New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-25
.,ouoy BY THB RRv. HENRY G. WESTON,
se p..,or M.dlson AVE- Hapti.t Church.

Pastor MAd,son~v Baptist Church
u,b ,,ea, sum obtained this freedom. Acts xii 20
noble spirit breathes 10 these words. They
.,,,ciate unoonsciousy great truth 10 our poh'ical
.,,eees do they rightly apply. although Their apriea'
80, TOO seldom seen. Msled In part by our lie long
.essions Of our freedom In part by our statement VI
sinherent inaenabe character of our rights we take
= for Granted that the condition Of society on which we
,ds ourselves is the normal and necessary one We
snterpret the term natural aud conoudc thai IL 'ue
,,Iycges We claim belong to US by mature VIC en'"
,os,s,s ami retain them without ay special exettoD
The ma ntenance of our liberties does mol car. io ei
earnest or thought or prayer the nccess! ~ no
a struggle as that in which we are now chR"geu - NV
,een there is great dervauinG OF our pOsIVu au
,dcrlorable acS Of gratitude for the blessings 'fon nus
crsp u.s. Even a cinsaft IcvJew on INC Wy III WIFI
se have been brought where we ~" ''"i'' Wv"
- better things. .. .,,io,,,
Liberty is al Inherent right but II no mere IohoWs
As; man can have IL without special ana COSBY
Iii y, ria IN tho same manner III he will be wst be
most raw the price for knowledge. salvation Hsen
apv gained bs digent cndcayor aud Dy ihe ioss Oh ali
bi1r Strive 10 enter in IT the straight gate, 'he
Command of Christ Nothing worth having is gnlnsd
without labOr and sacrlhce.
Iook over the world 1t presents itself 10 Us to-day
IN It's millions OF inlabfans-ioOk back over IT. past
ti.tnrv and soc how small part has ever had even
conception Of or political privileges. III place OF sen
government being the rule IT Is the iafcst exception
Tue foundation OF our pOlticni system IL "c "oitu
he individual. Only by long centuries has TINS idc"
,esn worked ont Seen first in tac New Testament Ill
he abolition Of all national distinctions III uris Jesus
u the absolute equalizlng OF All creek ana JEW; poo
aud nee before Him fought for unconSciousy by the
nartvrs whe would not yield tn the voice Of the sooaeu
surch only within the last century that al! coun
.ry ever received this idea Even now among Us is
a, vet diuy per Ssivod and all false promises 10 the
,asa found Themselves what can be done 70 con,hu
atss and associations. The night OF the lhdl1 luua
Conscience against all forms of outward power NnS
atanlt W
yhe writ Oh habeas corpus hae never been kho"b 10 te
Eord that protectonOf ths individual against 'h1Se az
,ower until within comparatively ie" !e"rs. ihti
no privilege or which we pride onlscWcS none N"4Ol
80 yaiur as of more worth than life but is OF rc'h'
birth among men. and has been galhfd .! loit oV
tnued effort ard the sacrifice oil IhuSA precious u"V
and Inv dlut of great suffering Aud procured III t"IS
sonnc they can be retained only ~ the same way
They must be guarded with scrHl"ioas care VI NV
will fall away from us. - .,.-.
w. rys, accept the contrarcty between THIS system
.f;pdivitpsl freedom and whatever - opposed 10 H.
We cannot have Slavery IN our system without h1Ns
aver, bad form Of a.. We have no place i,r u LOU,
,,ana whose law is mainly that Of the Ole Roman Wii
have better slave code Than any OF the oher STATES
We cannot have Slavery ~ our system ana nave peace.
Coco men and great men may tIy 10 Keep tms su'eC'
ION the councils Ol public and private bul tue!
esnnot sncceed Onr machinery will not woik smoothly
and quietly with this abnormal substance IN H. IL our
,ystem you cannot abolish Slavery without uceolci
sr1 where IL comes la great element wiihoni Dlooa
she'd There may be systems whore 1t can be gredu"i.
eliminated but ours 10 not one OF them.
You must accept tie cost and labor OF sen-go'erh'
rent This is nalenabe only far as ilsn or peo
PIE viii exercise il. 1t IA the highest pfi Vi govern
nan, hat il rs ony reached IN an ind, idua or people
Iy resolution ana effort and training. You must ao-
cen, all the Inconvenience of this poitio AL The labor
demanded of you 10 porpetuate It. Inc hOAsu Nnu!Sn
ssrs guist To those who VIII commit themselves u TIE
lsepIns OF the church Monsrches ofr the same boon
In he same sense we offer neither We cannon
have the PRIVILEGES OF freedom without It's aI1iees ana
csres II We are to dcG directly with Christ We musi
know the pains snO patience ofapprodcmi NM
AMI whatever is demanded OF time. o. me- o. prop
erty must give freely. higher thih Roman en-
y,5hip is ours Ifthat wer. worth price, what
price a 100 great for the birthigh OF an American
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