Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-02-15
Views on selfLove.

and ain Of intemporznee, Nkich Il generally c0nsd-
cred the greatest evil. remarked that would en-
deayor IN my lsxt article 70 show greater evil and
ui assem- without fear Of ooDtrsdicton, that self
love and the love Of the world Is the eauseOf all evil
Let ne dwell few moments on the drst cause Of
evil. Man was created In the image and likeness Of
God and indicated In the rst chapter Of Genesis
which Sisnihed the regeneration Of man and man
from spiritual vas made celestial, and was thus
brought into perfect conjunction with the Lord
consequently in perfect innocence signined by the
Garden Of Rdsn, d an remained thus In innocence,
aud had daily communicated with God and angels
for time the lsngth Of which we win not Ettempt to
measure. Snhhce Il 10 sayghoweyer, the principle
Of sefloye began 10 creep in, self-deriyed inte
gence, which amounts 10 the same thing. This
change was not instantaneous but little by little un
TIL II finally became serpent which signifies low
sensual principle. Aud to this day the same ser
pentine principle exists among mankind, but with
much greater ratio. Believe me, my friends, there
never was serpent nor reptile NOR any rayenous
beasts before the fall Of man.
The most ancient people signihed by the Adam
ic church existed in the Golden Age. but In pro-
cess Of time they became deeply Immersed in the
evil Of selflove and their wlckedness became so
diaboical that the most Of them sbsolutely psrshed
in inundation of falsity and evil sgnined By food
of waters. But, my friends. see that am wander.
Ing and to the subject Of sslfove and the love of
the world is the cause of all evil II has already be-
come q monster and be II known, my friends. all
hell abounds with men and women Of the above dis
position, and II would be perfectly horrfyng II we
could know the intense suffering the poor creatures
endure, and yet strange rs 1t may appear the poor
III
in future state must live In their lives-ove for It
constitutes their very life, and then and there only
can they breathe. But pardon me, my friends; see
L am wandering again. win first ailude to Titus,
the Roman Emperor when he beseiged Jerusalem
and destroyed the most magnificent temple that was
ever built within the bounds Of our knowledge. On
its beauty and Significance will not OF this time at
tempt to depict-sufice it to say that one mil
lion Of Jews either killed or driven into exile.
Look &C Alexander the Great, that strewed the
ground with crimson, and after conquering, as he
thought, the world, wept because he had more |
worlds to conquer.
1t is well known that volumns might be written on |
the above subject aud not exaust it. And design
to be brief will only allude to circumstance nearer
home, one in which We are all more or less ac-
quainted.
The finest colonies lin the world belonged to- a
monarch who had proved himself destitute of the
nobier characteristics on humanity. His govern
mentwanted money sndlwould not retrench. Fur
ther increase of taxation at home would perhaps |
prove intolerable. Money, nevertheless, must be
raised-the patient provident colonies should again
be put under pressure. In March of the year 765,
bill wasla before Parliament whereby stamp du
ties wsre Imposed on certa in papers and documents
In British America, and these Americans, protected
by our arms until they are grown to good degree
of strength and opulence-will they grudge to con-
tribute their mite to relieve from the heavy load
of national expense which we lie unders So asked |
Charles Townsend as he concluded his speech for a
government mean, grasping and pitiless. "Children
pla nted by your oare!" exclaimed Colonel Barre,
straightway springing to his feet. "Nol your op-
preston planted them in America They fed from
your tyranny into then uncultivated land, where
they exposed to all the hardshps to which hl-
man nature Is LIABLE"
"They nourished by your indulgencer'
Mol They grew by your neglect. When you be-
gan to care about them that care was exercised by
sending persons to rule over them, who were the
deputies Of deputy sent to spy out their liberty
to misrepresent their actions and prey upon them.
They were protected by your arms They have
exerted their valour amidst their constant and Ia
borious industry, for o country which, while Its
frontier was drenched In blood, has yielded all its
little savings to your emOlument.
They people Jealous of their liberties and will
vindicste them II they should be violated. Troops
are quartered the people who still wait patiently,
trusting the king and his advisors will reconsider the
matter.
In 1869 blood Is shed. In the next year Lord
North repeals all the obnoxious duties except that
on tea; total repeal, he said. cannot be thought
bia could walt hopefully for months and even years,
but she was not shaped for lying PROSTATE at any
body's feet-she had her own feet and heart; could
"be and do and suffer-" as her Lindley Murray
should say.
Like a voice crying in the Wilderness the letters
of Junius, meantime fell upon public attention in
spirit-measures, not men, was the great principle
they proclaimed. As in heaven, or upon earth,
names should be according to quality and use; err
mine should not make an honest judge out of q dis
honest man; titles should not be an excuse for
scoundreism; no conservation should shield from
criticism sensual king, or save from contempt
time serving church. discovering light was
thrown across the dark cause of intensely selfish
government and 1t was shown that to Its executive
authority the admission of free people is no more
than co%pa1Se Win M tns laws ot saey ,nemseves
passed-goveGnment was free to tax the colonies at
Its pleasure,
Benjamin franklin then in England agent for
Pennsylvania. wrote tho night after to Charles
Thompson; "The sun of Liberty has set; you must
light up the candles of industry and economy"
"Be assured, replied Thompson, "that we shall
The new import is repudiated. When the ship
bringing the stamped paper arrived in sight of Phil
adelpha all the vessels in the harbor hoist their col
ors at half mast, The city bells mufied and
tolled. Delegates from the various provinces meet
A declaration of rights is drawn up and agreed to.
Governmental changes meantime take place In the
mother country and the odious stamp tax s repealed.
Money, neverth less, must be had, and many OF
the people in power at home considered that the
Americans ought not to be dealt with on the pinci-
pie of equal rights.
bill Is passed In June, 1857, imposing duty on
paper glass; tea and other articles imported into the
colonies. General Gage shall see the new law en-
forced and its gainsayers punished.
Government would not face this light-America
welcomed the teaching and took it TO heart we know
with what result Great Britain lost two entire ar
mics, and then in 1772 withdrew, bearing with her
the record of two principles over which the star
spanged banner freely waves. o. |,
All power Is vested in the people from whom it ts
derived. All men are born equally free, possessing
certain natural rights of which they cannot by any
compact deprive their posterity.
OF could but the young republic had kept faithful
to these principles In sludmg to the above it not
done with disposition to cast any reflections upon
Great Britain, for like other nations she has her mis-
giyings, yet she possesses very many noble traits
especially when she gave her millions In gold to
emancipate slavery in her West Indian colonies.
If thou woudst rouse TO life the buried nations,
Die to the selihoot, to its praises die;
Open thy heart for heavenly Inspirations
And seek the lowly in despair who lie,
Heed not the crowds around thy path who jostle-
Intent alone on luxury or pain.
Be thou thy mastcr's calm and just apostle,
Bearing the burdens OF the common pain
Then, when thy uses brighten, let the praises
Arise to him. the great inspiring One.