Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-03-23

Empire But shall not content myself with the
enlightened presidents furnished by the history
OF our own and other countries J. there no
higher standard Of moral right. to which 10 ap
peall J. the voice Of Him who spake as never
man spake. husled and stihed by the hoarse cry
OF passion and rage! Have those pages which
blaze with inspiration and which contain all the
principles of national a. well As individual moral
ity and justice lost their light and power IN this
unhappy iauds Can government long survive.
or hope 20 escape retribuiive punishment, which
bOts out the doctrines Of Christ in the regulation
OF it. afairsl Shall a sheer the sheer of the
Jaeobin aud Atheist. deter me from seeking the
path OF public we'll IS private duty in ,he de-
clared record of the Great Father OF u alig Have
RObespier and Marat come from their dishonor-
Ell graves to deibrone God and 10 give us the
hideous inSdelity of the French Revolutionf
Sir, | ask you 20 20 with me TO the unsullied
fountain Of eternal truth:
Moreover IL thy brother shall trespass against
thee, 10 and tell him his fault between thee and him
alons; II he ,hall hear thee, thou hast gained thy
brother.
But il he will hear thee then take with thee one
or two mere that in the mouth VI two three witnesses
every word may be established
And If he shall neglect hear fhem tell unto the
church; but he neglect TO bear the church. let him be
unto thee an heather man and publican
In these brief but comprehensive sentences
are embraced the great principles of social
harmony. individual charity. aud national irater
nifty. They we're written by divinity TO convey
a lesson OF humane philosophy into every de
partment of life and to every succeeding age.
They furnish the text for every treaty Of peace
which nations ever framed t. prevent the effusion
of blood. They inculcate the duty of not one
only, but repeated attempts at reconciliation; and
those attempts. too. upon the part Of those who
have suffered the injury. Under the malignant
auspices, however. of the present hour in this
afflicted country, what contrast is presented To
these sacred passages Not only do We refuse
to 90 10 our brother who has committed the
tresspass. but We reject him when he offers to
come to Us.
Sir. | take nv stand on these immortal
maxims and appeal to the native justice of the
human heart appeal to those instincts of
charity and benevolence bv which il is allied to
the attributes of deity. The plain people of
America, those who. with honest hands earn their
daily bread. whose wearing apparel is not purple
and tine linen, flashing with DIAMONDS and pearls
purchased 10y the blood and tears of mllions-to
them, in their humble homes. darkened perhaps
/ by the death OF the first horn. | make this
solemn invocation. Before that pure and un
selfish tribunal | lodge my cause in behalf of
domestic tranquility. and tender the Bible as
authority for the principles which declare. BY
the voice OF my own heart. unseluced by gain
and unawed BY terror ] know what will be the
verdict OF an incOTruptibie and free people. But
there is another class who preside over the
mini~trations of this inspired book aud who
mngle with their offerings 20 God the poison OF
political prejudices. before whom the cause of
humanity. union. aud peace need not be pre-
sented. That large portion of the clergy of the
land ~ho. claiming to be the chosen agents OF
the mercifu Redeemer, ill the cup of his sacra-
ment with rancOr and vengeance, hear none OF
the sweet. angelic tones which plead from everv
page of his gospels in favor OF that ;udvdual
and national charity which suffereih long aud is
kind. They teach their hocks no longer to
hunger aud thirst aites righteousness, but to
hunger aud thirst for the blood of their enemies
! They ascend the sacred desk 10 more to pray
that gentle peace, like the dew of Heaven, may
descend upon wounded and distracted coun-
try, but TO declaim, in warke strains. in the face
I OF the Almighty upon the delight which they
feel in the infection of human agony. They
have reversed the order of The millennium which
tie Christian world has looked forward TO since
the days of the prophets. The which they
/ hail in fond anticipation is that in which every
plough share shall become sword, and every
pruning hook spear; in which con>cription.
/ slaughter and taxatlOn shall 90 hand in hand
when the keepers of the house shall tremble,
and the strong men shall bow themselves, and
the grinders cease because they are few. and
! those that look out of the windows be darkeued,
and the doors shalt be shut in the streets when
the sound of the grinding is low because
man goeth to his long home. and the mourners
20 about the streets.
To these men much of the sorrow which now
overshadows our homes is properly attributable
! They have ever been, aud are to-day, the fore
most enemies OF domestic tranquility Agitation
on matters pertaining TO civil government has
been their element. Sedition against laws which
conflict with their ignorant and selfish bigOtry
has been their favorite calling in all countries
and in every age They have a higher law than
the sermon on the mount; and the word of God
is made to fit the Procrustean bel of their blind
and furious preudces, which they mistake for
conscience Sir. | here proclaim fact TO
which all history attests, that wherever IN the
tide of time the ministry of the Most High have
assumed as "A part of their duties the control OF
affairs of state and the policy of nations they
have appeared rs the advocates OF despotism the
friends OF high prerogatlve. the defenders OF OPP
preston. the allies OF tyranny-obstacles in the
pathway of progress enemies to popular rights,
and extortioners of tho poor and aborng masses
| might dwell long on the evidence which the old
and the Lew world furnish on this point. hat
/ great author and majestic thinker, Buckle. whom
\ have already quoted, in speaking of the conduct
] Vi tue DpllliCut Citi-f III the eiSu VI II
SAYS:
They looked on in silence while the King
ing the materials with which he hoped To turn
eminent into absolute monarchy. They Ieilrry>
ami Kirke toriuTng their fellow subjects They the
jals crowded with prisoners, aud the scaol. streaming
with blood. They well pleased that some OF TIE
best and abe>t in the kingdom should be barbar.
Ou>y persecutd; that Baxter should be thrown intC
prison. and that Howe should be forced into exile
/ | pause but for u moment % point 20 the his
tory of puritan Massachusetts a confirmation
OF my statement on this side OF the ocean. What
oppression did political priesthood fail to ap-
prove? What cruelty did they not instigate and
sanction in the early DAYS ct that famous colony,
l They scourged, scared cropped burned and -ib
beted the bodies OF those who were unable e
conform their views in ali matters. civil aud re
hgious. 10 the reisnins ianaticismS: and ther
consigned their souls 10 the regions of the
lost Carpenter. in his standard history of Mass
achusetts. work warmly partial TO that State
saws:
'ln July, 1866 several QuakerS arrived IN Massachu
sets from Barbados two OF whom women. Full,
OF tn coniempGouS disregard for existing ord
indu ged in 10y the jealous of he >ect il
Eugl tnd the magistrates in Boston brought the Law
heresy bear upon the intuder> and ordrre,
their immediate arrest .fer their persons had beer
examined for those marks which were suppo>ed AZ tina
period TO indicate such dealt in wiichcTaft no atam
signs being discovered, their truaks re rfed and h
books found therein ordered TO he publicly burned.
brie imprisonment was imposed upon them but they
finally released and ba0>hed the colony Several other
the vessels IN which they About The "a time
law passed to prevent their introduction into th