| Show A PARSONS OPINION parson brownlow Brown lov iov of bf the knoxville whig has been scrutinizing the tili moral condition of mankind inthis in this generation and gives the result of his big observations in the following plain blunt language j the gospel is preached to the people regularly all ov over e r the c country religious papers and arid maga are circulated in families and many valuable persons set good examples before the world but notwithstanding all this and more observation teaches that rascality abounds in all classes of society Y petty thefts are daily committed such as 01 bing money drawers stealing clothes and and dry goods chickens ducks corn an and d other vegetables v eatables strolling 11 vagabonds dealing in counterfeit money and diseased horses are all over the country co mitry kitry gamblers traveling and local and resident rogues are all on the alert pious dains villains vi with faces as sanctified as the moral law are keeping false accounts and swearing to them for the bak sak sake eoE jbf gain whisky shops are selling by the he small smail in violation of the liquor law dru drug stores are training up drunkards in high life and affording facil itcea for sabbath drinking which can be had noi no where else the tile rich are oppressing the poor and the poor are arc content to live in rags and idleness s dealers in produce come to town and e exact two prices for all they have to sell arid and the owners of real estate in towns are asking double rents to the injury of business and the growth of towns banks arid and corporations intended for the bubli public good have their favorites and are partial in the distribution of favors families persecute and envy each other individuals slander their beters persons of low origin put on airs aud sod falsely pretend to be more than they are cheating 3 and misrepresentations are the order of the day gene generally raile in politics th ereis v very ery little ittle patriotism or bove 0 ove of country while derna dema 1 seek to mislead and build up their fortl forti fortunes nes at the hazard of ruining the country in religion there is more hypocrisy than han grace graced and the biggest scoundrels living crow crowd dinto into the church with a view to cloak their rascally des na and more effectually serve the devill devil in a word rascality abounds in all classes and in all countries the devil is stalking abroad in fit open daylight day I 1 ig erht without the precaution pre cauti on to drea ii eif elf and if the present generation of men meli could see themselves in the gospel glass they are as black as hell |
