The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-01-11

arg sendowed by their Creatorlwith aaense
ofjuati'e, ipl order to imPsl them to So
cureits claims and throw /, the shield of
% protection Ground the weak panaop,
PhesseevsiblA hsiuloa bua Iais s1oiIs1
sdTh.s. sPreyeqti0pl 0f,iwoDg, rtAsaslis is
clearly thhs hGn Gnsatursl duty, and consequent,
g the natural right Of AZ msn,s .,,o,.gd
I'll IAlsIl ", dtugtyi shsHld ,bs iaissb%spa chy
0tassrs, ratheT sahnan than by thsi PARTY sssrisv
ca, tLs For 4 Is contrary 70 the law Of ma
ture itself, as both Locke and Burke
agree, that any man should @ be "iudgs in
bis own CASE" that any man should, by
an q" post Jacto decision, determine, the
amount Of punishment due to bis enc my,
nd proceed to inflict il upon him. Such
a course, indeed, SO far from preventing
offences, would inevitably promote them
instead Of redressing injuries, would add
wrong to wrong, and instead Of introdu-
cling Order,..would only make confusion
worse confounded, and turn the moral
world upside down.
The simple truth is, that we are all
bound by the laws Of nature and the Law
Of God to love our neighbor as ourselves,
Hence it is the duty Of every man, in a
state Of nature, and in state Of society,
to do all iu his power 70 protect the
rights and promote the interests Of bis
fellow-mens 1t is the duty Of all men to
consult together, and concert measures
for the general good. Right here, it is.
then, that the law Of man, the constitu.
ton Of civil society, comes in contact
with the law Of, God, aud rests upon it
The religious sentiment is the foundation
Of civil society. Thus, civil society
arises, not from surrender ofihdivid
ual rights, bat from right originally
possessed by all;nay, from o solemn dut.
originally imposed upon all by Godhim
self-o duty which must bo performed
whether the individual gives his consent
or not, The very law Of nature itself re
qu:res, as we have aeen ). not only tn
punishment Of the offender, but also tina
be be punished according to pre- estab
lished law, and by the decision Of a legal
y recognized and impartial tribunal
And in the enactment of such a law, a
we'll as in the administration = the eollec
tive wisdom Of society, or its agents, mus
move in obedience 10 the law of God, an
not in pursuance of any rights derive
from man. ..i ssraFlGi no fr.a
I have persued this thought farthe
than I at frat intended. Ny only rea
son for this is, that the foregoing oxpla
nation Of human punishments were ne
cessary to a proper understanding Of hu
man society. The thoughts which I hav
presented upon this topic, are worthy o
tie serious consideration Of the Amer
can people, who have recently been go,
erued by the phantOms Of that manifold
nonstrous, phantom deity, called liberty
which has been so often invoked by tn
pseudo pbilanthropists and reckless n
formers of the present day to subvertt th
: institutions and laws which have recei,
, ed the eanotlon of both God and man. Q
We have seen thai marriageI5i is rel
gious ordinance, and was instituted b
God in the time, of mans 1iunoceuc,
therefore, in the formation of this socil
, compact, we should not enter into it III
fadyisedly, but reverently, discreetly au
. IN the fear Of God. "The perfect law
liberty does not allow a man to form .
alliance with more than one woman d.
ring her natural life, and for wise pu
poses, it forbids persons being i"unequa
I ly yoksd together If these restraints
liberty we're observed, there wouldl
! more harmony aud happiness iuthoss Il
tie communities, Much misery has be.
produced BY forced alliances, BY, whis
. the interest Of parties concerRsdhave n
. been consulted, neither has their fir
. consent been obtained; thereby the
rights and liberty have been infringed
others. When they have obtaiaedit the
. majority, it is their right to choose 7
themselyss, and when they have MAJ
7 their choice, it is their right 70 separa
!, from their parental homes and act up {
! themselves another community, and
: adopt such rules Of government as n
( may deem best adapted to promote th'
interests To deprive them Of this lib,
. " would ba an outrage upon their righ
: AgaiA, no man has I right, not ev
J upon ihS1ground of equality, y obtru
y upon Ona Of these sonnunitiss, and
. sire to boadmit,sd as a member vithc
}, their free and full eonsepti neither, d
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