Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1868-12-10
sELECT SCELLA y Y


'' e-F GROOT E-IsEN.
Grooves are very good things in
Their place. n % issue can be taken on
this general proposition. We announce
it with a degree of assurance that no
dialectician, however sophistieal Or
howeverimbuedw with Protagorcantech
nicalities, can dlscovertherein the slight
est point upon hich to establish an OPP
posing argument But when We come
TO particularize, and to specify the
proper place or places where grooves
can he said to be desirable, then we
approach !; subject upon which there
may he difference OF opinion, and a
great deal sai,1 both pro and con.
Perhaps all good men agree that in
| Mechanics grooves answer \ very nee
essary purpose, and that many a pom
derous engine now replete with lite
and power and thunder, would, with
(. out grooves, be as motlon!ess rs stat
ne and still AS death. Perhaps, toe,
all good men, especially those who
travel much in stage coaches, are equal
ly Gaccord, that, rs a general thing, on
a lon. road, grooves or rut-hoies are
not the things in the world most condu-
Give to a calm state of mind or an even
flow Of temper.
| Thus far in the argument there is
probably perfect unanlmity on all sides,
In 5 dissent, no issue, no skeptieism,
| but one undivided, asserting opinion.
Now, however, we propose, boldly
to launch ourselves i'll 0ieatas res and
announce proposition SO contrary to
the generally received opinions OF men
as to meet immediate opposition and
dissent. 1t is this: Groove-n,achines
are necessary and groovc-roads can be
tolerated, but Gr0Ofe n'th are the most
litiable and into!erabie class OF human
ltv that walk this mundane sphere
What do you mean by GrooNe-men ::
do YOU ask, reader? We mean those
men who walk in grooves, think in
grooves, and live i'll grooves; men who
never get out OF the rut-holes OF their
prcin tices, their pre-concelved opln-
ions, their primitive notions; men who
endeavor to make facts accord witt
their established ideas. instead o
nskinr their ideas accord "lti! facts
who endeayor to control 5ca'eumstan
ccs. rather than allowing circumstance,
q, control them; who stick to an an
iient principle with iil the tenacity oi
despair though long since exploded by
an advancing civilization; men who III
common rarlance ate called represen-
tati,es Of the old school; aitas phlloso
piers OF one idea, a'.as superannuated
, old togies.
Men ct this character are to he met
; with in all spheres of society. We see
! them in the tamily-strict discipilnari
ans. rigid theorists. nncompronisiha
opinionists, who have certain rules fol
the government and discipline of then
i. wives. babies, and servants, as liked
ana unalterab!c rs the laws of nature
Zach little fellow of the household
] even before his peataa'sts or character
istics are known, is preaestinated to
certain course OF lie, quality OF diet
and rigiGity Of discipline, to which he
may lie as little adapted AS sun-scorch
/, Ell Hottentat to the Arctic seas. Ill,
; must toe that certain marx, reach that
certain height, and walk that certain
pai, ioreofdaincd for him i'll the mvs
> ttrious chamber of the iaternaf mind
. or else woe be to him. The stern au
tocrat Of the family, instead OF study
. i.e tho cl,aracteristics and susceptible
ties OF hiseMld, modifying and reform
: ina his theories accordingly, pre- tab
/ fishes II 1 theories, and enacavors Il
: sorce Tie child to wear them, no mat
. ter how absnrdly they fiji or how un
eainly they become him! Such mei
are Groove. .patos fsaitas.
i We meet them also i'll religion
When ,,efCnuncil Of Trent made ;
!. Theological. dogma OF merely scien
|: ti.ic question, and, before science ha'
. investigated the point, established Il 4
one Of the necessary foundations OF tn
Church. Sthat the whole human rac'
were descended from ons Adam an,
oae Eye,-tiaey put themselves and iiA
: ed their descendants unchangcahly u
\ tremendous groove, whence they
, cannot easily cxtrieate themselves
> Making this an article of faith an'
hreathing an anatiema against all o
any who. dared think differently, the,
Voluntarily allied themselves to am
. embraced q doctrine which may in tn
iuaare be proved scientifically absurd
To- day the most profound scientiti
philosophers. are unable to reconc,l
The diycrging species OF humanity Wit
hiunal unity. Agassiz insists upon
plurality ot origin Tor humanity, Will
Darwin, followed by Huxly, finds
utterly impossible TO believe in thethe
CRY OF mdependent creations m II
4amilies aif nature, but traces all tn
different diyergenees both in man an
animal to 4 primitive upity, remove
milliops OF degrees from Adam an
Eve. Now. it matters not how scie,l
ftifc n,cm,ul,imatciy decide the qacs
ton. II is for them, and ter the.
alone, governed entirely by scientlti
data, to; o;ceme ultlns.t..S,t 10 some sarl
factory conclusion. bnt When \ bod
!, jot thealna:ans boldly announce to Il
1 world a. areertain solution OF a diiiicu