The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-14
RELIGIOUS.
Or. CHEEVER ON THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.
The Guilt and Peril Of Withholding
Ii from the Blacks.
Congress and the President Pronounced
Thieves and Moral AsSassins.
SERMONS BY OTHER EMINENT DOCTORS
&c. &c. &C.

Last evening tho congregation who attended the
church of the Pnrtans, Union square, treated TO
political by the reverend pastor, Dr. Cheevcr,
'rhe Right of Suffrage from Cod, and the Guilt and
Peril of Withholding It." The text selected for the
occasion from the second chapter Of Malachi and
tenth verse;
SHAVE we not all one father Hath not one God
atedf Why do deal treachcrousy every against
MS brother by profanng the covenant OF our fathes
UNIVERSAL PROPHET
The earliest account is in the first chapter OF Deuteron
emy, verse 13:-"Take you wise men, and understand
ing and known among your tribes, and will make them
rulers you Choose them for yourselves according
to your knowledge Of them Judge rightcousy between
every and his brother and the stranger that is with
HIM" The stranger is placed a footing of equality
with all the people to all the peoples rights And
The stranger thai within thy gates" The wrath of the
inst Goa laid definitely upon those who turn away the
stranger from his right The stranger is such
the negro country aye shall not respect persons
IN Judgment but ye shall hear the small well as the
great ye shall not be afraid of the face Of for the
Judgment is Gods" So likewise (Deut xvi, 1S-20):-
'Jndges and officers shalt thou make thee" &c. The
sho and making of their officers with the people,
there is conceivable mode Of choice but by
expression Of their judgment and will, and that is
suffrage
Besides all this there provision made for the
change by the choice of the people, they
should be foolish change from the republic
the monarchy. Deut xvii, IA :-"When thou art come
unto the land which the Lord thy God gveth thee, and
shalt possess and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say,
will set king me- like all the nations that
are round about Inc, thou shalt in any set him
king thee whom the Lord thy God shall choose"
The expression and sovereignty Of the popular will
admitted in the change OF the form Of government and
TO the personal selection Of the king if God had not
expressly ordered that they should receive that from
Him by Divine choice and appointment, that also must
have been by suIrage-the expression Of the popular
Will And so with Having appointment Of our
chief magistrate from God, it Is Gods arrangement that
the appointment Of the ruler be by the
suffrage, by the choice, OF the people. This
right obligation Of suffrage therefore, manifest
ly from God the right and duty OF having king If
God appointed him, and Of establishing whom God ap-
points When God does not appoint, then 1t is equally
Gods arrangement that the people shall appoint for
themselves shall make their own selection And seec
ton only be made by choice, and for choice there
must be the expression OF the choice, aud THAI ID SUI
frage, and must be suffrage OF the people, Is not
She peoples appointment So that, take whatever
ground you will, 1t is still evident that suffrage rs from
G)d the right of suffrage right from God, and unless
God himself by divine revelation indicates whom the
people shall choose, they under divine Obligation TO
exercise for themselves what is dvincly conferred
right and advinely appointed duty the right Of suffrage
DExocRAnc THEORY OF THE PRESENT DAY
But the argument Of these modern democrats who
deny the right Of suffrage to the people, is that God
made Saul and David kings Israel and therefore
the right Of suffrage does belong TO the people Of the
United states a right from God. wide stop Of de-
nocractc logic, indicating greater faith In and sub
mission unto the Old Testament as divine revelation
Of equal authority in government now ms among the
Jews than had supposed existed among that class of
polite ans. This goes far towards genuine Christian
not that il Is packed for purpose, just
suilragcs themselves bought and sold OF
supreme authority, by those very persons who deny
tho divine right OF suffrage right OF II
IN right OF wealth, right Of purchase, right OF
aepo.,sm' rg" Of party Corruption ana rule
Because God made Saul aud David kings over Israel,
therefore person in the United States has any right
from God TO vote Equally clear II is that because God
made David king therefore have right TO any but
akingy government; and II is evident that this party
regard monarchy as the only divincy appointed form,
and OF republic Is violation OF Gods authority,
and intrusion upon It, Just as the claim OF suffrage for
tho people such violation. For II Suffrage Is not
right from God because ng was appointed oil God for
tho lsraecs, then republic, which is the creation Of
suffrage, Is not right from God, but monarchy u.s. To
this practical result the denial Of the divine and natural
right Of suffrage travels and this perhaps is tue secret
purpose Of the democratic denial OF right TO prepare the
way Tor cup dec', changing the republic into an
absolute monarchy. more adroit ponoon, better
bridge all ready TO be thrown across the gulf between
freedom and desposm, could not be conceived than this
demo denial OF the right OF suffrage inferior TO
tho GIT OF kngcraft Of absolntism-a contrvance by
which the people may b, drawn across tho Rubcon and
transferred from the freedom OF republic 10 the des
pot,sm Of an absolute monarchy, In the hands Of con
spiraors against suffrage almost before they know IT,
The people lay down night in France republicans
and freemen and woke TIE next morning nonarchists
and slaves by less adrolt less permanent
less subtle and reaching than this Tho denial Of
the ght OF suffrage from God beng basphemy, and
fhe APP ell to the divine right kings as established in
thc Bible n phenom' non Of democracy which the
people cannot fail to ponder
II does not lessen the gncanoc nor danger Of such
n ii "A
scripture But u is well to note that there Is no such
ching in the word OF God the kinsly form Of GOT.
suffrage or personal v ambition and Violence The PEOPLE
in their folly demanded King, that they might have
tle grandeur and absouteness aud imperialism OF the
idoIatrous dcspot SINS round about them. They had
grown weary q tho simplicity aud freedom and indie
rendoncc OF living with God only for ia ir King. and
demanded that the government should he changed from
this republican theo tley into the monaichca style
and substance. md God Informed them that the sngly
government was IN essence nsurpaton and would
prove tho substitution OF despo SIN instead OF freedom
for that their kins would rale by his own Will, and
Iroclnmatons AID nuthoriy and would serve thcm and
d. with them, In spite OF al their good laws from God,
Scproci ana remonstrnnce they nsited on their De
rnnnd, and God ordered hs servant Samuel 10 yield 10
hs cNpes. on OF Their vii atd give ihem KING, ac-
Sordint - h,r choice 80 far Then. from the caao-
lshm,nt IT the kineiy form oi government being a
den al OF The rsht II suffrage It was the result o. The
ehorcise ~ ihN reht, though IN wrong way. IL was
thc popular demand, the OPPRESSION OF the viii Of the
Hebrew people, which God lar recognized even when
this part c1af exercise OF offensive rejection OF
HIS own knghip IS to give 70 way and appoint king
IN answer TO ~. Hc woild let them ny this cxpcr..
nscnt, and ihoy lid Try ~ and persisted consequence
o. = Fc- 70 vas Their knrf-a Succession Of
wicked Jugs and dcspos. denying the right
Of suffrage and herein maxim. common cause
with Ire mblcrn Confederate rcOo democracy
and compelling the people % obey inquous unton-
etituuoIa de fCr ava G. receive us State tuous
SUPPRESSION este ch VI, p0u-ms idoiaires and forms
Of slavery aud o1cy tho statutes Of Sac house aud
administration OF Ahah and - wax m t'o counsel u
Cain instead Of the laws Of Jahoyah u was thcr Nngs,
aud their kEgly goyen ent r The hands OF ogirch
o state villains and Godd nyitf pile,s We folh,ls,
would have saved them had uloj cont nuod 10 cNersc
u according 10 The law OF Coz IhfE Wfr' d,Iryel PC
cause, IN fact they gave ~ ihct ism ~ -uhrae NhMh
coBteclei themselves directly ~ cS1-'euce WIN thc
ct God AMI made them snprel 10 anf unconq o
m His uhtcousncsq and subaii, nleh ~ pmc" ibe
claims NJ mIO state sovereign ~, WHICH iify aAd
they were bound obey as The hish,r law. fint We.
t,ir iuin--th. remuneration O, the gltt OF iNdon ana
iudrt ndcnce b.stowad upon them fiO. God the hiah'
os which the Fight II sunage 10 a,so,dance wilh