The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-23
Judged by their Fruits.

JuuSeu ny CuelT ETUlCS.
The Savior of mankind in his sermon on
the Mount, asks the question, "Do men
gather grapes Of thorns, or figs of thistles?"
Every good tree VIII bring forth good fruit
but corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit,
wherefore, says the Lord, "by their fruits
shall ye know them"
We are justified in applying this rule of
judgment, not only to religious sects, but
to individuals, to communities, to families
and to political parties. What then must
be the judgment Of mankind in reference to
the fruits OF Democracy, and what their
judgment In reference to the fruits of aboli-
tloniSm.
The tree Of democracy planted by the faith.
ers Of the Republic, and watered by their
blood has for eighty-four years brought
forth the peaccable fruits of happiness and
prosperity The fruits of Democratic rule
have always been good, and IN the very ma
ture of things must always prove beneficial
to society. The whole past history of the
late Republic may be searched in vain for
an instance where the carrying out of the
Democratic measures has not resulted in
good to the people. And why? Because
the Democratic autonomy Of government is
founded upon the immutable principles of
justice and truth evolved by the reason of
ages, and revealed to mankind on the pages
OF inspiration.
As In the individual life, purity and viz
ture is sure Of its blissful reward, so in the
career Of nations, the people that support
system Of authority in consonance with the
law OF God are sure to EMORY the smiles of
his favor. The antithcsis of the moral AK
ION has always held good, and will to the
end Of time. A life of corruption and vice
will as surely entail its reward of misery
and woe upon its devotee, as that there is
God IN the universe and holy writ declares
that the nation that forgets God shall be
turned into hell"
. How stands the matter, then, with the
people Of the late republic of the United
States? We do know that under Demo
cratic supremacy the people rejoiced We
do know that peace and quiet reigned
throughout our borders We do know that
traterna feeling and commercial intercourse
knit the people together as one man. We
do know that the memories of common
and glorious ancestry we've the equal horit-
age Of ALL That under the mild and ben
efcent sway of constitutional laws, super
vised By a righteous judiciary. and executed
by faithful public servants, the people en-
joyed exemption from taxation, immunity
from unlawful arrest, and freedom from the
domineering exactions Of bond holding
aristocracy. We DO knov that under the
benehcent supremacy Of the Democratic
party the blessings Of heaven were shower
ed upon the land, so that the people null
tiplied in numbers and in riches and in
breadth Of dominons as never did people
before in all the annals of time.
But how stand we to-day? As the SER
pent entered the garden of Eden and Sc
duced our parents from their obedience,
thereby bringing death into the world
with all it's woes" so the demon of aboli-
tionism has entered the once happy Eden of
America and now sits enthroned like some
monster Moloch, gorged with blood
SPY their fruits shall ye know themD
What are the fruits of six years abolition
rule ? My God, how appalling the answer
to that question Can it be that anything
short Of the omnipotent wrath of an aveng-
ing God, could ever have wrought the ruin
which, like the bosom of destruction has
swept over the land for the last six years
And why this manifestation of wrath now !?
Why are necks of the poor subjected to the
Calling yoke Of the rich? Why does the rod
Of the military despot chastise with relent-
less rigor third part of those States p
Why does labor groan under the exactions
of the tax gatherer? And more than all,
why have millions of men been dragged
from their peaceful homes by draft, and
forced to shed the blood of their brethren
in battle? Why has the once imperial rich
es and abundance of these people been cut
off, so that large sections now seek to hide
their nakedness-and leanness affiicts the
people. There can be but one answer to
these questions.
The people of their own free will have
conferred power upon the wicked, and have
been given up to be scourged by them
They wrested authority from hands that
governed in the fear of the Lord, and had
regard for the oath of God. They confer
red that power upon men who neither re-
gard the DEGREES of the Almighty-nor yet
have they shown respect for the oath of the
Most High. So long as our people contin-
ue in the crime of maintaining the wicked
in power, they do but work out their own
political damnation. But when they repent
of their sins, God in His merciful Provi-
dence will raise up amongst them strong
deliverance-and some Jeptha or Gideon
or Ehud will yet rid the land of this horde
Of worse than Pbilistine oppressora