Wabash express., 1859-05-25

has no place in their affections. The latter
admonishes us te "renember The Sabbath dsy
10 keep ii holy" but they heed rot The adno.
milton.
III II. b." Is more Ingenious than srgumen.
tative. lie said at erst thst there was no dif
ference between the Asine lev sud sisen1
laws. This denied and poiRted ca. the dif-
ferenee by showipg that one was srokittrory
and the other not. Now. to escape the expo
sure OF his want Of correct knowledge Of the
principles 10 each. he coolly replies that "the
Maine Liqaor Law and Sunday ordinances ar,
both prohIbloy ia their nature" Certaioly
they are. aud who denied it = But that does
Rot make license regulation pfohibllory -
and that's the point Of controversy between
Us. lie shall not escape 80 easily.
He stili insists that We are to be Earopeen
ised and that be snd others have entered Up.
the high mission Of bringing about this
happy result. because, forsoolh, "Swilzerland
was Republic 4C9 years before the Declara-
tion Of our Independence" and because Ven
ice. Modena. Genoa. were all republics -
WHY did he not add Athens-ioDg before si-
theri 1t would have served as we'll il would
have been far better than TO say that "ths
venerable authors aud signers Of the Declsra
ton Of Indepndence were reformers. rather than
origiaators Now in these random references
he shows a want offamiliarity with the histo.
~ Of Europe, as well as Of this coupiry. In
the first place, none Of those republics were
Ike ours. as every reader Of history knows
and in the second place our fathers were both
originofors and drofermus. Tha, j. the way We
understand the history Of our county. aud IL
will be no easy task 10 persuade u lbat We
are mistaken. Although We did derive lh,
right of trial by Jury. The writ Of habeas cor
pus aud other important principles from Eu-
rope, yet our government has 10. and never
had model amongst all the governments thai
have existed. Ii Is our 0icA em phstc$lly. Il
has marked out nao path for the nations,
and If there is any hope for the States OF Ea
rope now or hereafter. it will be found the
ste adiness with which they pursue the same
path. They must become America zised Il the
people there expect to enjoy political freedom
As for ourselves, we want no more Europeaa
istns than we have already. We are perfectly
willing that the people Of Europe may coms
amongst Us, aud share with Us the Institutions
which we have. but repeat. that they must
let them continue 10 be ours. not theirs. They
cugAt not to expect more, and We canuo:
yield it il they do.
have no single word Of unkindness to EN-.
plOy toword H Il. T." or those Germans who
agree with him. but should prefer to impress
them with the idea that was their friend.
do not doubt lheir sincerity when they declare
by the God above u" that they viii honor
love and cherish American liberty, and. If
need be. ~ stand ia the forcmos, ranks TO De
fend II They, coubtess. feel so. and are en-
titled to he considered in this sense. a. good
and patriotic citizens. My own opinion is
and state it frank ly-,hat this is the general
characteristic ofour German population. They
have a natural love Of liberty aud are alwsys
ready to defend It. But a small portion Of
those who have become infected with these
notions have been combating, are laboring
under great mistake iflhey suppose they can
long treat with defiance ike American seuii-
ment in regard to the Sabbath. or that hey car
openly avow the policy of acting only iih
the political party which shall consider 'sab.
bath ordinances" as "swindle." without *
citing against them such political and ,ocial
combinations a. shall oyerv hel,ru them with
defeat. | have no fears Of their succe>s-noi
the least. Bu, il left unchecked by the force
Of public sentiment and condemnation, tie, I
shall g Oh 70 disregard the Ssbba.h, m ou
cities. towns and villages. where th,.y mosil, /
congrega'c, they viii succeed in So scattering 4
the seeds ofevil. as 10 produce vast amount
Of vice immoraliiy aud crime While the,
are in the oitsi Of their erjoy meut.. AID spor
and revel aud fun aud frolic close up The mind
10 other impressions. they may nat think so--
bat the result J. none The less certain. Ths
aw of man nav be violated with impunity
but the Law Of God cannot. he who habi,uall,
'eis at defiance That command which require,
IN observance Of the Sabbath day, AID saper
.edes The Divine injunction by those raies 81
conduct which crafty his passions only. NAV
ancy in the moments Of his cxhiliration. tha,
here Is no iaint Of corruption upon him Bur
ne decsives himself Every step he thus takes I.
> ideas the distance between hin and the ma
Ser Of all things. and a. he persists in hi.
'ourse, There gathers upon his soul the CON /
'lerion Of harder and more determined in :
''ety-aod Conscience once stifed now speaks
O bm with feebler yoice-and the world
obtains hrmer lodgmeut IN his heart--and. +
enoGncing all his original tenderness aboui
'abbath aud Sabbath employmenls. he can
low. with the thorough 1nconcern Of fixed
N familiarized proselyie. keep equal pace
y his fellows throughout every scene of rro.
snstion-snd he who was wont 10 tremhle
md reeoi from the freedoms of irreiigion with
he seusibiIity Of a little one, may soon be
ONE the most daringy rebe'ious Of them all
and tina, Sabbath which hchas now learned,
4 one time. to give TO business, he. a. snolh.
r. gives 20 unhalloU ed enioyments-andi, 4, =
nrned into day Of visits and excursions.
iven ur 70 pleasure and enlivencd by al the
nrh and (xtravaganoe OF holiday
-snd though he may look back at times, TO
nc Sabbath Of his fathers pious house. yet .
ie retrospect j. always becoming DINNER.
ad a, length il ceases to disturb h;n-and'
lus the alienation widens every year, till
holly given over TO impiely be lives without
cd in The world"