Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-03-22
THE Republican,

Ry SHERMAN. M. !


The Marshall County Medical Society is object
ed to because it is new, and the good of the people
does not require suth an Organization.
Admit that Medical organizations, as general
thing, throughout the northwest, are OF compara-
lively recent date. This is not valid Objection
1t simply implies that Physicians have so tar failed
to avail themselves of the best means to improve
each other and thereby disseminate through com
munty the greatest conceivable amount of good.
The history OF medicine informs thai its Fathers
collected plants, noted their action on the human
system. compared experience, thereby bringing to
bear only a continued power of mind to devel-
op the science, but an organized influence in the
cure of disease. Then If the objection to an or
gsnzation is good because it is new, advancement
would be without meaning and ignorance would
hold sway sumprcme. If objections Of this kind
are tcnable against the organization Of Physicians,
would it not apply with equal force to all other
organizations OF whatever name or nature. Where
would be the church Of the living Cod' Where
the ar: of tcachng7 A thousand minds that would
urge such an objection would find, If located on
fea's back, mmensity ofspace existing between
them.
The science of Navigation and Agriculture sep
aratey combined stand out in bold relief, prov
ing most cor =, sivey that to combined interests
and organizations, adapted to the demands of the
different ages through which they have passed
are to-day bright testimony of their developing,
strcngthng, and clcva atinG influence. The gradual
lessening of time in passing between two given
points, the certainty anl the slieiv. msrk the i'm
pruvcment. Unsatisied exigencies have demand
ed the application OF mind to matter, through which
the mysteries Of past ages have been removed the
hidden riches brought to light and made TO SUBJ
serve the great and growing interests of man.
Suppose that on al new discoveries, the unbroken
seal of secrecy had have been placed and at
the close of life retired to the dark vault of eternal
night, even though the mind had have been that
ofa Fulton, FIR .nkiin or Newton; the world
would have been very little benefited. Wins can
"a what would have been the science of Agricul-
rure had not collective interests been brought to
its aid. Think you that all those labor-saving MT
chimes would have I'd demand and p!ace' No
sir. The principle Of progress That Wis n,usura-
ted when darkness and Llackness shltowcd
all the works Of creation power, to-day would
have been slumbcring in n,sure's undisturbed
reposc Bue the Creator said. "Let there be light
i and there was light" God implanted in the heart
and stamped upon the mind proJress, union. de-
pendent interests inseparaby interviewer in all the
plans AMI avoc ,iions Of IN n otherwise the mmr-
table laws Of God would not be verified by every
days observation. When We look out upon na-
turcs broad field an oehod the m my diversified
interests strcwn by a wisdom that calls into action
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man. his weakness and absolute inability to bring
into operation, Individually. or carry ou; the great
measures so important to the interests of ndivid-
uals of States. and oil Nations. is in direct violation
of all known laws both human and divine. Dark
ness. Ignorance, Brutality and superstition. the
blackcs; conceivable. would have marked lis ex-
slence. But the will Of Him who spake and the
sea hal its bounds; who, out of confusion brough,
oric; who out Of individuality established organi-
zation. as a great central heart in which all ind
: viiud and combined interests of u nation find
cirity, and out Of which radates all those vital.
zing influences so marvclously marking all the pro-
grcssive interests of the world There is no place
on Gods heritage where the power and benign in
. facncc OF organic ,tion is more strongly exempli-
cd than in our noble country. 1t gives US as a
nation place and power that the weak fear, and
tho strong respect II gives freedom of thought
: and promotes those genial influences that have con
Of signed those narrow, dark and i'll digcsted princ
Of plies of education far back in the history Of the past
and established in their place golden principles
adap:cd to promote health. beauty and intelligence
:, which stand out unmstakable evidence of tho
,s beficia influence of organization tc be read anc
. known of all ii is that very many, VIC.
may say all striking innovations upon long eslab
r lished costoms. have met with determined, zeal
Gus opposition, that was worthy Of better cause
The who would rcprove his neighbor fo
, carrying wheat in each end of his sack, in place
II a stone in one. would from his indominitabIe ad
= hesion long fixed habits. go through mud and
miro when Progress had built a bridge on which
:, he could have gone pleasantly. So strongly
h rooted and grounded these old antique notions
' that it is not difficult to find men who think all the
r natural iawc of God have changed. but they. Gods
l. image have not. They have been parazcd by the
powers of stand-stll, while the rest of mankind
have taken the wings of the telegraph and are
now basking in the rializing sunshine of unprece
5, dented prosperity. Where the mind that csu
!. grasp the untold and incomprehensible blessings
IT that have emanatcd directly from the different
: organizations past and PRESENT. Are they like
the rays of the sum inuumerabe, diffusing theil
light and life giving influence through earth's re
motest boundl- Yea is it not the base, the corner
stone upon which the suberstructurc Of all socie.
tics and governments foundedl This is self
evident. Then the organization Of Physicians
* cannot be an exception. some would En believe
" Ii affords an opportunity for more intimate ac-
quaintance. 1t tends to harmony 1t forms a
shield against the designing, in and out of the
4 profession. It increases the power to do good
1t stimulates each separately and collectively by
frequent interchange Of thought, mutual and re-
cIprocal instruction. placing Immediately before
the people class Of men better quilted to meet
the most vital and responsible interests than it is
possible to obtain in any other way. Here permit
me to ask who receives the benefit Is it not the
pcople7 Most clearly from the fact that the reward
it always. inadequate to the good done. This Is
not all the public not only receives the individual
put the combined intelligence Of each organization.
a Inc sacred injunction given to Adam "to multi