Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-08-25

For the Telegraph,
aI.v on M,edur and damd be him that cries hold
enough !"
Mr.. ED1roR-The spirit OF this sentiment,
finds genial and hearty rsjponse in the every
day bearing and experience Of the world. The
allaying of evil and wrong by the spirit OF strife
and struggle is one most consouant to the ma
tural taste and inclination or the truth OF this,
there is DO lack Of testimony. The evidences
are met with lAmentablS frequency. The dis
ciplined aud cultivated, alike with the rnstic |
and untutorsd mind is open to the allegation.
The teachings Of the desk, and the less sacred
lessons supplied from the household journal,
bear testimony alike Of its tendency and indulg-
ence. DenunciAtion and anathemS are CRATE
full, aud the spirit of triumph and exultation
has q savory sweetness which it is difficult to
rust from the indulgence, and men will forego
anything rather than prospective advantage
over ON opponent and religion itself finds but
a poor excmpli6cation in this respect among its
| followers.
The fact is overlooked that there is more
excellent, and at the same time more potent
and sure method of humbling the froward and
redressing a grievance, and while doing it to
make the world better and happier. II there
is such way, perhaps you will say, it is the
Office work Of religion and its teachings to point
Il out, and it would come with but an i'll grace
from the political press, engaged in the rough
and tumble Of party strife to suggest it. AS
the world goes, as has already been shown, there
is some pausibility in the thought. But
think, sir, it will not bear the light OF investi
cation, for am not Of the opinion that religion
is so ephemica and refined an affair, that its USE
to the church and the sabbath and sodulousy
guarded from contact with the world. | can
not look upon it otherwise than as principle
that should blend with, and influence the life,
that the daily business, the social as well as the
more public relations of life should be made
to recognize its claims, and above all that our
/ politics should be made consistent with and be
moulded by il. Patriotism whether in the alb.
stract or concrete. is inseparable from religion
and the two cannot be divorced, unless the
are inconsistent with each other. If this be So
, then there is no improperly 10 directing your
attention, and that OF your readers to the high
est authority for meeting, and dealing with the
differences either of fact or fancy, which lie in
: our way, and sometimes when met by strife, are
8 like the letting out of water, which overwhelms
y and destroys the peace. Of communities. Without
an undue assumption Of the more sacred pre-
o negatives of the desk, the press may without
impropriSty iuculcate the spirit of the divine
precert "Plessed are the poor in spirit anC
Blessed are ye when men shall revils you, and
say all manner of evil against you" When tht
!, spirit Of kindness and forbearance inculcate
10 these teachings predominant, strife ceases an
nothing is left for eIultation or triumph. Gu
injuries are seldom so aggravated or intolerabl'
but that a spirit Of meekness will neutraz
them, and place the wrong doer at disadvar
: tage which be will not care often to incur.
Is there not then encouragement 10 look g
our positions, and see If the better way--huH
ble and tame though it appear to the world,
= the one 10 which we fad ourselves. IT. M
Editor, these thoughts can be turned to an
J. practical use to yourself any portion Of you
o readers, they are commended to. attention
not, the writer will not fail OF some degree {
i satisfaction in pointing the right way, even
u there should be none to walk therein. -