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


requires Of him. The whole law is briefly compre
hended in this saying Chou shalt love thy neigh
Dor thyself Love worketh NO i'll to his neighbor,
therefore love is the fulfilling Of the law, the whole
PUTTING THE CASE STRONGLY.
u tie human lao commando yoa to do one single
thing that in any shape degree Is contrary to this
'a o. Os are o oys sat nav
binds the government; for the government was
never 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 il the
servant of God for the people the servant Of the
people for God. In either case it is itself under
exist except under the law Of love and for the good
of the governed The moment, therefore, the gov
eminent sets out in career of selfshness, injustice
and cruelty, that moment its claim to allegiance
under God ceases and it rests no more on con-
science and the law OF God, but on power usurped
by Welcomes against which God himself sets every
man in opposition; it Is no mere right, but might
that the government rests upon and the subject is
entirely freed from allegiance in every respect in
which iniquity is commanded.
ILLDsrR ATOMS or HIGHER Law.
The rule Of goodness and OF love, which the gov
eminent, by its very essence as 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 aud
nature OF man, as God has framed it, and appointed
governments for 1t, which, II government violate
and oppose them, much more il it prevent and de-
stroy them set society itself rghtfuy ag inst the
of God, from Obeying the government. Such are
the rights powers and duties of the family relation,
as constituted and ordained of Cod before all gov
eminent, higher and more sacred than all, and
forming the great object and interest indeed Of gov
erDmental protection and care Now, any govern
ment that breaks down that relation, destroys its
sacIedness, or renders its freedom, points and sa
credness impossible, and the fulflment 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. It 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
trayer. From being the minister of God for good it
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 house
holds--a coil not unwinding for the ruin Of
the present generation merely, but reproducing
itself, as the mainspring and propagatng spring
OF the same incessant misery for all future
generations. Now / say that this is forbidden
OF God, and that such a government as outidtced,
and by an uprising Of the tchoie human race against
1t, ought TO be put out Of eristence, as piracy
agyinsf mankind
AN oUTLAwED AND ACcURsED GOVERNMENT.
Any government that dare take any ella of its
citizens by pretence of color, race compact, c,nsti
tuition, or any other pretence or reason under hea
ven, anu lou, as u race are slaves, not clLl-
zens, and being such are property, not men, and
being such, cannot have, and shall not he permitted
to have any Of the rights or 70 assume any Of the
responsibilities sacred aud invioate that inhere in
Gods institution of the family, that belong 10 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;" any
such government is outia'csd and accused 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 IL in essence
a most diaboiicdi tyranny, and erists, so far as
and IN opposition against him. The laws Of such
government against the nights and social and do
nestle happiness Of ITS subjects, ale as 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 were TUNED In upon the
garrison for their slaughter The powers that be are
perverted from God ordinance for mans good to
malignant an God defying ordinance for mans evil.
I" But judgment shall return unto righteousness
and the throne of inquity shall not have fellowship
with thee, which framGth mischief by a law. Yea y
surely God will not do so wickeoly, neither will the
Almighty prevent judgment. Shall even he that
hateh right govern God striketh them "a wicked
in the open sight Of others; and when he hideh
his face who then can behold him. Whether it be
done against nation or against n man only, that
the bypocrte reign not lest the people be ensnared
His eyes With kings upon the throne, and IL they
obey and serve him, well, but IL they obey not they
shall perish by the sword and die without know.
LEDGE
rroPLE RrLEAsEp FROM OBLIGATION OF ODE
DIEsCE.
IL is clear from these passages that God abh0r5
the uDnghteous ruler and unjust laws, and tchoiiy
releases the people from all obligation 10 obey any
commander Of iniquify. The very Indictment against
Judah Is that they kept not the commandments OF
Ia tbffr I'd lint aI In Tho al of
Israel which they mace. "Ephraim IL OPP
pressed and broken in judgment, because they
willingly walked after the commandment; therefore
will be unto Ephram az q moth, and TO the house o !
Judah as rottenness. The princes OF judah were
like them that remove the bound; therefore will
pour out my wrath upon them like water. For the
statutes OF 0mr are kept and all the works of the
house OF Ahab and We walk in their counscls, that
should make thee desolstion and the inhabitants
thereof a Kissing; therefore ye shall bear the re- I
proach Of my people" These passages are suii- I
dsined Of God the unjust laws are not ordained Of
God, and have no authority from him, but are TO be
dsobeyed. Consequently, an unjust government, \
government Of oppressive laws, laws that command /
measures the necessity Of its own destruction. A I
conscience faithful 10 God will overthrow IL. The 4
same thing that sustans righteous government /
win overthrow the unrighteous,. and for the same
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 70 God. Conscience towards God \
IL the fortress of liberty. Conscience towards God
Ia the protection Of mems rights- Conscience TO- /
wards God il the terror Of tyrants; IL Is the awful
form in the night visions OF that power which moat
cd castles and armed men cannot keep out-that /
power, invisible and inaccessible in the soul, which
like spirit passes before the face Of the oppressor,
ard stands still and no bullet spear, nor sword,
nor poison, nor hangman's axe can reach IL, nor .
superstition Of the divinity that doth hedge king,
can stsrte or make II move out OF the way but
IA a. stu and solemn the grave; and yet. even In
It's nee the oppressor hears voice, and his knees
smite together, and his heart fsints and his joints
tremble.
INSTRUCTIONS AID OBLIGATIONS or GOVERNMENT.
But LET MS, 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 ordained Of Cod but not the
perversion OF those powers The power OF the law
gyer is ordained OF God, but II Is power OF right,
not wrong. The power Of the magistracyis ordain-
ed Of Cod but for good, not evil FOR righteousness,
not unrightsousness; and the moment II commands
unrishteousness II IL turned from being Gods /
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