Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-12-03

| There, thcre are different States, crowded |
with Inhabitants Of different races and Ian
guages and interests, eaelr jealous Of lis hon.
or and rights; proud vi its namc and history;
watchfuI of its rival neghbor We have the
same races IN this country German and
French, Swecdc, English, Scotch Irish Ey- .
cry country in Europe has given us OF lis
| children Bnt they do not reside in separate |
States. keeping up scmblance af the old ma
| tionalties They are mingled togetherT-scat.
tered among each Others. common interests
banishng the old iealousics; all the names
contributing to mace up tlre one namc-Amcr-
ican. In former years, there WAS in the rcla-
ton of the NoFtlL land South of our county,
parlja! resemblance To the European separa.
lions. Though our people in both sections,
spoke one language, yet there was clashinp
of interest, and pride of section. You know
to what tiled, and you can imagine what
would have been the future of our country
had we been rent in twGin and had tl,e pre.
cess of segregation gone forward, as 1t doubt
less would, till whore this one American ma
ton now extends, there were several separate
atlonaliiies-rorthcn and Southern. and
! Eastern and Pacific. The history of Europe
tells what Our history would have become.
! The old drama oE those Eastern wars would
have been re-cnactcd in this broad western
world. We thank God in the presence and
by tlc RssoH OF European wars, that he has
bound this nation in unity.
We oan learn these, and many other lessons
OF national Thanksgiving from the great iu:lg.
ment OF lhG year, but must as OF necessity,
condnc our thanks to-day TO our own nation
Is u true, as our first thoughts may have
seemed to intimate, that, taking the world at
large, there has been no progress during the
year, and that the indications are that the day
OF peace and love is us far off as ever? Look
ing at human character, we confess that there
} is little to encourage us but looking at Gods
| work, we rejoice in The wonders which He has
, wrought. And IL is of immeasurably more
! importance to study what God is doing than
| what progress man is making. The assurance
I of the worlds regeneration is Gods promise
Our hope is not in the slow, gradual reforma-
ton by human power-but in the grand re-
newal by Jchovah's hand, that shall take
place when lie has made all things ready.
need scarcely ask to-day What hath God
wrought The wonders of this year stand
OIL! before the nations, and blind must that
eye be, that secs not Jehovah's Hand. need
not dctain you with speaking of that retribu-
tion by which an Emperor, who seemed the
! highest In the world, was brought down as In
moment, conquered and dcthrsned. Only
learn that kings may fall before the food, but
the Lord on the food sitteth King forever /
need not dwell on the crushing of a proud,
| mighty nnIinn In nj a. T.,
appear us the most startling fact of the war;
IN sacred history IL will be secondary, or pre-.
paratory. That nation, or its government, was
the chief support of another power--of II tyr
amy worse than that of any king or emperor,
) which clung to the traditions of the dark ages,
and peated in this century the history of
Ave hundred years ago. And u tyranny which
was NOT satisfied In restraining outward liber-
ty, but which asserted authority over all hu-
man souls. a few years ago, by the defeat of
Austria, most of the temporal possessions OF
the Pope were wrenched from him, but lic still
, maintained his sway over Central Italy. In
! the stronghold Of ancient Rome he exercised
. his sovereignty, while foreign bayone,s pre-
vented the uprising of the people. Not salts.
!, fled with the pretensions of his predecessors,
} he wished TO block the progress OF the age by
Il dogma more abhorent to human reason and
; pcsumptous against Divine authority, than
any which had yet been promulgated by The
church of Rome And In his capitol he calls
about him the Bishops Of his church in Ecu
mcnical Council The world is at peace the
Pope's temporal authority seems secure; the
Emperor, whom he styles "thc eldest son of
the church, wields II power second to no 9th
or living man, Never did council assemble
in more apparent security. Never seemed OPP
portunIty more favorable for the accomplish
ment of heaven. daring scheme. And the
council meet, and after long debate, they yield
the claims of the Pope, and he is declared in
hlliblei his word as to doctrine and law SUI
preme; no council, no king, no human con
science having right 10 question it, Above
all reason, above al law, above the Bible they
set this human teacher and ruler. You have
often read that descriptive chapter in the
Thessalonians-'That day shall not come ex-
cept that man OF sin he revealed, the son of
perdition, who opposcth and exaltell, himself
above all that is called God that Is worship.
ped, SO that he as God sittcl In the temple of
Gal; showing himself that l,c Is God" When
| Was Ptul'HcNy iuluiicu u hot III the UTclhru-
ton OF that dogma of Papal infallibility.
How, II not by that'dccree, could man exat
himself aa God, aud sitting In Gods temple
claim God's authorily, The deed il done, and
behold the vengeance con,eth. Scarcely Is the
piU -lamation issued, when tho defeat of France
cllls a,,sy the troops on whom the Pope de.
pendrd; The Italian nation rises, and the Ro.
mln people vote away his temporal authority
Thc man who made himself equal to God Is
,nablc 10 keep even Iis petty earthly throne,
and holds his Papal char tbro;0h the for6ear-
alce of his conquorer knLw tina, :he strong
hold OF the itomlsh religion is in hcman
hearts; In the multitude who yield their con-
sciences Ia its direction Not In Italy alone
are found the subjects Of the Pope. but In
France and Austria and Spain and Ireland
may In the Protestant countries Of Germany
Rad England aud Amerca. And II Is very
! small Thing If his temporal power is oyer.
! thrown, II his spiritual power remains The
waSare Is not finished In adding Rome TO the
Italian kingdom; the great battle remains to
be taught, In adding all the followers of Papa.