New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-06

whether in great things or small, religion,
politics, manufactures, agriculture or do
mestic economy is an unproductive, unpro'
gressive condition. Discomfort, on the con-
trary, is the mother of science, the promote,
of civilization, the incentive to invention,
the inspirer of reformation, the origin Of
all improvements 1t was the impelling
power which drove from their plains in
far-sp-eading Scythia the multitudirous
hordes that peopled Europe L. Sent out
the expeditions by which the PLenician
and Egyptian navigators dispelled the
| geographical ignorance Of their times and
thus DESTROYED thousand superstitions.
1t 1as planted every colony which has
carried civilization from one part of the
world to anothe1 Chatting under the
blindness which hides from man the
secrets Of the future, it sought to searcH
the stars for Light upon its destinyo and,
falling III thato achieved ?E the dawnfngs
of Astronomical knowledge something
more preciouso Rebelling at deaths sick.
ness and povertS and fancying that nature
must possess antidotes against these evilss
this uneasy spirit strose for ages tn wrest
from her the elixir Of life and the phi
losopher's stone, the two talismans whereby
this earth should be changed into sort of
physical Paradise This search, though
missing its object, made its followers &C.
quainted with properties Of elementary
substances and their mutual cosnbinationss
thus leading to Inquiries into the Jaw.
whie1 effect theSe union and the powers
which preside over it, giving Sirths IN
short, to Che science of chemistry and
leading through It 20 all the other scfen.
tIfe advances IN which its help has been
Indispensable Nor is it in physical mat
sers alone that tie yorfd Is Indebted to this
eager, pusInfngs AL attempting spiris an
morals Snd yelfgfon, also its power tas
moved tbs worlde PROPHETS end teacae
erso burning With a holy unresto have
raised their voices against the follaes, ST.
perstitions and vices of their times, and
SO filed the air with the thunder of their
eloquence that mes were forced to listen.
Discomfort is, therefore, not necessarily
self-regarding sentiment. 1t may be the
effect of the purestaenevolence; the cause
of the most wide-spead benefcence. Chris
tianity itself-what is it but the protest Of
the greatest soul that ever Inhabited hu-
man torn against the condition in which he
found tie world, and the bestowal of a
spirit calculated to amend il? The
Reformation likewise was born of the
deep disgust with which the corruptions Of
the medieval church inspired tie clear mind
and bold heart of Luther. The advances,
the principles Of civil liberty, which
give to history its greatest interest, nev@:
could lave reached incipiency had men
not been urged to them by the spur Of dis
content, chatting at oppression and strug-
Cling for their rights. Holland, England,
America, France every country which has
achieved SiyiS anS politfcas libertye has
dogs SO bceSsse ;.s citizens %ess aos sohs
seI: 70 be deprived q: Il. TGswsoaes and
aeeS's Of others. likewise. have inspired
q desire e! reGrsssa and er Inclination to
sid witch ha~s been displayed IN tie abe
!ition Of siacery uni liz the dissemination
Of religious obstruction iy neans sf m:s.
slonasy iabo:s. ss!sn5ias to sreEy so0s OF
tie siyilizsS gfofs.
sSarro~o sndeede 1sGss Be SIC souf fIas
can sit down Gn selfish satisfaction at ITS
own we!l-be9ngs and, closing its eyes to
the povertyo ignorance folly, disease and
vice by which it is surrounded, say truth
fullye lam perfectly ccntene I would
have 10 change in anythirGe l am fed,
clothed, housed to my entire satisfactiore
my digestion is good, my income secure,
my wife and children healthy, affectionate,
intelligent and obe5iente my neighb6rs
friendl.o What more Can man desire s
Let the world wag.@
Fortunately for the wolSt9e tbs temper
Is rares but unfortunately for it, the op-
posite tempee though the parent Of SO
much good when Ct takes the active form
of laboifng to remove the cause Of dis
satisfaction, appears too often in the nom
productive form Of simply grumbling. It
is the annoyance which this phase of dis:
content gives to otherse and its utter fu-
tiliy as regards the grumbler, that has
brought disc:edit upon the sentiment
Gtselfs sn9 bs.!DSees slse suS srfsjal Sc Sts Sao
sg?gsps stsec:s.
eogERNMEE. CIVIC EXCURSION 70 THE
MISSISSIPPI OUTLET OBsTRUCTIOE:.
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