New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-21

tion's policy ever on record. All sncn neue'' neeo
tors have been msfe up by the few in power by con-
Ioie; nave and councib ia regard TO whore
5.,.rnn atoms the people have no eh"se ana whose
ed;cts are only 10 be regptered ana eAcu'ed' up's'
the people have had the vl,tue 70 l.'st uie' 80 .se
.n,E In, gone on amid the oppression OF the poor
- ;oent peryertIg of judgment and Jnr' zoe IN pro-
yinces: the place OF Judgment and nqHHy there, the
place Of rgheousnest; al inquiry mere oppre'sors
PIN "a ise uep mad and the few assuming. by rob-
berv ard ty,snpy the responsibility OF many, defrsud
ing be m almost Of moral agency.
lint ont OF this condit of the world there ha been
il il given To our country 20 whether
r. msny will act any more truly and justly TO God,
ard uercifuly and righteousy for Themselves and
obers than the few; whether human nature is unjust
selfish and tyisDncs in the few only, becaase few and
entrusted with too great trust or 10 the many Also
eJcep, Gods grace inierpose 1t is a new vast,
amp1ed step that Of question Of morality for hun
dreds of nisns and for ages committed to whole
Dc Die TO determine by the expression Of individual
judgment poDslbe az If the whole decision were
thrown upon each ones own mind.
The question ofduty with us Is, lerefore not merely
every man il called 10 vote, and 10 vote freely &C
cord Dg 10 his own opinion and choice. IL u hs hlgo'
est moral responsibility, and most solemn action a.
connected with the State. In forming his opinions,
Justly or uIjustly and in selecting his representatives
or agents. with rceIeJce TO tboe Opnloas and 10 vot-
ing for bis rulers he himself the actor of the isice
the injustice. What man does by bis agent he
does hin self. On fact per alum t1ctt per &c. IL
nun orders broker 10 buy he buy; If man hires an
ASSASSIN to murder he murders. II man votes for
Senator, Representative, President or Governor,
pledged to pursue particular line OF oppressive ana
inquous policy, he votes for that in4uy lie sust1nt
it, be tsIsacts it himself he will have to stand
before God in judgment on that Indictment
TIE vote is olFeys moral trust but e.
pecislly when great moral question Il 10 De
determined by il. II it, of all Others
thing of individual responsibility and matter OF con-
scieuce, matter between the 81 vi and GOD, matter
OF religion and not OF mere politics, mater II "uch
evay man ought TO seek the instruction OF COS
w II bonn In mr. 10
jude mont We do not preach TO the Government, bat
TO the people; the Government being merely TIER
agent. We do not preach to the people on 4ueouoh
Of mere expediency, or diplomacy, OF prom, vi '.
cal economy or craftsmanship or even 0f wh1t Dest,
but of what is right; OF what God Allows. Inc quee-
ton Of Slavery is not question OF power or revenue
but of RECTITuDF and since God Will IL plainly ex-
pressed upon II, question OF obedience or drooe-
dlence TO God law Beyond all contradiction, there
foIe it is legitimate appropriate, authoritative slo-
joct for the pulpit; ind Il the proposed for the
nation il that not only of sanctioning and sustaining
The syem of Slavery, but OF enforcing II az the policy
Of NEW State the system 10 be set az the heart OF
virgin society and who regiouty hate and abhor
it to be driven into eDduran OF It and submission
TO il at the point Of the bayoDet then no true embassa
dor for God can avoid speaking cut. On the plan
and puDgent principles laid down III Ezekiel, he Is
bound TO proclaim Gods dtnuhciaton OF such an
iniquity.
Int here again hear the stale, accustomed outcry OF
political PREACHING and perhaps you say, 1t produces
churches to have the suices of Gods Word opened on
this ipiQy ard revivas Of religion will be stopped,
and everything will 60 to ruin. But my hearers, every
thing III 90 to ruin by sn snd not by the noise or the
Gois 10 uut stop TO sim II produces dreadful noise,
10 have the safety valves opened on board steamboat
racing with such reckless speed aud pressure OF steam
that II boiler is about buI,ting. And suppose party
Of men on board, engaged in religious c0nVers itlon
sbould run and Jump upon the safety valve to prevent
that noise dec 1ring that they could not while
The neise continued. Would that be piety or wis Ion
Suppo, they asserted that all the danger from the
nor e. and not from the racing. Your hre engines make
geat Ioise tearing through the streets 10 put out
corAapration. Suppose thai they should be Indicted a.
nuisance while the incendlsry goes at large and the
flames proper. According to the Word Of God, he
that kndled the fire shall make restitution not he that
made gre at disturbance in striving to put IT out.
Iudicious as it may SEEM have absolutely had the
charge brought my preaching mat ~ ehcs 'e
sill under it, A man complained to a friend who
brought linn to church one Sabbath evening, that he
never as 30 excited in his life, that he did Il come to
clulch to be excited but quleeo; but hat he never
found hims If under such excitement OF mind anywhere,
ard he would not stand it. Poor man just as 1t the
Word of God were rotbng but carpenter work - make
souId sleepers He did not consider that there are
seepers enough churches any day strony timber
and no danger disturb ne them and that every thos
we need is excitement by the tru h. excitement IN The
mind excitement in the heart excitement In the con:
science But you cannot have IT all one way; and
when there are snags the mind there will be ripple
where the current of truth sweeps oveI en- fiuri'
gate itself could be kept smooth, by witg the chan
mel and blowing up The rough rocks ~ the bottom.
Between the me aymOuthedness OF preachers and
the me- ybeaIt edness Of the people, with the motto
First ptdCea6Le heH pure, there comes 10 be most
II, substantial unreliable state OF thlgs. Christians
educateo in tbs manner not TO be relied upon tor
confession Of the truth in troubous times, or defense
of II when il becomes unpopular. You nigh: rs well
make a cable out Of bag of meal as expect TO hold
fast by such Christianity. The fashionable and Tune
serving congregations cannot endure plain truth The
fur OF the Gospel itself must be finely and 50 exquisite
" boed that all the strength excluded all thai goes
TO make bone and grstle, and between tnat ana the
eyi mentioned in Gods Word EPhrd'H IS a CAKE not
fn,nedJ. you get nothing from the gospel-oven but
douphtaces And the same monsrous moons stency Is
visible now in the profession and lite oil Christians, as
was in the character OF the people OF God OF DID, wnen
in one verse he descnbed them as people MAKING
Great os,entaon of seeking God and deghtng III his
Ordinances and parading their obations; and In the
re,t a. a rebeious generation, lying people, who
would not listen 10 the Word OF the LoId ~hen II con-
demped their own cherished aud defended sins. lhey
tasted but refused TO break single yoke lhey
they made long prayers and then tuned and gave their
influence against all preaching and all effort to establish
Freedom instead OF Slavery, when was qui'e equiv"
lent TO making long prayers aud then de'o9nug WIDOWS
bopses Just so now pray for revVals OF reiglon
hui if any brother from the country too supplemented
20 understand the atmosphere and the currents oil tne
nroyermeeting happens to pray for the deNerance 9
the Oppressed and the enslaved, feeling runs through
the room as of something strange, illuoged, unnau
as if fanaticsn has appeared bodily IN the as
sembly Ii Slavery be III ally way referred 10, tney
remark upon the ipjudiciousness oil such Peac nus
how certain it lie to put stop to reVi'as Oh ieis"n
and drive away the pious, Praying heafIs 'a' ons IVA
~ outpouIing of Gods spirit. - ,. oo .,
NJ IL II 10 be supposed that God does not sec 70
che very bottom Of such hollow professions or tha' is
indonation against such hypocrisy is any ess al .1
dow ihan il was when lie told His people OF oid tnat a
tI:r blatjons and their approaches TO HIN, were
smole in his ncsc instead of gaining his sPpronan.n
and that even when they burned Incense TO hih, II