The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-12-21


Follow that counsel 10 his retirement
See how ne laughs in his sleeve. I'll
beat Mr. Prosecutor this time. He can't
convict my client before that jury
Important case Great many will attend
the trial It'll be a great victory to clear
that scoundrel He ought to hang, l
know But, its good chance for repu-
tation Must beat. Will beat at all haz-
yards
Thus he soliloquises. By quirks and
turns, he successfully defends the case,
The murderer goes hence, without day.
do not say that all LAWYERS are rep
resented in this picture There are no
ble exceptions But that some are rep
resented by it. will not be denied
y man Illegally sold liquor. Is ar
raigned. The moral and temperate citi-
zens begin 20 skulk A jury is made up
of wins leyitcs At every one Of whose
noses, you might almost set match on
fire SO controlled by the demon ap-
petite that they would barter the soul for
glass of brandy Might certainly be
very powerfully tempted to clear the
rum seller for his friendship. The trial
proceeds. If not cleared, he is very
lightly fined. Case appealed, Judge
Sniekrp, overturns the judgement or
declares the law unconstitutional, if it
pays.
Whiskey selling goes on. Some good
woman's husband is sent home, from
these internal dens, drunk and senseless.
Beats his wife Kills child. Mains
another Sends all, able to go out, into
the pitiless storm. Neighbors collect
are enraGed Excitement Increases
Blood boils Crowd grows larger, sways
to and fro like the tempest beaten forest.
Hark, bang, bang, Grog seller killed.
His friends rally. The battle RACES
Innocent persons slain. Women and
children scream.
There fellow -countrvmen is your mob
What was its origin? You did not en- force
the laws. You made mock of Justice
and trial BY jury, 4 solemn farce The
mob spirit once enkindled, spreads its
baleful fires. It enwraps the public
mind, and sears the public conscience Its
leader to day. IS its victim to MORROW
1t has no brains, and less heart.
How common 10 hear the private cit-
zen talk Of avenging his own wrongs,
shame-even christians talk thus See
that fight on the street Ever body runs
A. pats b on the shoulder and c. D
Fuel is added to the flame B. KNOCKS oat
DIS eve.
Christians sometimes disgrace their
profession by such expressions, as
''Served him right Didn't get any
more than he needed" Don't blame him,
Il Il a knocked him too" Oh Shame,
where Is thy blush?
If the private citizen takes the law in
his own hands, avenging wrongs, he com
mits double sin. He sins against his
and his God.
Turn to the 10Th Of Romans, 10th Y.
SO avenge not yourselves, but rather give
place unto wrath, of God, for vengence
is mine. will repay saith TIC Lord
But, saws one. mist wrong go unpunished
until the final judgement?
Read the Sd and 4th verses Of the next
chapter: For rulers are not a terror to
good werks' "For he
beareth not the sword in vain; for he is
the minister Of God, a revenger to exc
cute wrath upon him that {oith evil"
This is the way the Lord repays ven
geance, for wrongs in our civil relations
He does it through his ordained minis
ter or revenger--the civil ruler. All
men will be punished at the last dav for
sins uuforgiven. Bnt TO prevent anarchy
and ruin here. God las ordained civil
gov vernment, to support the weak and re
strain the vicious.
Who avenges himself, usurps the God
given prerogative OF Heavens $ acknowl-
edged minister, and rebels against the
civil power,ee truly as rebels in the South.
L e. christians take heed, lest they stab
the Masters cause.
If for the last twenty years the princi
pies Of this discourse had been taught
i,a A oor;a 10 ~ Irit
should to day stand nearer the Throne.
Instead of this. SOME preachers are
frightened out of their wits. IL some
seuseless demogogue cries out: -Po-
litical preacher. political preacher, II
this makes me political preacher, so be
it.
These men would have said the same
of the prophet when he told the king
Zedekiah, to let the slaves of Judea go
free. Let prea hers stand to the right If
it stops the feed or sends Us, like Jere
miah. to prison.
These are my political ethics, which
teach me that christian may sin by his
vote as heinouslv a. by any other act
And not only so bat that he can sin by
refusing TO vote and WELD his influence
for the right. How sad to see christians
marching to the ballot box with 4 reason
for the kind Of ballot they deposit, ex
cept that it has 1T its head the name Of
party. The party may have made"
league with hell land sought 70 frame
mischief by law" hut still it is the
blessed old party. Would God, that the
time should come when christians thro'
out this lsnd, should speak o1t in unmis
taxable terms, saying.-giye us good
principles and good men to support them,
or we will see % it ourselves.
In the light Of the facts and almost
intuitive truths before rs We are now pre-
pared to answer the question; what is
national sin?
National sin NAV be committed in four
different ways. l. BY legislsting wrong
, By refusing 10 legislate against
wrong. 8. By refusing TO legislate in
favor of the right 1 By failing or re
fusing 70 enforce those laws facilitating
the right and forbidding the wrong. For
it should be ever horne in mind that it
IS not enough 70 command the right and
forbid the wrong by just and equitablc
Legislation If We would wish our hands