The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-03-22
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a96s Alarming period of blood letting,
which has just abated at the North, has
beer fully commented upon and rebuked
withs shes plain words of duty, by the
eutffs presEofa the country. But there
iseaEothsf power, which has concurrent
jdfisaietiOn, and a superior influence to
take eogni&ance of this chapter of mur-
lsrss That lpoHeYiis the pulpit.
.sThesRsS. GhSrles2A. stoddard, D d,
rsssnay GsprGachee sat Washington
Hefghis Presbyterian Church to large
songtegatiod from from Genesis tx, 5, "At
the hand of, every mans brother will
yeapiSe the life Of man" In this ser
pensthsH subject is treated witha mas
eElSforcs and7eloquencee
The preacher saidar'The text occurs
ID part Of fthea Bible which has always
been regarded as sthe highest inspired
authority. for zplu.ppiishbing pl.pithb murderer with
death and although intend to apply
Observation-Disclosures it con,aius in spiritu-
Tlss6ss, aI should think myself negligent
sinsduty ff passed by this word of God
TO ail mankind without teaching YOU
shat murdercr aoes by his act forfeit
shis, right in Human society aud incur
sthas doom Of death; that this is law
auaizsFssih 5as, the lace, unchnging as
0fbs achaIaeterl Of cd, unconditional iu
sitS Statement and imperative in its de-
mand. It is 2aalaww" in harmony with the
~constitptien, Of human nature and the
.ss@timsnta of al antiquity. 1t is.thc
AjnsiiAaeeoG 5GG,da imposed upon human
9soeisty aud isso1truly Fundamental th1t
tie death penalty for murder cannot be
abolished without" weakening the sane
tons Of al. governments, human and
Sadivipe. at has been truly and forciby
eaAid'Gthht ''the Estate may disobey this
q0fdiBades' Of g od;y it may condemn other
social Ordinances having like divine
Institution; but in doing SO it discarls
it's own highest idea and rejects the only
sifonndstiop upon which i: can pormaneu.
Vttly rest. It builds alone on human will,
eS2and that is building on the sand" 1t
. ncedful= to quicken the public con.
.1ssienee; upon this subject, to teach the
Aawfnl responsibility which rests upon
snal1s whole community when life has been
aS dsiib6ratelyataken away. The murderer
9 iSsa' <siepemy of mankind !; he has at
licked nam anity ; Ne has struck blow
- st the whole human race, and all human
ss bsinEs eve i to. shemse@es and to the
ssgsnpssme Being, whose image they bear,
staS arise wlh united. voice and demand,
Hot vengeance, but the solemn aud speedy
!. execution OF justice. When Putnam
MAS slain, when Fisk (wickad man
ssahengh ehea was) was shot, when the
victims of those twenty six who are now
eoufued~-in-the Tombs upon the charge
p oismurdsr were hurried into eternity
then. "you and / and all Of us fell down."
J. end the law Of God and man was
abolished uueil the penalty is paid A
ssnitifnly yhumanitarianism, the child of
atheism or low morality, endeavors to
/. excite lsynnpathy for the criminal at the
expense Of the victim represents law,
swhichs in. its nature is passionle,s and
,djass, asdreyengefu and malignant, and
lo'elsaFges sa' deSilish spirit upsn society,
p which sdemandS the only sacrifice which
can 6isa6be It's own skirts from the pol
= luton Of blood aud free it from the
,E.shaSss Of being accessory to crime. Let
ssal!srgesas umep npnt away this spurious
y teaaesnses, this false estimate of the
ehafaeser Tpof Justice, this arrogance
against daOa, which ignores the unultor.