The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-03-15

demands nothing unjust and deligh,eth
no. in the misery Of any man aud who
made everything around man for his use
and general welfare. He is also mur-
dcrer, because, by gratifying particular
parts Of his Organization and no, the
whole, he s.arves the rest for want Of
qualification, which consider murder in
a second degree. The slave. STAKEHOLDER
thief and murderer are therefore of equal
age, to greater or less extent, in one
and the Same individual addicted to sin
Pardon these lsng continued digrcssions.
while | attempt to approach nearer the
part Of the sabjecs more properly under
consideration. namely, the effects Of sla.
very or sin for l use these terms synoni.
mously.
In farther contemplating the effects OF
this evil, atm filled with painful emotion
at the very thesioid Of their mundane
theatre Of human action, in which is ex-
hibltsd nothing Of the three in equal un /,
lou with each other and reaching IRON
Earth to Heaven, namely: hope, faith aud
charity nothing of universal liberty
equality and fraternity nothing of peace,
parity and eternal justice; but all the
manifestations Of their re.er.es namely
dispair. trsuchery, tyranny, expressions,
inequality, want Of fraternity, war. fam
inc, pes,ilence, moral turpituie, AMI in-
ju.,ice. Ia short, all misery ALI degve.
dation all barbarity, f-om the leas,
down to the greatest; tness ahJect, hear,
rending aud heaven revoI,iag. We see
here the persons enslaved. .by particular
parts of their organizations, continually
medi,a,ing, searching uud watching Tor
an opportunity OF seiEins their neiglbor's
property which may consist Of either
lands or merchandise, aad may have
been The rcsa!. o: long continued tel! and
frugali.y, for little or no alue, To the
accomplishment of this end, the whole,
man, s,ul AMI b,ly, day aud night, with
all sorts Of temperature, must be devoted.
The family circle ,o,, mus. be cuuailed
IN everything perlainlag 10 the nesessa :
ry CO nIofss OF life, every copper spaa
for literary, scientific AMI moral ignrrav--
'hem, and every particle OF fool anI raj.
men., tears on, gu, a piece nearest the
vitality Of the heart AMI causes acute pain
in the mind, which bre ,as ont in threats,
jealousy aad abuses uafes,ralnsd by ei-
sher reason, morality and justice aad .hus
mars the happiness, peace and quiet Of
every me,nber Of this family circle.
This element, like fire, continues TO
spread to neigbborins circles and individ-
ua|s. and, tormsnss them with i,s flame
of discord, moroseness and moral degra-
dation; aud ifthese neighbors, BY either
word or ina.ten,ion. disapprove Of theiI
moody acts, they take il for granted, that
,hoy are their enemies. and begin the
work OF roobing ,he,n of their character
BY abuse, lying, taIcbearing and SANDER
ing, in the meantime, they are not un.
frequently church going people and thank
God, that they are no, like their neigh
bors, VINO may not wish to make show
much less boast, Of their Christianity,
following rather the humility, meekness
examples and p:ecep,s Of Christ; in Civ.
ing TO every par. Of their organization it,
Gull aud appropriate share Of gratiica
ton, or, in the words Of the great Philos
opher, Pailanthropis. md Saviour,in CIV
lug to Cesar the things that are Ce sar's
and unto God the things that are Gods
Bu. the cosetoasness. self concci. an
moral deprasi,y Of ,hsss persons, does
not stop here. They still centlnee .taei
depreda,ions upon every thing holy, pure
and just, until other servants Of the got
OF wealth respect, obey, serve and even
reverence them, not, because OF virtue
purity, AMI honesty, bl. because. OF man.
i mon, of which they woull like to posses:
more, They have now come down from
man, the nobest Of the aninAl creation
to the common level Of .ae beasts OF tn,
field and fowls Of the air! Justice an
mercy dwell no longer among them. :
Though only to man had the Rnler 0
heaven given justice, the highest an
best. Slavery to coyetousness,. does nc
even stop here. bu. i, continues the graz
ifcation Of its insa,lable hankerlng aite
] wealth and power until we next see tn
coyetous sunk far. far! beneath The lev,
Of the brute creation. Here we bshol
them playing not only civil and pol!t
game Of grab, which results in simply d.
priying one another Oft livelihood and
s soil whereupon TO SET their feet, but Il
/ atrocities of midnight assassination al
here freqsen' AMI many perpstrated, f
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