New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-10
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 49, 1853

;ns reh and powerful on the spois gained out OF en-
eour,red appetites and sinsi Such are the mtnui'.
,ur,rs ard dealers In arden, spirits for GAIN ana sun
those who sustain and direct Sabbath breaking r~
,osds so- the increase of their dividends Inc very
h,,.,ss. Of such sr,. corporations and companies
TO msse merchandise Of souls
RI, SAID nc speaker every injury done by any iit'
s,, smother sn order on Divine Providence, 10 De
r,;a srsips, himself And il VII be paid. Ever handeS
.stce -rst pay H. By what right in the universe snsA
purv be done upon 81 unosning, helpless Creature,
and not come back upon The perpetstor By whS rsA'
in the universe shall wrong be done, snj the wcSei
rsn crow fst upon it, and De pariouedi God Is tns
n-teetor OF The good against the bad God L the pre-
server Of the universe no: ouy from wrong dong bat
frum personal revenge among hls creatures, wh'ca 5
ir,erfc.ed On tie very ground OF vast Just eernai
re;rbuon Az this point Of the lectire me mins'sT
suspended for awhile his argument with sao
ton Of the Necessity OF the Judgment AMI the eiay OF
is pie drawn from the consideration o. only one
branch OF tire vast subjec, of human guilt aat RESPONSE
blry-ths; Of injury from man 10 msn-oi wrong 1Oils
doing against man i Infinitely greater wrong dolls
sSsinst God, and by inhniie necessity OF Ja'H1e DC
uands a iuj gmeut and retribuiion -,
We w,h great AMI satisfying eiearhes le 80 -
e,-e between vengeance ant revenge-0etweeh tas
Ias Of vengeance the necessary reverocraton a1l
rtru9on OF Justice and the retaliation OF Injuries a
vin6ict;ve srite and haired There u nothing person
sv yndicvs in Justice bu, everything Is calm, screne'
;rsv,.sble riebteous urnpsssicacd la revenge all 4
perScnsl malignant, passionate. Ile recon- u Juslo
Il awhy sublime snd glorious but that o. person."
snrer snd hatred u Internal sucn Il tue inhne uiIe
renee between public justice and private retalsloh Ans
very existence of crime and guilt produces the nsces-
sity of provision and power OF penal ln1icho9i tne
foundations Of which government on ettn l. ot"s,n
OF God. ard is faint type OF tbs eternal justice Vd
will not permif sny creature % take vengeance Tor hil
sslf but he will have Government in this world,
take vengeance for others he VIII nave GOVerniasn',
as his own ordnance besr the sword for punishment
of evil doors, and the protection aud praise Oh ao'e
who do well. q,
But as to personal vengeance, he hath forbidden H.
and hath written vengeance Il mine will repay sth
the Lord Say not thou, | viii recompense eyiL pay
wait on the Lord snd he shall thee He hath Tor
hidden il on the very ground that Is already ssuse1
not ON tie ground thar ought not 81 be taken out Oh
the ground that sinful men cannot take y "l'nOd; re-
verge which is hatred and mahgniiy ana the spI OF
he'll God taketh vengeance for others, and with inhnite
rrhteousuess and justice and so do the powers tax
be- as ordained OF God take yenseance Tor oheFs o'
the punishment Of evil doors, sud the protection Oh So
eiety But individual vengeance y always rese1Se
il Is hate for bate eumy tor enuity, wi Tor ulNb,
sn;te for spite crime end sin for crime and SIN Ana
that was the way in which OF OIL the malignant spt''
of the Jews had corrupted snd abu Ell their own laws,
for the qualification Of personal malice IL was wruea
in their and Justly written ss the rule Tor the pao5
administration OF jG-tce, eye FOR eye, hand TOT hani
tooth for tooth foot for foot he hath done so shall u
done him. There never tferc never tpt.A
be more purely and accurately balanced rule OF ustlce
than THE Il is just Gods great rule OF eternal retrol,
ton Whatsoever sewcth that shall he also reap
But it a rule Of public justice not OF priva'e re-
tsGtiOn.
Let US examine this law in its context and its truth, as
was given and established OF Jehovah. We will take
two prominent records o. 1.-THE first IN LeyItcs thc
second in Deuteronomy. In Levitcus. xiv, II, u you
find this law of retaliation running thus lie that ku
eth any shall surely be put TO death; Aud he tha!
kleth a beast shall make Il good beast Tor beast And
II man cause q blemsh In bis neishbOF, rs he hath
done so sha II De done unto him. Breach for breach,
sy for eye tooth for tooth he hath caused bem
ish in a msn, shall II be done 10 him again AMI he
that kleh beast be shall restore t and he that kl
eth a man, he shal be put % death In Dau-
terOnomy the record Of the law H. IN come
respccts, still more explicit. connected rs before
with the law Of death against murdcrers Dcut xix,
IL to 10 and 10 to u But if any hate MA ncgd
Dor and lie in wait ior him, and rise up against him and
snicr him morthy that he die and heeth into one Of
these cities then tie elders OF this city shall send and
fetch him thence end deliver him into the hand OF the
ayenger of blood that he may die Thine eye shall not
pity him. but thou shalt put away the guilt OF nnocent
blood from Israel, that may 20 well with thee.
And false witness rise up against any man TO TESTIFY
against him that which ID wrong, then shall botn the
men between whom the controversy Il shall stand De-
fore the Lord before the priests and the dyes which
sha be in those days and the judges shall make dill
gent moui-irion aud behold, II the witness be false
witusss and hath testified falsely against his brother
then shall ye do unto him. az he mad thought 70 have
done unto hi brother so shalt thou put the evil away
from among you. Aud those which remain shall hear,
and fear and shall henceforh commit no more any such
evil among you. And thine eye shall not pity but lie
hsl tor life, eye for eye, tooth Tor TOOTH handjOr
hand, foot for loot"
Now this law the very perfection Of penal leys,
ton There could not DO anything perfectly equal
and just enyghng more effective for preventing
crime than the certainty OF IT. execution II anything
viii make avoid niuriug others, Il Is the absolute
certainty that precisely the same injury viii be Indicted
on themselves. Tue certainty, for example, that lia
must 20 life would puts stop murders. Mnket Ger
tain that hen murders another, he Is ~ GER
tsiny destroying himself and the hand Of the murderer
will be stayed Such legislation, rendered sure OF
cuon, perfect legislationt Is ju.t-t is wise-it Is
cthcient--M u OF Cod
q But this law % excellent, admirable perverted
by by the selslness and wckedness OF the Jews In the
time OF Lord, 10 the purpose aud indulgence ofpri
yste revenge. law framed on purpose 20 remove
vengeance from private hands, and have il administered
by God's constituted tribunals, stolen perverted
mssppled by malignant backbers and ha,srs fIr the
authorization OF their own yndicye passions. All that
blessed Lord did put 10 take IL out Of their
hands snd Pc, back where IL was before elag them
that 60 lar from being rule for their private conduct,
they were bound 70 return good for evil leaving the adj
miutrGten OF justice and the punishment of evil doers
TO the constituted tribunals OF justice. Our bless.
ed Lord never said one word against the law Ut
God an eve Tor eye, aud a tooth for
tooth, and life tor life bat on the contrary declared
that was IN full authority, every lot aud title aud
severely Z, pretended those who perverted and Sian.
dered IT, They alsO had the lying proyerb Thou shalt
love Thy neghbor and hate thine enemy pretsn ling
tohaye gotten IL from their law when their Law a. ex
prtssy commanded love and kindness 20 their enemiss
IS Chfists law. Their law forbade the recompeuse OF
evil with ev and la order TO prevent IL there was the
greatest expicItness and dstnctuess IN the penalties
appointed Tor crime and especially for persona injuries
and for murder The aud solemn fact thlt G a
himself denounced death as the penalty for murder
taught them, they would themselves avoid the quit
81 murder never 10 revenge themselves God made the
dktinc'oD PLAIN between Vengeance a necessary act
OF justice and revenge as the retaliation Of anger AMI
hate Bot The vengeance Of Justice 10 the Oaly safe.
gusrd Of the universe agninst revenge AMI toe ven.
setnce OF justice = tEes rule OF the general juigmsnf
The very foundation and object oil that ui nsnt = the
ds'TScuon a. every creature Of exactly wha, he de.
serves. but the wicked deserve Just retrbgtlon for
their crimes, and Infinite and perfect justice require.
nat uch Teirbution be rendered aud such re,Tbut1n
God only Can render and -uch re,nbutiOn i the divine
veheenrce viii God retsins in biz own hands % exc.
cute ~ minnie rightl 0asnes.. He were no loueer a