, 1873-03-20
California Correspondence.
COLUMBIA. Cal. F.b o. 1s7

jccts aiiUded TO and discussed in tb,
Seattle newspapers. notice that of the
moral attitude Of matters and things in
sad about the city. Similar Affections
rpo1fecency and good order exist, in
various degrees, all over the populated
portions Of the country. We are sadly
5eiised IN aH our cities, towns and vii
isGes, CT any magnitude, by similar in
FtitEtisns aHd characters, and know of
10 part oi Gods world exempt from
surh troubles. Human nature is com
pound Of good and evil principles in
about equal parts, and hence the de-
yelopment Of both is " all very natural. y
The propensity Of evil deeds was SO
strong in the first man the Lord ever
aia'ss iaat lie went and stole apples,
even after the Lord told him not to and
i. Is no DEPRESSION from The " facts Of
tle case8 to aiarsa that the human cre-
alton have hesa stealing apples and
playing he'll in general during all tha
shile from Ade@a' 5 day to the present.
he evil psopeusities Of human nature
are not easily suppressed The fortress
Of general h4,nae wiekedness vas never
.ilaaeea, nor can it ever be, short of a
fetal annihilatiaa CT the human races
The better principles of our nature have
uniformly and from the first made war
against it, bat no change in the bal
ance of power has been Effected. Uu-
man deEiitry is quite as rampant in all
he land to-day as ever before, notwith-
standing all tho weapons that have been
eont:iyed and esor.s made to squelchit.
As already above declared, human ma
tuTe IS = compound Of antagonistic prin-
eiples, without the power to change it
's-lf into &rything else. These inimical
principles are in perpetual conflict, and |
r0me;inies one gets tho mastery, and
sometimes the other. So, just exactly |
so, The human world has always wagged,
it waSs now. and so it always will
sag, in rly way of looking at the mat
81. Tope has it:
'TTo principles in human nature ign
feif-lcve to urge and reason to restrain
nor this good Hor that a bad we call
Each works its end to move oP govern all"
This is truth but expressed in more
alill and innocent way than l would be
mr. iff,r, i S7. :,
said that self-love is the motive power
Of all human wickedness. self-love |
Si1l lead person into the commission |
of many vile deeds, believe. but there
ere some acts of the human kind so dia-
Bolieal and devihsh that the love of moth
ing Is involved in them, saving and ex-
oepting that of playing hell'' in the
worst possible manner. And whence
slnes the disposition to commit such
setst Does it not have its origin in the
very nature of mankind Or IN other
7ords, Is it not living principle in hu-
a.ian nature to do such things I con-
tend that it is. and that that is the rea-
son why it has never been got rid Of
EEuman nature can't be changed into
any other nature. Its worst principles |
may be suppressed, and so may it's bet
,er ones, but neither can be DESTROYED |
do not wish to be understood as arg l.
ing against the maintenance of decency
and order in society, by no means. For
She sake Of order and the well-being of |
fhe community in which we live and |
move, believe it to be our duty to use
every means in our power to keep the
setter principles of our nature in the
:-seerdant. By SO doing, peace, bread
and lots Of good things may be preserv-
ed; but if any bclieve they can preach
- prsy the natural derilment out of
mankind. they viii find that they have
sot standing job of it,. would soon
er undertake to cut the " Housac Tun-
uel, Or even ship canal across the
ssthnus of Darien. Suppression is the
word +; extinction is out of the question.
IN an earnest and continual struggle on
the pert of the good principles of our
nature to keep the bad ones at bay, lies
all our hope OF peace, prosperity, etc.,
in this world and everywhere else
Therefore let TIE struggle proceed. As
your city. Mr.. Editor, is well supplied
vith ciergymen and moral instructors.
Joa wiilplease excuse my moral homily.
Some of us, here about, have got it
into our pates that Washington Terrific
sy consumes more Governors than any
other patch Of earth, of the same area,
Of which history has ever given any ac
count. Down here in California, one
Governor does US fer four years, while
Washington Territory devours some
three or four in the sare space of time.
Taking into consideration the fact that
California contains some twenty times
the amount Of population OF said Terri
tory, Its destruction of gubernatorial
animals, seems to smack powerfully of
extravagance. But it is said that a fire.
auent change Of diet is healthful, and
fresh Governor every few weeks may be
wholesome sanitary arrangement
Subsisting for long period: upon old
SILT meat, is apt to engender unpleasant
feelings. Very truly, etc.
ST UICE FORK.
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