Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-06-26

! llStl n WORN, u It's dutllui was oohNA'-
ous'to the court. In this state OF affairs
the best friends of intellectual progress
looked TO the future with extreme DIES
pondencv, and few there were bold
enough TO publicly express their All
florence o fsuch measures. But among
that number was Charles Fox, whose
fearless temper made him reckless OF
risk. From his seat in Parliament he
| did not hesitate to say, that forcible
resistance TO the Government would
be merely a question of prudence, and
that the people. ii they felt equal TO
the conflict. would be justified in re-
sisting the arbitrary. measures, by
which their rulers sought to cNtln-
guish their liberty of thought and ac-
ton.
The progress of intellectual ideas
cannot, perhaps, be better illustrated
than by a recital ofSomc of the events
and ideas of a few hundred years ago.
In Europe. during many centuries, the
only animal TODD in general use was
polk beet, veal and mutton being COM
paratively unknown, 1t was, there
fore, with no small degree Of aston
islmcnt. that the crusaders, on return
ing from the east, told their country
men that they had been among u pco-
pie VINO. like the Jews, thought pork
unclcan and refused to cat it. This in
telligrncc excited feelings of lively
wonder; but they were allayed AS soon
ms the cause was explained. The sub.
icct was taken up by Matthew Paris,
the most eminent historian of the
thirteenth century, and one of the
I most eminent of the middle ages, who
informs us that the Mohammedans re-
fused to eat pork on account OF = SIN
gular circumstance that befcll their
prophet, who, on n certain occasion,
having eaten and drank to n state OF
insensibilily. fell asleep and while IN
this condition, was discovered and de-
vourd by a herd of swine.
In the fourteenth. century, Matthew,
Of Westminster, one of the most ccle-
bratc,l historians of his day, directed
his attention, among other matters, to
the history Of Judas, in order TO dis.
cover the circumstances under which
the character OF that arch apostle was
formed, lie SAYS that Judas, when an
infant, was deserted by his parents and
exposed ON an island called Scariolt.
and on that account received the name
of Judas lscariot.
In the sixteenth century, Stociflcr, 4
distinguished astronomer, published
the result of some abstruse calcuIa-
tons. by which he had asccriaincd
that the world AT n certain time near ut
hand, would again be destroyed by a
dclngc. This announcement, made by
a man of such %eniinencc, caused IN.
tense alarm. News of the the APP
preaching event was swiftly circulat-
cd and all Europe was filled with on
sternatiou. 70 escape the iilst shock
those who had homes by the sea or
on rivers abandoned theta for higher
places. Surveys were recommended,
TO ascertain and mark those places
least exposed to the coming food:
but the minds of the people were too
distracted for so deliberate a plan. and
besides. as The height of the flood was
uncertain. it was impossible TO say
whether it would reach the top OF the
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