The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1873-12-19
From the Boston Globe.

The speech delivered in the Senate on
Wednesday by the judicious Senator
from Vermont bears marks OF very
elaborate preparation. and is not oaly
sensible, comprehensive and sound,
but II sparaes with kind of
quaint wit-mo.her wit, as we might
daIl il, taking the phrase in both Of its
sienifications. Like all disinicresied,
hard-headd men. Mr.. Morrill, is hard
money man. lie recognizes the cie'
mentary laws OF economic science. He
knows that these laws are just as indie.
pendent CT human will as the law Of
gravitation that God Almighty is as
unaccommoda,ng in matters Of finance
ms Hejs ip the sternness with which lie
insists ffst PHYSICAL masses shall attract
each uher inversely as the square of
the distance; and he thinks il boyish
caprice and perversi,y for Legislators to
fight the inevitable with enactments
and attempt to corner" the necessary
course Of things BY passing restrictive
laws. All the most cunningly- construct.
ed lads" whether Of Congress or Par.
liames,, cannGt prevent the operation
Of those higher laws, which, whether
they relate TO finance physical scicEcc,
defy every attempt of man 10 dodge
them.
Satan Is, Gy theologians, too much
considered on his malignant side; his
foolish and ridiculous side is overlook
ed and, consequently, in business af.
fairs, he is allowed full sweep. Even
ministers Of the Gospel invest in his
nonscnsical hut plausible schemes 10
reve.ec the inexorabia laws which rossu-
late the creation and distribute wealth.
In essence, Satan is the evil principle
or the evil person, alluring men TO re-
bel against the ordinances ofih Divine
Benefcence. lie is now the same Pro-
team parsonage in tempting the evan.
gclic Mrs. Jones to invest her slender
savings in railroad, anticipating the
wants of the country and therefore
doomed to bankruptcy, as he was when
lie first tempted Eve in the Garden
The way he manages through the con.
triyances of financial bubbles, TO swim
die good women and impoverish inno-
cent children, k;ndlcs our indignation
against him, not merely to n cd.hot
but to q white hot, righteous, Calvinis-
tic moral wrath And imitation of the
nurroooy is the device of the poor old
Devil--superannuated in the progress.
OF ethical and Ocononic intelligence
to regain this original power. The
Devil should be bravely met just at this
moment Of his pernicous activity, by
all the forces which theology and po-
litcal economy can array against him.
Preach from the pulpit laundering SER
mons, stigmatizing this further attempt
to intensity the suilerings Of Gods
poor!" Announce from every political
platform the honest statement Of the
laws by which we physically live.
Senator Morrill, tells us, in his quaint
way. that the dilution Of the currency
has diluted tho brains Of the Legislators
called upon 10 remedy its defects. But
we also lave humorous admiration
for his Iudicrous image OF the way in
which many Congressman propose TO
get US out Of Our financial mire. "ln.
s'ead," ho says, "0f frankly admit.
ting the unceanness, it contcnded that
more dirt is the proper medium Of pari.
fcation." Every sentence strikes lies"
every sentence embodies an econo.
mic law; and yet the wit Of the
speech is not more notable than its good
sense. lie simply recognizes the fact
that Divine Providence, in declaring in
cxoreblc laws, dominates in the realm
of business as well as IN the realm Of
theology aud science.
AS to the scheme by which Senator
Morrill proposes we can return to spe.
Gle payments, we eau only commend ii,
as he has done, TO tho appropriate Con-
gressional committee. We are not pre-
pared TO endorse his remedy FOR the
evil. of imitation But we honor him,
bcyontI any words that we can lavish,
IN celebrating a politician who is true
to The truth of things, and inscdsible TO
the deceptive truth Of mere appearances.
New Orleans.
A gossipy letter from the Crescent