The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-09

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requires Of him. The whole law is briefly compre-
hended in this saying, "rhou shalt love thy neigh
Dor a. myself" Love worketh NO i'll TO his neighbor,
therefore love is the fulfilling Of the law the whole
law, human and divine.
PUTTING THE CASE STRONGLY.
II tie human lasc commando goo to do one single
thing that IN any shape degree 10 contrary to this
lao Of ioUe you are bound tddisobey.
The eame rule OF love that binds the indivi fual
binds the government; for the government was
instituted for ITSELF but for God and society
for Gods love end mans goodness and happiness.
The government has no right to seek its own, but
the good Of its subjects. The government is the
servant Of God for the people the servant Of the
people for God. In either case It is itself under
law and Is bound to obedience and cannot rightfully
exist except under the law Of love and for the good
of the governed. The moment therefore, the gov
eminent sets out In carer of selfshness, injustice
and cruelty, that moment its claim to allegiance
under God ceases, and il rests no more on con-
science and the law Of God, but power usurped
by Welcomes against which God himself sets every
that the government rests upon aud the subject is
entirely freed from allegiance in every respect in
which iniquity Is commanded.
ILLDsra ATOMS HIGHER Law.
The rule OF goodness and Of love, which the gov
ent by its very essence, ordained OF Cod is
bound to pursue, extends to all classes equally, and
to the equal rights Of all There certain rights
powers and duties inwIought in, imposed upon and
growing out of the construction of society and the
nature OF man, God has framed it, and appointed
governments for 1t, which, If government violate
6uu OppOse tneul, muCn more ii IL prevent anu 0e-
stroy them set society itself rghtfuy ag inst the
government, and forbid men, under the authority
of God, from obeying the government. Slch are
the rights, powers and duties of the family relation
constituted and ordained of God, before all gov
eminent, higher and more sacred than all, and
forming the great object and interest indeed of gov
ornamental protection and care. Now, any govern
ment that breaks down that relation destroys its
sacredness, or renders its freedom, points and sa
credness impossible and the fulilment of its duties
and responsibilities impossible, and the attainment
of its objects equally impossible, sets itself in open
and essential defiance Of God and enmity against
man. II crosses those sacred lines and landmarks
that God has drawn for the very existence and
well being Of society itself, and comes instantly in
conflict with Gods power and wrath. From being
Gods appointed guardian of society for its good it
becomes the thief, Iobber villain murderer, be-
ayer. From being the minister OF God for good, 1t
becomes the tool and executioner OF Satan for evil
against society and God. 1t sets coil Of anguish
guilt and misery at the heart of tsn thousand honse-
holds--a coil not unwinding for the ruin of
the present generation merely, but reproducing
itself, as the mainspring and propagating spring
of the same incessant misery for all future
generations. Now / say that this is forbidden
of God, and that such a government IS outia,ced,
and by an uprising of the tchoie human against
1t, ought to De put out Of existence, as piracy
agyinsf mankind
AN OUrLAwED AND ACCURsED GOVERNMENT.
Any government that dare take any ella of its
citizens by pretence of color race, compact consti
tuition, or any other pretence or reason under hea
ven, and say, YOU as O race are slaves not cti-
zens and being such are property, not men, and
being such, cannot have, and shall not he permitted
to have, any Of the rights 70 assume any of the
responsibilities sacred aud invioate that inhere in
Gods institution of the family, that belong TO his
CREATURES as husbands, wives, fathers, mothers,
brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, parents
and children; but your children not yours. be-
ing the property, the chattels, the merchandise Of
Others and every right and claim Of the family Is
seconoary and subordinate to that of the property,
and of the master and owner of the chattles;n any
such government is oufid,red and dccursed of God
by the very nature of his own constitution given TO
the race, and his own laws for their development
and training. Any such government Is in essence
most diaooiicai tyranny, and eTists, so far as
that tyranny goes, only IN defiance Of Gods fa'c,
and IN opposition against him. The laws OF such
government against the nights and social and do
me site happiness Of ITS subjects, are complete
treason against God as truly an invasion and usur
patton, as the action would be. IL fort command
ing the country were served by pirates, and the
guns Of the fort instead Of being employed against
the enemies Of the country TUNED In upon the
garrison for their slaughter The powers that be are
perverted from Gods ordinance for mans good to
malignant an God defying ordinance for mans evil
" But judgment shall return unto righteousness
and the throne of inquity shall not have fellowship
with thee, which framtth mischief by law. Yea!
surely God will not do so wickeoly, neither win the
Almighty prevent judgment. Shall even he that
bateth right govern God striketh them wicked
men in the open sight OF others; and when he hide.h
his face who then can behold himf Whether it be
done against nation against man only, that |
the bypocrite reign not lest the people be ensnared
His eyes are with kings upon the throne and Il they
shall perish by the sword and die without know
LEDGE
pIoPLE RELEASED FROM OBLIGATION OF ODE.
DTEsCE.
Il is clear from these passages that God abhors |
the uDnghteous ruler and unjust laws, and ,choiiy |
releases the people from all obligation 10 obey any |
eommandr Of iniquify. The very Indictment against
Judah Is that they kept not the commandments OF |
the Lord their Cod but walked in the statutes Of /
Israel which they made. "Ephram Is OPP
pressed and broken in Judgment, because they /
willingly walked after the commandment; therefore
will be unto Ephraim as n moth, and TO the house
Judah as rottenness. The princes Of judah were
like them that remove the bound; therefore will
statutes Of Omr are kept and all the works Of the
house OF Ahab and ye walk In their counses, that
should make thee desolation and the inhabitants
thereof a kissing; therefore ye shall bear the re-
Gent proof that though the powers that be are or
dained OF God, the unjust laws are not ordained Of
God, and have no authority from him, but 10 be
SoSeyed 0 e an unjust
and enforce injustice and cruelty carries In its very
measures the necessity Of its own destruction.
conscience faithful to God will overthrow IL. The
same thing that sustains a righteous government
win overthrow the unnghteous, and for the same
reason-obedience 70 God. Conscience towards God
IL the fortress Of liberty. Conscience towards God
is the protection Of ms9s rishts Conscience t to-
form In the night visions Of that power which moa
ed castles and armed men cannot keep out-that
power, invisible and inaccessible in the soul, which
Ike spirit passes before the face Of the oppressor
and stands sii and no bullet, nor spear nor sword
nor poison, nor hangman's axe can reach IL, nor
superstition Of the divinity that doth hedge king,
starte or make II move out OF the way; but
Ia a stu and solemn the grave; and yet. even In
It's se nee the oppressor hears voice and his knees
smite together, and his heart fsnts and his joints
tremble.
INSTRUCTIONS AID OBLIGATIONS or GOVERNMENT.
But LET Us, In the sixth place, trace little more
closely the restrictions and obligations imposed OF
God upon the different branches OF the government
The powers that be are ordained of Cod but not the
perversion OF those powers. The power OF the law
gyer is ordained OF God, but II Ia power OF right,
not wrong. The power Of the magistrcy is ordain
ed Of Cod but for good not evil Tor righteousness
not unrighteousness; and the moment II commands
unrighteousness II Is turned from being Gods