The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-04-03

aud its perpctuity, Rulers Laws aud sub
ljects are necessary. And 10 constitute
Law, penalties must follow violation.
The same principle that requires obedi-
cnce 70 magistrates, on the port Of sub.
liects, oblges the Magistrate t. rule IN
Justice aud equity. The Legislative
and Executive authorities ere so much
bound to enact aud enforce just laws, as
citizens are to obey laws at all. And
when power Is exercised TO pcrpctratc
wrong, God invariably frowns upon the
perpctrntor. He may suffer long; but
vengeance invariably follows sin unrepen-
ted Of National calamitics inflicted for
national sins may be slower Of execution
than punishment for individual disobcdi-
cnce, bat they arc none the less certain.
And as in individual cases, che that
knew his Masters will aud did il not,
shall be beaten with many stripes" 50
with nation the high privileges and
great amount of light, Intensity the guilt,
and insure the sOrcr chsstisemcnt, If the
nations shall transgrcss. As nations have
only temporary existence, their re-
wards and punishmcnts must be mctcd
cut here on earth. BIT the individuals
composing n nution ntc under moral Oc-
couutabilily for their political nets, and
will thus answer for them at the bar o
God. The converse of these POSITIONS
has been assumed by most nations, and
calamity or annihlation has invariably fola
lowed. The opposite theory TO that of in-
diyiddnl moral responsibility for political
principles and acts has well nigh
ruined the american people. Under the
dclusion thst a great wrong was fortified
in our fundamental Law; aud that the
Monster was 50 intrenohed behind Com
Stilutionel guarantees that il was sacri-
legc to mouth is name, except in praise,
. this nation marched with rapid strides to
apparent prosperity; bst in reality to a
cOnyulsiye agony that now shakes her to
the center, aud threatens her total over
throw. Like the Kings of luda, the rul-
ers and many ofthe people have virtually
, said il is none of Code business whether
: we "cAecute justice between man and
his neighbor." or notj and have refused
. "to deliver the spoiled out oftbc opcress-
r or" ThoughG od has Numbered against
oppression for three thonsand years aud
] though the burning words, =" Let My peo-
: pie co." and proclaim liberty through
\ out all the land, to all the inhabitants
thereof and, =" break every yoke ard IL,
. the oppressed 20 lrec," have blazcd be-
D fore our eyes in His word, and have been
sounded loud by the prophets Of the land
: vet no warning has suiliced to break the
, spell in which the nations moral scnsi
5 blities have been locked. Zedekiah like
9 the rulers have smothered agitation, anC
Q by mprisoning, aud mobbing the Jerc
5 i's'iaiiri fn''c-s sOtify litipcd -.s-,uru usid,
i the wrath of God. But our Ntbuchad
5 nezzar came ut last. Sb-very, having live,
Y upon the brend that ought to have nour
+, ishcd the heaven approved principles o
= our system Of government, Jeshuron like
D waxed fat and kicked. The hell borne
e monster ate till his eyes stuck out with
: iutncss. It's bloated carcass assumed
d such pro, ort ions, that It crowded for the
/ whole Of the vast domain of the nation.
. Under the shield Of pretended Law, it
marched to al assault upon the citadel
= oi freedom. From the character OF an
. cx,rescence upon the body Of the nation,
i, barely tolcrablc at first, and waiting the
. surgeons kule only on question Of
time, it pulled its polluted form TO such
+, proportions, that 1t urrogatcd to itself ma
VI NNhiS ~ cuOOh ltb NlNhH1tu
Y fist nOrthward, aud Presidents, Members
J, Of Congress aud Supreme Judges dropped
: upon their knees, and said, q live for
D ever blessed Slavery. Priests looked
A into the Bible again and again for some
f passage of e DIS fiery Word which they
might torture into its support. Churches
r made obesance to il, and sOltencd their
t creed down so that Slavery cIuld masti-
Y cate them with its soltest tooth. 1t has
long been forbidden for the pulpit To at
: tempt to LIT its bloody mihtle and cx
u pose its heilish def,rmities. Even the
!. voice OF prayer to just God to substitute
! right for wrong, liberty for oppression
. has been forbidden by corrupted public
, sentiment, under n menace from this over
shadowing power. There are those who
0 hear me to day, and whose hearts have
n bled, and are still bleeding from wounds
0 inflicted by the hand Of slavery, who
i through their tears und signs for the
: friends who have been slain in this wal
: of slavery against freedom, would still
Y say " deal gently with the young man
Q even Absolom |" There are those wh(
o sometimes bow within these consecratet
g walls, to the God of Justice AMI a com
5 mon brotherhood, who yet think the bes
b. interests of this nation are connected
{ with the perpetuity of Slavery! Suangf
infatuation Unaccountable allegiance
= of common sense Unaccountable only
: from the mournlul truth that the human
r heart is deceitful above all things, and
: desperately wicked"
D But all this time there has been GOO
: in the heavens. His darling attribute
S justice, gathered of the items of wrong
{ that for centuries had stained the record
: Of slavery, and permitted them TO be
: hurled against the conscience Of the A.
: merican nation with the force OF a storm
! Of ice. That conscience was appalled,
. The land began TO tremble; mutterings
d began 10 be heard beneath, from north te
I south, from east to west, portending the
' convulslon that was soon TO rend the
/, bands that were supposed to bind insepa'
7 bly, the union Of the States. Satan, about
: 70 be cast out, became as mad'as usual
Slavery, though feeling strong, saw il
Q prestige departing. Its ponderous ant
: clumsy form, unable for the swift race
. with Freedom, determined TO stop short
ard Sampson.like, pull down the temple
: and either construct a new Juggernau
!, Car from the broken fragments, or perish
4 in the common ruin. r
The cannon that boomed upon Sumter
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