Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-05-23
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look to the cause of the evil for lis remedy--,o
right system of education to correct the evils o.
the wrong. Men often say The world is full o
errors-the foundation Of society rests on an en-.
tirely wrong bass-and needs reforming, but where
shall we begin our reformation o. Nature teach
es US that the tender saplng can be easily trained
into perfect tree while the "auld gnared oak
that lifts its giant arms high, and strikes its
roots deep into the heart of the earth, must whel
i'll its proud delo-mity, unless blasted at once by
the lightnings of Heaven. Deeply rooted preju.
dices cannot be easily overcome but one valiant
champion of Light, Truth, and Love, God aiding
can vanquish a thousand Demons Of Darkness,
Terror, and Force; t,co put ten thousand to flight
! and three drive hundred thousand from the field
Of battle.
Just as the t,cig is bent the trees inclined"
OF course then begin with the young who are ca
pable of appreciating and practising the most ex-
alted virtues.
Again, we cannot blame Our Creator, for God
has pronounced all his works perfect the fault
then must be in man.
We, in these United States, all know that the
nature, as progressive, free agent. Monarchs
check freedom of speech, and the liberty Of the
press: do all they TO keep their subjects in ig
norance tram'nel them lciM national religion,
which begets intolerance, superstition, bigotry, and
long train of the greatest evils; and grind them
TO dust with ithes and taxes to support the few
who live in luxury, idleness, and splendor OF
course the force principle must keep such a peo-
pie in subsection.
We all believe, at least the people Of this coun-
try, that Republican form of government only is
adapted 10 mans nature, as progressive, moral
being. Here, freedom Of speech and the liberty
OF the press-the bulwarks of Repubc-are en-
joyed Here, religions are tolerated no,c
each person can worship Cod as he thinks right
He is no, noc obliged 10 make himself hypocr7tc
10 swear to what he believes He-in order to
obtain civil or ecclesiastical preferment. Repub-
hcan governments contain the germ Of universal
freedom. Their principles must overiurn tyran-
ny, superstition, intolerance and bigory, till the
whole world is entirely revoutonized, and man
kind learn TO live and act as brethren.
Freedom Freedom is the answering shout
when this shall be realized, the miserable serf of
Russia will become an equal with the present
naughty lord Of the soil and then, in word, ,cW
all cirR oppression cease.
Again, are the same cirh and criminal lars suit
ed to governments so entirely antagonistical in .
heir nature as Monarchies and Republics
Our glorious Republic has already solved to the
and admitting word-to the terror of
Nonarchs, and 10 the JOY of their subJects--the
yreat problem Of selfgovernment. Capital pun
shment is no better adapted to our present ad-
'anced state of society than Judaism-it is law
# force-it had its origin in barbarous condition
# society, and was the mode then best adapted TO
he comprehension Of an unengh:ened people for
edressing Wrong--as was the Religion Of the
anne people, Of the kind they could appreciate,
teral, but typical of pure ana spiritual rorShp
Centuries having rolled round, and mems minds
aving become better adapted 10 higher, purer
Worship, the Creator, sent the brightness of his
wn glory, the express image ofhis person" to re-
eal TO man his increased moral obligations and
;hrist's whole mission from the time when all
eaven rang with halleluiahs of Glory 10 God
the highest )" and the angelic hosts responded,
grand chorus, "Peace on earth good will TO
len' TO the latest moment OF his agonzing death,
'as misson-noi of terror and force--but of love
nd mercy. Chris,s death was the grand climax |
mot only Of the sublime and eternal law of pro- {
ress, but also ofihe Love prnciple-Loye to God :
nd man." Is Christian Community governed by r
le Love principle when il requires san eye for an {
We, a tooth for ooth"-and life for life /? No {
overcomes evil with the increased evil of muir |
e. and revenge and consequently presents fur. :
ler motive for the commission of crime. AS the Y
unishment, in itself, is not adapted to The condi-
on Of man as moral being, it is violation of 1
oral law. Men conversani with the subject know 7
lat crime has advanced in society in an increased |
io with the number of victims. The reason l.
obvious the remedy is not adapted to the dis l
se, and Of course, the result must prove fatal /,
oral remedies, and moral remedies alone, are n
lapted to moral diseases. Should we not think c
a great absurdty, were physician to try to cure N
fever by whipping his patients And is it not y
ually absurd to think that moral erls can be \
red by physical punishment Shall Christian
immunity. who profess TO be governed by the t
VS. "That ye resist not evil love your enemies +
good to them that hate you; be not overcome s
evil, but overcome evil with good" 60 back to S