The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-01-23

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SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
There are many signs in the moral,
political and ecclesiastical atmosphere,
that the world is rapidly approaching a
great crisis. SOne of the signs, is the
character of the struggles of the present
age The wars and contests that en-
broil society now, are different from
the conflicts Of former centuries, diff
ferent in their causes and different in
their aim and results. Many of the
wars Of former ages, were contests be-
tween petty dukes and sovereigns for
the loaves and fishes; for ambitious
ends, the requirement of power and
wealth. But nOw they are struggles
for liberty and right. They are radical,
if you please 1.-The axe is laid at the
root of the tree" They seek to over
throw old, rotten establishments in state
and church and restore to man certain
inalienable rights" Almost every rev.
olution strikes blow at some corrupt
system and weakens the hold of fdespots
and savocrats. The tendency is tow
ard an equilibrium. People are begin
ming to understand their rights and that
the legitimate end OF government is to
secure to all men their rights; that the
government belongs to the people and
not the people to the government.
True democracy means that tho people
rule. Sovereignty is in the people and
not in their representatives nor in any
oligarchy which bastard democracy
may set up. Rights are not the prop
erty Of governments and oigarchies
which they may dole out to men as they
see fit, but they belong to the indiyid-
ual, to every man, aud the government
which takes from him or witholds these
rights, is unjust and oppressive. HUI
man rights are not derived from any
human source, but from the Creator,
the author OF governments and all NOR
al obligation, Legislatures cannot
create these rights, they exist in the
man; they were created in him as a
moral being and grow out of those re-
latiOns which the Creator established
between as members Of civil society.
No government can destroy these
rights; they are immortal as the man.
To Withhold them is moral wreng
which the great Arbiter ofthe universe
will not long tolerate in any nation.
These rights belong to all classes Of
men, of whatever cline, color or rage,
"A man is man for a that and a that "
Human rights and moral obligation,
have no geographical limits; they q kist
in all attitudes The moral law speaks
to every man. 1t does not say, Thou
negro or thou White man, but thou ban.
Wbosoever thou art, What thi5 law
binds me to do to my neighbor, Kinds
my neighbor to do to me, No gov vern-
ment can disregard this law with iApu-
nifty War and dissolution follow gteat
national sins, Commissions in the phNs.
ical system always indicate morbid
state, so when nation is convulsed and
drenched in her own blood, it is Ger.
tain that some great moral wrong sthe
cause of it. The great rebellion which
so lately convuised our nation was an
illustration of this and was characteris-
tic of the present age. 1t was part Of
the great contest which now shakes the
earth, a battle between light and wrong,
liberty and despotism, Hence during
the struggles there were but two par
ties. There was no neutral ground and
no neutrals, for those who did not
heartily espOuse the cause of the union
against treason, did help the rebels. II
they did net furnish material aid, they
sympathized, they talked treason and
oroaked against every measure the gov
ernment took TO put down the rebellion
and save the union. "Ile that is not
for me, is against me-" is true in this
case The friends of liberty and the
enemies of liberty are terms which de-
scribe the opposing parties, During
the campaign which resulted in the see
ond election of Mr.. Lincoln to the pres
idency, every friend of liberty and
right, was in favor of him and his side
and every despot, every Journal of alb.
solutism and croaker for monarchy il
Europe, every rebel North or South and
every rebel and COpper-head paper
were opposed to Mr., Lincoln and die
what they could to defeat him. Ant
whyi Because they knew that Mr.
Lincoln and his supporters, were The
true friends Of the union and the true
representatives of reprblicanism on tbii
continent, and their defeat would be the
ruin of the nation and their triumph
the triumph Of liberty and right, Blu