Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-09-27
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5 OOV. u G.-~O 1OFu. IhOu ART l0e OOQ
: nations Thou puttest down one kingdO
: and raisest up another All men are in IL
hand" -t
We see in the history OF this nation
( wonderful exhibition of thy providentiai car
We as people acknowledge thy goodness
Us, and most earnestly deplOre our past ingra
itUde for the wonderful mercy and inestimabl
benefits vouchsafed to this nation? By Ii
proclamation of the Chief Magistrate of tn
nation, we as a people, do this day solemnl
bow ourselves before Thee to thank thee fo
Thy past goodness. and to implore a continna
tion of Thy mercy and blessings to US
though unworthy We are of the least of Th
: favors- We do this day soemnly fast an
| humble ourselves, on account of our nationa
sins a'
Have mercy upon US, o God. have mere
upon Us, aud forgive all our national transgres
sions. We are in the midst of trouolnu
times! We are afflicted with internal commo
tion and war.
o Lord, deliver US from the power of thos
who would destroy this nation! Hear th
millions of prayers which this day go up Il
Thee from this and other lands FOR the saliva
tion of this nation. Behold, o Lord, how
this people fast and pray Hear, o God, ana
in mercy answer l..a ja7s. -
God.rE'I am3the Lord! Beside me thert
is ne GpdH keep ye Judgment and do JUS
tiee." lisa. sc. ~ .f
Gov.-~O Lord, show this people their sins
and Thy will :" ~
| G.-"Woe 10 them that decree unrighteous
DEGREES Tread the bred Scott decision in the
light of this section and that write grievous
ness which they have prescribed; to turn
aside the needy from Judgment, what arc
some of the free state laws with reference 10
free blacks p and to take away the right from
the poor of my people, that widows may be
their prey, and that they may rob the father
less. And what viii ye do in the day of visi-
/ tation. and the desoation that shall come
from far? To whom will ye flee for help ?''--
i! lisa. 10, l-3)
Gov-..To Thee, o Lord, do we fee for
help. Receive us, and Shield US from our ene-
mics"
G.-"Lct mine outcasts dwell with thee;
What docs our Gov. do with fugitive out
casts p be thou cover 10 them from the face
of the spoiler." lisa. 16, ~
Gov.-"O God, has not this nation laws
against the foreign slave trad + What are
the spirit aud efficiency with which they are
execuied?l s7.a,
G.-'I will be a swift witness against those
that Cypress the hircliug in his wages and
that turn aside the stranger from his right. =
NAL. 3, 81 .,-r..
GOv.-"O Lord, most righteous u lge, With
deep shame and sorrow We acknowledges that
these things are done in cur nation, but Thou
knowest they are done under State Ia KS, and
are eases out of the reach of the Federal Con
stiution and Federal Government :" If the
Federal Constitution does Lot reach to every
Individual in the nation, then wherein is il
any better than the old Articles or Cunfedera-
ton in this respect? And yet it was made
with the ayowed object Of closin, a defect in
the old instrument on this very point. I
G.-"Execute Judgment in the morning.
THAT is early and deliver him that is spoiled
out of the hand of the opprcssOr, lest my fury
go out like fire, and burn that none can q1ench
it, because ofthc evil of your doings?4 (Jcr.
81, I2)
Gov.-"O Almighty Disposcr of human
affairs, we know and acknowledge Thy infinite
power, yet art not Thou God of infinite mer-
cy ? And wilt Thou destroy the nation that
Thou T'lIyseIf has planted and nourished these
many years ?"
G.-"Duth God pervcrt Judgment or doth
the Almighty pervrrt Justice? If the chill.
dren lave sinncd against him and he have cast
them away for their transgression ; if thou
wouldst seek unto God betimes, ard make thy
supplication TO the Almighty if thou vert
pure and upright; surely now he would awake
for thee and make the habiation of thy right
eousness prosperous" Job 8, 36) t-
Gnv.-"O God, destroy not this great ma
tion For behold this is mans great expert
ment in seIfgovernment !. The eyes of all the
world are fixed upon this country; for here is
fixed the standard Of liberty ;" .sz
G.-"Ye shall not respect persons in judg
ment; but ye shall hear the small as well as
the great" (Deut l, III "Ye sha n do no
unrighteonsness in Judgment; thou shalt not
respect the person of the poor nor honor the
person of the mighty" Lev. 10, l5.) God
is no rcspector of persons" Acts, 10, "a
For lie hath made of one blood all nations of
men," (Acts, II, 26) And yet it is de-
clarcd insthis nation by the highest judicial
authority, that the poor African vino would
seek an asylum in our boosted land of liberty,
''has no rights which white men are bound to
respect"l .eyi
Gov.-"O God. Thou art righteous, Thou
art the God of our nation. we acknowledge no
other, fhUu hast right 10 rule in the king
doms of mcri.7 z-a75 a-s@ ]
G.-"Hetbat rppresseth the poor reproach
eth his maker" prov. IA, 3l.)
d Gov.--"O Lord, Thou art holy, just and
good We as nation desire to do all Thy
holy commandments" aEE slk 1
c. Love thy neighbor as thyselE." (LnY,
tiov.-"This, o Lord, does this people de-
sire to do; bat hast thou not created the white
and black Races with innate differences of
constitution such that there is no affinity be-
tween the two races? For this cause these
have become as stranger in Our midst ~
q -"Exccute ye Judgment and righteous
ness, and deliver the spoiled out of the band
Of the opppcssor; and do no wrong, do no vio-
Ience to the stranger DER. %, 81 "Thou
shall not deliver urto his master the servant
which is escaped from his master unto the, he
shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that
place which he shall choose in one of thy gates
fStateSl where it lkcih him bust; thou shalt
not opprcss him." (Deut. 90, l5-169 What
a withering rebuke to cur abominable Fugi. |
tive SihTe law 80.
'Gov.-"O Lord, We feel Thy righteous re-
buke, and we know that Thou art Furnishing
us on account of our great sins We this
day bemoun our many transgrezsions, and fast,
and confess our sins before Thee, devontly
praying that Thy righteous Indignation may
be turned aside, that We as a nation perish
not Protect the Union of thcs9 States from
the band Of the destroyer BeholJ how this
great people have bowed themselves as bull
rusLes before Thee in sack-cloth and ashes.
fasting and aflioting themselves, while they
in,r,lnr.a lll,r, rnnrcu Iii