Smyrna times., 1863-05-07
For the " Smyrna Times"
The Crisis. mo. w,
THE HIGHER LAW.

If they obey and serve Him. they shall
spend their days i'll prosperity and their years
i'll pleasure. But if they obey not, they shall
perish by the sword and they shall die without
knowledge. job, 35-ll, II
The doctrine of State Rights has been held
by the South as superior to all law, whether
Divine or Constitutional They not only tram
pie upon the Constitution of the United States
but they scoff at the idea of "higher law. :"
The North, at the bidding of the slave power,
has yielded her aid in support of this arrogance.
The Constitution Of the United States recOg-
nized the Sabbath, in accordance with God y
command, but this modern Democracy has
spurned the idea Of a "highcr law" and set
that holy institution aside by the enactment of
the the Sunday Mail Law, thus refusing to
obey and serve him, they shall perish by the
sword
The institution of slavery necessarily leads
men to become ''tyrants," as Jefferson well
expressed himself in enumerating its many
evils lie who can rob;h fellow creature of
his manhood and make him a chattel, will not
be long in disobeying all the laws Of God Our
f1refathcrs ackpwledged higher law, and
under its teachings used their exertions to rid
the country of the curse of slavery. Madison
refused to have the word Stare inserted in the
Constitution, because he would not admit that
there could be property in man." indeed, the
fathers of true Democracy used their every ex
crti0n to rid the country of what they deemed
its greatest evil. How different their acts from
this spawn of slavery, now daring to call ltselt
DcmOcrasic These sham Democrats, at the
bidding of the slave power, now advocate the
spread of slavery, not only in the Territories
but even into the Free States, and unblushing
ly advocate it upon Bible principles, as did the
Det Gazette short time ago. John RandOl phi
of Roanoke, although himself stakeholder
in rebuking Northern dOeface who was aiding
i'm its extension, gave him this whitening re
buke, " | envy not the feelings of any North
ern man who can rise on this floor as the advO
cate or apologist of slavery.
The whole history OF the slave power is his
tory of wrongs and tyranical Oppressl0n-ne
cessarily cOncOmtant OF the institution
Where, but among shareholders, do you finC
men who. in defiance of all law, both high anC
low, advocate the crime of murder as an hon
Orable thing under the name of duel? Th'
present condition of the country is but the le
! Ultimate results of disregard of the Highe
! law" and we are now, by bitter experience
learning that God is not only Furnishing lndlvld
ual but national sins, and that, too, by th'
sword" Slavery has done all this: it ha
made men arrogant and tyranical, and taugh
them that there is no higher law than thei
own arbitrary will. The lust of power-offic'
has induced the Northern politicians to d.
their dirty work in sustaining this curse in th'
country, and the better to carry on their infer
nal lrachination4 they use the name of Demo
Graf to disguise their schemes of treason agains
God and man Democracy was the name un
der which and by whose principles this glorl
Gus country was established, IL IL the nam
under which the traitors and conspiratOrs nov
seek to destroy it, Judas kissed his Master u