The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-04-03
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Charge TO the Grand Jury of Balti-
moro County, November Term,
1913, by Judge Luther Martin, -
Reply of the Grand Jury.


or the author Of his existence, which,
while innocent, was part Of his nature.
And thus would man have ever remained,
had he continued in that state Of inuo-
cence, ia which he was created. Human
governments, in that case, would never
have been formed nor would civil insti.
tutious ever have existed for they would
not have been wanted. Our creator would /
have continued to be our only ruler and
governor. This earth would have been a
blooming paradise aud we Ourselves but [
little lower than Angels.
But man, being endowed with freedom /.
Of will, without which he could not have
had either merit or dclnerit in his actions,
nor have been more accountable for them
than is an elegant and ingeniously con
structed piece OF mechanism for It's move
ments yielding to those temptations by
which he was proved, rebclled against his
God, and lost that, his divine image in
which he was created. His whole nature
became entirely changed and debascdi his
intellect became darkencd; his will peryer-
ted and all his ineiinatous aud passions
wholly evil and corrupted and thus he be-
came the slave Of all the vile lusts Of the
flesh, aud wicked affections Of the mind.
Thus sin and misery entered into this
world; and as the human race multiplied,
the earth became oyerspread with mon
sters as much more detormed aud Danger
Gus, than the most savage beasts Of the
forest as yitiated intellect exceeds the in.
/ siiact Of nature, who, being unrestraiucd
except by the imbocility Of their powers,
aud the imperlcction Of their understand
ing, it was the necessary result, that the
weak should become prey to the strong,
the iudolent and the timld, to the enter
prising aud bOld-aud simplicity and *
gorance TO insidious cunning and cralti-
ness, aud the whole human race, walking
IN their own evil ways, aud doing whatever
seemed good in their own eyes, this would
soon become one deplorable Theatre, on
which was played nothing but misery and
crime And ia the horrid atrocities, which
within the last twenty years have been ex
posed to our view in that unhappy nation
which once was the seat of all that wa.
elegant polite and refined, We have bad {
most distressing proof Of the ineouceiyabl,
guilt into which mankind are capable o
plunging themselves when forsaken b,
God and delivered up to their own eyi
imaginatlons.
To guard against such onormities; L
preserve peace and order In society! to SO
! cure the rights of individuals from beiu.
iuiriugod; to protect them in the safe en-
joymcuts Of property and reputation, lib
erty and life, the cstabl shment Of humal
governments became necessary, which hay
rug once been effected old ones have bee
done away, aud new ones have been cs
tablshed III their places, IRON very carl
period Of tho world to the preseut tim,
I All pr liessing TO have those great ends j
view, though most Of them have had thei
origin ia force or in fraud, it is not niue
: to be wondered at, if the happiness q
1 their subjects has not been sufficiently a
, tended to in their formation. Even thos
which have originated in compact, th
, most legitimate of modes, have IRON Ii
weakness and imperieetion of human III
> tnre, too often been found, in the seque
by no means productive, to that degC
a which was hoped for aud expected, of thi
: good which was the object Of their foul
. ders.
. OF the various kinds Of goyernmen
i which have been ut different times adoptC
!, by different nations, tbs, aud the othe
n of the t. States have chosen those Of Il
y republican form \ form of goyornme
). most excelleutly adapted for people wi
i are wise aud enlightened, virtuous al
!, good. And il may most truly be said {
:. such people only. For when their ru
:. ers and citizens become ignorant aud 70,
II ish, wicked and deprayed, such COVER
II ments are sure to degenerate into tyranr
:, or anarchy, which last is indeed the wor
K the most insupportable Kind Of tyrann.
f. for as his consists in the uncontrolled d,
! potism of one, so fhat consists in the u
/. controlled despotism Of many.
/ But however beautiful 4 republican 60
l. ernmcut may appear in theory, it has NJ
y. withstanding, two capital vices, which al
IN discovered in practice aud which are
/, herent in its nature; the one relating to
i rulers, the other to its citizens The ey
i arising from both, which proceed pret
AZ much from the same cause, that lust
n. power and the propensity 10 abuse it, VIII
"a obtained, which is inseraable from q
:, deprayed nature.
If The restrictions Of their power, and I
70 short period OF its duration, frequently
lv cite the rulers Of such governments fir,
n. desire to increase their power, insi,
~ ously to attempt the most dangerous
M croaehmenls on the constitution, by VIII
they are restricted; aud a too eager "
to perpetuatc their power, induces tho
re too often, instead Of seeking this by
~ honourable and faithful discharge Of th
n. duty, and trusting to the grateful aekno
es edgments Of the people for affecting th
$. wish, to resort to the most shameful
as trigue, and the vilest corruption; and al
70 having at first wriggled themselves j
rs. Office By the unworthiest means, to ap
&c to means, if possible, still more unwor
ke to continue themselves therein. WI
Is on the other hand, the people, from
TO abuse Of that freedom, or in other wo
x. Of that portion Of power, reserved to th
De- BY republican Institutions, too freqncu
nc endeayour TO oyerturn aud destroy
constitutional authority Of their gov,
ments, and instead of BY rational aud b
an durable investigation, attempting to {
on vince their fellow citizens Of the illcga
Is or impolicy Of those measures which 1
3 disapproye; in order TO obtain redress
their grievances, aud removal Of Il
ed authors, IN peaceable aud consiitusit
%, manner, are too often hurried away
~, some vile incendiary, under the form
popular demagoguc, who has nothing
risk bat his worthless neck, into viole
aa aud rebellion in opposition 10 proyis
no frequently the most salutary. InstaI
70 of which We find from the historic /
have too frequently occurred.
III II is a trite observation, that virtu,
y essentially requisite in a republican {
'e ernmcnt Nor can any thing be u
truc-yirtue is the life, the soul Of sur
a government; without which il is corr
a sinking carcass