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ieat in all thing Neutral in nothing.
G,, IIPHAEX, Editob.
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'Stiday November 185?;
Hi, GOVERKAlEfiT NO, V. -
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Kisiiurim trie proper aune ana nuali-i
Mt rúas, $ra cóu!T iot, In justice,
articles," without considering also the
í'iJfWieíí St the subjects ef
Vlhereitfzeiii-i,n treating tfiii' sub
jfcall give tuco i classification of duden is
ril!y present themselves to our mind,
Mi intending to go into a detailed examina
j 3t ill Ihe dogmas that have bee advanced up
w.iii teptc. Let us examine, then, ; . "
Fi"t,Tae duties of citizens in he thowt of titil
I tiikii. Ot course this branch of our lubject can
ilaim Wdttenlion only of citiiens of i democratic
v! mú tbat is, t government where the ru
V' ':r "rvantt of, nd chosen by, the people.
'VjfcaL tibial, oligarchic!, or despotic govern-
' T. 11 .! nnH till a - Kv,l ,.
' tjte people have no voice In the met
ano responsibility in this choice, on-
Í1 be the responsibility of throwing oil'
igovornment and establishing better,
'odtmocralic, republican governments (and
i believe all governments ought tobe,) the
widely different The choice of civil rulers
h the peirU -the citiien-subjects. Here
pl are responsible for thecharacter of the
Aulevcr it may be. As a general thing (he
ill be just what the people would have
gufy lit viup nuiui, lucir pulley will oe
y popular sentiment. Ihe declaration of
ed prophet of old in relation to another
is equally applicable to the case of civil
'They are like people like priests." i There
X.foWnéTf7-lvil raters who have
roral courage to do right if the popular
'.its wrong, and there are but few mere
tal. however wti ked at heart, who dare to
' popular feeling, and do wrong, when
is in favor of the right, well knowing
people have the corrective remedy in
ends, and can apply it at the ballot-box.
topic, then, in a republican government,
ponsible for the character of their rulers,
losequently for the mal-administration of bad
( If they voluntarily put bad men Into power,
tlould they complain when they reap Ihe
of their own wicketiness in the evils ot i
'minittration ? They have "sown to the
'nd why should they not "reap the whirl
,i Why should they not garner the .fruit of
tiny themselves have sown? The duty of
ns, then, in the choice of rulers, is to ae
elevate to office men who possess the
iis which we have already noticed bs es
clvil ruler.1' ,: 1
let tis consider the duty of the citizens
'am of eicil government. If a govern
iW4 U, U if certainly the duty
ens to contry t0 their
II It w not WM K 00Ulll I
, of the people to apply the remedy
., and make it so. If government
. Uie original design of that institution in
01 its subjects in 11 theit rights, then
Rested in its maintenance, and should
nfjlhVreto. Civil government must ncces
- 1 ttetMed with considerable expense in its
f) but that expense to the individual cili
íflihS compared with the losses consequent
.'. no Government. Whatever, then, is
(o carry on fn,
efficient Government,
cheerfully contributed by the citizens,
Id contribute to this work according to
and the benefit they derive from the
nd fostering care ot the Government.
lata! and 'quitable system or taxation,
Ihe necessary expenditures of Gov
essary and right, and It is the duty
tfeltiies to submit to it. Jesus Christ
correctness of this principle, even
'he wicked Roman government,
he performed a miracle, to
jr legal rr nimscii
,'hen en another occasion
his subject, "Render unto
ari "tribute to whom
. " custom, howr to whom
c7tt'H'ií '" to py hi
the necessity support of government
to ask protection t the hands of that
teaching of the Bible. But there is another ques
tion of some impo.tance. here, and which has of
lata year! elicited considerable discussion among
politicians and learned doctors of divinity, viz i
"in what does the duty of subjection to civil autho
rity consist, and how far does it extend?" In dis
cussing this topic we shall follow our own view
of what Is plain Bible precept, regardless of the
opinions of learned doctors who write and publish
elaborate sermons for t consideration of "loaves
and fishes." ' ' ' ' h ' I " '
The citizens' duty of obedience and subjection to
civil authority may be divided Into aetire and
passfrc. So far as the enactments of civil rulers
are just and equitable for the honor of God and
the good ef man It I the duty of every good
citizen to come ociiwy to their support and assist
aciierty in carrying them out. Without this prompt,
active co-operation of the citizens with the civil
rulers, no government con be efficient, or even re
spectable for any length of time.
But one will say, perhaps, all this is clear enough
we have no difficulty In understanding wh t is
duty under svá cirmmttmas, but how is it when
the enactmenta are contrary to right and justice,
and equity when they dishonor God and oppress
man? What is our duty then? Certainly, we
answer, obedience, but not artice obedience. Here
xutitr obedience is all that a nian dan render by
bis allegiance to Heaven. Ho dares not do k'Oü,
nor can all the enactments of all the civil govern'
ments on earth make it rigid to do wrong. No civil
government can claim an authority above God's
authority without downright iMcisia, Nor con any
civil enactment make that right which God has
pronounced wrong, or that wrong which he has
declared right. As all authority, whether in
heaven, earth, or hell, is subject to God's authority,
so it is an act of heaven-daring impiety for any
government to enact laws abrogating the divine
law, or to assume authority alum the authority of
Omnipotence. No such law no such ai",r"'i
of authority, canfor a moment bind the consciences
of men, or demand their active co-operation. An
active obedience to such laws they cannot render
without braking their allegiance to the God before
whom they must stand in judgment, and who will
bold every man personally and strictly to an ac
count for all his acts.
The duty of the citizen, In such cases, is hot
violently io reiui the law, nor yet actively to assist
in carrying out its provisions. His allegiance to
God requires him to break the law by refusing to
obey its provisions, but his allegiance to govern
ment requires also that he should passively sutler
the penalty of such Jisobedior.ee. for it is better at
all times, and under all circumstances to suiter
physical or pecuniary evil than incur divine dis
pleasure by wrong doing It was in allusion to
this that Jesus Christ said, "fear not them that
kill the body, but after ahat have noihing more
they can do, but fear rather him who, after he hath
killed the body, hath power to cast both soul and
b dy into hell." , '
The book of the prophecies of Daniel furnish us
with two striking examples just in point here.
The three Hebrews, Shadrach, Afcsi ill, and Abed
nego, as well as Daniel himself, had, in considera
'ftn their wisu-mr. oi u-toum, ikrw, u
,nir.ii to office under a pagan government. In
all the proper exercises of governmental authority,
we presume none were more acuve or nm.-u.
their duties. This excited the envy of their ene-
nM. who soucht the same promotion, who to sup
plant them concocted a plan which should bring the
authority of the civil government in conflict with
their religious convictions of duty. They there
fore persuaded the unsuspecting king to set up an
image, and proclaim as the law of the land, that
every one who refused to bow down and worship
it should be cast into a fiery furnace. The reply
of the three Hebrews on this occtsion (Daniel was
probably absent from Babylon at thetime) is wor
.i, f note. "0 Nebuchadnezzar, we are not
... .... ra 1 k. .
careful to answer mee in una mauci. "
find whom we serve is able to deliver us from
h. Wnimr fiery furnace, and he will deliver us
nt of thine'l.and. 0 king. But if not, be it known
n the.. 0 kintr. that we will not serve thy gods.
nor worship the golden image which thou hast set
un In other words, we will not incur the wrath
of God by wrong-doing tor mo san i yr,
the physical suffering which the penally of the
i.o indirls for its violation. In the other case
il,iri.,l In. the kiue was persuaded to pass a da.
cree that n one for a certain space of time should
make any petition or supplication to any one save
ii,. Urn. nnlv. on nam of being cast into the den
of lions. The enemies of Daniel, who procured
. ... i i
the passage of 'tins Decree, Knew m
pure water ghat now irom the moun
tain! throtigf the valley. We found to
out gurprtscjj not one or two springs, as
we had iitpjinsed, but some six or eight
in number, all within the space of per
haps a half acre of ground. The springs
are of different temperatures,, but all
of them too hot for bathing without a
previous copling process, as we rather
sorely convinced ourself.' Nor is the
same spring always of the same tem
perament. ' On one day one spring will
L fnyffí. in nnlÍAÍnn. tlin mnnrmtioil If
bo the holteand the next some otlier(XGenepi, Hamiton to se 'alluti,er strip
From one of the springs minute bubbles
of gas(arc continuallyjascending in mnu
rae, and extort from the people un
ctibns 'to subserve their own avari
ilious purposes, let them be removed,
men placed in their stead, but let not
, rebel against what is just ind equitable,
. . 1. IIH....I.
or nM recese ... - - - . üon mH or
their demands-it they squanaer , - -
an en ri oí i ic kiiiui ",vj " " r
ed He chose 'rather to obey God, continue his
devotions, and bear the penalty. The ;deliverance
of the three Hebrews from the fiery furnace, nnd
nf Daniel from the den of lions, was Uou'a p
probation of their course, scaled in both cases
wtlh a miracle. '
Wi mhrht cite also the lives of the Aoostles
and primitive christians as abounding in similar
examples, and continuing the doctrine that, at no
time, under no circumstances, nor tor any conn
.Lxllnn rn I Cfnml mMI io WTOM. even should
he be cm minded to do so by the civil authrilies.
His plain duty is to io right, and suffer the
wuarr. '
ti.. Piilrenj owe a duty of obedient or
to (Aoii i aaíftoHíy nJer. A purely
e rovernment-that Is, on In which the
...lv attended to the administrate
ivernromt affairs-would not be practicable,
en iuinbU, if practicuhle. U would not be
for all the people of a great nation
perhaps over a vast area of territory, to
ir various nursuitl of lit , " often aa
ui,nl it, and assemble in one great
icib to deliberate upon lh M&'ri ot
Cise of rambling over the mountains or
riding over the wide-extended plains,
all will contribute greatly to enhance
the value of these springs, and make
them, at some future day the Bethesdas
of the nation.
How yon talk! .
The Austin Xnt),. Mate Gazette
relieves itself of , a little harmless gas,
as follows! ;
"CTThe Santa Fe (New Mexico)
nut lv.
i""-' .n
We have now noticed, as oneny
could, what we consjder the more prominent duties
of the citiiens of a government, and we have also
concluded the series of essaya we proposed to
... i . .le general subject ot Livu oovciu-
,W course there are many, very many j
.iiecled with this subiect which " have
d, as our object has been tr irely to dis
menlal principies, and not to enter into
ails, if we have thrown any light upon
we are satisfied, and ii it all the re
k for our time and trouble. '
Calientes of las, Vegas.
' e Pacific Rail Road ever be
'inning through New Mex-
is destined, we think to
'y, thai Saratoga of the
riUnion The ojoscai
gs, ere Situated about
the village.upon the
irettv lilU'S stream of
merable multitudes, and around the
margin we found a thick and spongy in
crustation, tough almost as India-rubber,
and apparently chai ged with the same
element. 1
At one of the springs the lavenderas
(washerwomen) of the neighborhood
have formed a small reservoir for wash
ing, where we found some of them busily
employed. Nature seems to have fitted
this place up for their special accomo
dation. The water from the springs
being what is termed "soft," end of
boiling temperature, nothing .further is
needed but to throw in their clothes and
commence operation forthwith, the
"sud" running off continually from the
badin, the waterls kepi 11 lie time Jitu
by the fresh supply from the spring.
When the scouring process is completed,
within a few feet of them is the creek,
with its plentiful supply of clean, cold
water for rinsing. The process is com
pleted by hanging the clothes upon the
bushes for drying, f.
We found one of the springs of so high
a temperature that we could hold our
hand in the water but for about one
second. This spiing we think would
have cooked an egg in 'a few minutes,
but as we had none with us we could
not tell cirj'-actly. But what was most
incredible to us, untill we had tried the
experiment, was, that we could drink
the water, fresh from the fountain, with
out any uneasy sensation. The taste
we found to be very sinjlor to that of
Water in wkU Umi tutan pnaob.
ed," oTDoiloa wiw.. tie shell on. ,
CHaving satisfied our curiosity v. a
survey and examination of all, we re
turned to the bath-house, which, at
present, is but a rude, open log-cabin,
with two aparimeni in enuu ui
is a rude bathing trough, supplied irom
one of the springs. Havingfilled one
f the tronéis about two-thirds lull irom
the spring, ve carried some six or eight
bucket-fulls of cold water fiom the
creek, to facilitate the cooling process.
We then waited somi twenty minutes,
until, as we thought, it had sufficiently
cooled to be pretty comfoi table, wnen
we plunged in, neck and heels, we
have heard of the blowing of porpuses
A the floundering of alligators, but
the whole aquatic and amphibious fam
ilies would have scampered in astonisn
ment to have seen our floundering to
get out of that scrape, (as it had well-
h been literally,; wiiisim
imnii nd scarlet as a boiled lob-
lUijUIIIVtl'v - -
iter. But determined not tobe balked,
and'desiring' to take the bathe at the
highest possible temperature we could
bear, we repeated the process, again
and again, at short intervals, until we
felt all aglow,' when wo wrapped out-
self in a blanket and sat aown w
the final issup ' ' ! '
, Soon the tierspirntion was breaking
forth, and "counting its beads" in the
greatest profusion all over us. We Mt
,. ' !..... ll.un an
fl..ot a i eUClOUS iuiiiiuu'i
-, , -----
overpowering all-overishness, and last
ly, a rejuvenating elasticity of body
and spirit.' If such' were the influences
.1 1.1. Ann
on a halm we ino"S"l. w",'l',
calculate the benefits to an invalid?
- nude as are the accommodations at
these springs, their medical virtues have
been sufficiently tested to prove them
f . t.il. order, in some ot the most
....nhnrn easel. When the facilities of
transportation to and from the States
.l,nll be mide what they ought to be, a
iVetra Springs, from any
rf of tl, Union, we are satisfied will
of Texas territory to the United States,
snysi " .
"The fact is, Texas, like ill spoiled
brats, seems to think that she lias e
special claim upon the Government for
any indulgence cIih may see (it to ask--and
a perfect right to swindle to the
full extent of h-r ability."
We expect thn editor of the Santa Fe
Gazette is one of the gang of abolition
agitators whom the people nf Texas in-'
tended to have hung without ceremony,
if they IihiI been driven to the neci asi'y
of asserting their claim lo Sania Fe by
firce of arms. He cutí talk' bravely
now that he is out of our clutches." '
One of the definitions which Webster
gives of "clutches" is. "the paws or
talons of a lapacious animal." Our
neighbor evidently understands the
proper use of terms, or else he has been
remarkably fortunate in selecting at
lar.dom, tor he could not have found
a more appropriate. Well, as the ani
mals did not get their rapacity satisfied
in New Mexico, we "reckon" they did
not want for victims at home. We sup
pose pent-up indignation found some
alleviation in flogging women and sel
ling their labies.
But we are not disposed to take the
"rapacious animal" of the Austin Ga
zette as a specimen of all Texians. We
are aware that the ' lone star" was ori
ginally peopled by rather a "rapacious"
brood, but we had supposed that the ad
vancing light of civilization and Chris
tianity had driven off most of the old
stock, and humanized such as lemain
ed. We are still charitably disposed
to think that, to a great extent, this is
true. There ere in moral
some "oía rogrei niuiae n.in
...ni:i.i r i i
nuaticiMiutc ui iiu niipi u, cuieiii, anu
suppose our neighbor of the Austin Ga-
0lie of this ckss. -7"1
W Jl oí IT1B III... "
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itorVs. In .
S Wfcitll, to ti
sic, nnJre than
Price,
ice, wor if
Temperanch , B ; uV
lint Louis.4 . 1
I V thins i' I
-"i VT ,j c com-
mend the i?a I toi'?Tr
m ' . i .1,11 tnin c
'J hfl Sill
friends, but it
itable to ov
The Colun.
W. B. Shalt'
large; and es
successful de
ty of the W es
er Eastern Si
ble literature,
i
CoKen
ceived Hie set'
little sheet, ;
I'liiladelpliia
Walnut St.
to those wh
"posted up"
'MX ta
Washington,
ly devoted t
Era stands
' t it lie
rr . .féeage.nnw
the most Pf''"Í2n both sides
ofthe,Mr(f; "D:. p.iley
nnderstai, f1 1
ought to f . i u stanlard.
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now
bringing 1
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ot new re-
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on
left, we;
Thnrsday
f" 'j.f Cant. Steel.
PVC,ntLeaven.eBre,n: .i
fnrK" Ar'V . II .... ,. We
Mf riw thevdied
has been
ttionq- ' -" L..lnrk i t..
ea ins-iVB lffVO " 1
.. .j'llrUff which
jllBi
ilch hé re-1
" f u.nkié semis us ",,' r. Invelow w"1"11
I i:.:... I H'."W-.:hi.eoiisin HfSS1)lvt.y1
. snl metre. . ".:,. ,he rmH. . i . . ,--
ass kicked him, considering the source,
it is scarcely worth minding. We should
liko to know, however, whether the
'animal' of the" Austin Gazette carries
the New Mexican ear-mark!
U metre, T(i the W"
we coma "''"i""
Ais rwf if Hoori.
Not a drum was heard, tier a bugle note
Kni n .uinid wai oertnillKl to rattle.
But straight out behind stuck the tail of eat
eoat. '; Í ' I
As we lied from the field of battle.
And (here lay the red-cliief Mtins; his rest
Where welcome sleep lad bound bim
His unstrung bow lay M his brean.
Ana his braves lay aUtwri round him.
But a noise came on tie midnight air,
And we started and g'-'d around us,
While slraisht out oif nid stuck every hair,
For we thought that he mips U d found ue.
Hurriedly onward wi spurr'd our nap,
T.t the reil-irkiu scl.iiw should lind ui, w
While wallet, audi knapsack, and each spar
We left in our tligl) behind us.
.Not a ilrnra was hrd nor biiile nw
Mni . uii.i4 wikk itrmnieu lo rutile. - --
But a B-line w ijade by the tail of ach coat,
As we fled from t e field of battle.
Our literary Exchanges
We have for some lime past been in
the receipt of several excellent Litera-
ries, which, with two or the exceptions,
we have not appropriately noticed. We
shall therefore clear up our table this
week.
The New York Dutchman: Griflin
and Farnsworth, 19 Beekman St. N. Y
Full of fun and frolic, "wise saws and
modern instances;" worth more as an
anli-dispeptic, than its subscription
price. We think, however, the Dutch
i is about as redundant in lightness as ma
Lii nf its conteniDoraiies are in heavi-
)
ness.
Tho GotUmite: Publishing office at
7 Theatre Alley. N.Y.; address.. Wor
rell, 25 Park Row.-Alw'ajs welcomed
to our tuble, as we suppose it is to the
tables of ell its subscribers. "
MomWt Miscellany, which, by the
way, we have not received, a Monthly,
containing 176 pages, pnceHH.cu per
annum, may bo had at the same ad
dress. The Sachem: Thomas Picton, 100
v....,, St. N. Y The Sachem is of
the native ahi -- - ,,cl,lülnb, of teVerl mlllk"j.
thotinll we do not agne With it 111 tUl'i ym,t beinp in bi hundred battles, we lh
. T - i ., . i.., ui,eil.r even he would cast a sinirle ripo'i
we do agree that it is one oí me i eiy - - - (ttff u( ot (h8 broad pJC,hc 0CCT
And should we alflir, as we hope we shall,
To ret stfely horfe toonr mothers, , ,
With our .heioitfdeeds we'll draw teats from
each "Eal," I - r
And astoiiiili ourinfantile brothers. .
Kaulafe, Nov.. 1), lü- "
Tms Veiimont tji.tcTioK.-Why don,t the to
.laliits .nd abolitifawis raise a racket about-the
Veimonf elecllonW They have had clear weather,
f vorable' winds, Wenty of tracts, abundance of .
cold W.tet, and fodifious gunpowtler popularity :
in their Piesidentitl c ndidate, yet the recent elec-1
tiou in Vermont sms to have been fame, flat and
unprovable from beginning to end., ine only
actual result devdlopeU in that contest is the de
dine ot the abuUnouisis proper, the whigs or so-
-..in III O ü I IB M UUIKU'U Hlf,
larityof gunpoililer prUcisely as they have beat
tur tlic laatiew i
ThetiutU IS, matine eircnon in . ci ....
every receut election, and every recent aasemblagj
only go o prove the truth of the assertion, whiil
we hSve made all along, that the present Presiden;
tiai contest is one of Ihe flattest, the sta est. tl;
coldest, end the simplest, that ever took plat
during Ihe l-st 'hilly y;., M'I'tary. hemes
entirely- at Miscount. Military popularity It
verf nearly eHiMi. J'"
beofimmenly more benefit to invalids
of every kill, -han a hundred trips to
tlie wry SJntb. i
best of our literary exchanges. Price
! pr. annum.
1e Musical World á Times: Dy
er & Willis, 257 Broadway, N. Y. 'IV
the lovers of that finest of the fine arts
music, the best recommendation of tl
Musical 'World's,- 'IimfS would be i
perusal, ' Each number contains (wee
ly) 16 pages. jn which there are 4 pa-'f 8
f .imlxa mini.' civinir. within '7
year, over 200 pages of choice mu 1
The r h of the - lm'1 A to n.
of public 'opinion in Ihe present contest in th
ceuutry.-ff. w' ' ' ''" "
A tremcndixis mass meeting and barbecue it hi
ing lield'at Oakland Woods, ncar-tlm eily, (Lui
villi',) to celébrale be annivereaiy ot Scott's -
tiy into tbe city nf Mexico. It is estimated lh'
Itlll- It, eitlV lliwu.miw gicvpiv ,icsviit. ....i...
i on! speeches nave Dean marie, and muc eninn
si 'sm prevails. Agraiid display of fire-vraikiUke'
place to ni;ht, Sep. It,'0i. ". , t
tiovcrnmenls ave tefrrally tnary
years behiiid';'- ' ' 1 of their tin.e
e .like jjiirtili
In
.lalioi,
ijiiavn liing w
esePT
1 \n\n 'al"r'" '..r(l,.l!t-