The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-30


reap" II we will not learn from the teach
ings Of the past that "wbstsoever measure
we mote, il shall be measured to us again !"
that whenever we put a chain around our
brothers heel, God fastens the other end
about our necks; then other and heavier
Judgments are in store for us. With the
light o! the worlds history before US, shall
We, like Pharoah of old, harden our hearts
and shut our eyes to tt Q plaibest dictates of
justice! Is 1t not enough that from deepest
centre to farthest circumference the ma.
ton has rocked and trembled beneath tho
tread OF hostile armies? Is it not enough
that untold treasures have been Iavished in
cruel, ,fratricidal war;that tens of thousands
OF tho wealthy and opulent have been
turned out penniless, and from day to day
their loved ones beg their daily bread: Is
1t not enough that the whole Southern
country has become a desoIation and al.
most bowling wilderness, that grass grows
| III what were once the busiest streets, the
great thoroughfares of commerce, 10 the
city OF CharlostoD; and 10 Imagination we
hear the voice of the Lord as when, of old,
through the mouth OF His people He cried,
"Wo to the bloody city! 1t is full of lies and
robbery; the prey departetb not; the noise
OF the Whip and the noise of the rattlipg of
wheels, and of praDcipg horses, and of jump
ing chariots. "The borseman lifteth up
both the bright sword and the glitteriDg
spear; and there is a multitude of slain.
behold am against thee, saith the Lord
OF hosts; and will discover thy skirts up
on thy face, and will show the nations thy
nakedness, and the Kingdoms thy shame
Is 1t not enough. o God! is it not enough
that the land hath been deluged in the
blood of our "frst born"-,nat the pride
and the strength of the nation have gone
down In this mighty struggle--tbat, through
The length and breadth of the land, there
goes up the cry of lamental lion and sorrow,
Rachel weeping for. her children, and re.
fusing to be comforted because they are not:
And. fnally, Is it not enough that the as.
sassn's dagger drips with the blood of our
rulers. and that, liks Egypt the blood of
our princes has been shed as a sacrifice for
our sins! Shall we not heed tho intima.
tions of Gods will. ard cease from our op-
preston: Then shall the star OF the ma.
tion's glory. now rising in the Eastern sky,
grow brighter and brighter. as it ascends
the armament, and all lands shall behold
the grandeur and sublimity of republic
that loves mercy, deals justly and walks
humbly before Him that sitte,h upon the
throne forever and forever. Then shall the
proud old American Eagle, that symbol of
power and majesty. dipping ono wing in the
Atlantic and the other in the waters of the
Pacific, bear in her beak tho unstained flag
OF n redeemed dceuntry-the sy ymbol Of free
dom and equal rights to all.
Such is the prophecy of the future. God
grant ito fnlilIment may not be far distant
But. so long, as is tho case to-day, that FLAG
floats over thousands of my brothers and
sisters driven to unrequited toll under the
scorchine rays of Southern sun, our work
as egitators is not done, and you must not
impeach our patriotism IL the cry still is,
Come up higher" Devotion to country
whom that country is in the right, is noble |;
but, so long as the Government is on the
side of tho oppression, our duty is to set il
right. God made us men, not patriots. As
men, We owe it to our brothers whom we
have oppressed that we :orsake him not un.
I'll we put land under his feet, and the bal.
lot in bis hand. Until we do that the blood
of the slain is upon our garments, and the
brand of Cain is on our foreheads.
am not oblivious to the pr ogress The na
tion has made towards the goal of impa rtial
freedom and universal justice. Thirty, five
years ago, an unknown printer boy started
al
demanding the immediate and unconditiou-
al emancipation of every slave in the land
He at once became the target at which op-
pressors, with their aiders and abetters,
hurled their envenomed spears. The Gov.
ernor of Georgia offers $4,000 for bis head,
and requistion is made upon the Boston
authorities to deliver up the cuiprit. But,
80 Insignificant was the instrument of this
agitation and the means at bis control. that
the worthy mayor thought the matter be-
meath bis dignity. To-day that humble in.
strumentality is the power that dictates the
law of the nation 1.-THE stone the builders
rejected has become the head of the corner"
The man who trampled The blood. stained
stars and stripes under his feet, and public.
iy burned the Constitution, to-day is the
nations honored guest to assist in planting
that flag. reb0vated and made wbito With
the blood of our sons on hundred battle
fields, upon the ruins of Sumter's crumbled
walls. which Slavery battered down. but
which Freedom re-builds amid the shouts
of ransomed thousands.
Thus is Gods justice vindicated, and His
ways to man justified. Wm. Lloyd CARR.
son on the soil Of Charleston, backed and
defended by the power of the Nation. 'Tis
enough! Well may the Abolitionist, with
devout OLD Simeon, exclaim: "Now, Lord,
lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for
mine eyes have seen thy salvation"
"How blessed are our eyes,
That see this heavenly light;
Prophets aud kings desired It long,
But died without the sight"
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