Smyrna times., 1860-12-13

sdleS Ol israeli threaten 10 uespOlI us VI ouI
National treasures! Are hosts Of invading
armies arrayed against US, and about to plum
der the land! Far from it. Every Nation Of
the earth owes US good will aud amicable in
tercOurse. The flag of our Country is unsul-
lied by the dust and smoke of recent conflicts,
and the sword of America sleeps in its scab-
bard. Whence this trouble IL has its origin
an jealousy. 1t is this "green eyed monster
which doth mock the meat 1t feeds on" that
has crept into this family of States and stirs up
secret hate. 1t is jealousy of POWer, the very
rock upon which The Republics OF the ancient
world were wrecked. One section of this
great Union rises in angry remoRstrance
! against the other, because it is temporarily de-
| prlved of that power which It has had from the
beginning. 1t cannot part with it without a
struggle. 1t is hard for that branch of the Ma
tiona family, whuse voice has so long
trolled our domestic and foreign policy, to see
its sister States committing the authority and
adminstra ton Of the highest executive office
to one who represents the other branch. 1t is
with States as with individuals They part
with their power reluctantly. Great crosperi-
ty is a temptation which it is more difficult to
resist than adversely. And people who, like
ours, have so rapidly acquired all Its elements,
are IN need of that torbearance and patience OF
/ temporary defeat which accompany more
moderate growth. 1t is undoubtedly one
source of our present troubles. The conflict
ing parties which have contested the field
! have almost maddened each other to crime
Jealousy is ton proud to acquesce in the law
/ tul but bitter triumph of its opponent, and,
rather than obey, it now defes and murmurs
rebellion against the will of constitutional
majority.
3. Another source of trouble is secticnG' IA
nnttciSm. Fanatieism is zeal without knowl-
edge" FanaIcsm is blind except to one oh
ject, and it pursues that at the sacrifice of
others even as sacred as religion and liberty
themselves. Fanaticism in one part of the
Union is as fatal to our peace and prosperity as
jealousy can be in the other. They are both
like cancers in the body. and unless they are
cut out and cast away, will eat into the vitals
and strength of the entire system. Alas, that
this unholy spirit should have so much govern
ed the bearing of one section of the Conteder-
Gcy towards the other! Alas. that religion
itself should have been invoked TO support irre-
ligion And that the Bible, upon which was
laid the oath OF fealty to the laws and the gov
ernment, should be the weapon in the hands OF
tanaticism TO destroy and overthrow them =
1t is this ntolerant spirit of fanaticlsm which is
roaming the land like a licensed berti1e, and
trampling beneath its ruthless feet the sacred
symbols of our liberty. With its creed 10 one
hand and it's sword in the other, it's motto is
not, LIber y or DEATH" but " Submission or
determination" With this bloody banner il
is rallyng to it's cause the dangerous subjects
. OF it's power. II is marching into the line o
t it's aggressive army men Of all names and
classes, who are dsluded by sophislry or poi
soned by prejudice. 1t is sunderng the ties o
ecclesiastical union, and denying to brethren
! in ord ha Of Oa FdO
! blood, and The very tender consolation Of the
{ blessed co 1mUnion. Such an element as thu
in any nation, must always produce fearful ha
! voc and confusion, as the history ofEurepe ties
titles, and as the experience OF the last twenty
years has proved in this favored land. No agt
, or people can hope TO be entirely free from it
n yet when, as in our midst, it numbers among
e its allies names of influence, men of intellec
and talent to sway the masses, it may Justly b.
f counted one Of our troubles 1t would wad
a through seas Of blood TO attain it's ends. t
8 destroy one evil, il would sacrifice any good
|. a nd for the sake of few, it would ruin th
n many. To pull a mote out of a brothers eye
q in its cruel zeal it would destroy the power
d vision-whIe all the time it has beam in il
l. own eye. What a selfdece spirit is tina
z of fanaticism! Intolerant, and yet preachin
;, charity-persecuiing 10 death, and yet profet
II sing to be the friend of Liberty md the chan
g pion of Truth. Surely, brethren, this is a yer
j. grievous National trouble
j, 4. Let US notice another-a corrupt publ
ID conscience. Perhaps this is the most fr ghtf.
ID cause of our present trials. The Nations
,r conscience, as represented by its offic al SER
? ants, is very corrupt. The treasure of the pe
IS pie has become a spoil for avarice and brit
to successful vilainy. Justice is 81 dear thu
n- few can ever hope 10 buy it, and honesty is
a cheap that, like a commodity for which there
lie no demand, it has few patrons. Pledge
III sanctioned by the most solemn vows have bet
e. dsreRarded, and National covenants up,
vii which the benedicton of dying patriots W
en- invoked. dishonored and annulled. Laws a
On made merely. it seems, to give que,us to m
se mentary alarms, and not to be practically a
III. fairly administered for the protection of pub
lal right. The rash patronage of the GoVsrnme
lin has been basely perverted to private emo
ice ment, at the sacrifice of the general veal, a
,us the halls Of Congress, instead of being te
he pie Of Justice and Truth. have been desecrat
ng by punderers of the peoples treasure. I
its solemn obligation of compromises and treat
"a is disregarded, and the people have lost ia
in, in their institutions. But il is net the insti
II tions which are at fault. They are founded
om the highest wisdom. They are the perfect
eds of political science. The sin lies at the d
'r&- oil the puDlle conscience nc laws arc
not administered in the spirit of their framers. ]
red Constitution is not reVerenced as the charte
orm our rights To-day we should humble c
this selves, as a Nation, and confess our unwor
has ness Of this great trust committed to us
its Providence. Let the language Of repenta
in. be upon our lips, I" For our transgressons
are multiplied before Thee, and our sins tes
pro- against us; for our transgressions are with
pon and as for our infirmiiies we know them.
The transgressing and lying against the Lord.
ting departing away from our God, speaking
" is preston and revolt, couceiving and ute
ding from the heart words OF talsehood. AND j
anks ment is turned away backward, and jus
,arts standeth afar off; for truth is fallen into
lere, street, and equity cannot enter" Oh!
a the truly is this our condition to-day, "Jn'
de. eth afar off, for truth is fallen into
upon street, and equity ctnnot enter"
are s. Another trouble which oppresses our