The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-07-26

and participating IN the fruits OF the Union'
may at its pleasure, and by its own act, Sc
cepe. to be consistent, should that nation
may at pleasure withdraw from its treaty
obligations without previous provision or
consent Of the other side: that one who has
conveyed an estate and received the consider
alton. may resume it when it suits his neces-
sity or convenience, that the husband or wife
may repudate the marriage obligation with
out detriment, or disregard ofmarital faith,
and in short, that covenant made by two
parties, and in which both are interested may
be cancelled by one.
The right thus to secede must rest upon q
political free love. where States unequally
united, may on discovering their true afiini-
ties, dissolve the first condition and become
sealed in confederate wedlock to their chosen
companions during pleasure, and the authors
Of the discovery should go down to posterity
Us the Brigham Youngs of modern confede-
racies.
Most events Of modern times find their
parallel in early history, and this attempt to
oxtemporize government upon the elements
Of political disquietude, so that, like sets Of
dollar jewelry, every person can have ono Of
his own, does not form an exceptional case.
When David swayed the scepter Of Judea,
the comely Absalom, bright star Of the
morning, whose moral was ob-curcd by his
intellectual light, finding such amusemepts
az the staying Of his brother and burning the
barley-felds Of JOab too tame for his ambi-
tion, conceived the patriotic idea Of driving
his father from the throne, Of usurping the
regal authority and relieving the people un-
asked from the expressions under which he
had discovered they were groaning. Like
modern demagogues he commenced with dis
affection. advised all who came with com.
plants that, from royal inattention, no one
was deputed to hear them, and in greeting
those who passed the King gate with kiss.
that he might steal away their hearts. he la
mented that no was not judge in the land,
so that any ono who had cause or suit,
might come to him, and he would do him
Justice. Under pretence of going to Hebron,
the royal residence in the early reign of Da-
yid, to pay his vows, for he was conscientious
in the matter Of VOWS us Herod, he raised q
rebellious army, and sent spies through the
land to proclaim him king and rcicning in
Hebron, when the trumpet should sound
upon the air. The conspiracy, says sacred
history, was strong, and the rebellion was 30
artiully contriyed, 50 stealthily Inaugural
ted, that it gave high promise of success
The king, although in obedience to the stern
dictates of duty, sent forth his armies by
hundreds and by thousands to assert and
maintain his prerOgative, exhibited the heart
of good prince and an aiIectionate father,
in bcsecching them, for his sake, to deal gen.
tly with the young man, even Absalom
and when the conflict was over, the first in.
quiry, with anxious solicitudc, was, Is the
young man safe? And yet this ambitious
rebel, in raising numerous and powerful
army, aud endeavoring to wrest tho govern
ment from the rightful monarch, would
doubtless have claimed, according to modern
acceptation, that he was acting from high
convictions OF duty, from a powerful neces-
sity, and fighting purely in sclf-defence.-
And when the great battle was set in array
in the wood Of Ephraim, where II, 200 were
slaughtered, and the wood devoured that
day more than the sword devoured, there
was evidently nothing that he 50 much de-
sired, when he saw exposure and overthrow
inevitable, Us to he lei alone. But that short
struggle subdued the aspirations, and closed
forever the ignoble career Of this ambitious
leader in lsrael-a warning to those who
would become judges before their time, or
be made kings upon the sound Of trumpet
blown by their own directions. Let all such
remember the wood Of Ephnim, the wide
snr.aa;rc branches of tho oal IN. n,;nf,,
,u,p,use which came over the author Of the
rebellion. the darts OF Joab, and the dark
nj, into which this prince of tho royal house.
hold was cast for hi. foIlv bis madness and
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