The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-07-19

impunily, and faith is a condition of mind always
best shown by works. Consequently, the man
who delegates to, or rather throws back upon,
Providence, duties which it is manfestly intended
he shall perform for himself is even more blame
worthy than the one who does his work thorough
y without reference TO any higher principle than
the desire of worldly In the estimation of
Coroners' Juries, and item makers for the press,
whatever cannot be traced TO some immediate
agency, becomes the work of Providence; which,
thus, in nine cases out Of ten, is made responsible
for the results of the most inexcusabe human folly
or wickedness. Let the cause be only few links
removed from the effect and it ceases to be recog
nzed. The case is then removed into the jurisdic-
ton of the supernatural, and becomes 'mysteriou
"dispensation," into which it is useless to pry,
and against which it were impious to murmur.
very little reflection will convince every one
that Providence does everything or nothing. All
the laws of physics are the laws of COP, in a
more direct and absolute sense than can be predi-
Gated even of revelation. The former cannot be
controverted-the latter may be. DiSobedience to
the one is punished Immediately, whereas the
vndcation of the other is often deferred, appar-
emily to another state of existence. 1t is there
fore, less common to witness deliberate violations
Of what called the laws of nature; but the sins
of ignorance and recklessness are painfully fire.
quent. We have been led into this train of retec-
ton by the following paragraphs from the Yates
City Herald, Illinois, which seem to lis not less true
in the justice they render TO the discipline Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, than in he proper
1,
Yates paper might have found another instance
of a well-nanaged road nearer home-we refer to
the Terre Haute and Richmond. This has now
been in operation some six years, yet in all that
time remember no accident upon it, involving
loss of life, or Of any serious amount of property;
nor has it ever failed to pay regular yearly
dividends of from eight to twelve per cent
besides dividing, on one occasion, a large sur
plus. In this latter respect it is the model road
of the West.
Itis very convenient charge the results our
bunders ignorance careessness TO the AUTHOR
Coon Physicians and various vendors of posons of
kindly helped thereby but the height fblasphemy
is the charging of such railroad slaughtes the recent
VI. s. K. r. to nscrutable Providence We
will give opinion in brief viz: such accidents
happen on celtmdRoged roads. About year since we
passed portion of the Baltimore aud Ohio R. r in
rain storm at night What if some rocks obstruction
fall the track several ladies inquired. There is
danger Every rod of the track has just been examined
Yon red steady light is ST that all is right We felt
that who thus exposed themselves to storms for
safety worthy of confidence and disposed
selves to sleep best could We need not add that
got safely through Next night, a road which does
not deem il necessary to advertise, aroused from
slumber by the smashing OF the locomotive tender &c
of the train, caused by running into large which
he'd been blow the track We profess to he
those not given to borrowing fear and yet it did
qure effort to pursuade ourse that the conductor
had any reasonable chance to conduct through the
woods in such stormy night. We, for one composed
ourself to sleep, expecting accident and
disappointed when aroused by a conclusion and the
| screams of women and children Let those whose duty
it is to keep raoads in order to sleep while
being blown the track culvert and bridges
being washed out by foods, but don't charge the acct
| dents thereby to Providence.'