The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-08-25


There have been, in all ages OF the
world, two great principles, antagonis-
tic in their natures, continually at work
in the constitution of human society
Truth and Error-the one of celestial
birth, the child of Intelligence the
other of baser origin, the offspring of
ignorance.
Glance wherever we will upon the
Historians page, and our eye will, not
fail to rest upon some chronicle of the
conflict which has, ever since time
began, been waging between the adj
herents of Truth on the one hand, and
the allied hosts of Might and Error on
the other. In all ages our earth has
been, as it were, great battle-plain
upon which the two contending forces
have been marshalled oftime waging
unequal and uncertain war each seek
ing the absolute extermintion of the
other, yet neither at any time complete
ly vanquished. se aei.s2 1ib $50 9
1t is fact which should be set to
the credit of our Humanity, that the
strongest synpathies of mans heart
have ever been engaged ON the side Of
Truth, though his actions oftimes may
have been in fearful dissonanee with
his evident convictions. Perhaps we
may in a measure account for this as
one of those baneful results of selfish
ness, mot selflove,) implanted in mans
breast. He desires and will obtain if
he can selfgratifcation, with the least
possible amount Of mental or physical
exertion, and this, his experience rather
than reason teaches him is easiest OBJ
tainable under the dominion of Ignor-
ance and Error. Hence while his love
of Truth is always manifest, his de-
grading obesiance to the mandates of
Error has been equally so; and yet
when the star of Truth is in the ascend
ant eagerly will he forsake for awhile
the shades of Ignorance, to purge his
mental vision in her unpolluted ray.
Some one has remarked that "this
misfortune always awaits the ma
tivity of truth; that she never comes
into the world but to the present ig-
nominy of him who brings her FORTH
The world is rarely, if ever ready to
receive a new truth especially is it
skeptical as to its Legitimacy if it con-
] template the overthrow of existing
and long cherished opinions or preju-
dices. Hence through a fiery ordeal
of persecution must it pass, especially
if it be a great truth.
The mind of Calico conceived a
truth, and the dungeons of Naples was
his recompense. 1t was truth born
before its time. -.,.,....- -.
Socrates uttered truth, and cup
of poison was lis reward. Columbus
promulgated a great truth, scofings
and ultimately an ignominious death
were his. Fulton, yet later, presented
a new truth to the scientific world,
sneers greeted him on every side.
Yetthe telescope has revealed system
upon system in the infnity of space and
overthrow the dogmas of the learned
of olden time a new world in all its
splendor bears witness to the truth
which dawned upon the mind of Col.
umbus and the iron race-horse to that
of Fulton. So Truth, as it is not n
human origin, will ever triumph and
the laurel ever usurp the crown OF
thorns. IT
Never has truth been destroyed
" They mey curse and call it crime,
Pervert ndbetray or SANDER and slay
Its teachers for time
But sunshine, age, shall light the sky,
As round and round we run;
~ And Truth shall ever come uppermost,
| And justice shall be done"
Perhaps were we to search out the
records of Old Time, the result would
;. be doubtful whether of all the mighty
intellects which hive led the the worlds
van, the majority would not be found
ranged upon the side of Error. Bnt
thanks to a benefcent Gail Father
the world has not always been depend
ent upon its great minds for the de
velopment of new truths:
9" Truth was never yet outspoke,
That hath not an echo woke"
wrote the Poet, and History confirms it
/ Were we to trace to their origin
most if not all the great revolutions il
Eopinion. or politics which History re
cords, we should be struck with tn,
obscurity and apparent insignifcanc,
of the germs from which they sprung
A casual word dropped by some passer
by, a single stroke of the authors pen
"a truth the dim revealing of which
has been the scholars only recompens'
for long years of mental toll and pri
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