Year: 1868

the President too dependent the Legislature II lac
opposes primary law. the two Houses would
Of hate and faction. throw him out of Of
nee Now Now, there there IS the sum and substance
subject as to whether this was be Court 1t is un-
douDieuy very great burden and very exhaustive
test on ROhca body 10 turn into Court Tor the
ttia "i III Executive may hereafter point out toyou
the very pecuar the very Comprehensive, and aggres-
SlNe concurrence ana combination OF circumstances
combined IN THIS trial which require OF 10 brace your


self on al me virtue tnat belongs TO you and TO hold on
10 mat oath Tor the Divine aid which may support you
under These, most extreme test Of human con
duet 10 which our Constitution subjects You.
Now wat does the Constitution do for U.S. few little
words. that Is alrruth Justice Oath Duty. And what
% noes uno mo't scope ol our moral nature and Wh sul
port We may hope from higher and, extend 10 IN any OF
our ah',rs ~ lie Than tsi Truth Justice oath Duty;
every czen Truth. Justice, Oath Duty, are the ideas
which the has forced upon your souls today
lon receive them or you neglect them; winch
men aiterward that you were. Accept them.
and better spurn and respect them and you are worse,
and Dasei and weaker, and wckeder than before II Is


this that free government must he always held 10 the
power OF duty to the maintenance Of lis authority and
10 the prevalence OF its struggle for lis perpetual
power Truth To the world what gravitatiOn is
10 the material world 1t Is the principle which 1t is
affairs of men is. in human life what the mechanism of
the Heavens is to the principle which sustains the forces
Of the globe Daty acceptance OF obedience TO these
ideas. and this gained. the operation that
intended When, then. you have been submissive %
that oath, that faith among men, which, as Borke
says. holds the moral elements OF the world to-
gether, and that faith in God which binds the
earth tO His throne, subdues You to the service
Of truth and justice The purity Of the family and the
sancty Of justice have been cared for and Will be
cared for by the Ever Living Guardian OF human rights
and interests who does not neglect what is essential 10
the preservation Of the human aud Its advance.
The Furcs. ia old Mythology had charge Of the sanctity
Uf oath The imaginatiOns OF the prophets Of the
world have sanced the soemnity OF an OATH and have
peOped the places of punishment with Oathbreakers all
the orures and tormeuts OF history applied TO pub
lie who in betrayal of trusts have disc
bcyed this high, this necesstoEs obligation, without
which the whole fabric Of society falls into pieces Now,
] do not know why how IL IS that
We are constituted, but it The moral world has
steel lifted a temple home should draw the thun
dcrbOlt, and speed safely INTO the ground, know not
how in our moral constitution an oath lifted 10 Heaven
draw from the swollen cloud OF passion and OF
interest and OF hate ito charge know not. But IL is
aud be that loud and long those honorable Man
ayers. may talk. although they speak In the voice
OF all the people of the United states with their
bold persuasOns that you shall not obey ajudcal oath


bring against 1t but single sentence and in single
speaks with awe" Thou shalt not take the name
Of the Lord thy God in yGin for the Lord viii not hold
him gutess that taketh his name in vain" The moth
may consume the ermne OF that Supreme Court whose
robes cOrrOdc Senator's the center Of
your power Nay Messrs Managers time even shall de-
the people whose presence beating against the doors
OF their Senate House you 80 much love Ia taunt and
menace but as 10 the word which have spoken,
heaven aud earth may away but no Jo or title OF 1t
will fail


ADJOUESMEST.


At this point Mr. Eyarts yielded To motion to adjourn,
and the Court, e. adjourned TO II O'Clock tomorrow