The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-03

= a oelisafaon upon s9stp y ~ W., 0s1'p1aS 'rpA
oca SOCIAL coxracr. = II
Now ii this obligation was inpsasd ~
mere man who had poMof 70 eontrol yopf
obedience, i don'tsay there would be mpfaR /
obligation 70 obey that law. But ved hass
found that we cant have king We d0rk
like him; We must establish system OF mpri
als in government for oufselvca HOW sneil
We do it7 Here are three Of ns--whO shah
give the Ian to the thres We have
agreed that the majority, - the safest H1iss
shall give the law 20 themselves ana sne MIMI
Gritty also. That is our social compact ap4
there ever was : system 10 politics that g.
served the name Of a compact ~ have M-
thus shall the constitution b, - shall ne |
the +laws be. but how thenf You ahave
agreed that the Constitution shall be the of.
ganic law; you have agreed TO that sig1eA |
to it. q majority Of all the people OF tle
United States, have done that in regard 20 |
the Constitution Of all the Stafea Nov i
government is necessity, we have TO come
to the conclusion that as it promotes the I
that We should have government, aud wehAve |
said: by appealing TO tho God Of Battles that |
we do believe that man should make law for |
himself, BY the ordinance Of God.
OUR LAWS HAVE DIVINE AUTHORITY.
Thus We have the divine authority TO
make law for ourselves Are you then under |
any moral obligation 70 obey the laws when
they are nader
say you ara say that every clergyman
10 under that obligation. Every man, every |
woman and every child, after he comss
to years Of accountability, has imposed apon |
them moral Obligation. the discharge Of
which will b. accounted as an acceptable
service at that great tribunal, where we must
ell stand after our ignorancc has gone, and
we stand in the sun light Of eternity. How
the pardoning power may be exercised when
poor ignorent man stands np,saying Is was
conscience that taught hun it Was right 70
disobey law, l have no knowledge
Thus you will see that 10 the nature Of
compact which We have entered into, we
either violate our compact or comply with
its provisions 3
But what h man 70 do when We differ
about the law We hass made . compact
on that subject We have declared that men
shall be elected by ourselves to determine il,
it shall be final with US Judges are to decide
if the Law 10 in conflict with the organic law;
and We are then to obey a4sufa
But what when the Judge has determined
that this 10 law, and out Of that law arises
duty, who shall enforce iii We have made
bargain as to that We have said that the
man called tho Governor, and the man called
President, shall take the army and navy, and
if these are incompetent, shall take the whole
militia force Of the whole United States, and
shoot and destroy and kill every man in
America, until that judgment is enforced.
That is what We have bargalned to do-what
we have contracted to do. When government
is necessity, and when this other necessity
comes through the voting Of the majority
hold there is just ~ strong moral obligation
in the citizen to obey this Judgment, when
pronounced, as there ID q moral obligation,
admitted on all hands, by all christian peo-
| pie, arising out Of the positive commands in
| the decalogue, not 70 do those things forbid
den there. There IL no enlightened Chris
tian man. he will put those faculties where
withal God has endowed him, to work as .
rational man should, but will come to this
conclusion.
| PLEASANT ALTERNATIVES. @
But what then? A gentleman rises up
from prayer, and says that . law is very
wrong-that it commando wicked thing, he
cannot obey it. There are two alternatives
for such man-exile and the grave. either
one Of them is very unpleasant to weak
mortality, bat he will have little time for
probation, if he pleases, in this way. Let him
20 to work, and show his fellow men that it
is wrong, and have that law repealed or the
Constitution amended 1.-THE law is contrary
to his knowledge of the law, Of God, or be-
lief in it, what is he to dol Can he oyerturn
the Government Ifhe can it is proner. He
should do it. But as there il no necessity
for that, and it is easier to convince men tina.
it is wrong. that he may do for time, and il
he cannot do that it is his duty to leave the
country where the law ommands obedience
and the law Of God dissobedience Or it il
, his duty to die martyr, but let him no
: complain Of it; hence il IL the necessary
! consequence Of what he docs with his eye
open.
JOHN BRowN's CASE CONSIDERED.
} Now am brought to the consideration Of
particular merit or TWO in our hstsry, in vhicl
think great mistakes peyyadss the country.
A poor man by the name of John Brown ha
gone 70 Harper's Ferry, in Virginia. Johl
Brown said, or would have said TO the few ne
, groes the e, II have somc thousand o. iiteeI
.. hundred. believe, Of pixies with iron or stes
: At the cad Of them about that long "a foot J an
these things will kill man. e1persiy. easily 90
= quick; with these pixies ! wish yoa TO kill a
0 many white men 40 come in your way, and ru
with me- These men we're slaves to whor
these pixies were tendered-nsgTc slaves by ih
q law OF Virginia. They we're slaves by Ia
b with which yaN and have no more 10 do tha
: with the laws OF the Hindoes, or Of France
d That 10 our compact. Virginia mus. not com
e mere with pixies, nor any sVirginan must M
! come into the State of Ohio with pixies. 70 u
i the teachers Of our schools, because they dor
4 like common schools. Il 10 our liking, aad sh
~ l t,ho hsv r.. VI
. !. must tell them 'go hsu.s 70 your negroes. "
= will have wa.IeA imported from Vermont
!, teach our little children, and if ysu come he
- with pikes TO kill these women becaG.e yon d
" Ike our system, We sill hang yon." There
~ the compact, and .asncs arises the moral OBJ
o, CATION net to violate the compact.
- WALKERS CASE LOCKED AT,
be Wslker-G -Generai Walker biar-<yed Walk
bright blue-eyed WAiksr--the man Of destir
gathers tossther set Of vagabonds. rs We 9
~ them, men very iuperfectiy clothed. singula
ii II rubicund abou. the nose aud hlssered about
~ lips, with strong taste OF Borboun whisky .
81 3: an ardent love at hberty,--he gathers his pc
~ ple together treminding Us Of David, who COZ
no only get men 10 t0liOW him that were in d,
lb- and could not tayh but these fellows are gr
to friends Of liberty. B'0e-ayed Walker says,
ere will 90 to Nicaragua and let in the sun light
)ne liberty upon these poor people, black, bro
CD, Spanish brown and deep blue. Of sll complex
ris. Of the rAinbow." Blue-eysd Walker - unhap
eat These people want liberty. 4ad hs gathers 'h
/ of r-d nosed men togesher and they 60 abroad
hat Nicaragua, and hlne>eyed Walker says: IL
inn come, the millenium is on, the way. The An
~. -" il on the sky The Nicaraguan says, ~ d
' nOi ace the aurora, }" biue>sye q Walker says -
49, shoot the brains on. Of y6a il yoa can't SOC
.,a' Ever s.ncs The days OF Hugh Gro.ius, it
tl'is been The moral lAw Of nations that oae No
un' shall not interfere with another. Grotius
writer that il neglected BY our Law atudt
nowsA-daysi they prefer Nilcoz's Forms.
For Swans Duty Ol Administrators. 10 the sea
ne OF a Man who was not only jurist, but .
non, torian, : poet aud profound philosophers,
pur. one who worked out in his brain. that IL -
ay q true moral obligation Of nations. enc TO -
lnrv er, a. il Was the snly OF one man TO anothe
,.vs let alunr the family concerns Of lis neig
80 until they concernei him.
LII Dlae eyed Walker has not regarded Grs
,n" He sends people to the grave instead
On, : school, that being his way Of educating q
you boring hole through their brain 70 les Y
ns,e. Light