The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-11-28

ciSinn. and sottlol purpose 10 otey tho calls
OF duty. though they might lead to privn.
tons suffering aud death as you think
whut promise of life Of honor and useful.
meas has been c1tnguishoh, what home .Iols
and hopes hayo been Jlighod have you
not. my friends, found yourselves inyOluH.
tarily asking ITO what purpose is this
warto :" W,ro it not bottnr to retiro from
| tho strife, and yiud to the audacious do
mands oven uf rcd haBdoi treason, than
thus to sqnardrr tho health, tho lirnh'. thr
. lives of those 80 dear, who Olhcrwise might
DO tho light and ornaments Of tho family,
tho community. the church tho state l.
not this pIodicalty which reason AID
cunscieucc must in the cni. fail to justify :
/ answer, No. Had tie voice OF many
waters, it should swell fortn upou oyory hs
toung car ia tho confident, emphatic ut
tcrancc, No They have wrought good
wotk. aud, whoruv,r tho history of this
struggle for national lifo aud constitutional
liberty, with all their related blessings, shall
10 published, thcro also shall this sacrifice
be told ior memorial to tho honor Of those
!, who have suffered aud died. aud scarcely
less to tho honor ot those who bado thcm
God speed. as thoy left US, Nth our sym
} pathlus aud our prayers.
In this probationary world of ours il is a
wise and benign ordination of heaven that
tho most precious benefits to mau shall be
procured and Cnj0ycd only through labor
, aud sacrifice; in other words, at tho OK.
pcnso which shall, in somo degree express
aud cause to be apprCciacd thor Iruu i'm.
pOrtance Minor blessings cost compare.
lively httIr. aud arc therefore IIttlo thought
Of. Wo nevor can, in any just measure. ap.
q, prCciatu tho greatness Of that salvation
which tho gospel OF Christ reveals and
, piOtfers to US, until, irCm the standpoint Of
, tho uinio excellence and dignity OF Hun
! who is the brightness OF tho Fathers glory.
and tho express image Of His person" we
i. inteligenlly study and take into our con
j ccption tho humiliation, tho ignominy, the
5 superiatiyo suffering. tho voluntary death
u which ho endured. as tho least possible
price OF human redemption. ThcsO. like Il
. mirror reflect tho fearful iI-dcscrt of sn,and
] show tho tcrrblrness of that condemnation
L which il entails on man, and tho hopeless.
s uess of escape by any human device. We
! reason that salvation SO costly must be
- iutiinslcaIy precious and all important.
Il On the same principle, thcsc who have boon
!. called upon to hold fast the profession OF
q their faith in Christ. at the hazard OF THEN
I, dearest earthly interests. and OF ifu itself.
' have cvnced II higher appreciation of the
vuluo ot Christianity than those usually do
who Crjny its blessings and hope in scCut s
Il OF Quictucss and safety. We. in this land.
; whcr0 hitherto tho rights of conscience have
d bccu fully guaranteed and sncrcdiy projected
:. 'lo not yauu our Bible and its clad tdings of
II grca, iov.a do tho Christians OF Madaguscar
q Who. tor thirty years pHsl, have c'ung to the
l. gospel aud il hopes, in face OF tie pcrsecu
10 'ing murdcrous cd,cts OF u tanatical, pagan
uuecu. Tho fathers of our na,i1n showed
=. tho value which thov attached TO civil out
religious liberty. regulated aud qua, dcd b,
C righteous constitutions law. by what tho,
5 did and endured to procure it for thom
Y solves. and to transmit it, as the most prcc
Is ous legacy within tho sphere Of human at
is tainmeut, to their postoritY. Aud tho long
is years of trial, anx'ety, suffering and blooC
al through which they passed in thcir struggl,
oi for independence continually doepcnod thcil
~ conviction of it worth, and ngrancd it il
IN ever blightening coors on thoir hearts
I'd Il"uce tho iudctatigable labor aud car,
n. which they employed 20 guard it sgains
'd pcssjhiu dangers, and tho earnest words q
OF warning which thoy lett on record It
Ht stimulate Tho matchtulnCss and fidelity o
~ pOstcritv in tho guardianship of tho treas
Is uro which they won aud beGuUathrd
Dy In tho long period of rapid growth an
y prosperity which, with lit:le INTERRUPTION
tn followed tho iaal settlement of our na,iot
al al Independence and unity, by growing at
We sorrton in matters of private interest an
n aggland cement, an intense soishnos
n among tho people has boon sprnGing up, fOi
o tered hy that very security aud frccdOt
re which How from .hc heirloom otour pulitlca
'e, and clvilinstitutons. As n consr qneucc, th
Z" fires OF patriotism woro burning lou, an
40 tho true worth of our privileges was comm
al to be but family Icalizrd We havo bee
nu wont, indeed. in stereotypcd phrase, to cS
q" tol tho patriotism aud virtues OF the fathers
H. and tho wisdom and greatness of ;hei
IN achievements, but how lulo OF meaning
I" how little Of deep and grateful appreciation
has thGro been in these cuiogics. The
'y have bcon got up as pageants to amuso an
o. CLARITY ourselves. more than TO deepen tn
n grateful sense of Indebtedness, and kind
u into living blaze the love of country. Til
N. high value of our national institutions. the
ot benign aud far reaching capabilities, adap
he ing thcm to all tho true and just wants an
us, necessities of every section Of our wide d,
cd main for al timo, were ceasing to be proI
hc crly mcditatrd and upprohende6. Somt
'ry thing was demanded in the form of DANCE