Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-08-04
TYNER Correspondence.
NUMBER TWO.
BIZ cosao URAsIA.


Thoughts on ga Usefuf Lesson.
To enjoy the present, uumindful of the
future, is the business of a brute. and not
rational creature; aud he who would
hope to prosper in this life, end be happy,
must learn to adapt hims elf to the Spirit
of progress.
We live in progressive age. Fogyism,
hunkerism, conservatism, and all other
isms at variance with the development
and growth Of the moral and mental fac
uities, must in the course of time become
wholly fosslized.
Progress is law Of nafure--of the in
feri or as well as the superior races of an
mated existence. This grand fact is
most convincingly illustrated in the his
tory of the present age, as we'll as in the
records OF the past.
Within the past dozen of years the
world has witnessed some of the most
have been changed in both church and
state. Progressive minds have shouted
with joy, while; fogies have turned raIe,
tremb ling insihe shadows Of their own
deformiiy- Onward and upward" is
the motto of the progressionist. Let fools
stand still, but The wise and good must
do the work.
Indeed, such is the wavwardness of
our very nature, and the inclination for
something new, that We have become dis
gusted with the stei eotyped plates on
which human character has for ages past
been moulded, Politics are not now ;he
same that they were a score of years ago.
Then ii was The "negro in The wood
pile No.-, it is the negro at the ballot
box. We can scarcely credit the open
fact that the Sarnbos and Caesars and
Pompeys of tie Rice swamps and Sugar
plantations CT the Sunny South, are now
''culiered gemmen" on political level
with The chivalry. And yet such is the
fact, The world moves. We can not ar
rest It's progress; nor is il our desire 10.
1t is not in the power of mortal man 10
control the affairs Of the Great jehovah
God is the common father of US all :
black and ,cAite: and lie will protect
the Right.
To any one who will sit down reflect
ingly with the history of mankind before
him, It viii be apparent that q There is d
Divinity which shapes our ends +"
To His mandates we must bow, how.
ever contrary to our own opinions or will
| But The end is no; yet here. Other
events are dawning. Light is breaking
over our world, aud especially in Tho
American mind. The present is IN league
with the future. to put to open shame tho
deeds of the past. The oppressed, whose
energies have long been under the heel o
the despot, are now beginning to breathe
an atmosphere of political and religious
! liberty. The shout Of freedom is now go
Ing up from their hearts in peans which
reach the very heavens. The beautiful
dream which, through the long night o
darkness, had haunted, their trembling
spirits. is now being fully realized; while
all arc made to feel the cheering influence
of the new spirit that rules in this progres
slvc ace. Rights now fad advocate:
among the rt.nss of past enemies whilt
topics, which a few years ago were re
| garIlGd as dangerous heresies, are bcing
discussed all over the land. Aud wha
has produced this change-this might,
revolution: The Sword has not done il
This weapon though strong and power
fu in pulling down military forts, anC
breastworks, is all too weak TO accom-
! plish the overthrow of despolism. Th,
history of the past too plainly proves tina
the sword is powerless, in all mental o
moral reformations. No. it has not beer
the work Of those death dealing weapons
which military chieftains have used il
the conquests of-war. But it has beer
the work of thought and reaection-of
awakened and intelligent public opinion
True liberty has no mulderous weapon
IN her armory. She deals with the uuder
standing alone. Her appeals are TO rea
son, not to prejudice and she overcome
prejudice bv the teaching of those sub
lime truths which iyrants cannot over
throw.
And here, Mr.. Editor, | will pause
merely adding, that the reading of a
article, Gin the last issue of your paper
entitled, A Useful Lesson, prompted tn
above suggestions, which 1 hope ma
prove interesting 10 some of your readers