Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1846-03-28
URLINGToN, IOWA: SATURDAY, MARCH %, 1886.

which has kicked cut the life of a man, has
it thereby any security against the pefpc-
tration Of similar acts on the part of other
horses, or are the claims of justice satisfied
by taking the life Of an animal to which no
moral obligation can possibly attach? Bnt
there are some considerations which would
seem TO initiate strongly against the idea
Of its being mandatory at all. In the same
connection and as it were a part Of the
same utterance there is another passage
which reads thus,-"every living thing
shall be meat for you.'' Now if one is a
| command, both are; and hence. we are nn-
der imperious obligation to eat all manner
of flesh, that Of the most loathsome reptiles
not excepted. e
"For in the image Of God made he man.. 7
'Here we can see something of the enor-
nifty Of the guilt and sin Of muIder." Yes
and something more is very perceptib'e too
The Creator gives this as the reason FOL
the spirit Of the passage;-- for in he i'm
toge" &C. Now according to the principle
for which the writer contends there can be
but lite or no meaning in Gods reason;
for does not his mystic image belong t.. the
murderer as well as his Judge or execa-
TONER? Most assureslly; and since the
reason assigned imposes the solemn obliga-
lion to respect and reverence This mysterious
image wherever and in whatever found
| and since moreover tile taking Of human life
| under the sanction of law or otherwise is
a most objectionable dissertation or it, the
more reasonable construction of the pas
sage is, that we should abstain from all
punishment whatever which involves the
taking Of life.
But this is not all; if the writer will
make it command he must take it in all
its underlined latitude. II the punishment
which requires the unfortunate criminal
who as a man bears tie image OF his Ma
ker, to be strung mp between Heaven and
Earth like a s'suck-eeg dog" is divinely
enjoined, j, is not for him or any other man
10 qualify its application; for s;whosoeyer
shedeth mans blood Sc. embraces every
possible degree Of lonicide however
texctsable. Is he prepared for this? Real
". the charge of "ungodly teaching would
seem to belong elsewhere than to the ad-
vocates of the proposed reform.
In different ages Of the world various ey-
travagant theories have been advanced in
explanation Of the laws which govern The
universe; but who ever hard before tina,
it is governed exclusively by ropes! Won
der if the writer hasn't an interest in some
hemd factory.
But note these remarkable words
"Neighbor B. | suppose if you and other.
Of your s'enlightened citizens" had beer
there AT the ttaIc or rne H1au, Yum syn,.
pathetic hearts would have broke Viii
sorrow upon witnessing" world Of muir
derers, at one full swoop Of the iron-cep
tired Ruler offhe universe, suffering ono
the sangninary and cruel penalties OF Law
written in letters ofblood. "r.ts-ssea F
The reasoning here is this:--the antede.
dnlivans were all murderers, Noah ane
family excepted: therefore they were al
cut off or executed Sat one full swoop.
But we read there is a time coming wher
all the inhabitants Of earth shall be cut Of
again, when "lhe elements shall melt will
fervent heat and ''time shall be no more
Therefore they will all be murderers; anc
hence the conquest Of Christianity will be.
come a farce and the triumph of Darkness
and Chaos yeritable fact. This deyel-
opes new system Of theology as remark.
able for its novelty and originality as tha,
governing the universe BY ropes! ~
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