Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-05
Written fur the Pcrrysburg journal.
ON THE OTHER SIDE.

Is not all knowledge easy to the knowing
mind =
Carreicro has said that matter is eternal.
That il had no beginning aud can, therefore,
have no end, change it, as Iu6nitc Power may.
And he reasons that 1t is so, because Il is isdis-
udciiCic because It is sr6siopcc and must have
cume from Wt-tmee and was not Tadc.
Which, perhaps, is the same as saving, it is
eternal because Il cane from itsed aud was not
produced out Of noiiRyi or that 1t is eisrad, be-
cause il ia eternal.
Now let l. be supposed, thtt even as vet, n.y.
pnthesis Is legitimate In reasoning, at least tn
ihOse who AS yet da not for certin. know
themselves perfect in knowledge, Audlctit be
considered that what Cnrretern has said, up ta
this time, amounts oRlg Ia tho hypothesis, that
matter is eternal. Aud let it be further cuuSd-
cred, that for ought he has yet said, this author
may also make the opposite and other IIypnth-
eais, that matter Is not eternal or say IN this
b,hulf what he has said IN hts tiat Il /, not
eternal because il was mdie 0ut ot RodG,9 had
a beginning aud shall have AN end i: or which is
the same lhing thatit is not, because it is not
eternal. Aud these considerations stuugly hat.
Shat blh livp theses are open tn prlnE Nay it
Is the fact, if logic known To man is crrrrct
for il says, Ia argue proposition is so, because
IL is So Is nat 10 argue, but either t. be convinced
thereof by sslt-erideHt fact or simply. ~ raeHity
=
That matte Is eternal, Carrelero, perhaps, may
s,e to be selr-evldent; il so, should he not ex-
plain the occasion of his announcement; or il
otherwise, be able to assign the chy matter is SO,
Or how It is SO? Certainly, as well as reqdire
IL to be shown ,chy it Is nnt So which, ir he do
he establishes to all men the truth ot his propo-
sition, and that the opposite is false. On this
sile, however, IL II be shown, shat matter is not
,ieraci, his assertion is likewise proved absurH
Then the simple question is Was matter made
Carretern has said R"y and this sile says yea.
This perhaps is preliminary enough. But Car
reero has further said, there is not, has no, been
. ID can't be void. a vacuum; and nsinuates
no sound thinking mind can concieve II. That
spac1 Is filled " IT'D matter iuiuite aud unlimited
as space, which is the body Of witch God is the
soul, gu ting fum a poet, who, u ~ admitted
has not exceeded kisf,osHsc. lIlcrt once tor all
Il is de irsd 70 be said, that reference b. DO Ik.,
here, or there, Is not to be acc 'uuted argument,
f,r a good reason, to- be hereafter, Il Hcd BE-
made knoNn) All which, togethcr with what
he has before said, he seems b. cOnclul-, tends
I, show his side tue, Pcihapsh II does, but this
side does not vet admi, the fact, aud asks, int
what does he put his matter, it there be na roid
Does not matter occupy raid aud canunt paii :
thereof be put intn smaller vnds than they now
occupy, and so make pat M the rOtd, now APP
pareaty occupied r1cWgn, being subjected u
luuiicd TO say nothing ut unlimited Power, Nllict
Cartetero admits 10 exist &C. il he do not. Il ear
no hNnMNf II hNe Is ANA AAl ulAAkfA liN'afffft q
fact which of itself STR ngly suggests the i'el
or void or raopsn A raossHs oaatsrist- eos' :,
b. made il abAarrrat 70 aahtro Carrstcro has
very Shrewdly aud eloqucauy affirmed, sncI 10
be the case, vet this side Is holding, his matter
shall pass away as the blnSsnms uf spring, and
continues to inquire Is there moro m ute's thar
nne He shrewdly ansSersbvt oae ma,es, vel
divers forms and various deusities, of coarse
And he also admits, all known matter has ma
tinn but that il ever was inert lac denies, psiRGps
Now how can buiks ot matter move, unless th'r'
be Uqcgaa, 10 which TO maYeg Perhaps u may
be said with snme reason that two bodies W mat
Ter may, at the same time occupy the sam'
space, but il must lie admitted, that neither tll
the space they bath occupy nor IL lt certain
that they both together til it. IL IS perhaps
fact, in that part OF natural philosophy whieh re
ferto matter, that no two solids can occupy th'
sane space at same time, unless, coerced by i'm
pending Power, 30 as 10 force all the parts o
each into those pf the other, whlch, nn dOHb
can Do done by sufficient power. Let Carretsr
take a solid block Of qpid natter, one OF twelV
feet square, az anr limited size be may ch"nse
aud thrn suppose be applies apon each squar
side thereof, which in unlimited power he al
nhts 10 possible, or II be do not, Il can be show
70 be So, the weight OF the mass of the sun, a
nav known 10 exist, and have CahcF matter sal
tielenuy dense TO prevent impact or oumuiin
Kllngi aud lot him not say, that that gnld blocl
wiii not be made less, or 10 occupy IN is mas
less space. aud become more dense, under th
weight il matters not how much, u matters 20
now hule but that square Of gold will boe0nl
less under the pressure.
Aud Ills, ia view Of all this thOught that |
oegins 10 become apparent 10 the reasonable ans
Intelligent wind, a poii or vacuum, may peThap,
DC possible, In unlimited power, and also lha
~ matter knnwn IN exist. perhaps might be aeeu
Inelaied ey tie same Power, iutO QUO ma / ! IN
eenes ot luunlie Space, which fuf like reason
Fssieae' IN giobular iOrin OF course, aud 3
fsfhtps be aade 10 occupy less aud less spae
of t9id: AMI al which, az bis side depend an
On The lmpoaslefityof vacuam-ilow Is that :
y considered, teud " show, that matter wa
This Is the FIRST block placed upon the very
ofthe gah which divides this hom me Side p
Carretsro, and for present purposes l., though
10 be sufficiently suggestive.
fsTgsSurk, January 80, 1859.