The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-03-24
|1tom the Wajhiaesos NsfapSl 3Iatsilissncss
NAsA A4s sSsx2ss,
rsober Tho6Snls for the Times.
: Cicero, in many Of his letters and speech

cicero, In many OF MS LETTERS ana speecn
es im4s3i4 ding f8e efsEt brow ef
'9he H 81 Wv9lh 31tA At1esf hndiknA-
'ffoh, IA NhSia t1ea pondshcy, on
the luxury aad frivolous amusements to
which the people suffered thsmselves to be
addicted while the State WsS convulsed BY
;;s' sRa I'll e's:; sss C.
Of elfrAspiel And Of gr,peling With. the
stern aifaehidss Of tRec tire 40 Xhich they
lived stfs ab1g6t siSS III he cafss Of
busiIsaEOr SiiS1ipatibnsIqof qof Roman HMe.---
MsgHf1e CENT nab sSSs were fsatpd1 Hhils the
foundations of tie St6te were rocking bss
meath thu blasts ef coasending ftstiops, snd .a
costly fiSht0hd expSndSd III theff Hmep.
sions until thSy viSd with the Uterine Lake.
Such was the 6ptimiSm ind sdeh Tue insen--
sibiHtyrof th6 people, tH9S hbsHrites of Rsn
xhC aesSssa' thsmss "a NOT Happy Il they
s'Eot tame fish to eems sst At their call and
sat out Of their handsMfools enough b, = q be
Sdds, ito Believe that il the Constitution
vere Destroyed their Ash ponds would Be
.sase." There was no adequate perception
oi the duties demandsA by ftAe crisis, and
no attempt to perform them by the gre at
mass of-the ruling population, who gave .
tone to RomapssotietJ4 Sci e9G .@E
1t will not be denied that we are living
in times frau&h tlWith the most solemn
destinies that ever awaited amy people
embroiled as awear in Seisfl war Of unex.
Appled magnitude. whether regard be had
to the extent Of territory covered by itor
the number of forces brought into fratrici'
dsl conflict At the same time the foundA,
tons o6dnf civil institutions are destroyed
ia eleven States by their unconstitutional
accession frosa the Federal Union, until the
laeera tions Of the body polite are no less
ghastly than ,theg wounds and scars left 10y
The uyst$i3 trik ofa.Hwat.g q FI(P
,oAnd yet, amid all these evils which call
for humiliation, or at least for soberness
and recollection of thought, what do we
witness? The incrsslAsana spread Of luxury
and extravagance on every hand. A spirit
Of speculation pervsdes ell olssses of people.
The imitation Of the currency lends itself to
the delusion of those who make haste to
get rich. Our great cities, if we may trust
the representations which reaches US, are
filed with the ''booths of Vanity Fair" All
IOTtuS VI pOPatftT ouuSohiCut O0 P@sA oAAi~oS
beyond precedent. The very winter quar-
tiers Of our armies are invaded by the train
of pleasure, and "the soapd OF revslry BY
night" in ball and dance, preelndes the
opening of the spring campaign
4 While England was engaged in the war
of the Criusa, we read that ouch was the
solemnity inspired by public calamity, and
80 keenly felt were the private griefs that
darkened the hearthstones Of English homes,
that there was general suspension or or.
dinary forms in which social ga.ety finds
expression. Are We living in a less solemn
time, or are we less sensible to the propri-
cites, not to say the duties enjoinsd by the
judgments of God when they take the most
awful shape in which they can visit any peo
ple2 If frivolity and thoughtlessness, if
greed and luxury ara at all times the re-
proach Of q people, what shall VIC think OF
dissipation and extraVaganoe and corrup-
ton holding high carnival in time OF civil
wal? If no higher motives can arrest the
progress of this degeneracy than such as
app ,al to the passions of war, it is sufficient
to say that no war can be successfully
waged which does not beget in its prosecu
ters the hardy virtues Of sacrifice and devo
tion. while Heaven must frown on a cause
which identifies itself with social and polit
icaf dissolution. .,..... $500.