Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-09-01
NOTES AND QUERIES.

turmoil of political campalgn-there come
unon the public mind sense of restfulnes
which is shared in some degree by the press
and in this latter there is, here and there
something almost akin to laziness and somno
lencv Somehow this column of Ms and O.
is of homestead and reflective nature-no
intrinsically, perhaps, nor yet in the way O.
the most practical uses, but as an expression
of an indolent condition of the senses conse
quent upon this relief from the excitement'
OF stirring contest between the battle lines
of opposing partisanships. These rests come
none too often. There is wear -and-tear in
separable from the condition of political strife
which, much as it may help to sharpen the
wits and excite the activities of community,
brings on an exhaustion which is not health
full, and promotes an intensity and an eager
ness that leave behind them deep lines and
hardening impressions never to be efaced.
Moreover, there IS need for seasons of repair
and recuperation. The cultivation of the ties
which bind together communities in groups
and stimulate the interests and enterprises of
neighborsbip, these need all the attention
they can possibly receive; for interlaced amid
such interests is the study of those things
which need to be known in order that child
hood and youth and all the multifarious needs
of their education and culture may be held
at their best and in nowise suffer neglect.
The battle of life is not to be waged for the
sake of the contest; but the ends to be sub
served are sober thrift, temperance in all
things, home virtues, and life whose aims
originate in the simpler modes and less alb
sorbing ambitions of this world. 1t is not
the startling high-lights which produce the
charm of the landscape painters art; but
the unintrusive, inconspicuous parts which,
constituting the general tone of the picture,
crafty the eye and reassure the perceptions
of the simpler and more familiar and less prom
inent phases of existence. Thus is conserved
the melody of life; and tune and tone and color
and expression find their true exemplihcation
and assert their great value in the aggregat
ed lesser incidents of daily intercourse and
the gentler and less exacting fellowships. The
danger is not imminent that there will come
a stagnation upon the social life of this people,
causing rust and sloth and the dry-rot of mac
ton The forces of society are too various
and too largely provided with the elements of
strife, rivalry and competition for such results
to ensue The feverish habit of the earlier
and less peaceful days seems about to be sue
ceeded by more healthful condition. The
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gin to be felt and to assert their needs and
exert their influences Out Of these will come
in due time those reforms which, when per-
fected, will exhibit our social status in light
that never shone upon the pathway of the
pioneers nor gave check to the wild excuses
of more lav,less period. We have faith in
this character of reformation. When vices
die Of their own exhaustion and because the
soil which has hitherto sustained them has no
longer the life-g.ving property, they are not |
like to be found growing again upon the peace
full mold Of their own graves. And so, when |
from natural condition of the public mind |
such vices as incompetence and gaming can no |
longer find countenance when the fashion
and they have died natural death-not the
spasmodic death of ''crusade" the vio-
lent subsistence consequent upon noisy Re
form" then the community, self purified,
self cleansed, self assertve of its better quail
ties and it's higher capacities, strong and
healthful and wise with the true wisdom of
experience will then show itself sound to the
core, brave, enduring and prosperous. No
mere political parties nor party aims. can bring
on this admirable condition. Such growths
are from the inside, outward. This sort of
this uprising above the less wor
thy things and influences is the result Of char
acter; and unless this solid germ be present
no such results are possible But in this rare
aggregation Of cosmopolitan siftings, and in
this healthful atmosphere where man finds
himself capable of his very best exertions, the
promise is rich and full and sure of fulfill
ment The day will come when for an intel
ligent application of the better rules of
a frank and candid life, this people will
rank second to none in the Great Republic. ,
$50. 1t may be urged with no small show of
reason that this Querist has dropped into a
severe and pulpiteerful strain which is not so t
iobtsome and welcome-like as another and G
less serious tone. But the least gifted of us q
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