Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-14

P,lopins il Is backed like a Weasel.
Hamlet- Or like whale.
Polonius-Very like whale.
'Tis the serious history Of most inter.
views. Having begun 10 comply with
any error, we must fool it to the top
OF its bent. The smooth Yes does perhaps
put warm hand in yours; but once there
it will not be so hard to shake it off: you
must follow its behests. How many souls
are this day following some timid Yes into
a long train Of falsehoods and unmanly
associations under which they inwardly
groan Discord, indeed i--there is no dis
cord like that of soul rising in fierce
wrath against the man in America who, from
being its friend has become its Tailor. The
only fatal disunion will be the dsunion of
justice and liberty from this nation which
they alone called into existence. All other
division is for grander Union. All other
diseolds are but the Temporary tuning Of the
intruments for the higher movements of the
Symphony. Hark, how sweet and clear
the conforming word rings and echoes
through times spacious hallsl The No of
Daniel to the impous laws of his land, as
he enter the lions den the No of John for
which he sits alone on Patmos; the No of
Socrates drinking the hemlock che No of
Luther to Rome, of Servetus in the flames
10 Calvin, OF Sydney, of Washington to
Oppression; what beautiful chimes are these
once. discordant denials
There came youth to ancient Judea; he
was without patronage, or wealth, or place
he claimed the obedience of the world.
end the world bowed before the peasant
His potcer was that he could say No and
stand by it. To evil and temptation within
and without he said IL, and steadfastly
adhered to what he said. There in the wilder
ness where the kingdoms of the world
tempted him to devote his high powers to
seeking them, he said No. when the Jews
would win him to be their political champion
against Rome, he said No; when the Ganda.
renes besought him to depart from their
coasts, he said No; when his disciples begged
him not to venture to Jerusalem, he said No;
to all bigotry, wrong, error He uttered and
lived the whitening No; and though therefor
He was nailed to the cross, His very cross be-
came alive, and to-day stands forth inspiring
and invoking millions of hearts to rise up
and utter the everlasting No which Christ
evermore shall utter to all that is false and
wrong. Oh, if that holy one stood in our
streets to day, what would He say to some
things that are taught among us as Chris.
tianity-to the peace and Cancellation taught
as Christian, while they surrender the eter-
nal principles for which He lived and died
My friends, He was not ungentle, as you
know His voice oftener drew tears than irri-
tated; His heart was sensitive to all sweet
and pure emotions, TO the sorrows of the sis
tiers for whose brother He wept TO the peni.
tence of the sinful; but He never failed
to speak the stern word when that alone
could save. He would not lay aside the
friendly probe because it panied the wound
1t healed. And Jesus never was more loving
end faithful than when he said, I" tell you
No; but except ye repent ye shall perish p
Brother, canst thou say the word?
When injustice claims sanction, and the
yes goes tripping round from tongue to tom
que, can you arrest it and nail it before all2
When the weak cry for help, and are an
swered with mockery, can you touch your
lips with that word as with live coal from
the altar of God When vice In fair Ruise
solicits decorous reception in society, can
you utter the bold word that tears off masks?
Remember that it is only thus you can de-
liver your own soul. The wrong you can
not rebuke is fastened upon you; If you can
not bear witness against slavery you also are
slave. .1 -
While implore you in the emergency
which is increasing upon US all, to commit
yourself decisively and at once to the abso-
lutte right, will warn you that it is to be-
come harder and harder to stand firm. The
increasing power of good is always accom-
panied by an increasing power of evil. Every
earnest heart must feel that human liberty
is the Messiah of to-day, and its cross the
cross of Christ laid upon our shoulders.
And heavier, heavier it will become the
garden of Gethsemane with the CUP of
crowned with death. Hear the old legend of
st. Christopher, who was first named Apro-
bus. On the shore of q swollen river he sat
on dark night; and a child came to
him saying, Garry me across" Aprobus
girded his huge limbs for this his accustomed
toll. But as he went on the stream got
deeper and deeper, the night darker; and
as he pressed yet further onward the little
child upon his shoulders grew heavier and
heavier, until it felt like giant and Apro.
bus staggered under the weight, and fall
tered in the stream.
"who srt thou?" cried he, wild,
Struggling In the middle of the ford:
boy, as thou lookest it seems t. me
Garry me-" said the child
No more Aprobus swerved; on, on he
toiled until he tainted on the shore beyond.
When his eyes opened again, it was on the
radiant face of Christ himself; thenceforth
he was named Christopher-the Christ
bearer. And thou, brother, where thou
fndest the as yet weak cause of Truth and
Humanity, take ii bravely on thy shoulder
and bear it with thee into the ever swelling
food of life. Poor and despised may be he
whose cause thou must bear; swollen and deep
the torrent through which thou must bear
him. Heavier and heavier the cause shall
become. Yes, for in bearing the least one of
the brothers of Christ, you bear Christ him
self it is humanity itself, with all its sor-
rows and its destinies you are bearing.
When you would falter before the opposing
torrent, and the world invites you to lay
down the burthen, thou shalt say No: bear onl
bearonl And when through the deep waters
thou shalt pass, and sink on the shore be.
yond, by thee glorious and radiant, shall stand
the holy truth thou hast bornG which saving
thou hast saved thyself and all entrusted to
thee.
The POpe's Protest Against the Assump.
iIOn of Victor Emmanueps Title.
The following is the text of the protest
dated Rome, April Is. which the Pope lately