Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-01-24

! rrBtISHEp At THE ErQvtsT oF THE INSTITUTE.
! .h Rcyh'cri. Lqd;ca a"d Gc''"me";
4 .In.i,re to ,ou demands that hrG youf
/ \ .n1 iuuu .,uce while proceed to the lee
lat. ,r,ltri,lauce Of the duty, whian our
C.n,tl'u,iou comics on the refining prcsl-
dent.
lhc present asc is di>,iugui,hei Cor the
ya.t uu,,ber nlJ variety ui l's "sSoc,auohSr.
Never we- the glorious max ,W-"uhl1n Is
! stItig.p.' - ~ Gtn1ahy acted uP'h' lfo'
c,, hrarlnL od mla's SOCIAL "r III raj I'M
+ rruccnlc,t are uu spnufr hutcla at, t"ah So
rierir- are ur. .auzsd for developing ana
rxrrutiu.t them. Isolation oi ilt"1' ahi ii
mourpuly ot ideas Dy pr!ri'e-ed lew, are
hy uu means the CHARACTERISTICS VI th7 pres
ent GA tic contrary there ~ nnGh more
Iloy,n,n Il. iutriicul tnan there waS III The
early dawn Vi ieArning. hnowi'iGe Is Il"
io,..rr cuuE ed t. any partcuni class. Il
has hp-n wreoted tram ihe hands oi the
ur,yiI.tsed f,w and been made tho common
prou.rty.pf the many. To such an extent 10
nj, the case that the dark period of tue
u,,.3la,,as can no more return than eau
me YEAR. that are past trii back Oh tue no
r.n,n ,ftae .le,ent. Tue principles OF
klJpvi, -. f morality, aud ii t'"e iut"n'
n->, n,.t oniv h,W onward un'mFa'eh ifom
,.,iu.l.,,,.t,', u.i;iIuntiv, hUt numerous
n.e the a.s.cialiouS tormed i'r i'iaoIns
t..rn, ,h,,uga lno nearJ cI I'll" c'"lh"n'y.
r.. .r;.,.ry # the past shoNs that a'So-
cation. MhtIe the Important t"llcS % t"c
uay were i scu.,ei, "'c!dei " plc"' 'hHu-
euae On tne utnds Of nations i"ey were
the me us Of writing On the MIMI ana HeaFt
the prIucipleS ot error A. wei! IA ot truth
Tho rlub ,uuIns of France "ld U'rH'dny
lave pll. Ell an important part IN controi.-
iu., tho.r u.tiunS aud forming their charar'
tcrs They possessed some ot the mJst elo-
uueut and learned men ot the nations
'lhry formed the arena OF Il rec STRIFE, where
the radical nnd the Conservative, the athess
and retIrMrr, met 10 test lhcr I"S'c anu
pIcye the principles that were to govern the
nations. There each one sroye To convert
all to his opinions, Theories which had
long been hoAting on the sgrihce q! society
were seized toy the ruling minus ol theSe as
suciatiuas and propnnteI "lti Snch iorco
that the national mind swaYed to anu lto rs
it lashed ty the raging surGeS OF tue u1eP'
Ia this manner the SPARKS O' reVolu ION
were frequently famed - raging conn !,
prntior. In the great Freach revolution ol
1883 the club roOms were resorted q ny lho
most powerful If the lea ilhG men ol '"e
nation. Robe,plerc, Mlrat, and other rev
ulutiuRury chiefs sWaye! them Win lhelF ei
uuueUre, and through them sW lS'd 'He "a
| tl.ual assent IL. The doors ot these cIup,
rooms we're thrown open To the ha'l'h' anu
there. ns wJll as in o'her wars tLe people
heard those principle, discussed ana teceNeu
/ that Impulse, which finally urged them 10
.weep away the throne ANA the "ltar, anu
deuge tue land with blood, me soc'a''s'
! leaders If 1878 cErrted thtIE IhA"e"'e ."
| the French community chiefly through t"e'c
| assuci .tiups. And thus IN lhe carry cav"
Of American Liberty, ass 'cia'l"h' "eIo
formed from VII ch were hur'el tHe "hiL4'
ema thut panlshed the scepIe "i heorS7 a.
These clubs and ussutiatlDnb were Ire
ouenfly enlisted on the side Of evil. They
| were sometimes mighty engines IN planting
deep in the humHu breast tHe Hee"S " t'o
deudIy Upa, which eats into the HeNh IN
stead If healing. The dealiY SEEDS of ia
GIelity feuueutly poisoned the atmosphere
Of these associations. 1t Was in one OF these
svpar,puas of Satan that the notorious
/ Mari learned his atheism and publicly
| bnasted of having induced many hundreds
! oC Ills countrymen TO renOunce the living
| God. and made them the ayowed enemies To
| aIl reli,iun. save man worship. There, too,
! Yolfaire remcm 1ereI only to be desplsel'
plied his Utopian logic aud persuasive rhet'
ori., for the purposes Of tearing ont the 2"n'
| sciences Of men and turnius the human
breast int, II .epulchro of dead hopes, in
order to convert them to his pnuclpIes'
Thus do we see the power tnat "SSo'la''on'
WELD for evil or good according to the 90
! ie.ts 10 he a. .compli,he4; and thus are we
tourht tho Importance OF assoclatings;-
W "Uaited we stand divided We fall" Ino
results howing from these associations re-
semble the riyuet A,wing from It's unpre'
lending source on the summit of the moan
tain, gathering as it flows II" rioul"rg
waters, until it swell' into IL peuu'''u' "nH
powerful river, rejecting from it' smooth
suffice the spires of populous cities and
bearing on its bosom the products OF ma
We compose an association with pry'les
&c and opportunities second TO nole VI TUE