Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-09-21

concerning individual heathens! And
that individual heathens arc not res
ponsiDle? But how com they be res
ponsible, unless they are made ac-
quanted in some way with their Ma
ker's will And how can they know
that will, in the absence Of the written
word, unless by some kind Of intel
ligihle sign?
( Now as with individuals, so with
nations. As he rules one, so he does
the other. And, where he does not
reveal his will in the one way, he does
in the other. And since no direct rev
eIation of the Divine will has ever vet
been given to any nation as such, ex-
cept under the Jewish theocracy. it
follows that ii is intended, by the Di-
vine Being, that nations shall under
stand his will by Providential indica-
tions, or, in other words, by observa-
ton and deduction
Believing these principles to be
sound, we inquire concerning our own
nation,
lst, And briefly, as Judging by this
process,
Hos it the Dicine purpose and pleasure
that zee shouM be distinct n0tiohalityo o
these shores, independent Of the mother
country?
[ assume that such was his design.
And maintain that this was indicted to
our fathers,
l By our distant geographical To-
cality.
,. By the extent Of our domain.
3. By the then ascertained character
and sutficiency OF our countrys re-
sources for an independent nationality.
Time will not allow me To be very
mirute at this point, and | will there
fore only add that this design was
finally demonstrated by our evidently
God, given success in the war Of the
Revolution, for, wi, bout his aid, we
/ know our fathers had failed in their re
sistance to the mighty power of the
mother country! | assume,
I'd, Ihut, as jndicute,i IN the sane tcay.
1t ,cnS the mW Of God hnt our f rna 0f
goOernmem Shoud be whot 1t IS, a rcpuJH
can f"rm Of go0erRment
In confirmation of this, | think it is
fair to presume that the Divine Being
would assist our fathers to devise their
form OF government. And | so think,
because they were religious men N n
who ha come to these shores that
they might have liberty to serve God
according to his Will, and who, for that
purpose, had committed their ali to
him. Now, it is divineIy written.
The steps OF Il good man are ordered
by the Lord" They were good men,
and the formation of IL republican
form of government was one of their
steps. Is it hot fair, therefore, to infer
that the formation Of a republican
form Of government by them was or
dered by the Lord?
This conviction is also strongly cor
roboratcd by he fact that w en-. for a
long time, the convention which framed
the Constitution had failed 10 agree,
and finally adjourned to pray for Di
vine guidance, that, having come to-
gcther again, they were able so soon to
agree. Does not this fact indicate
that they were Divinely directed to
the results arrived at? Moreover is it
not an indication that God was pleased
with our peculiar form OF government,
that for so long a time he deigned to
give us, under it, such unparalleled
prosperity! But,
3D.. W. h"0e P,ocidcnhi / indications
that 1t 'c"s tie Di0ine purpose TINT this
country ShoutH be, ami renenin one and
u"dioided an its goocrmment, Mrough oil
time
These indications are,
L. The conformation of our coun-
try's geography. Does not the physi-
cal construction of "a creature indicate
the Creators designs as to tie use it is
to be put to? Does not the construc-
ton OF the horse, for instance, indicate
that ne was designed both for service
and tleetncss on the earths surface
And ito not the wings of fowls Indicate
that they were designed for flight
through the air? And the fins Of
fishes, and the webbed feet OF otter
fowls Indicate that they were designed
for the water, &c
And so, upon the same principle,
does not the direction OF our broad
rivers, our expansive valleys and our
high mountains indicate that the divi-
sion of our country into two govern
ments, by any line running east and
west, would be direct violation of the
Creators designs?
=. To the same point also, are the
character and distribution of our coun-
try's resources.
These resources are varied, and, in
the aggregate, sufficient, and of
character, for any one independent ma
tion's needs But then, note their dis
trbution. The great West is the na-
tions granary. The East is its work