The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-27

socially.
We shall have time this morning to develope
only one OF these foundation principles, and that
pies is the iuvolability Of tho law. Law is from
God; politics and forms are of men.
Behind politics, behind forms God has In
grained with the very constitution Of man, this
idea OF the supremacy Of law-it is ingrained
into the very constitution OF man-not only this,
but the necessity OF mans submission and obedl-
ence thereto.
The truth is the powers that be are ordained Of
God. Authority IN government is OF Gods instl-
tuting. He clothes it with his sanction and
gives to it its terrors. This divine authority in
herring IN law, this necessity in preserving social
order, mon have always lnstinctively felt. An
archy Is felt to be the worst evil that can come to
man. Rather than to have no government,
rather than to have social chaos men have sub |
mitted to the expressions and cruelties OF tyran-
MES, because God has ngrained in mans consti-
tuition respect for the law, and while it never
was distinctly stated, perhaps hundreds OF men
could not have given the reason for that which
occurred previous to the i4th September, yet it
was this very underlined principle that led the
people Of this city, when the Chief Magistrate OF
the nation issued proclamation, that every man
felt that it was his duty to submit, and hence,
without bloodshed, without any Of the usual re-
suits attending revolution everything moved on,
because the people OF this country han been try
ing from their earliest days to respect the au-
thority Of the law and OF righttul
government, and recognized the chief maeis-
trate as the rightful instrument holding the
power Of government and they submitted with
out the firing Of a gun or the discharge OF
pistol; and say there never was such manifes-
tation of the respect for law in the history OF
this State. l therefore come to-day with this
point in my mind, saying that as people we
should reattrm with great power the invioabilty
Of the law. You say the 14th September saw q
people rose up in their strength because they
felt their government was usurpatlon,
but when those whom they thought
we're in power by the constitution ordered sub
mission, they instantly submitted. Whenever
you construct social editce leaving out this
foundation principle, then comes the greatest
danger to our government, or to any other.
Whenever We disregard law, We are far gone in
corruption. The recent events, occurring to the
overthrow OF the tyranny of cruel majority, sus-
tains our view. Just as sule as the ebbing and
flowing Of the sea do all things tend to equil-
brium in this world. The principle OF justice
will soon or late assume control, because Gods
throne is in the heavens. We have waited long,
and may say we almost waited in despair, but
at the appointed time in the mind Of God He rose
up and He touched here and He touched there,
and perfect revolution in opinion occurred and
4 reaction in the recent elections occurred, that
have astonlshed even the men who hitherto had
the strongest faith, SO unexpected has been tho
result.
We have found that the devices Of men only
succeed to limited degree; it is only when the
tice that it can acquire permanence. There
never was people so enraveiled, there never
was people with web 80 perfectly constructed,
encircling them, a network if you please, of eva
sion OF laws, and say there never was people
so completely in the hands Of power as this peo-
pie, and they so apparently helpless, and YET in
| an unexpected hour God lifts us up in the msjes-
| ty OF his strength and overturns, until now we
| feel that there is God in our governments
God that asserts hls principles, and will attain
| them even if it is necessary to work . miracle.
| Since about 1861 this nation has been swayed
| by gust Of passion controlled by men who
laws and every obstacle that stood in their paths.
Nothing could stand before them. They moved
| forward with resistless energy, and carried mat
| tiers with high hand, until hundreds and
hundreds felt that God had passed tho sceptre
| Of sovereignty to these men. But these men
forgot that Gods throne was in the heavens, and
| that He retains the mastership Of earth in HIS
own hand. 1t was distrust; it was not Gods
| fault Where shall help come from said every
man and every woman, and yet God has brought
relief It reminds me OF the Children Of Israel
standing on the borders OF the sea, murmuring
| like You murmered, complaining IS our people
have complained, fearing as our people feared.
| Yet in an unexpected moment God sends strong
wind from the east, and the waters part and are
frozen into great walls of ice, and Moses. stand
ing up in the name of God, says, Go fOr,rGrd;
and So say, it seems now. These men forgot
that God was master OF everything, and that He
|
He is pledged to do it, God is our path, and
while we have not got there yet, we are march
ing on As the Children of Israel danced and
praised and sang praises to God. SO IN this city
there are companies OF people at this hour JOIN
| ing in praises to God, and we feel already that
the sentence is pronounced, and the light on the
summit Of the mountains is being maj Tested on
behalf OF justice and true government. Men
were afraid Of God, distrusted God simply
because OF the limited knowledge pertaining to
! ia |
now OF country governed by majorities. Every
election seemed to bind us down with heavier
bonds than before, and men said all is lost. Ask
| them why, and they would say cannot see how
| deiverance will come. On one occasion gem
| tlemaH visited . ribbon m anufactory, and while
there he had his attention directed to an extra
ordinary piece Of machinery. He saw before him
countless Wheels, and thousands of threads in all
directions. He could not understand. He could
understand nothing OF the movements OF that
machinery. He informed, however. that
all this motion was connected with the centre,
where there was large chest which was kept
| shut. Anxious to understand the principle OF
the machine, he requested permission to see tho
interior The reply was, 1.-The master carries
the key The words were like flash of light
ming. Here was the answer to all the thoughts
master carries the key The master carries the
kew Of the mysteries Of all this agony, OF all this
OPP ression, all these troubles, these tears wrunS.
That question has been propounded to mo =
thousand tunes since nave StOOu III tnlS pulpit,
and my answer has been invariably, Il cannot
explain why because the master carries the key.
cannot let you into the secrets cannot un-
lock and uuvail to you the mysteries OF His ways.
We see Him coming forth in the majesty Of
His strength, moving to tho rescue Of the op-
pressed and the downtrodden, and as He moves
in the majesty Of His might, we hear His voice
like voice of thunder, proclaimiug-Clouds and
darkness are around you-jus,ice and judgment
are the habitations OF my throne.
few facts come to US here in proof OF His
guiding all second causes. We have also in our
own immediate history proof that He never fails
our race in great emergencies where human
power goes down. He never lets men forget that
His throne is in the heave1s.
During the SO years of oar existence as ma
ton, no decade has been so appalling as the las
ten years. For So years we have stood, but nc
decade, that is ten years, have been,ss appalling
az those which have just passed. the ten years
just gone. Never before did crime appear sc
strong, and all aglare with gold. Crime, not onl,
strong, not only brazen, but all aglare with gold
Villains banded together bought up al
they cared to bought iud2es iuriea