The Moral Responsibility of the Citizen and the Nation in Respect to the Fugitive Slave Bill
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Excerpt from The Moral Responsibility of the Citizen and the Nation in Respect to the Fugitive Slave Bill: A Discourse Delivered April 10, 1851, on Occasion of the Public Fast, in the Orthodox Congregational Church, Townsend, Mass This quotation is sufficient to show the views of the most eminent and standard expositors of law. And he would have been deemed an atheist, or a driveling sciolist, who should have advanced sentiments in conflict with these! Not that the law of God specifies all the minute particulars in regard to every question of duty; but it lays down clearly certain broad, comprehensive, and distinct principles, by which thoughtful and serious men may determine the moral character of human action. He that orders his life in accordance with its express teaching, or in harmony with its general spirit, acts right. He that sets this at defiance, and regulates his conduct by principles in open conflict with the word of eternal truth, is a practical atheist. All the special pleading in the world, all the sophistry of the most subtle and learned mind, cannot gainsay it. The man, or the men, who trample upon the requirements of Jehovah, - no matter how great the provocation, no matter how loud or universal the plaudits of the multitude, - expose themselves to the threatened vengeance of heaven. Neither is it essential whether it be done by the individual or by the nation; by the man in authority or by the peasant in his hut; it is at all times, and in all stations, treason against God, and must be visited by a righteous Judge accordingly. No exalted post of honor can sanctify it; no royal authority ennoble it; no judicial ermine legalize it. As sure as there is an omniscient Sovereign, so sure will he visit such rebellion with unmitigated displeasure. This is the universal teaching of his Word. The text most unequivocally asserts this. "Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees." Says a distinguished biblical scholar, in regard to this passage: "This undoubtedly refers to those who frame statutes that are oppressive and iniquitous;" those who have intrusted to them the power of enacting laws for the general welfare of the nation, but who so abuse that trust as to violate the express command of God, or the spirit of his law. "Woe unto them that write grievousness which they have prescribed." Says the commentator above quoted, "Here, it evidently refers to the judges who declared unjust and oppressive sentences, and caused them to be recorded." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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