Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1866-11-16

} thing thought of; they like il
crowds; they exercise choice onl
among things commonly done, Will
peculiarities of taste, thought 0
Judgment are Stunned equally wit
crimes.
1t is great misunderstanding o
ones social responsibility to suppos
that as human beings we have II,
business with each others conduc
in life, and that we should not con
Germ ourselves about the we'll -doin.
or well-being of one another whcl
our own immediate interest is no.
involved.
No person is entirely an Isolated
being; it is impossible for him to dc
anything permanently hurtful to
himself without mischief at least
to his near connections, and often
being felt far beyond them.
If he Injuries or sqanders his prop
erty he does harm directly or indi-
rectly to those who derive support
from it, and may to all extent,
greater or less, diminish the re-
sources of the community. If he
deteriorates or diminishes his men
tai or bodily powers and faculties he
not only brings evil upon all those
who depend upon him for any por-
tion of their happiness, but disqual-
ifies himself for properly rendering
the services he owes to his fellow
creatures generally, and perhaps
becomes a burden on their affection
or bencvolencc. But if grown per-
sons arc to be punished for not
taking proper care Of themselves,
let it be done for their own sake.
rather than under the pretence of
preventing them from impairins
their capacity to render benefits
to society, that society has
no right to exact.
Society has had absolut G
control not only over the
period Of their childhood, but during
the subsequent years # their cx-
,stence. The existing generation
is entire master not only Of the
Sifu VI Tie generation
to come. 1t is not only armed with
all the powers of education, but
with the asccndency which the au-
thority of received opinion always
exercises over the minds Of those
least fitted to exert over their
own conduct judicious control
Possessed as society is, of so power
full means as this, for controlling
the destinies of the world, we are
unwilling to let it dispense with
moral influences by which to accom-
plish the labor legitimatcly belong
ing to it's sphere, by rcsorting to
legislation and law. TO the clergy
and all teachers in morals, VIC say
abandon the dirty pools Of politics
and resume your proper sphere
of labor, and the incubus that now
like frightful nightmare hangs
over the land will quietly disappear.
Give us all the lessons you will upon
our duties, morally, socially and re-
ligiously, aiming, ifyou will, your
heaviest shafts at the monster evil,
Intempcrance, that like a funeral
pail overshadows the land.
Artemus Ward, or some Other
quaint jester in commenting upon
the old proverb of Solomon:
bring up a child in the way he
should go and when he is old hi
will not depart from it,
Very sagaoiously adds.
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in the way he should 60, is to 6,
that way occasionally yourselves
And what is true of children il
also true of those of more matur,
years. The influence of life o
worthy examples is thousand fol,
better in forming and moulding hu
man character and conduct, thar
one abounding in excellent precepts
The one has been aptly compared
to finger board, pointing th'
course the traveller should take
the other may be compared to al
unerring guide leading the way ant
bcckoning man to follow his steps
An apt illustration of Old Prccept
may be found in the splendid plati
tudes and apologies that mon 9
rank and position in society viii
give as an excuse for not uniting
their moral influence to the sup