The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-06-12
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Written for the Perrysburg Journail
WHATEVER rs, Is RlGHT--PIIIL,o.
SOPHIE VIEW,
And ever truth comes uppermost,
Aud ever is iustice done. Anon, '

| NN'" N'N' - !uoNiNu uouos--ANOht
| This is the most sublime doctrine eyos cnun-
c'ated by prophet, priest or seer, In any age or
clime' 1t concords with the highest, truest phi
lpsoply. II gives us an exalted conception Of tho
universe, its design, its operations, lis laws.
From the very nature of tbipgs, nothing can ex-
list without its contrary. Thus, the existence of
light necessities that Of darkness thore can be no
light without shadows. The existence Of truth me-
cessatos that Of falsehoOd and rice rcrsa, Without
vice there could be no virtue. Unless there .wsre
cowardice there could not be courage. 80, good
cannot exist without evil; right, without wrong.
We have come to a partial realization Of This,
hence speak of necessary evils. But IL we inYes.
tgate closely The conditions Of existence, we per-
ceive that all evil is necessary, because the out
growth OF organization, education, law. What
else, then, can We conclude, but that whatever is
must be rightI 'n "f aiGa 81"
Evil is not only necessity Ia the nature of
things but also in the proper development OF man.
You place your hand In the FIRE, thereby coming
in contact with the laws Of combustion; lhe con-
sequence, you receive the penalty-pain.r This
you designate an evil and murmur, not under
standing that II must needs be that you arc
wiser, better, for your experience. Crime is the
effect of natural law aids in the soul de velcp-
ment of the criminal by the punishment il en-
tails. An insulted law--its own ayeprer-1is a
better, surer, quicker tea cher and reformer, than
all the ethical homilios that were ever written.
" gold in its natural state as in Colorado is found
in the embrace Of sulphur aud other impurities, IL
is wiser TO submit tito the action of heat and acids
TO free it, than TO deliver Il long exhortatpns and
entreat il to free ITSELF So, if man Is a criminal
Il Is wiser to sdbmt him 10 tho FIRE Of remorse and
the concentrated acids dstilIed from punishment,
to remove those impurities which cling his souls
progress, than to expound to him the epormty of
his ofEenses. We find that without crime there
could be no vi lation Of law without violation Of
law no punishment; without punishment no r..
form without reform no development, no pro-
gresson, no harmony. sai rg..7a a. f. Gsf
The existence Of evil Is not oplv-peees.srx-;
the nature of things and for mans imnrovemen,
but is absolutely essential to his bapnines.
Strange as this may appear, Il Is neysrtbeess
true. The world stands aghast when called upon
to believe that evil crime aud misery which thew
have been taught 10 consider the work oea mali.
ciOus devil, go to swell the sum Of human ihappi-
ness and well-being II is bard to realize that
woes, which lacerate the heartstrings of millions,
are productive Of pleasure Variety is the grand
law of nature. This we see in all her diversified
forms, sizes, and eoIors. Il Is In accordance with
mans constitution, and essential to his enjoyment
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