The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-10-25
II is FINIShED.

Those former Republicans who have
followed Hays into the camp of toe en-
emy, triumI hanily declsr~ that what has
been done cannot be uudone-that there
Is now no remedy hut quiet Submission.
THESE poor blind worms OF the dust.
need not ignore the lessons Of history
good many years ago The King Of
Egypt ordered all the male children born
of his slaves, 10 he put to death. lie
then thought that freedom among the
oppressed race was fnirhed; hut the wall
OF one helpless infant, in it, ltIlr bn, k"t
of buliu>hes. bid in ihe h,c- by the river.
attracted the King daughter. and The
child was saved It lived to mak. war
fare upon the oTpr-ss"r until he aud all
hi hosts were LuIIed n the bottom OF the
4 SEA.
When Cl,ri-t wa- crucifrd. and huri'd Il,
aud a great stone plac'd at he dnor "i
the s'puich.r. suI baud oi Roman
snldirr- placed on guaId the Jews conf.
IDENTIFY b-lirvrd that the new d"clriue
wa ti"ish"d; hut now those Who proi,s-
to b-lsvr in the doctrines OF the Nrzt
rene, control the destinies oi the world
SIX hundred years ago. Edward King
of England. was fully s"ti,ficd that the
independence Of Scotland was finished
but Wsllsce yet lived. aud the defeat oI
the great British army at Bsnnockburn
ia 1914, by the Scottish army und.r Rob
ert Bruce. ard the acknowledgement oi
the independence of Scotland in 1928
opened the eyes of fiyranis generally.
Four hundred snd sixty years ago John
iluss was promised the protection OF the
Emperor Sigismund yet he was bssrIy
betrayed. put tn death. his body burned
to asher. and the ashes thrown into the
river Rhine. Then Popsry was sure thai
Proie3isnii-m was finished in Bohemia
yet from the ashes of John IIuss srose d
war which rsvaeed Bnbpmia for fifteen
years. and the historian saws that church
rs and converts were reduced to a-hrs
aud monks and priests were slsiu.
Many times during the revolution oi
our fathers. the British. the tories aud
the row boys. declared that the success
Of the revolution was finished tu' Tr-n
ton, and York Town and other successe.
changed their opinion
In 1852 the Fugitive Slave Law was
enacted, aud both the Wing and Demo
cratic parties resolved. and re- resolved in
their national conventions. that now this
question was settled-that the agitation
in favor Of human rights was finished
Then came the Infamous Dred Scott de
ci-ion. by which the Supreme Court o
the United States. as solemn as lot q
owls in the sunlight. declared that the
dsscendants Of the African race in th,
United States hsd no rights that white
men were bound to respect. Surely noN
| freedom in this country was finished
yet Harriet Beecbcr Stowe wrote Uncle
Toms Cabin, and millions Of people rrac
il. The war ia Kansas came on apace
then the martyrdom Of John Brow n
then the slaveholder's rebellion. and IL
ten years from the time that the tw'
great parties so solemnly declsrrd tbs
slavery was fastened upon the country
forever. and no one dare rai-e his voic'
against this sum Of all villaiuies. two mil
lions of armed men faced each other Il
settle the question
II i-tru" that Oven Lovsinv. and Thad
deus Stevens. and Joshua Y Giddines arr
dead vet Roscoe Conkliug. and Jane
q Blaine. and y good many Others ar'
living. aud God is able tn rsisa M mer
for the occasion. ~ he preserved the lif'
Of the infant Hebrew child FOR the Il"
siruction Of slavery. and talked TO hin
face TO face il we believe the Bible AND
this conflict between right and wroni
must go ON Christ says. (Matt 1884
5-6). Think not that am come to senC
peace on earth came not TO send peace
but a sword
For am come to set a man at vsrianc'
against his father, and the daughtei
against her mother, and the daughter-in
law agni, ct her mother in-law.
Aud a mans foes shall be they Of hii
own household