Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-01-05

Fer The State Roocsst.
Thr Noe svSoes - Human Pgcgsess
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toW ards ultimate ec4GeCueOts
exssatme6 ~ tie ieghts - ussssosy
There are many subjects Of discussion
which Custom has Withdrawn from the un-
hAilowed a,era % secular poltmics end
consigned TO the exclusive guardianship o.
,he.ir glcsi Instructors, surrounded with
sturdy ssn'ins.s OF blind obedience. clad Ia
the full armor Of a faui,ies. faith, present
.,g such formidable froLt 70 the Intrusion
VI rnendaciuus busy bodies In search ri
truth, WAC have ,smesi'y enough TO storm
,he frowning citadel, AMID The terrific d..
charge OF sna,h-nas add pions curses cf
recommendation, and break The man aeles
$, gracefuii, adj I I'd TO the conscieIcrs o;
the obed,eDt iai'y.
The moral nature Of man, as eoniraliS'
rngui- he'd from he intellectual powers, has
from p,siile period, been Consigned VI"
carr Of those sasrediy dedic stei 10 The work
Of planting The SEEDS OF vir'n. n The human
heart and suaeding their growth through
Every stage ~ manhood with the und,spn'-
able power Of pruning ana grating the ex-
ubeiahi b,spcbes whenever and wherever
it was deeme rtcessary and expsdicnt;
Wide the reasoning pow RS have been turned
oven to 'he tender nercies u philosophers,
10 be fed upon he dry distractions OF the
or,es AID hypothetical speculaiions, touch
ing the origin, operation and phenonena OF
thought.
A breaking away fIom the authority,
which ilnmemo, iai custom has tolerated as
infaliible, has ever been attended vii, inmi'
uen' perII' 10 the advcn'urer, while bitter
ohioquy and foul deiraction commonly fol-
lows the undertaking, until such q numbei
of impofian, converts are na,ie as give con-
sequence to the new faith, and demands ri
active opposition, Father than a silent con-
tempt. Tho science Of ethics therefore has
rarely teen polluted by the touch Of rrofane
hands, without bringing around The ears Of
daring Intermediates a swarm Of advocates.
10 frigh,en cv,n T.. mcst devoted Disciple
Of truth, into abandonment Of novel doc
trines and irnov,iing these, thai have The
semblauce Of power g. undermine esiab-
lish,d sys ems, or i.opalr the ,ufallibilty Of
doctrines sanctioned by The authority OF
time.
Marin Luther was d,no lnced as the most
impious of hereiics for daring 10 ASSUME ia
dependence OF thought IN exposing old and
drcayin. systems sanctioned by the assent
- C,il,ion nae ,rarrap,t..i tln
a dungeons walls fer advancing new 'isro-
ries OF the eafihs ro,Undity and motion and
paling before the wrath If ignorsnce and
prejudice, Oh b. AIDED knees he ineahlv de.
nounced his OWN immortal discoveries as
apochiyphal. Thus has it been N all peri
cd, OF time, for conservatism abhoTs change,
innovation, or rapid progress aud iirsqu'res
az IRON nerve to commence the Initiative
in any new discovery of truth. In" pres
en' gene ration, however, forms an exception
TO this general remark and 40 ep.thet is
considered mpre insulting than charge of
coNsERv.TIsM. while all around the a'Dos-
pheFe resonnds with proclamations Of new
discoveries ia spiritual life, news inventions
ia actual life, and new doctrines in political
hfc, which all acquire instant popularity
wi,hou, regard 10 the duration of their ex-
i.',nsc. An org The novel doctrines row
discussed BY morbid thinkers in the field OF
Tu,h, is tina, Of Human progr,s, towards
all ultimate peril elton OF character ~ which
all ev,is areeNlilcuisiied forever ,aHd hat tie
present generation ate fast aprroachin" the
loi < desired reign cf universal harmony ana
peace.
On the Goth day of November. 1894, TIE
anniversary II the New York Historical
Society was ceiebfsiei with much celia, ly
the savans Of Literature. on which occasion +
he Hon Geo. Bancroft read lshseiy
elaborated Essay upoa this subie.i If h"-
man Progress. IN which he reene n,Ie, the 3
d. etrine, in lis full extent, of Tie gradual
transition II humanity from IL wr",ch.i .
pr@t ne incompltteness 10 al intimate cor.
clifton of IsTfec,abiiiy IL ii.div"iual man.
l ms ide5 is not novel tne with Mr..
Bancroft tat it:now commands so much ,
VI Al peAhS " - h'''
al ct SO much deserved renown i, receives
~ importance that u did moi possrs: while +
i, was the subject Of cant amorg Soc ialls's, I
Sririiuali.is, and Womans Rights Piiiian-
'hropis,s If mcdern times.
II il be true as Nj. Bancroft ASSERT, that I
The presen, state OF mains exist, nee Is no,
pcrmaue6t one, bu, i..evsr lowing IN in 4
eternal motion towards something better,
when will the time approach tina, shall
usher IL Me complete change Of collective
society from a condition Of errors am,
evils 10 perfect harmony with the divine
ideal man, II whom there is a conception
in every mind, SO that all INCLINATION 10 vi
olste the laws o. Nature aud OF Truth will
become eAtlnct in the human heart
The doctrine is ore full Of consolation 10
the generation destined 10 be the witnesses
OF ,uch consumma'on, and the recipients
OF is blessings, but what comfort does Il
afford TO us, who are but the wretc he'd me-
drums of transmitting onward this growth
of inevitable goodness for the benefit OF
whom il may concern. without the possible
i'y OF heh Gliding single type OF what il is
predes,ined TO secomI lish! The truth or
fa.sity Of this doctrine becomes important
10 each one Of us, for il il be true, then
muN h torture Of mind from anticipated evil
will be avoided.
ITO be c0ntsmued.)
THe LATE DIX. CLEvsLANp.-The
remains Of the late DR.. Cleveland were
brought home from st. Louis, by his