Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-12-14

throughout that fleet .discerned the heart.
stirring inscription, "England expects
every man to do his duty!"
| In like manner has the Almighty, as it
were, run up to the masthead Of our grea!
ship Of stale, the broad pennant of his
authority; and as it streams across the
commonwealth, it discloses on either sur
face the emphatic signal, "God expects
every American to do his dutyP'
We may not, it is true, with the natural
organs of visions, trace out the characters
of this solicitation floating above us; but
diseased, indeed, must be that perception
which fails TO read them in the circum-
stances of our past career, and i'll the evil
dences accumulatlng on every side, that
the world is looking TO us for example, for
sympathy, aud for, support-that the
lstruggliug millions of earth are peering
across the misty waters of tyranny and
priestcraft, for our stout bark to appear
aud pilot them into tha. smooth sea where
freedom to worship God shall be uniyer-
Esal-where it shall be perpetual and undis-
turbedl
| What future is ours, if we remain true
to the trust onr forefathels, by the good
ness of God, were enabled to bequeath to
usl There are, indeed, as we have seen,
foulest stains upon the escutcheon of this
Republic, and so there are spots upon the
disc of yon orb of day; but that disc is
not all darkness-it is a glorious and efful-
gent orb still! Neither is this great peo-
pie blotched all over with the plague
spots of crime! And the plague-spots
that exist may be removed, for there yet
abides an inherent power to wipe away the
| pollutions that are our shame, and to sur
round us with an unbalanced halo of vir-
tue and true glory! But will this desira-
BILE result be accomplished? God alone
knows! Even now, in our political frma-
ment, an ominous cloud is gathering, and
from out Of it are heard faint but porten-
tous mutterings Will that cloud break
and disappear ere it widens up to the ze-
NTH; or win it overspread the heavens,
black and lowering, and from its store
houses ofdestruction, discharge the vepge-
full bolts that are to shiyer into fragments
this great confede racy? Averted such
catastrophe certainly can be--and ayerted
it will De, if the sohole people resolve "tc
love mercy" not merely by profession
but by carrying out the principles mercy
demands, and learn to do justly; fol
righteousness exalteth nation" beth il
! the estimation of mankind and in the sigh
of God; while sin is not only reproach tc
any people, but, in time, if persisted in, i
will become the serpent that shall enfold
and crush them in his fatal coils But
whatever faults or injustice may attach tc
whatever signs of evil may be appa'
rent, we cannot but be sensible, that a
present We occupy an elevated position
among the governments Of earth. Let us
then. with entire unanimity, render pean
of thanksgiving to the Supreme Ruler O.
the Universe! Let us heartily praise God
now, in this, his sanctuary; and as we g
forth to our homes. let us praise him IN
der the armament of his power! "Let u
praise him for his mighty acts; let us prais
him for his excellent greatness. "Fo
lie hath not dealt SO with any nationH'-
Let US, therefore, while we live, praise th
Lord; yea, while we have any being, le
Us sing praises unto our God!'