Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-01-04

been twice bauishttl, ~ the. head Ut III
army. of his gathering The people togeih.
- in the theaipr, surrounding IL Will
troops, then when they were Ledrly fro
gen with terror, OF his guing 10 liIpm aud
parhonening their misconduct and git
ing them, 100000 measures OF wheat.
This he termed divine and claimed ,I,ai
God should initiate Demetrius rather
than ,hu D.mtfr'us sh h'uld have inua-
ted God. Thus the 10y made god out of
fancy aud in, cnted a law to govern him
aud rejected the law revealed by Goa
aud revealing God. lie did not believe
in religion Of Christ but attempted to
build mp n religion for Christ, aud from
fourteen years Of age was AN avowed
champion uf Univ, rsalism. Ills faith
made him, aud was the fountain source
of ihUsp errors of thought and life which
TO day markes So much of his life lear
fiji mistake. Donbiing truth does not
annhila,e it. Disbelieving God, does
not dethrone Him. A mar's faith is the
man, whether it be built on rock OF
sand.
T!.p trouble with Mr. Greeley's faith
lies in its one sidedness. Ii had no bal
arce. IL endeavured to make capital
tor the man at the expense Of his Maker
II ignored the rights of the lawmakcr
and Of the law observer. God alone,
stands in the mountain, peak aud sees all
sides of truth. lie is Infinite in wisdom
aud IN love and so he Furnishes sin aud
and rewards right doing, mercy aud
justice goes hand in baud, Therr'iS per-
tect harmony in the divine system. a
heaven is no more essential than.a he'll.
Mr.. Greeley believed that crime should
be treated as disease rather than as n
sin that sinners should not be punish
ed but coaxed, brought back by soft
words not by threatenings and judg-
ments. The result was he opposed cap
al punishment, went on to the bail
bond ol Jefferson Davis, and shouted for
general amnesty His Universalism
Judged in the light of results vas a fail
ure in this world saying notNing OF the
world TO come line aud again society
has boen drvpin to adopt Gods method
of dealing with murlercrs. They did so
in the West, III Sanirancisco, aud are
very near doing it i'll New York, where
more than score of murderers live III
their Tombs, without a trial because a
trial means death. When the test came
Mr.. Greeley did not himself trust To his
faith, For no sooner did the mob, fresh
from the burning orphan asylnms, tramp.
ling out the lives Of little coloied cMl-
dren approach the Tribune office than
they were confronted BY cannon in the
doorway and armed men in every win
dow. Demetrius was forgotten aud a
prison home for the condemned became
even in his estimation necessity.
sHls faith made him seek reconciliation
not by rewarding the good or Furnishing
the bad, not by upholding good gov
ernment and enforcing the laws, bnt by
pleading tor universal amnesty 1T the ex-
ppnse OF justice. Was he right or wrong?
This question has been tried before the
Jury of the American people. 1t is deep
er question than we think. We are doing
aud have been doing a greater work than
we know. The people of this land voted
to uphold government and enforce law.
We are not opposed to concilition or rec
onclliation or brotherhood. We are not
opposed To any measure which shall tend
to make our people one i'll purpose
aud in thought but we prefer to obtain
these results by sustainiuga a more true
and benrfcent government, to playing
the part of Demetrius, or having it play
ed. The nation by vote such IN was
never given before, have chOsen Gods
way to thausof those who were opposed
to him.
Horace Greeley saw it. His faith was
built in The sand. The people repu'la-
ted it. The floods OF public opinion rose
higher aud overwhelmed II, the winds oi
misfortune blew against il. Ills house
built ON sand b. gan to shake; all saw it,.
The floods came rolling on and it was
swept away, and great was The fall there
of. The theological faith he cut loose
from when boy crushed him when a
man. For God lives though many men
deny il, aud the word OF Gud endureth
forever | seem To see this great heart
ed but selfdeceived man, watching by
ihe bedside of his " ite, and listening to
the expressed lurpoSes of the people,
while his theories are being tried. The
negroes who recognized their indebted
ness to hlm for hls care aud devotion 10
! liberty saw that there was no Justice IN
his platform, aud Ioa man they voted
agalns, him and gave their support "a
o le who helped redeem them, and who
had been tue To all, but lenient to no
ime he the criminal great or small. The
man who at ten years of age rejected the
! Bible lor his own musings and turned
from The law-giver pn Sinai TO Etmetri
us in the Greek theater, SAW that his
views were opposed 10 the interests and
teachings of The people and was whiried
hy the crash into IA delirinm that carried
him to the bar of God. There are olhel
great menin like danger, one whom W.
,hlnk OF much and pray tor often IS neaI
making this terrible mistake. We say
then with sad heart, and yet with ex
ultant hope, religion as God founded II, IL
a necessity. The Old Testament is es
sential to the New, and tho New to The
Old. The need of positive faith found
ed on Christ and the gospel is overlook
ed, vet il is mistake thus TO talk ano
n positive misfortune hus to tech Rehg
ion is the only vital force in onr world
1t is Gods life acting on men and acting
In men. "H is the LIFE and The Hghs q
the DorSd" For although all flesh Ii
grass and all the years OF men as th'
flower of grass, although the grass with
ereth aud the flower iadeih yet TIL
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