The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-02-27
WHOLE NO 9S1
II,hdt are We Coming Tor
BY RAY RIsToN.

bf KAY hlbION.
1t has been some time since we have intIJded
or perhaps we had better have said Obtruded
upon the sacred precinct OF your editors sane
tum far less presumed to claim attention from
having found place upon your table. We
console ourselves however by recollecting that
the road TO the waste basket is a short one, do
We venture.
The tate to which the public sentiment has
been aroused in your midst by current events,
leads one to ask to what is all this tending,
and the train of thought once started soon
carries US beyond the contemplation OF sectlon-
al difficulties, to those of greater import. until
we find it including all mankind.
Numberless times within the past ten davs
the question has been asked within our hear
ing "What are the rights OF the people?'
4" Has justice ceased to be attainable at the
hands of those who profess to administer it
alike 70 all - It is little wonder that those in
your midst look suspiclously at ole another,
and with an ominous shake OF the head con-
clude with Wonder what we are al coming
TO ?"
The came question has been asked. yes, is
being asked by the best minds throughout a
enlightened nations, for never has there been
time when the public mind seemed more
thoroughly roused than the present not only
IN reference TO questions Of jurisprudence out
those pertaining alike to scisnce and religion
And while the masses exclaim manklnd never
was so corrupt az at the present, and tine ten
Gency Ii toward shll greater degeneracy, we
feel desire to suspend judgment, and look
for q cause for all this seeming retrograde
movement in the line OF progression.
Pausing thus, let us, il possible. take within
our review the whole field spread out before
u; true, in reaching or, attempting to reach
so far many objects must of necessity he dim
upon the extreme limits of our VISION, from
their distances, and our unfamiliarty with
them and al the same time many things near
] est 10 us, from their very nearness and every
! day familiarity will be likely to escape our no.
tice entirely and the more so, as our view is q
brief one.
II Is self evident to all that the present con-
dition Of p2blc affairs is indicative OF .Eseat
ana radical changes somewhere. and that s6on.
| Either mankind Is to emerge from tbe com.
piexity OF present conflicting onin,ons IN =
! "'5"eF pam OF mental and moral standing or
recede to one vastly below anything the world
has ever known.
we incline to the Posner opinion; and first
among the causes which have operated to bring
about the present state or affairs stands
science Through her doors. has mar heen
brought to look direct from nature up to ma
turo'E God the scales Of superstition are fast
falling from his eyes, aud truth stands before
HIM draped only by her mantle Of reason, a
picture Of beauty and grandeur SET suil,e 10
| its perfectness; such as prejudiced mnds have
never before conceived.
Il is said "seelng is believing" la, not al
! ways for having gone thus far, we lind next
IN order, that many Of the religious views
Taught us from generation, to generanon un-
til they have become so instIlled iuto most
minds as part OF our very natures. ~ beng
facts beyond doubt, now n the light Of science
and unfettered reason, crumble and tall &. the
ground, hence the agitation among all religious
denominations; they see and know that their
idols are being torn down before them. and
their creeds swept away az by wind They
seem drifting they luow not where Reason.
shows them with merciless fidelity thu Palaces
in the old beliefs, and az vet they know not
how much OF the newer may prove 20 be true
Know not what TO, or what not 90 believe. with
no fixed faith in anything they turn IN their
longiDgs to any object which presents itself
with seeming show OF reason 10 sustain IT,
and hence. far too many are caught and carried
off upon the vast, and stormy sea Of politics
where angry waves ever break upon the shore
IN ghstening foam 10 allure spirits filed with
pride, unrest, or ambition to venture down up-
on the sands as they laughiugly recede only TO
return with the incoming tide and enculf the
many while the few escape entire destruction.
We might sight you to European nations as
we'll as our own, as proof OF ths state oi re-
ligious and political thought and action, but it
is scarcely necessary, nor Will space permit
Let it suffice, that we deem the present state
transitory one which is a natural cut growth
OF awakened thought and conviction and one
destined as we believe to terminate IL tie acme
of human DESIRE by the final death OF super
stition and prejudice and the universal ac-
acknowledgement of truth and reason.
A pensive young man sang most pstheiically
at an amateur concert recently. whore are
the friends Of my YOUTH Before tc rv;ired
from the side of the accompanies, >; .ee piAn0
he heard "friend' say quite 'uvo,ssly iNS
young lady sitting by his side, -" 10 ',goass ~
his youth are probably in 3 una,t ssy,ara u
they listened much 10 such Spev'
We regret to learn tina, Mr., EgaSa A,'-l,VsA.
the genial. gentlemanly aud socogal ashel court
reporter. is going TO leave kalaua oc sud tSko
up hIs abode in chicago. lNt. wherever he
may 60 he viii take with him the warm good
wishes OF host of friends, anl VIII prove
himself the best, the quickest. and most COM
potent Of reporters. 1tlegr0ph
Capt Z. b. Ward, OF Detroit, who is about
tho most inflated writer on finance the country