Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-04-09
CoNs1srENor.-There is no attributt

CONsIsTENCY.-There is no attribute
more highly or universally esteemed
than consistency. 1t is this quality
which gives power and dignity to vir-
tue; and, which, when possessed by
the vicious, extorts even for them an
unwilling tribute Of respect. At the
present period of the world, whether
in politics, or religion, or in any of the
various pursuits or relations in which
character is involved, or by which it is
impressed, want Of consistency is re-
garded as the highest mark of weak
ness and imbecility. The ancients, on
the other hand, have fercibly expressed
their regard for it by the pretty fable
concerning the island of Delos, which
is said to have fioated upon the surface
Of the AEGEAN Sea, the sport of the winds
and waves, until, as reward for hay
ing given refuge to Latona, Jupiter
promised to give its inhabitants what
ever they should desire. "Grant us"
said they" permanent location and
fixed abiding place SO that we may no
longer move about"
Consistency, however, is not, more
than strength or courage, or any other
attribute of body, mind, or character,
to be loved for its own sake, irrespec-
tive of the way in which it is employed,
or the principles by which it is directed,
Firmness of purpose is valuable only
when the purpose itself Is so; and per-
severance is to be commended only
when the pursuit is worthy Of COM
mendation. 1t is by the standard which
constitutes the rule of action, that the
merits of consistency can alone be
measured; for there can be 10 conform
ity where there is no model, and, this
being defective, there can be no praise
in being wrong according to a fixed
rule, and consistent only with imper-
fectien.
The first step, therefore, in order to
attain elevation Of character, is to adopt
just and elevated principles; and to seek
a perfect conformity to the standard
thus selected. The history of the world
is but the history of republics over
come by despotism, and freedom con-
quered by oppression; of truth cor
rupted by error, and religion converted
into superstition.
And shall new attempts to elevate and
restore mankind be more successful?
Shall the day which has now dawned
be more healthful and serene, or the
returning spring which now blossoms |
be followed by a better harvest? Ger
tainly not, unless the noxious exhala-
tions from the earth are dissipated;
and unless taught by experience, we
carefully eradicate those luxuriant
weeds by which the highest hopes have
been heretofore disappointed. The diff
ficulties which attend consistency arise
from various sources. The love of
change and variety is often the sole
cause of the abandonment of objects
and designs fraught with the greatest
ultimate benefits.
Human pride is another obstacle.
Some are so enamored of themselves
that they cannot endure to acknowl-
edge imperfection. If they have once
departed from the standard which they
have chosen, and committed themselves
before the public by certain course of
conduct, they are prone to justify and
persevere in it, despite of the principles
which they at first prsfesssd; for which
principles, indeed, they insensibly SUBJ
stitute their own conduct, and thus
make themselves the standard of their
own consistency.
They prefer consistency with them
selves to consistency with truth, and
would rather be upbraided with error
than unsteadiness.
The same reason indeed will often in
duce men to adhere to an imperfect
standard, even when convinced of its
defects, least it should be supposed that
it were possible for them ever to have
been mistaken in their choice.
TREATING THE WRONG DIsEAsE.-
Many times women call upon their fam
lily physicians, one with dyspepsia, an
other with palpitation, another with
trouble of the breast, another with
pain here and there, and in this way
they all present alike to themselves and
their easy-going and Indifferent doctors,
and distinct diseases, for which
he prescribes his pills and potions, as
suming them to be such, when, in real
ity, they are all symptoms caused by
some uterine disorder; and while they
are ignorant of the cause, and encour-
age their practice until large bills are
made, when the suffering patients are
no better in the end, but probably
worse for the delay, treatment, and
other complications made, and which a
proper medicine directed to the cause
would have entirely removed, thereby
health and comfort instead
of prolonged misery.
From Miss Lorinda E. st. Clair, Shade,
Athens Co., O., Oct. 14th, 1872:
''Dr. II. v. Pierce, Buffalo, n. VI
Your Favorite Prescription is working
almost like miracle on me. 1 am bet
ter already than 1 have been for over
two years."
From Ella A. Schafer, GAINESVILLE,
Ind, Aug. 8, 1872:
"Dr. Pierce-I received the medicine
yen sent me and began using it imme-
As result Of the treatment 1
feel better than l have for three years."
From Mrs. John TX. Hamlin, Odell,
ILL.,, March 10, 1872:
CDR. Pierce-The Favorite Prescrip-
ton has done me good, which am very
thankful for"
A SAD ACCIDENTAL sad and horri-
Bile accident occurred on Front Street,
this city, on Tuesday morning last. A
young man named Benjamin Ruppen-
thai, about 10 years of age, was driving