The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-10-29


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cause Of the country, without the good
hand of God, directing and sustaining us,
our strength viii be ,eeolncss and our Wis
dom folly.
4. One thing, therefore, that we are re-
quired to render TO him, is, a heartfelt coR-
fesN'on N oHr national siRs.
s. may We reasonably hope that he
viii remove his judgments from Us, aud
come and bless US.
The sin Of national pride and rdatty Is
one that we ought to confess.
We haze, aR Of us. had more or less Of
The spirit Of him who said. boaslingly, Is
not his great Babylon that have built,
fa the honor Of ny majesty regardless
d tie fact that the Most High ruleth in
the kingdom Of men, and appointeth over
/ it whomeoeyer he giH." Every Fourth
Of July, for many years, has borne Wit
ness TO the fact that as a people, we have
/ been given 10 a rdiagiorious bodstiAg Of
atii excellent institutions and our superior
advantages little inclined TO render
thank giving and praise TO God, for his
Kindness and mercy in giving US so goodly
lteSitagc.
Naen We are properly renowned for
( onss aiioiaol sreetneec end goodnSas. thon
HE lofty looks Of man viii be brought
< low and the Lord alone exalted Great
men will be regarded MS nothing more
7 than his unworthy Serrants, as both Moses
and Cyrus were, in what they did for his
ancient people.
/ Selfish ambition Is another Of our sins,
for which il becomes US to render unto
God confession.
\ a groveling desire for Office, honor and
power, has appeared almost everywhere,
from the place Of the town lence-vicwer 10
that of the President Of the nation. The
nature OF our Institutions encourages q
lRudable ambition in all classes Of men, by
lisregarding all hereditary distinctions
aud proiesscdly bcstowitg patronage ac-
cording to personal merit The result
has been q general scramble for promo
ton. by the use of almost any means
adapted to secure the end; SO that pollt-
ical CORRUPTION has become otormihgty
prevalent in high places as well as low.
The President has been constantly and
shamefully pressed, ever since his elec-
ton. with The claims Of those who are anx-
ious for an honorable place NJ the pa6ttc
crib, and think they ought 70 be thus ex-
alted because they have spent so much
time hliiay hes in an earnest, eloquent
and persuasive manner SO was il also
four years, eight years, and twelve years
ago.
We ought to be perfectly willing, every
one Of us, to live and die in porerty and
obScarity, if we might thus do as much as
possible for the glory OF God and the wei
fare Of the human family. Are we
Washington was wiling other Generals
should have the honor that he knew be-
longed to himself, If his country might be
saved thereby. Q that we had more such
Generals and Statesmen now, when the
times peculiarly demand them. Let US
plead with God that he will graciously
forgive us for having SO few of them, and
for having done so little 10 secure them.
Another sin that We ought TO confess,
is, perjury.
How few Of or public functionaries
seem TO have any realizing sense of the
sacredness of the oaths they have as
sumed.
From the young man who takes the
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Courts Of Justice, all along up TO the Pres
idenl's Cabinet Counsellors, there has been
strange triAing with the dreadful thought
Of s,realng falsely. This sin has culmin-
ated in the fact now revealed, that some
OF the first officers employed in the man
agement Of our affairs have been plotting
treason and the ruin Of the Government
while most sacredly obligated by their
oaths to exert all their influence for its
protection and preservation
Another sin for which we should rem
der confession unto God, is drartce.
Have we not become an dvarfciouS ma.
doa Have we not been IA haste to gel
rich? Dare we say that we have not been
making money our great idol God Prob
ably there has never been so rapid and
extensive an accumulation Of property as
with US, in all the history Of nations; and
when riches have increased we have set
our hearts upon them, contrary TO God :
command Men possessing large Farms
and money at interest, have become close
fsted,-almost regardless Of the loudesi
calls Of Christian charity, and very anx-
ous indeed, lest they may come TO want
very soon while the millionaire has come
to feel that he has nothing TO spare-thai
be has but "jaa enough to carry him
through safely" i may be presumed
that there never was people so earnestly
desirous OF being I" well 70 do, " indepon-
IDENTIFY rich, as our own.
While the world has been furnishing for
the bread of lite. We have been boarding
ap the means Of sending il 70 them, and y
preparing the way FOR tie roin Of our ma
lion, as well as our children. Anxiety
for mare money Is the very mdia-spring o.
this SHAREHOLDERS rebellion, with which We
are now oblivpa rs rrapule.