Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-06-14

! ton OF our vast country, depend Tor sus-
tenance upon the comparative few who
produce the food Of the people. In add
tion to those already here, engaged in
manufactures. trades, commercial pur-
suits, professions, and LoAFINe, ne agita-
/ tons in Europe are driving to our shores
n stream of emigrants unparalleled in our
history. These, although an industrious
and valuable acquisition to our population.
slmost from necessity, congregate in the
cities and centers of mining and manuiac-
turing, thus adding the population of an
ordinary State to our existing population
lin year. All these must be fed, and
their sustenance depends absolutely upon
the farmers Of the country. ,,, ,.s..g
But It is not only the vast and in
creasing population of this ccoutry who
are directly Interested. Mankind are SO
bound together that whether, they ac-
knowledge the relationship or not they.
are nevertheless .hiothers, and mutually
I dependent upon zach other. Ambition
Irassion-lust Of power may drive ma
! tiYlls 70 war and carnage. But when the
,sanguinary conflict is over, the contestants
IN some form find themselves in relations
lof mutual dependence again. At this
moment such conflict is devastating the
beautiful plains of sunny Italy. The agri-
cultulsls of the principal nations in Eu-
- u, al
Empelors, aud gloIy yseeking Kings, Lords
and Nobility, have marshailed the people
into contending hosts. and the peaceful
pursuits of industry have given place to
the. camp--the implements OF hasbandly
are exchanged for the Internal engines of
destruction, and the songs of the happy
reapers are changing TO the din and clangor
OF sunguEsry human butchery. The
t;antio armies and famishing millions of
these countries looked to our country for
bread and such is the relationship we
bear 10 them that the frost upon the hills
and in the valleys of our corn aud wheat
growing States, on the 5Lh of June, will
kill more people in Europe, if the war
should be prollacted, than the war itself.
But may there not be a Providence in it
after all? And ought it not to teach with
I Irumpet-tongue, the almost re2udiated
gospel OF human brotherhood and mutual
dependence? Is it not true that there
was through all this great country OF ours,
"a feeling of eXulting SelfShness which re-
Iioiced in the calamities OF our fellow be-
ings in Europe, because it would afford us
a market for our anticipated extraordinary
harvest at extraordinary prices? Such,
beyond dispute, was the widespread
feeling of our people, and that feel
ing found EXPRESSION ihroug the press of
the country as if it Were commendabIe
one. But would the qualification of such
a selfish and mercenary sentiment have
been substantial good to our country,
even if it had poured into oui lap the gold
from the exhausted treasures of all lands?
To the superficial observer, and for the
time being, it would seem as if the pros
perity of our country would have been ad-
vanced by such state OF things. But
wider and more comprehensive view of
things, with a contemplation of after re-
suits, may place the event in different
light. There is a prosperity Of q hagher
order and more permanent gOO0 TO q pe0-
Ipie, than sudden gain; and 1t may well be
doubled, whether the immediate cause,
whatever it may be, which turns the pop
ular MUD 10 the contemplation Of such
scenes in all their bearings, is in fact a
real calamity. This may be called super
sutton, or " lat not; but we confess 10 a
: lingering belief i'll tie good old doctrine of
an aIl-embracing Providence, which notes
the sparrow's fall and numbers the hairs
Of our heads.
The wsyward child may not perceive
the reason, nor comprehend the affection
of the loving parent ho thwarts its ardent
desires; and it may look, for the time.
upon such distractions to the qualification
Of its whms as the severcst of all misfor
tunes, while in truth its substantial good
is involved in lhc apparent evil. Mankind
are but children 0! a larger growth, and
the dealings OF "Our Father who is in
Heaven may be as incOmprenensible to
them as is the motive which controls the
ear thly parent, to the undeyeloped reason
and reflection OF the child.
But, whether "a Being all.wise ard good
exercises over his human children the
oversight and care of an Infinitely loving
parent; or whether we are here the un-
known and uncaredfor productions Of a
blind and impersonal fatality, without de-
sigh without aim-wthout purpose
without destiny-the puppets of au hour,