The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-03-26

with them not physical 5u, moral contaeion,
that their presence will cndanger the pub.
lie peace aud individual safety, that IL may
embroil us with other States and bring upon
rs the ruiIrrings and horrors Of external and
internal war and confusion The one class
urge the obligations of hospitality and be-
nevolence, the other the obligations Of self
prescrvalior and the sacred doty Of preserv-
ing those whom nature and society have
committed TO their protection.
Both are equally sincere, conscientious
and rcsolute. Which shall yield Is lhore
no appeal but 10 force Yes And the ar
bitter must be society, pronouncing lis decis-
ion through It's regularly constituted agents.
This is the moral judgement, the embodied
conscience of the political community. To
.hs not only is each individual bound to
submit, but it is Il new and controlling ele-
ment in forming his own moral judgment.
An act which before may have been nno-
cent is now criminal, and its commission not
only opposed to the will but subversivc OF
the order, peace, and existence of political
society.
Obedience is moral duy. This is as
certain as that the creator made man So
cial being, and designed that hc should live,
not in perpetual anarchy but in peace and
,urity for human government is the only
means which Infinite Goodness has provided
for preserving us from unceasing conflict and
violence. To obey the law of the land is,
| then, to obey The will Of God
| 1t may be aske'. is resistance never Just
| iiable Is there no exception? answer
yes! When oppression present and pros
pective is so great as TO justify resort II
the Ultimate right of revolution. But this
is not to be done from impulse or feeling
| but from the calm aud careful consideration
of the dangers and difficulties of the pro-
posed remedy. A wise man will reflect that
evils, great evils, must exist under every
human government; that perfect fabric
cannot be made of imperfect materials, a.,
that whatever he may attempt he NUT still
work by and with fallibe man, with all hi
blindness, weakness and passion.
If after deliberate conformation of tn,
commissions End .niso:ies attending the over
throw of the existing government, ard thu
hazards and uncertainties of establishing
better on its ruins, he firmly believes th
permanent happiness OF the community re
quirca the attempt, he may conscientious
lake it. Under despo,ism such cas-
p, may occur not unfrequenily; but VIC c.
hardly suppose 1t to exist in republic, wher
the laws are made by the peope, themselyc
through agents freely anr,ointcd for sho
periods by frequent e'.tctions.
In your own Country. if there DO any VIII
contemplating the n6rnities of our natul
and the history of the race, looking at VIII
he, been accomplished in all the ages tn
have passed. and what is now the conditic
of mankind under all other political instit
lions, and then looking at our own govern
. ment, its history and its hopes, its past pc
Torrance and future promise, and then d
i, sire its destruction, in the vain and despe
ate hope of establishing better in its slea
they must he inaccessible TO reason or r
monstrance, and of that unfortunate class
, whose ,1ninds judgment is dethroned al
m9nomania holds uSurped dominion.