The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-03
s'The American Chf1stlAn Citizen and
Aasisssss As his U6faes W. anNA es'ssst
Address BY A10n. Thee CoRvgln.
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0aowlHG sAr ON DIVINE RIeH1s. II
Hon. Thomas Corwia addressed, on Tues
day evening . tull audience ct Washington
Hall, Lebanon, Warren county, O., upon the
topic named in the title hereof We present
q complete report Of his speech. He said ::
Ladies aud Geakemca :---I suppose that
no one will dispute, that ct my time Of life,
ifa man could possibly have been nsan0fac.
tured into very impsrtinent fellow, BY the
education which have received, L might be
particular. l don't think, in my whole ca
reer, have been driven to give more sig-
nal instance Of it than tonight when /
appear before you to inaugurate course Of
lectures intended for the purpose disclosed.
ITO decorate Congre1 1ational Church.
There have been 30 many means resorted
to for the purpose Of instruCting mankind,
and at the same time to amuse them, that it
10 quito Impossible to say if this oflecturing
to the world will be Of lasting duration Or mot
From the beginning of ftime, men have soaght
in various ways, to find out Whist they call
human knowledge. and that wisdom - they
call it, which is human knowledge, has come
to us from such a variety Of ofsources, and
through SO many different channels, that the
world has mover been agreed upon what
knowledge and wisdom really is. If one
were to take the jarring opinions and con-
Aicting sentiments Of mankind upon this, as
upon other subjects, and be permitted 70 so
into the mighty Bable Of notions and select
for himself, doubt not, st least, the fastid-
ious tastes Of my fair country women, would
be perplexed TO know which one Of the pro-
posed diamonds or jewels they would choose
for themselves, the truth being the whole
mighty mass 10 nothing else but rubbish.
lmake this statement only by way Of Civ
ing some application and force to the partic.
ular text which you may have seen announ-
ced, as the subject Of my sermon 70 night
"the American Christian citizen and his
duties" ~ , 49,, asi 81
a- DUTIES ARE VARIOUS.
The duties that belong to man, in his re.
lati0ns to this world are just 40 various as
are tho social opinions, or political organiza-
tions, or religious sentiments, of that part OF
the werld that may be pointed to in this par
ticular 1t is on that account that have
chosen to speak Of one of the duties, comrre.
hending pretty large class Of miner Offices,
which men include under the duty Of an
"Amcrican Christian citizen"
You can scarcely name this word duty"
without referring it to some obligation, or
law which imposes an obligation. The two
are SO connected that on aproper phiiosophl-
cal analysis of the meaning OF either word,
they both come together, before you deter>
mine the different duties which arise from
the very nature of things which untaught us
or untatored by the revelation Of schools are
easily understood, and are almost always
practically performed. But duties which
arise where there are laws, organizations and
religions, depend upon these organizations
| or laws or religions, whatsoever they may
- 70 VALUE RECEIVED
Now, dare say that most of you suppose
| this subject Of mine is so stale, 80 common
place, that it is really not worth the discus
sion or else, that it is very impuden
thing, in .'sir. Thomas Corwin," to have So
lected subject so common to the minds o
all that evosy body must have understood tn,
duties of AN American Christian citizen.
know that when you 60 to a lecture you CT
pecs to purchase an idea, brought out, WORKED
out and exquisitely turned, with ell the en-
belishments OF rhetoric, worth quarter
a dollar, otherwise the investment has failed
Now, il should present this old idea to you
minds in way that might give it somewha
off new and encouraging aspect, then VII
esteem myself as having fully given to yo
the consideration which you expected, whe
YOU invested these twenty-five cents. woul
not wish to be Justly accused of practicing
fraud ON my fellow citizens, and l shall q
my best to give you the worth ofyour none
have 30 prepared sentences, no fnishe
composition, no regularly turned method
thought or assertion, but come to you wit
the material, which in the hands ola workma
; mig ht he 1nada into n building, and it ca
give, yor the brick aud mortar, lhope 1t WI
! contribute somewhat to the building mp OF
. church,, which, /; think. very much wan
wants members at this time, as well as tt
church for the building Of which this cours
oflccttres has been instituted.
) Ash have said, when you mention Il
word duty, you necessarily imply obligatlo
and YOU 60 back to the source of that obi
: CATION. The lawgivers Of the world, tn
!, have given to mankind the duties to vshi
: nav subject pal ticularly refers, have prcpos
k such variety in its history that the subje
}. becomes full Of detail r
- THE PRIESTS GAVE Law z5o4i
In the early stages Of mans history on I!
earth. a. far as his recorded history has ma
u il known ~ ALL what is called the priesthood
y the people we're their law givers. Now the
dlnary mind would 1T once come to the concl
's sion that that was . mistake that the war;
X class would impose Law upon The people. !
fact is otherwise; but it is equally true 10 reg'
:. 10 this power, the priesthood. iR the ea
s,tos ha RnriE
eh priest and the warrior were combined IN
he same person. Moses was both; Mahomet '
Of both; loroaster was both, and beyond dou
- he that founded the tirst religion ip prot'
y l.istory, that we knox of--the Hindoo, vas p
nsiest aud y warrior. sJ'r5. 9
=, First, that, you will And the priest giving
To his ton, kingdom, race, tribe Or peO
uS The reason ot that ia to be enquifed into
At once. You woxder at il! II results from
his fact which has been mad" p. ..,parent, and
,e- clare" natural tulh-a philosophical tr
| which nobody ought 10 deny, that one ma
Ant geucral, is quite as good as another, and !
lies tha; il follows that no man In the beglnnln
lie The organization Of government would obey
law tiysn 10 him by man just like himsel
0l They two. being equal, there was no rel
to xhy one should give Law to the other. A .
rho man unaided by divine inspiration could
ery have produced obedience 10 the worio,
the warrior class took possession Of nanll
and enforced is. ..s...5 .s,,.
per BIT that would not do. As soon as so
'uo EN-, rged from tie patfiarchal condition, 7
came necessary to impose duty upon the
'ere yer class Of the people. Nov, how - o.
ths en;a to De enforced, for, from the very
op- ein,irg, anarchy was the great evil that q
ed society, aid which was to be avoidedy
= And, then, il you go back, many old ii
is teachers Of philosophy, which you can tfe
We Great Britain itself, 20 We are told oy
tons Gear, who supposes that this religion and
had passed over the RomaDic provinces
Great Britain, for there he found she iA'
otah the Druids, which would bear comparison
pl. the old Hiudoo 5ites, or were found 70 be
-. like them. These lava revealed from ~
'u's THAT was The belief Of the people, otherw
one obedience would ever have been yield
shells them)-.hese laws. supposed to have come
some supernatural source to the proph
nriest. which vas the same thing, came vi
Con- iies tons superior 70 anything that belonl
- Humanity, and then, vbst " cali the suaI
'puo> tl5a OF man laid hold Of bic conscience
. the enforced cbediDce. Pass, if yen like,
i. records which give us the Hindoo religion
!, will fnd there. that while that system Of