The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-21
NO. 20.

and laws of this country are our Cesar, and on NJ
rests the solemn duty of obedience.
In the 7th verse of the 18th chapter Of Ro-
mans, we have this injunction "Render thers.
fore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute
is due; custom to whom curtom fear to whom
fear; honor to whom honor" This is the du-
ty of the American citizen. The performance
Of this duty is one of the methods by which
we are to keep together these States in one
magnificent brotherhood, an object Of uniser-
sal admiration.
In thi, Bible, our guide toward the practical
duties of life, without the performance Of
which we cannot be good citizens, we have al
so presented to us the duty of husband and
wife. l need not detain You by referring to
the passage of Scripture; you will find them
In Ephesians chap, XXvIv., and CollOsians
III, xviii, xix, and FIRST Peter the third chap
ter. The husband is enjoined to treat with
Difference and honor the woman of his choice.
If he fails to do this, he is recreant to every
principle of manly honor but he is no viler,
after all, than that perjured judge, or perjured
lawyer, or perjured magistrate, or periured
adopted citizen, who will assist In the violation
of the Constitution and the laws of the country.
We have also distinctly pointed out the rela-
tive duties of parents and children. regret
that my time does not allow me to dwell on
these points. The duty of the child to obey
the parent is stated in the most absolute terms
"Children obey your parents in the Lord for
this is right" Rph. vi, l. Parents are COM
manded to bring up their children sin the ma
ture and admonition of the Lord" The par
ent that is guided by this Bible will teach his
child fidelity to his country, fidelity to tho
Constitution and the laws. The Christian par
ent will teach his child to respect the magis-
tracy, not to abuse nor Yillify them. Why,
you may see little urchins, eight or ten years
of age, running about your rstrcets-oftentimes
in rags and dlth, at other times clad in the ha-
biliments of gentlemen's sons-reviling your
President, denouncing your Governors, and
ridiculing your laws. Has such child been
brought up sin the nature and admonition of
the Lord 7" has he been trained in accordance
with the principles Of this gospel? No. But
if our institutions are to be kept from peril,
the parent or the guardian, the father and the
mother must instruct their children in the
principles of the Bible-honor, integrity, pat
riotism-love of country and love of the race.
Do not set your children an evil example; do
not infame them with passion, and darken
their minds with prejudice do not bring them
up to hate their fellows; but subject them to
the blessed influence of this gospel.
It is only necessary that We follow the In
structions of the Bible. As believe in the
existence of God, believe that this book
er natons-I believe that this open, free un-
trammelled Bible is, as ! have said, the sheet
anchor of my blessed country. have no 9TH
er panacea to present.
Again, we have the duties of master and
servant clearly set forth. Servants be obedi-
ent to them that are your masters according to-
the flesh with fear and trembling, in singleaess
of your heart, as unto Christ not with eye
service, as men pleasers, but as the servants Of
Christ, doing the will of God from the heart s.
with good will doing service as to the LoIt,
and not to men knowing that whatsoever
good thing any man doeth, the same shall he
free And ye masters, do the same unto them
forbearing threatening; knowing that your
Master also is in Heaven neither is there re-
spect of persons with Him."
This is the teaching of the Holy Ghost, re-
member There is NO State in this nationp
there is no town in this nation, there is no
township in this nation, where would not
stand up as God Almighty's minister, and
preach these doctrines of His Gospel, whether
men would hear or forbear. w0ald preach
the duties of the master, just as I would those
of the parent, or the husband, the wife
would say, "Sr you are bound by the God
who made you to treat that servant kindly and
honorably and provide faithfully for his needs"
The master is bound by the very same Gospel
that binds the servant.
do not go into the question as to. the legal
ity, the moral right, the religious right of these
relations. I say these things are here these
things existed in the days of Jesus Christ
Whatever is wrong, this Gospel will correct
If we cary out its great doctrines we shall
have peace.
Are we all eonscientiously impressed with
this sacred obligation to obey the Constitution
and the laws? We must remember that if we
disregard this obligation, we become guilty be-
fore God and man. If any citizen directly or
indirectly violates the Constitution and the
laws, whether by his own act or by abetting
others, he is in such proportion destroying his
title to good citizenship, and he is periured
man. What man in this House to-day, what
man belonging to these United States, (and
may the time never come when any mortal on
the footstool Of God Almighty shall be able to
say anything else than these United States, D.
what man in this Nation, whether he be ma
tive or adopted citizon, is willing to see this
Union dissolved? You may say there is no dan
danger. 1 tell you, my brethren, there dan
ger, unless our people come up to the great
duty of obeying God of rendering to Cesar
the things that are Cesar's"-unless our pull
pits cease their clamor against the Constitutien
and the laws-unless Il 9 ministers of God re-
gard their obligations and teach the people
their duty of fidelity to Caesar and fidelity to
God-unless men cease preaching from the al
tar that it is better to put into mans hand o
rife, a death weapon, rather than a mothers
Bible-unless we cease the agitation and abuse
that arrays State against State-unless VIC
abandon all sectionalism, and resolve that we
will adhere to the Constitution and the laws.
that Constitution and those laws,
when necessary, by legitimate and orderly
methods. IF we move on in this way, our Re-
public will remain. IF there is any man who
would wish to see this nation severed, who
would tear into fragments that banner of stripes
and stars, and pluck the feathers from the
proud eagle of my country, let him fall crush
ed and mangled before gasing, and laughing,
a blaspheming world of crowns and despotio
seeptres. I say to-day, before the Eternal I
am, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, (and if