The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-06-24
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bilion Of il, after the people can correct
by their vo'es tie wrong. Is i not pro-
gress TO have thrown away Among our.
selves the arbiIrament OF The sword, for
the determinations Of The bailo,S Is il
not progress that Nations, or States, are
born among US in a day, not graded in
crime, but with q maturity Of we'll con-
sidered constitutions, and wholesome
systems Of laws before which the most
liberal in The Old World lack wisdom
and comprehensive philosophy Il 4
not progress that among US religion y
selfsusiuined BY lis own inherent iaspif.
alton, without the aids unj the c,frup.
Iions Of State palronageH I might 60 oh,
but it is not necessary. Each mind cah
suggest contrasts for itself, and ii is
enough for me to say that century after
century must add 10 thcir glorious though
briefcommencemonttill the CONSERVATISM
Of abuses will be held 10 4bs @hathft
really il, imbocili,y Of mind without
capacity Of expansion. as.y spasmaR
Parson Williams. Religion sptaHR
as pure from its Divine Teacher heSfly
1900 years ugo, as il Is to-day II
changed in lis purity The Empire Of The
world--the Roman, fromihe groSsnRss Of
universal idolatry 10 the pure principles
Of living faith. Where now is the spirit
of the old muf,yrs, where the noble zeal
that warned the great spirits that broke
the mental slumber Of ages in the broad
I light Of the Reformation? Have We got
beyond the principles taught at that
day! Have we advanced beyond the
poli,ico.ma.tyr sacrifice Of Zuingllus2
the impassioned boldness for tIuib, that
nerved Luther? the logical strength Of
Calvin? Have we added 10 the truths
taught then, orare we more than coH-
mentalors on their thoughtsf They
boldly proclaimed the right Of individual
judgment. What more thsn this in poii-
tics is your boasted Republicanismf lis
il not the submission or the lam-tnaking
power TO the Judgment of each and every
member Of society," Is it not the decla-
ration made in behalf Of religious right
then rendered, now made practical in
politics? Why, Paul preached on Mars
Hill the doctrine Of common humanity
before God, in declaring that He had
"made Of one blood all nations Of men,
for TO dwell on all the face ofthe.eaith.S
In this is the germ Of that affindance Of
equality Of rights, inherent in man,
which is the one comprehensive truth
that makes the Declaration of Tndepen.
dence unequslled in the state papers,
which tie wisdom of statesmen have
given to the world. Thsfc Is develop
mehi, bu, this isnot precisely what 10
claimed as progress, for humanity. aidi
Mr.2Lipingston. Development s pro-
gress. Riligion was, when firsi II came
from its founder, all that il is now, inits
capacity to exalf, purify, ennoble. and
save humanity, but mankind had not 20
progressed in intelligence, in fitness 10
receive and und ersiand iis great truths
as now. And though we may not have
Luthers, and Calvins, and the other he
roes ofreligious truth, as prominent be-
fore the worlds eye as then. we have had
what The times demanded more; WASH
ington, a Jefferson, Frahklin, .
Kossuth, and great men who have NOT
less ftiJ done their part 10 aid in the
worlds progress. And IL the great truth
that Paul preached of Gods design for
mankind iniihe principle of government
slept misunderstood for neatly twenty
centuries, it was no less progtess inlthe
great men of the age who made IL a
practical law Of life and principle Of
government mo less glory Of that
people who first recognized that in relig>
ion, and in all opinion that 10 the free
exercise Of thought we mus. tolerate
difference. fmight enter upon the his.
tory Of the race and trace here and iherc
continuing progress through alli,s an.
nails, tell us Of those who have lived be-
fore, bu, as ,llisis lily frs, evening. with
you, and as such d course requires more
than thought and memory, sresearch and
comparison; we had better adjo0sna this
question for consideration Al some future
time. This was agreed to-, gs.d a.sS
y, Il