Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-12-20

W '""uN' 'SNlhg uay, pertinent 10 tue llnesi
fall Of the reacher's bold and striking imagery
The opponent Of slavery will fud no torture o
scripture in the npplicatio" and mllustrotion
On the other hand, he who prefers that the in
stilution should he "let alone" or perhaps pro
tected, will either fail, or refuse to see any apt
ness or justness in the drawings, aud only mourn
the extravaganza Of a mind given over to tho
monomania Of abolition. Whatever may be
the moral or political standpoint Of the reade r
! he will hardly fail to see much in the extract We
give, Intellectually to admire. The text was
from Mark, tx, &c, q.
And the spirit cried and rent him SORE and came out o
him ana be was as dead nsomuch that many said
But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and
he arose"
1t was the peeuliarity of demoninc pos
session, snid the preacher, that the Evil
Spirit seated itself at the very centre of it's
victims life it di,possesSed his will and
worked through all his organs by the infer.
nal volition, solely, of the usurper Thus
every sense and every function, sight, hear
ing, touch, reason, all the voluntary pow.
crs, were subjected TO the feud's control.
Thus, too, has this nation for Scme time
past, been possessed of the Devil as Ike
those of old-a devil that had seized upon
the ctidel of lis life 1t lodged in the
great centre of Government-it held IN it's
grasp the mighty rerve Of commerce. L,
>wayed the national heart and brain 1t
managed the eyes, the ears, the toJgue aud
The hand, so that the nation saw and
heard AMI tasted and felt only what the
demon babe tito. We are told nihe text
that the evil there was Of long Standing
that it grew worse-ibat none could cure
it--that it subjected its victim to number.
less torments. ...
ut teareth him" So has it been with
MS. All the causes of trouble together for
fifty years past, have not been so fearful SO
agorizing as this one demon.
"He fonmeth aud gnasheth his teeth !"
This is painted v'vidly aud to the life.
We have behed it in CongreSs-wc
have seen it in Legislatures GHd Conven
tons. Wherever the Southern spirit has
been, there was foamiDg ut the mouth and
gnaShing of teesh.
"Cftcn lines, it cast him into the waters
and into the fire to destroy him" By sea
and land, Slavery has kept us on fire and
in hot water, leading us into war with
weaker nations urging schemes Of invasion
and conquest, fllibusteRjng, prompting the
robbery OF coveted islands and islhmuses
aud ngIating the orld with Os,eud man
Ifes'os, which were SO many diplomatic
homhShello filled with explosive aud com.
hustible malerial
When The demon saw Christ, straight
way it tore him, and he fell on the ground
and wulIoNe ed, foamiug." Whenever and
wherever the foul fend of slavery has been
met with the truths OF he Christian rrlig
ion, it has gone into puroXsms of madness
and fury The very midest enuncialiuus
of the sublime and eternal truths Of u
Higher Law-lLe law of Interchangeable
Rghr, oVclShudowimg all legislatures, and
silently anuullIug their euncDmenls, sur
rounding justice aud liberty with the eter
ual safeguard, of God-,he demon has SET
half couDlueut roamng and waIIowing
AT length the day Of deliverauce came.
But what tyraut ever forsook his power
The foul spirit, when he saw
that be could not retain his hold, was de.
termined that nothing should come after
it. lmpeIled by the mysterious and ire
Ssti0le word to came Out, it rent its victim
sore, and "he was as one dead" Aud
now, the Divine exorcSm has been spoken
God las said TO slavery, Come out Of The
uatiou, and enter no more into it w
Spiie!ul and ufuriuted it is wasting The
~ hole South, threatening to destroy with
fire its cities, to desolute its fields, to ei,
face all civilization, and 20 leave the land
wilderness
There is an exquisite pathos in the rest
Of The narrative Men who looked upon
The outside OF things, said ''He is dead"
But Jesus took HIM by the hand and
lifted hlm up, and be arose. Yes, arer
this spusm, this couyusion, this death
Swo0n in the fair, denounced South, there
shall come Il better time. A savior shall
put forth his hand industry shall revive,
schools shall spring up, churches with
pure religion shall arise, aud high among
the demoniac ruins there shall stand health,
strength, peace, reason, conscience aud |
love.
But one more circumstance demands our !
notice The friends of this wreiched vic
tim of the text had eought relief-even
from the disciples of Christ Bnt all these |
could not heal hIm-nor could the temple
priests nor the Jewish eXorcIsrs or physi |
ciauS for noue had the skill or courage to !
S rike at the root of his woes No medi |
cne could loose his tongue, or free his eyes,
or give quiet to his brain, until the fonl
spirit that safe brooding mischief at his
heart had been expelled. They tried all
drugs, they tried persuasive arguments,
they sought by every genious oeVice to
cure The mischief aud keep the Devil inside
of hm-pitch plasters behind the ears,
" bile the foul iend gnawed his heart
In short, they were ConservatiyeS--super-
fetal, uulhorough, limid, and without NOR.
al sagucily. In such a case, 10 be cOnser-
vative was to be foolish, aud no man was
wise but the Radical. The moment a
blow was struck at the root there was
not anoI her word of medicine or pallatiVes.
When The cause of evil was removed, all
The symp oms vanished, too. When God
and the Devil stand face to face, Que or the
other must yield. There is no middle