fcjnpromo Laws seem to govern every
thing, from an empire to a saw- mill, al
though some men are very sure that they j
and not a higher power govern what they
seem to govern. A crisis, like a storm,
has its cause — its rise, progress and dose ; j
human power can neither stop the one nor
the oilier. Napoleon dreamed for many ;
years that he was master of Europe—was i
quite sure that he owned France, and fi j
uallv awoke at St. ITalena, scarcely the |
master of himself! He closed his career j
in the arms of destiny, and in view of 1
events to come as unchangeable as the i
past. Byron too, thought that mystery
clad destiny led him forth into the world ;
and propelled him through it, and that i
some dark chasm awaited Iron at the end !
of his journey. They erred, for their lives *
and fortunes were only governed by laws,
severe but just. A result of a law is not
destiny, nor is a law destiny. Destiny is
an event decreed by the Creator before
the world was formed from chaos. Law
is a rule of physical action, revocable or
changeable by counter law or miracle.— i
Herein are groat men always deceived and
turned bottom upwards: once clothed
with human power, they seek nature’s
laws for a competitor; thus, when Bu
chauau undertook to reconcile freedom
with slavery-—institutions as opposite as
the poles, he aimed at what was super
human. 'Thus too, Napoleon’s r final
scheme, at which he failed, appeared less
a violation of law, but he found it as equal
ly impossible as to reconcile the other.—
Napoleon’s Imperial, Republican, despot
ism was less of an impossibility than Bu
chanan’s compounded Republic of negro
slaves and white freemen, negro lord aris
tocracy, federated centralization, sunken
state sovereignly and elevated territorial
sovereignty—each and every one of which
is an opposite to the other—vet the great
Napoleon failed ! This is a lesson adapted
to the times. Wo hear men in enlight
ened Grant County talking about this
and that remedy for the evils of a ’panic,
aud of this ami that way to solve the prob
lem (which is not a problem) of our na
tional evils. 