Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-04
For tie Fayetteville Observer.
The Wants Of cur People.

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md happy people do we lack? Is :
here any element of wealth. happi- ,
ness or prosperity, absent from the !
citizens of Lincoln? They have a ,
soil unsurpassed in fertility, an enter
prising and wealthy population. Their
hills and wales, in point of product
iveness, are rarely excelled, seldom
equaled, by any county in the State,
and return to the honest farmer an
abundant harvest as the reward of his
labor. A spirit of enterprise seems
to pervade her citizens. AS to wealth
or ability to carry out any enterprise,
howe yer difficult or costly, she has !
suficiency. In what then is she de-
ficient? What ingredient, moral, So
cial, or literary. is there which she
has not, and without which her vast
natural resources Can never be devel-
oped, the intellect of her sons and
daughters fully disciplined, and ex-
banded, and her citizens made to
breathe moral atmosphere redolent
with the grsces and gIories of christi
anity. We think there is one very
essential element wanting in our So
cial system, that is, Unon. Too
long have we been divided in politics
and religion, to the detriment of our
advancement lis people. Too long
has discord been interviewer in every
department Of society, social and
literary, sowing, broadcast, the seeds
of division, tearing asunder the hoIi-
est ties of our common nature, and
paralyzing the best efforts of philan-
thropists to remove the evil OF our
day, and to elevate the human race.
Who can enumerate the countless
evils that our country has received,
growing out Of political discord q
How many families and neighbor-
hoods have had the great deep of
: their happiness and fraternal sympa-
f thy broken up, and in its stead the
} root of bitterness, envy and misery,
planted by the foul monster discord?
We wish not to convey the idea, that
, we are opposed to the f.ir discussions
of all points involved in the questions
that are constantly coming before the
people. nor do We object to an honest
division in sentiment, but what We
object to is the carrying these things
. so far as to involve and absorb every
, thing else. The evils growing out Of
religious divisions are no less destruct-
i've to the peace and harmony of So
, ciety. Deeply rooted in the breast
, Iof every christian is the faith of his
5 choice, and to this he clings with a
: grasp stronger than life, and hope
fast anchored to the throne OF God.
Around his heart it entwines itself,
insinuating its benign influences into
his feelings, sympathies, hopes and
aspirations, and becomes, finally. an
element of his very nature. Suppose
a community blessed in all the elf S
of a bountiful Providence. The re-
, turning harvests bring to their grana-
ries the rich rewards of industry
Peace and prosperity abound and ev-
erywhere are seen the evidences of
hope and contentment. Amid it's
pleasant dales many a handsome
schooi-house is seen, and perh ps in
the centre of this earthly paradisa.
the stately Acad my Fears ITS head,
with its tall and commanding front,
dispensing light and knowledge to the
happy youths within. The country
church, too, is tn Re, where the people
assemble to adore the Author of their
existence and bounties. But stran-
ger comes among them. Soon where
peace and harmony were once found,
now exist divisions, with all their at
tendant evils. Friends become enc
mics contests are frequent. The
schools are broken up the flourish
ing Academy, once the pride of its
founders and friends is almost de-
serted of inmates, while damper has
been thrown over the whole commu-
nifty. We ask, why all this? ReIi-
gious dissension and jealousy have
been at work. The vile poison of
parsocutiou has hoeu inf,,cod info thair