The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1856-09-09
NO. SIG.

right, and fear not me, satin the. Loru OF
hosts" These are but tithc Of the passa-
ges Of similar import to be found in the
prophets, %
And who again, is the stranger among
the people of this land 1t is not evidently
he whom Of all men, neither time, nor GUS
tom, nor language can SO change as to de-
stroy the evidence of his foreign descent?-
Whom every state in this Union, with one or
two most honorable exceptions, refuses even
to naturalizc! Who can by no possibility
attain the right of citizcnshipg Whose very
presence many states will not tolerate, unless
hc be reduced to a thing which is not man,
but supposed to be destitute of llnmnn SYM
pathicsl Is not he most emphatically
stranger with whom society everywhere rcfu-
ses TO fraternize? Who is made to feel pain
fully his degradation even in the house Of
God? And does our government stretch out
its strong arm and with words of gcntlcness
and pity call these forlorn strangers into its
protecting fold? Docs the President of these
u. s. seem to have n heart full Of compassion
for them, alive with parental anxiety for. their
welfare? Witness his deep and tender inter-
est in Anthony Burns, mark his benevolent
regard for the fugitves at Cincinnati, call to
mind the mercful measures he has suggested
to Congress for their relief! See how he
gathers around him for his advisers the best
friends of the slave! With what prompt
and manly justice he tramples under foot the
Infamous laws designed to oppress and rob
them in Kansas? Notice with what care he
selects wise, humane and tender hearted Inen
to administer justice in that territory How
closely he follows the advice given to Moses
by his pious father-in-law in the performance
of just such public service, "Moreovcr thou
shalt provide out Of all the people able men,"
Wilson Shannon. 'such as fear God" Da.
vid r. Atchinsoni "men of truth, hating cosr
etousncss." Shall we name all the degraded
tools of his tyranny? "and place such otet
thom to be rulers, of thousands and rulers of
hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers Of
tens" is it then new experiment which
our rulers are trying! Have they like the
Athehans become tired Of hearing Aristi,
des always called the just, of hearing tho
principles of Washington, and Jefferson, and
Jackson, lauded, and so are determined to
test the working of new measures? o,
no. their measures like their principles
are not now They have not the merit OF
originality. They are but copying to the
letter as well as in spirit, tho policy OF Rhc-
hoboam, who said to the poor and oppress.
ed which came to him for relief "My father
made your yoke heavy, but l will add to
your yoke My father chastised You with
whips. will chastisc you with scorpions
Ny little finger shall be thicker than my fa.
Tiers loins" They follow the policy of Ab-
hab, who put to death whom he would rob,
who said when confronted with the godliest
man on earth, "IIast thou found me-, D NINE
enemy." Gods best friends have been de-
nounced by the Presidents cxponcnts in the
Senate rs their btterest foes. These men
have before them, ms if in their very sight,
the wasting destruction that came on those
ungodly rulers, such as before the world had
never seen, an a,tonishmcnt, kissing and
proverb to the heathcn, They become &C.
cessorics to their crimes. They emulate the
early tame of Pharaoh. They smile approvai
at tho hideous career of Hcrod. They reach
forward, as if impatient of the grave to shake
hands with them in TIM hell to which they
hasten, s'that the blood Of all the prophets
may be required of this generation, from the
blood of Abel 10 the blood ofZccharias which
persisted between the altar and the temple,
verify say unto you. it shall be required OF
this generation" .d., =,
1t will be seen that every position taken
thus far in reference to the accumulated guilt
of modern sinners based upon we'll known
known events. is abundantly sustained by the
Bible; indeed, SO graphic, so striking is tho
divine word on these very points, that the hu;;
man mind tolls in vain TO utter anything that
shall approach its sublimtv.
III. AMI now must briefly advert to tho
duties of Christians which grow out OF these
most melancholy facts and our reiatiotis To
them. .r. a
l. It cannot be doubted that TO uphold
the perpetrators of these crimes even IN the
most indirect way. is TO draw on ourselves tho
whole weight Of their enormous guilt. Nor
is it necessary to scom to uphold them IN or
der to share their sins. More silence in the
existence Of such outraccs is efficient cncotrJ
aremcnt. Could cur rulers but induce good
mon to hold their peace to occupy them
selves exclusively with other topics, then theft
hcllish purposes could be easily and fc!icitops,.
" effected. II is, therefore. the incxcusablc
dutv of every Christian to bear instant and
decided testimony to the true nature of these
crimes. and to the. righteous indignation
which their preparation kindles in every ylr..
tnous breast. In no way can we advance tho
interests of the Redeemcr's kingdom so well
as by making it evident beyond the possib'l-.
itv of mistake, that none Of his subjects are
found wanting to the truth in such time as n.
this, In no way can we secure tho conscience
of sinners but by taking grounds on the sidn
Of the poor and the weak and the oppressed.
Especially is il the duty of Young Clristags,
before they become publicly committed to the
wrong, to examine with scrurulous care the
exact nature of the contest, they are to wage
with sin, to iuforn) themselves OF The real po-
sition Of the enemies Of righteousness, aGd 10
thoroughly furnish themselves with arguments
10 meet their sophstrics. II becomes YOU to
understand the light in which modern sinners
stand before God. How his honor, and his
truth. and his eternal purpose arc enlisted for
their utter discontinue, that Your eourage
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