, 1865-03-06
JUSTICE OF FTHEALm1GHTY.

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The thought propounded by Jefferson, ~
his Notes on Virginia, where he says, *I
1remble for my country when I think that
God Is just and that his justice will not sleep
doreyer'-a thought which lad undoubtedly
occurred to many Of his contemporaries-is
brought fo.cibly to mind By the following
rcrercntinl words in President L!ncoln's in
augural:
"nwe shall suppose that American slavery i:
one Of the oIenscs that in the providence Of God
must needs conc. but which. having continued
through His appointed time, He now 80 wills to
remove that he gives 10 both North and South
this terrible war us the due to those By whom the
otfen.e came. enal! we discern there Is any dcpar
ture from those divine attributes. which the he
lievers IN living God always ascr1hc to Hita
Fondly Do VIC hope, ferven.ly do VIC pray, that
this mighty ecourse Of war may speedily pass
away; set, If God wills that II continue until all
the wealth piled by the bondman'a two hundred
and hfty years Of unr.qnited toll shall he eunS,
and until every drop oi blood drawn with the lasL
shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, n
as ~ III 1hTfs t yes1s r. st It must
and righteous nltogcther.H
Some two years and a half asothc same
idea, 80 admirably condensed by the Presi-
dent, was discussed by tile Chicago TRIBUNE
in the foltowing editorial:
IFrom the Chicago Daily 1Hbunc, Aug. u, 1851
JUSTICE or TIE ALMIGHTY.
Itfceus to be decreed that the American people
must lose all they have made acquired from the
sin Of slavery and suffer IN th.ir owa persons aif
African race. It ia impossible TO compute in dol
lare md cent. the aggregates or the tnposin. bal
auce sheet, but We catnuot avoid tho conviction
that the sum totol Of profit thct hasl,cen derived
from slaveboldiug, slave trn1fng and slave dtiv-
ing, from the day the flrst caE-o ok africans were
landed at mesiowu, down 10 the day when the
last of the rAce shall be cm3uc1pate11 Is to be
swept aWny in the vortex Of civil War, with, pro-
7abjy, compound interest At st1 per Cent to date.
L g, who ahal! ga,nsay the jos:tss Of toe Al.
here. Dollars md cents can be replaced. The
accumulated wealth, which the sun beholis in his
cour-c from the Atlantic to The Pacific Today. il
count OF eloodshed and tears. bodily torture, scpa
Iahon oi husband sud wife, parent snd child. e1-
7enoing over period Of two hundred years.
1ngs in the tale Of every battlefield, In the NOR.
7alty report which each day brings Us from eoue
ana5,ter! e. s,dss hass used men and women Also
much raw mnH0a!- to be worked mp into cotton
and sugar, TIL &C hare been able to compute with
ont shuddcr TINT thc average life Of q siaYe on
seven ycars. Do our hospitals On thc reninsnia
chow nothing to eortespond with thus fact in TIC
alarming waste OF human lifcf
There IL philosophy in this war which we
would do we'll to comprehend. They tell ua Enr-
land is on thc eve Of great c7lamnes hy reason of
calawit1cs ior putting, Upon us the ,or1s,nal siu.
Ict her take her inst share and bea: as she ~.
81 tho Lord, thy God. au Jealous GOD, visiting
+fe in,nutlee Of the father. upon the chidten un-
to To- the he third md fourth generation" England
.<rnye M elave1y and took cotton tor her pay;
&fshe has made rope enough out OF It to hang her.
snlf 3et her err 1loud TO God for marcy: nnd NOT
Taii at us for be1na.the iustr1ments n LIS hanas
to carrv forward the DEGREES Of eScrlasun: JUS
Ice. -, a. s,.,.h ,1a
crs thcmeelyes In this general settlement! Wna:
il the baance due from them at the great clearing
ho4ae1 II those. who are on1y res2on, n,,
s,a,le a. accessories who lon: & aso
put away the sin. from their own
aoors-*ufftr 70 much, whst m1st be- the recEoa
onE ior those who have tratlckca IN human hcsn;
Sao eaac1 e Nc seousge with their own hands. an9
1s ahea Me word al last to perpetu4to an4 extend
~ n1tla crime: ''Wo nDio thee Choraxtn3 NO
rT9re 1es ~ nss..a'da It shal be m,re tolerahlc
.os @ yo9. ana thou, Capernaum, which art exalt:
go nnto heaven, ah:.l! be brought down to hel3''
Before NC ti*veholdlnc classes sh1li see ths
sword acnln shcathea they viii. in ali nrohahity.
be obllseEstco ron human +ocsetf. n, - Fredncei n
. condition not less ~fetelsd tnsn 49, ~ ~
slaves whom they hnse 80 ion: and nnInrsv - n,
treated. II trcmbc for1ny c1antT, ma Mai,
son. 4sWhen think that God il u;;,ns W. osn IT.
3ustce will not sleep forever" Hs =. ir.1 .aat 9e
ns endure With humility that which IL 1nsi. st Let
ns aod rive longer. to our own hurt t.. IL
his imMutable dee1ec&s