Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-21

place and produced out of infinite
variety, the most perfect and beautI'
ful harmony.
Men ara not exception to this Law
fof variety; they differ physically
morally and intellectually. Some are
strong, robust and active, others are
weak and irail and seem to hang t.
life by a mere thread; che is bold and
daring, another is timid and shrink
ing; some men are controlled by
generous aud noble impulses which
others are incapable of comprehend
ing; and in the mere power of intel
lect there is every grade from the
dwelling idiot, incapable of provi-
ding for his animal appetites, up to
the mind Of genius which moves
through the vast region of thought
in an orbit as majestic as the sweep
of a planet.
This inequality in individuals has
been recognized and acted upon by all
nations and ell men, in every age OF
the world, and will continue to be
recognized till the end OF time. We
select our friends, our advisers and
counselors, our business agents, legis-
lators. judges and teachers, not up
on the principle that all men are
equal but on the contrary that
they are not equal, and that some
are better able than others to accom-
plish certain ends. And thus We IL
lustrate practical disbelief in the
sentiments we so often and fondly
express. Every government re-
cognizes a difference in men, and
makes provision for it by express en-
actments. Laws are made to res
train the wicked and deprive them Of
the power to injure their fellow men,
and even the unfortunate lunatlc is
deprived Of that liberty
which he is incapa bic Of comprehen-
ding or enjoying
In ascending from individuals to
vast communities, it will be found
that the races of men who have fig
ured in the worlds history exhibit
the same differences and are govern
ed by the same law of Inequality
Though all mankind possess a COM
mon humanity. and the great out
lines Of nature are tue same in all,
yet each great family displays some
distinctive traits of character and
certain inherent qualities and capac-
tiles which mark and distinguish it
from all others. Some races have
SIMPLY numbered the earth with
their existence, and though possess
ed of fruitful soil and healthful eli
mate, they squander the riches thus
Inherited from nature, in sloth and
the indulgence of base passions until
they pass away, having added MOTH
ing either to the intellectual OIL ma
terial wealth of the world, but an
Illustration of what ignorance and
degradation man is capable. Other
nations with the same advantages
of location start out In their exls-
tence, with innate qualities Of en-
terprise and activity-liberal and
enlightened institutions seem to
spring up spontaneously in their
midst, the hum of their industry is
heard in the lemotest corners of the
globe, they build navies whose sails
whiten every sea, and accomplish a
career of renown and glory which
time itself cannot obliterate. Such
a people may pass away from the
earth, bat their deeds live after them,
and the echo of their greatness re-
yerberates through the roll OF centu.
ries like the sound Of solemn music
These we'll known differences in
the results accomplished by the va.
rious nations of the earth cannot be
accounted for on the theory of ac-
cident or different circumstances by
which they are surrounded. The
accidents which sometimes befall an
indisidual and which, under the ap,
relation of luck or chance, make
or mar bis fortunes, have no appli'
cation to large masses of men. The
fate of a single indiy idual seems
sometimes determined by the. bin
dest chance and sets at naught the
plainest teachin.s Of wisdom; bu'
with large bodies of men, their ac
tions, their policy, and the results
which they will achieve and even th'
aggregateof accidents to which the!
will be subject. canal be calculatedwitl
great precision, and statistics ma.