The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-07-03

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Is their determined endeavor 10 trace all
the incentives To action, and the cause OF
all the uneasiness and desire for change,
10 the root of all evil-money. Those
who indulge In this sweeping conclusion,
and resort to this short cut TO the varied
knowledge needed in doing justice TO this
subject, betray a species Of the sordidncss
which they so deplore, and an inability TO
fathom the desires and impulses Of the
public heart, which we may safely gauge by
the beatings OF our own.
But although gold lies near the surface
here, great injustice is done to human ma
ture by supposing that il gives tinge TO
all that is found. And even where the de-
sire of money is the ruling passion, there
Is otten-very often-a pure motive that
prompts the wish and worthy object for
which the money Is intended, all of which
Is left out of sight by those who manifest
as great an anxiety to find gold, and moth
thing but gold, in the human heart, a
society i'm general Is supposed to exhibit
in its search after the metal itself. But
perhaps it Is best that these purer motives
and higher objects should not be brought
forward and exposed to the public gaze
still we may acknowledge their existence
and give poor human nature all the credit
il deserves. For not only does the popu-
lar view. which considers money as the
only power that sways the minds and
hearts of men. do them injustice, but ii
forms an unsound basis upon which
schemes for their amelioration are found
ed. The failure of these schemes Is at
tributable 10 large extent. no doubt. TO
this cause. This great overshadowing
desireand a huddle of the grosser wants
that spring from it are all that are ac-
knowledged by those who concern them
selves with the present condition and fu-
ture needs of society.
This falling 10 provide for other wants.
and, in fact, the total Ignorance OF their
existence. is operating upon society in the
country to its serious detriment. The
city is, undoubtedly. suffering the conse-
quences of the same blunder TO full as
great an extent, but as our attention has
been more particularly given to matters in
the country, we will attempt to trace the
latter out here. The disquetude and long
ing for city life so manifest among the
young men of the country has attracted
general notice and is justly deplored. But
denouncing and deploring il will not effect
a cure. and as long as the sources of this
dissatisfaction are undiscovered. the ridi-
cule and censure that are bestowed upon
il are powerless; falling wide of the mark
And the efforts that are made TO create a
disrelish fer city life sometimes verging
on misrepresentation and abuse) are alike
powerless for good. so long as the real at
fractions that draw people thither are mis-
understood.
To attribute the prevailing dstaste for
country life to the haste to be rich Is incor-
rect and unfair; and the idea that the young
people of the country are impelled by
Il into no
of the city is only applicable to a condition |
which we are by no means justified i'm as
signing TO this class. Ii this appetite is !
developed to the extent which some have
asserted, there IL no need of the subjects |
of it going to the city to finish their course,
for they will find nothing there TO add TO
their degradation. II such were the de-
sires Of the young people i'm the country |
they would spread desolation wherever
they went, and the city would suffer most |
by the acquaintance.
But the case has been imperfectly under
stood, and unfairly presented to the pub
lie. Let any person who has associated |
with the class alluded 10 judge from what |
he has seen and heard. and the decision |
will be such as will confer credit rather |
than disgrace upon the parties; and in |
stead of throwing an ominous cloud over
light. For the discomfort which Is so pal /
pable would be found to have its origin i'm |
tastes and appettes refining and healthful |
in their nature, which. being deprived of
their proper qualification. create a feeling |
which is rather morbid disquietude than
a fixed desire. Ii is want which is felt,
though il cannot be expressed.
And not recognizing, or falling to sup
ply, these underlined and inexpressible
wants, has not only deprived the subjects
of them of these proper qualifications, bat
has entailea the most serious conse-
quences on the world. During the period
Of childhood. when the want of speech
deprvcs ii of the power of making any
other want known, these are anticipated
and provided for by the parents and nurse
but every period of life and every stage i'm
human progress brings with il incipient
wants and underlined desires. When the
young are the subjects of these desires, the
best treatment which they receive goes no
farther than toleration; patient waiting
for them to outgrOic the condition: but the
approved method is to bestow ridicule and
censure upon them at every turn-in con-
sequence of which their tastes become
perverted; and the emotions and affections
are dwarfed or assume unnatural proper
tons. But where society at large Is the
subject, embracing, as il evidently does at
times the whole human family. and where
statesmen and social economists evidently
tail to comprehend the situation or neglect
TO provide for it, the result Is often anar-
Thy and revolution.
The discomfort which is so palpably in
,reasng iR the country is of this deep
seated character. But the farmers should
not give up to the impression that their
homes alone are afflicted with this disease.
ior il Is not confined to any locality or to
my grade of society. They should rather
themselves on having at their
disposal the means by which this evil may
De- oradicated
IL has been treated in a manner too