, than an mpulsve, spasmodic people We
have small faith in speed that is not based on bot
tom such will "fzzle' aud fall in the middle OF
the race. We must carry weight to run or ride
to the largest triumph. Our fast nations and men
plunge into error and disaster, involving ruin or
Ietreat,and often apologymortiicstion and shame.
Both should see their track clear before they start
know their distance striving with high and earn
est purpose, allow little margin of time Too
great haste Degets too little consideration--th
prover6 has 1t, haste makes waste"
No matter how manifest" our destiny cannot
be precipitateI with safety. If we shake the tree
--oi conquest or anneXatIon--too soon, the fruit
falls green and withers We must be careful and
see that the springs are ready and the grapes ripe
before we touch them. Deliberation is as uecessa
ry to nations as to individuals, and is often the sal
walton OF both. We are too fast--too fast II
lightning could be saddled an American would
scorn steam Tor steed II h0 could 90 through
tube across river he would abandon ferry boats
--as it is, he leaps frightful spaces after them
though death stareS him in the face. He can't wait
not that he is crowded or has anything specia
to do, but because he must ''go it with rush II
has become his characterlstc--his second nature
He eats, drinks, sports, works and moves as though
he felt the monition of powder explosion at BIZ
heos His lille is tevered and frted out with haste
His existence is stampede, himself the real game
aud he runs himself down in the shortest possible
time. He is always going to retire Oh his fortune
and enjoy himself nationally, but death is generally
too fast for him--he can't fiud, or rather cant
spare time 10 live. Study his face--read impa
tience and care, and unrest written all over it ant
plowed in deep
Poor man he must mend his ways, or the worse
viii come to him. He must respect the integrity
OF body. mind and soul, or his life will be an evil
"A burthen and u lie. Let us be neither too SLOW
nor too fast the medium is our true speed The
only thing almost, in which Americans are not be
coming too fast, is Americausm The more ant
iaSIer they cultivate that the better. We mear
the sturdy Americansm of the fathers And VT
do not care--except iavorabIy--how fast they art
setting all mankind the highest examples in every
good work and way. To be fast in this direction
is sale aud noble--would 10 God the whole world
heart beat g htuing quick with every lralernal an,
generous sentiment.