The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-07-11

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The Fourth. y" -
From oil portions of this great republic
come rcjoicings over the glorious day which
gave to the world the first hope of practical,
representative, democratic government
We enjoy the reading of these patriotic
demonstrations, because we rcligiously be-
lieve that, imperfect as our laws may be,
there are none others on the globe which
can compare with ours in the benefcent
results flowing from their operation. The
demand for perfection in political and social
statutes may well be waived, when it is re-
membercd that the ancients of Scripture,
though under the All-secing Eye, and SUBJ
ject ESQ says the Book to the immediate
guardianship and direction of JEHOVAH
himself, were unable to preserve in their
theocracy more than sem;.respectable
wv of society. a
selishness of man is the moving
1ns Of all actions, and its proper regula-
n is the study Of a statesman. Like a
.managed steam engine, it operates in
instances for the public good, and
6lates the wheels Of society to proper
on; but should the engine become I'M
legeable, from excess of steam or other
"blow up" is as certain to follow
mechanical, as excess of selfishness
produce failure in the social and po-
cal worlds.
us then cultivate charity of opinion
is very cheap commodity towards
bse who do not happen to think with us,
mot, Pharisee-like, assume that we alone
all right, and all others wrong Who
he'd any mortal that the drinking of
ITS of any kind is sin, or that becom-
q Good Templar is crime against Ii
tyi Who has discovered, among the
cecords Of Heaven, that Washington, with
p hundreds Of "human chattels," is not
near the great White Throne as Wilber-
rec with his intense hatred Of African
pdages Men do not learn things by in
1T; tits the province Of lower animals
to acquire knowledge. Men derive
rformation from tuition and compar-
B, and their confirmed ideas invariably
take more o. less Of the circumstances
Which surround them. That Conscience
khich some pratcrs so boastingly refer to
. divine afIlatus, which is ever present
it'll them, enabling them to discern the
Right, is only an educated idea, that leads
he Mississippian to peace Of mind while
his slaves to Inc cotton field
The Abolitionist, from the exercise of this
Conscience, exults in "holy patriotism" as
he contempltaes the success of John
Brown in his intended work of Southern
butchery. The Conscience of the young
Missionary impels him to leave friends and
home and imperil his life on the ocean wave
to benefit and raise up the heathens of a
foreign land, while the New Zealand chief,
to whom the servant of the Cross is &C.
credited, finds it impossible to prevent his
subjects from exercising the conscientious
right Of making meal of the Missionary
The Conscience of the sons of '76 told
them it was wicked to pay little bit of a
duty on Tea-thc Conscience of the British
cabinet, backed by the lion-hcarted and
philanthropic people of England, directed
the colonies to be prosecuted with fire and
sword for their contumacy. The Con.
science of the Pilgrims would submit to no
religious dictation in the Old World, and
they left it like MEN, the conscience of the
same men forbid the exercise of the con.
science Of Baptists and Quakers, and tc
prove their adherence of an assumption Of
conscientious motives by others than them.
selves, the Pilgrims cut off the ears of the
obstinate! The same worshippers of con.
science founded their fortunes in the Yves,
India Rum and African Slave trade, and
now the Conscience Of the same section Of
country is Mortified at the thought of q
slave owner or q dealer in spirits
Let us remember that, for us, this is the
best government on earth. He who would
counsel its destruction, because of an i'm.
perfection here, or an omission there, has
never properly appreciated the blessings Of
rational liberty. Let us not despise but
pity him. His education and associations
have unified him for patriotic society, and
he may well be permitted to crawl into
some slough Of despond to indulge in re-
grets that because everybody in the world
cannot be supremely happy, everybody
therefore, should be supremely miserable
Good sense and true religion ESQ says on,
conscience directs us to make the best We
can Of this life mystery which we are all
demonstrating, and be grateful to Almighty
God thst our lot is cast in land sacred te
LIBERTY.
When idiots in politics, and fanatics in
religion, utter long-drawn signs over thu
wretchedness or wickedness of our yigor
Gus, prosperous and glorious Young Re
public, and exert themselves to destroy
that model fabric, which their narrow I'm
derstanding incapacitates them from appre
eating, repress your indignation and, witt
the great Nazarene Of Bethlehem, prsy at