Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-09-24

Caaal Board. His exposition of the glarin
frauds and shameless extravaganza Practise
by the State officials on our Canals and Rail
roads, startled, aroused the people, and over
whelmed the vampires who bave been plunder
ing the treasury Much as the people o
Franklin county and of the State, are iudebte,
10 our Senator, Mr.. Brewer, aud to one of ou
Members, Mr.. Mcclure, for the conspicuous O
perhaps controlling parts they played in thei
respective branches in effectiug this great Re
[ form, still We are none the less indebted t.
Edward Mcpherson for :he mastery manner il
which he exposed the annual loss the people
were sustaining By the mislnanagement of our
/ Improvements, and for his unanswerable ap-
peals to the people and the Legislature for a
/ sale
But not ia Politics alone has his gifted pen
made him rank with the leading men of our
State. In Literature he has won for himself
the richest eneolniums. We have before us
now pamphlet copy of an address delivered
before tue Young Mems Christian Association
OF Gettysburg, on the 18th of February last,
ca "ihe Christian Principle--I,s Influence up
on Government" 1t is q tribute of rare DOW
er aad eloqucnce 10 the influence of the great
Christian Principle in civil government, and
We regret that our limited space confines us to
but a few brief extracts We quote:
"Ian is an organ, many toned anu deep,
whose responsive chords are ever thrilling
through the great temple of the universe in
the gentieness of the quiet peal, the plaiptive-
ness of the melting wall, or the jnyousness of
the full, grad, overwhelming chorus. The
causes Of this diversity are numerous. By
cone are they thoroughly understood. Con-
corning them there conflicting theories.-
But their study can never be without interest
for who can be Indifferent to those great prob
lens, whose solution will make clear the oath
of human lifo, as Il reaches back into the un-
traceabie past, or stretches forth to the llimii-
able future.''
BY R4fdffd ls Ii dhaldi
az antagonistic TO moral or religious. But Is
it possible to dissociate entirely moral and in
tellectual truth? Is it possible to give our in-
tellectual powers free raoge over the |iidc tz
panse OF the knowspiic, wltnout thereby afford
ing scope for the exercise of the moral senti-
ments. Can one side of man move withou.
the other1 Can one half of man grow and
the other remain dwarfedl Can food be made
TO nourish one organ aud weaken another!-
Mans moral and intellectual natures are as in
sertwned as his nervous and arterial systems.
One is more or less dependent upon the other,
and both are regulated by the same conditions
of health.
''Whilc admitting the high position Of in
tellectual knowledge, aud eonceding it TO be
essential power, without which little substan-
tial progress can be expected, We deny its ex-
elusive claim, upon the ground of its inadequa
cy Man is not all intellect, nor does he, even
generally, act uron the conclusions of pure
reason, unmodi6ed by his sympathies, his sense
of right, of prudence and other causes. Sut
an explanation of human conduct which fails
embrace mans whole nature must be false
The great irresistible powers controlling man
must penetrate every part of man-must reach
all his powers must be co-extcnsire with his
Datnre. This intellectual acquisition is not
1t is most valuable agent. 1t is indispensi-
BILE to all progress. Ii is elevating and alleyi-
ating in its tendencies. 1t enlargcs the circle
of human enjoyments 1t is 'the godlike prin
ciple which distinguishes man from the brute
1t gives man power over the Universe. 1t re-
vesls hidden thiuga aud makes dark things
plain. 1t solves the mysteries of the physical
world, and the still greater mysteries which
abound within ones self, whilst it expands
mans faculties, gives him new thoughts, and
lifts him above degrading and brutalizlng in
fuences. But it is not the only power by
which man is to rise. There Is another, wider,
deeper, brorder, stronger. 1t Is the power
which the Almighty offers for mans salvation.
Upon this alone can mankind surely rest for
the true enjoyment of the present, and that
bursting of agonizing bonds which we hopeful
ly expect in :he future.
esReligion cannot be reasoned out of exis-
tenee. 1t has found many enemies by whom
its progress has been retarded. 1t has strug-
gled long and painfully, and yet struggles with
tho master passions of meu. 1t has bad its
fields of triumph. It has also bad its tempo
rary rererses."
'The physical world is ablaze with activities.
Our homes, our walks, our resting-places,
these streets, this spot, this town, yea, the
whole earth, and the very armament overflow
with influences, begun, many of them, before
we breathed, and daily grown more numerous
aud extensive aud comprehending in their
reach all nature. No man can descend below
them. No man can escape them. Ii he flee
to the desert, they are in the arid sand, the
parched earth, the burning atmosphere. Ii to
the mountain, they are in The trickling stream,
the deep glen, the opening gorge. Ii to the
uttermost parts of the earth, they are IN the
frigid sky, the crisp air, the very barrenness of
bleakness.'
s.It is unnecessary, aud would be impossible,
to trace in detail, the influence of the CHRIS
TIAN PRINcIpLE upon every Institution of his
poyernment. This is the work of the historian,
g. IL hrinf assarisf A brief mention of tie