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FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1862
CONSECRATION OF BISHOP STEVENS.
ST. ANDREW'S OHIFEOII FILLED TO OVER.
FLOWING.
IMPRESSIVE PREPARATORY SERVICES
Biographic and Personal Sketch of the
New Bishop.
Bishop Clark's Sermon
THE CONSECRATION CEREMONIES AND COM.
MUNION
The consecration of Rev. William Bacon Stevens,
D. D., M. D., to the office of Assistant Bishop of
the Diocese of Pennsylvania, at St. Andrew's
Church, Eighth street, above Spruce, yesterday
morning, was a memorable event in the history of
the Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. The in
terest manifested, , for several days past, in Episcopal
circles, in this important ceremony, was intense, an
expression of which was had in the fact that nine
o'clock in the morning, the hour of opening the
church doors, found almost a sufficient number of
persona waiting for admittance to fill every availa
ble seat in the galleries and in the body of the
church, with the exception of the part allotted to the
clergy. As the hour for commencing approached,
ten o'clock, the vestibule, along the aisles, up the
stairways, behind the organ, and in fact every at,
tainable spot was filled with mon and women, who
stood patiently during the three hours which the
services occupied.
At ten o'clock precisely the door at the north
rear entrance swung open, and the clergy, a fine
looking body, entered in single file, and took their
seats in the fifteen pews reserved for them, on both
aides of the middle aisle. At that instant, also,
Mr. Redner, the accomplished organist of the
church, (who, weave happy to acknowledge, placed
the reportorial corps under obligations by his kind
ness and attention in furnishing them with suitable
accommodations for note-taking,) commenced play
ing. The effect was solemn and imposing. Every
arrangement had been made to avoid confusion.
The chancel, galleries, and the columns supporting
them, were tastefully decorated with green.
The Bishops, seven in all, and the clergy, who
were to take an active part in the services, next en
tered and took their places in the pulpit and chan
cel. •
The following were the bishops in attendance :
Bishop Alonzo Potter, of the Biwa of Pennsylva
nia ; Horatio Potter, Bishop of New York ; Bishop
Odenheimer, of New Jersey; Bishop Lee, of Dela
ware; Bishop Lee, of Iowa; Bishop Clark, of
Rhode Island ; and Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont,
who, from his seniority, presided on the occasion.
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is quite patriarchal in his appearance.
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tleman, about fifty years of age. Bishop Lee, of
Delaware, is a man of sharp, intellectual face, with
a broad, high, imaginative forehead, and slightly
frosted with years. Bishop Potter, of New York,
although the junior of his brother, Alonzo, is his
senior in appearance, and his figure is tall and
erect, his face pale, and his hair white. Bishop
Odenheimor, like his brother Bishop, Clark, of
Rhode Island, (who. delivered the sermon,) is com
paratively young in looks, and robust in constitu
tion.
BIOGRAPHIC AND PERSONAL SKETCH OF
THE NEW BISHOP.
Tho Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D. D., M.D., is
a finished pulpit orator. appearance, manner,
scholarship, and deep piety, all mark him as ono of
the nobility of his profession. Ho has the face of
a student, and would be singled out among a thou
sand as a man of remarkable culture. In person ho
is rather above the medium height, hes what may
bo called a fine-grained physique, and will not only
wear but improve with years. His head, graced
with a neat dress of brown hair, slightly mixed
with gray, is harmoniously - developed—as phreno
logists say, well balanced. Of his intellectual or
gans, the perceptive prodoioinato over the reflec
tive, giving him a discerning, knowledge.sooking,
practical mind, rather than great profundity. This,
added to his fine powers of imagination and a
poetic temperament, imparts a certain precision
and polish to everything he does. No ono could be
more sensitive to improprieties of any kind in
others, none more exacting with himself. There is
a benevolent air about his head and face that makes
him a welcome visitor among all classes, rich or
poor, learned or unlearned. Firmness of purpose,
and a towering sense of honor are the loading attri
butes of his character. His mouth and nose are
strongly markid, and his whole face indicates de
cision tempera with Christian benignity.
What can be said of comparatively few, Dr.
Stevens does justice to the beautiful service of his
church in its reading. In this his elooution is fault
less. The service of the Episcopal Church, as by
him read, is indeed ono of the grandest composi
tions in our language. For the finest effects of ora
tory in the delivery of a sermon, his voice lacks
range and flexibility, but wo have seldom heard
the Scriptures read in which every accent and in
tonation was so palpable a commentary upon the
sense of the text as his reading conveys. He pro
nounces the commandments with a tons of autho
rity at once awe-inspiring and oracular; declares
the mercy and goodness of God with an unction
that makes you feel it, and invokes like an honest
suppliant. In all this, Dr. Stevens evinces, what
is, after all, the perfection of art, NO Ire ralness ; so
that, instead of challenging criticism by his artistic
style and manner, his hearers become unconsciously
occupied with the quality of the food rather than
the mode in which it is served. His gestures while
speaking are few, but graceful and appropriate.
The utterances of some men convoy all their mean
ing to the car, but Dr. Stevens must be seen in or
der to be heard to the best advantage. Not content
with employing language to reveal his thoughts
with scrupulous precision, he imparts to his words
delicate shades of meaning by a alight motion of his
bead, elevating his eyebrows, or a gentle movement
of his hand or finger, that must be seen to be un
derstood. His eye-power, which from the habit of
close reading very few clergymen indeed ever nee
with effect, is not employed, though he has a fine
gray eye, susceptible of great magnetic power over
an audience if he chose to exert it. While ho
adorns and dignifies his profession, as few men have
it in their power to do, he has a remarkable versa
tility of talent that would fit him for almost any
position of honor and influence. In him we have
the combination of an accomplished linguist, a skil
ful teacher, a chaste rhetorician, a scholar, author,
traveller, physician, and divine.
He was born in Bath, Maine, in 1815, and is the
only surviving son of Lieutenant William Stevens,
who was an officer during the late war with Eng
land, and was stationed at Port Preblo, command
ing Portland harbor. Hisgrandfaihor was Captain
William Stevens : of- the Massachusetts lino, and
one of the original founders of the order of the
Massachusetts Cincinnati. The Assistant Bishop
spent his early youth in Boston, but was compelled,
for the sake of his health, to travel South, and
finally undertake a foreign voyage. Before attain
ing the ago of twenty-one ho went entirely around
the world, occupying more than two years in the
trip, and spending some time In China, in the Eye
and Ear Hospital, then under the care of the cele
brated Dr. Parker. Upon his return home Ile gradu
ated with honors at Dartmouth College, and' com
menced the study of medicine under Dr. Edward
Coppho, an eminent physician of Savannah, Geor
gia. He graduated in Medicine and received his
degree of M. D. at the Medical College of South
Carolina, and commenced the practice of his pro
fession in Savannah, where he met with marked
suceess, being appointed Physician to the Orphan
Asylum and Physician of the Port of Savannah, at
the ago of twenty-three. In 1839, being then
only twenty-four years of ago, Dr. Stevens was
cleated a delegate from the Medical Society
of Georgia to the National Medical Conven
tion held at Washington, January let, 1810.
Ih the following year, 1841, he was appointed his
torian of the State of Georgia, and, under this ap
pointment, wrote and published the History of
Georgia, the first volume appearing in 1847, and
the second eleven years later, in 1859. A vestry
men in Bishop Elliott's church, in Savannah, ho
was sent as a lay deputy from the Convention of
Georgia to the General Convention of 1841, in place
of Judge Berrien, though circumstances prevented
his taking his mat. It was at this time that, under
the tuition of Bishop Elliott, he again took (what
had long been a cherished idea of his youth) the
study, preparatory to entering the ministry. Ito
was ordained a deacon in February, 1843, being
presented to the Bishop by the Rev. Dr. Vaughn,
now of Philadelphia, who has lived to assist his
former pupil and candidate in putting on the vest
ments of the highest office in the gift of the church.
Having become known thus early, as a polished
writer and orator, he was in that same year elected
professor of Belles Lettres, oratory, and moral philo
sophy in the University of Georgia, which place he
continued to fill with distinction until his removal
to Philadelphia. While living in Athens (the seat
of the University) ho founded Emanuel Church.
In 1847, being at the North, attending to
his duties as a clerical deputy from Georgia
to- the General Convention, he was called to
succeed Dr. (now Bishop) Clark in the rectorship
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1862.
of St. Andrew's Church, in this city, theft as now,
one of the largest and most influential parishes in
tho United States. Raving been but little more
than four years in the ministry, he was disinclined
to leave the associations which surrounded bim in
Georgia, and unhesitatingly declined to attempt so
great a responsibility, and it was not until the call
bad been twice repeated, and a committee of the
vestry of the church sent to Georgia to urge his ac
ceptance, that he decided to come. Ho was insti
tuted rector of St. Andrew's Church, Eighth street,
above Spruce, by Bishop Potter, on the first Sunday
in September, A. D. 1848, and from that time, al
thoifgh called away repeatedly to fields of labor in
different States in the meantime, he has remained
in this position. Dr. Stevens has boon for many
years a permanent member of the General Con
vention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States, representing first the State of Georgia,
and afterwards Pennsylvania.
In 1854 ho came within two votes of being elected
by the clergy Bishop of Rhode Island, and In May,
1858, while President of the Diocesan Convention
of Pennsylvania, at which the late Bishop Bowman
was elected, ho received a largo vote for assistant
bishop of this diocese, and at the close of the ses
sion a unanimous and formal resolution of thanks
was voted to Dr. Stevens for his able and courteous
presiding over the Convention. Immediately upon
the reception of the mournful news of Bishop Bow
man's sudden deathy on the 3d of August last, when
it became necessary to select a successor, the name
of Dr. Stevens was prominently mentioned through
out the diocese, and his election to the bishopric,
although it mot with slight opposition, on the
grounds that, having resided in the South, he might
be disloyal in his sentiments. This intimation was,
haever, at the time so satisfactorily met that
it scarcely merits a passing notice hero. After
a balloting of more than ono whole day, on the
thirteenth ballot, Dr. Stevens was elected by the
clergy, by a very large majority, receiving 85 votes,
while the neat highest candidate on the list re
ceived 50 votes. •
His election seems to have given entire satisfac
tion not only to the ohuroh of which ho is a member,
but to the community generally, who aro presumed
to take an interest in such matters. His election
has received the sanction of all the loyal dioceses
in the United States as far as hoard from, and the
seino is true of all the' bishops, all of whom have
boon hoard from as far as practicable. In the
Philadelphia Divinity School, a now Episcopal in
stitution in this city, Dr. Stevens occupies the chair
of Liturgics and Pulpit Eloquence. In his Church
views, he occupies a medium, conservative position.
OPENING SERVICES
The lessons of the morning wore read by the Rev.
Drs. Pratt, Sudderds, Mombert, of Lancaster, (suc
cessor to the late Bishop Bowman in the rectorship
of St. James' Church,) William Stevens Perry,
nephew to Dr. Stevens, G. Millen Howe, and Dr.
Killikelly, of Paradise, Lancaster county.
Bishop Leo, of Delaware, read the Command
ments. The Epistle wee read by Bishop Leo, of
lowa, and the Gospel by Bishop Hopkins.
The 100th hymn was next announced by the Rev.
Jubal Hodges, of Pittsburg, before the singing of
which Bishop Hopkins stated that at its close an
opportunity would be given for all who wished to
do so to retire before proceeding with the consecra
tion.
SERMON BY BISHOP CLARK.
The consecration sermon %vas delivered by Bishop
Clark, of Rhode Island, formerly rector of St. An
drew's Church, from the following text of Scrip
ture:
We are embassadore for Cluist.-2 Car., v. 20
He commenced by saying that if they had not
Apostolic authority for using such language with re
gard to themselves as the text contained, it would
seem to be the highest arrogance for them to use it.
They would not dare to stand before the world and
speak in the name of Jesus if they had not the
fullest authority so to do. Thu responsibilities thus
imposed were overwhelming, and ho hold that a
duo appreciation of them was enough to suppress
everything like mere human pride in the exorcise
of their powers. It was for them to feel that Christ
was all, and that they were nothing.
Several obvious thoughts ho said were suggested
by the text he had chosen.
First, it was essential to tho office of an ambassa
dor that ho had a legal commission from the Go
vernment which ho professed to represent. Ho
must be able to show his credentials, duly signed
and sealed by some recognized national power.
The same rule applied to the ambassadors of Christ.
The Church was something more than a body of
men holding certain principles in common, by
which they bound - themselves to certain restraints
and uses; and if it bad not been, it would have
gone down long ago. The preservation of the
Gospel, he alleged, would have been impassible it
there had tot been sonic organized society of be
lievers. -
The Bishop then proceeded to demonstrato these
views by a copious reference to tho history and
practices of the Levitical priesthood.
Today they had assembled to confer upon ono
commission to exorcise the sacred functions of the
highest office in the Church—one who had been
duly elected and sanctioned—and they did so under
the firmest conviction that in so doing they were,
acting in harmony with the mind of Christ,—that
their act would be ratified in Heaven.
But, in the second place, an ambassador, in the
discharge of his duty, was bound strictly by his in
structions. Ile must not interfere, or change, or
modify any of the principles of the Government he
represents, or substitute any policy of his own.
Christianity, however, was as remarkable for its
adaptedness to place and time as it was immovable
in its principles.
In the administration of the affairs of tho Church
there was, he said, liberty enough to ant, and yet
restraint enough to save the expenditure of undue
energy. The Church might suffer in her most
vital interests by excessive legislation as welt as
by unbridled license.
In the third place, an ambassador should be
competent Is the faithful discharge of his duties.
lie should understand the character of the people
to whom he is sent in order to know exactly
what kind of diplomacy to employ for his
greatest success. They were sent to preach to
men, and to do so successfully it was necessary,
somehow or other, to address themselves to their
consciences. For this reason it became important
for the ambassador of Christ to know how those to
whom ho is sent conducted themselves in their
families, their counting-rooms, and in all their
affairs—a knowledge which they could only properly
esquire by mingling freely among the people, and
learning from observation. Then the minister would
be able to brill home to their minds realities, and
e would be listened to with interest. It was, he
knew, not their business to prove but to preach, the
Gospel; and yet, in such times as these, it was
often necessary to demonstrate , 6 which be the first
principles of the Gospel of Christ." Especially
must the embassador never let go the guiding and
directing band of his Master.
It was their Wiliam not only to convince, but
also to persuade, men. When they had proved all
they wished to prove, their work was only half
done. The heart wee till not:reached. Nor could
this power of reaching the heart be obtained by any
amount of human learning. Not that it was any
merit in a preacher to be dull or stupid, yet minis
ters might not be able to move or interest their
hearers, and be neither dull nor stupid.
In.the fourth place, an ambassador must be loyal
to the Government which ho represents. Without
this he could only bring dishonor upon himself and
his government. The world was in a state of re
bellion, and, as God's ambassadors, it was their duty
to do everything in their power to bring it book.
It was not enough to announce the mere fact
of general human depravity. Christ had had
more to say to sinners than Ile bad to say
about sin, and it was their business to do as
Be did—to probe the wounds of the sinner
until he cries for help. For this end there must
be no ambiguous teaching; they must point the
sinner to the Cross direct, and show that the Re-'
deemer is standing ready to forgive and receive,
the instant the sinner lays down his weapons
,of
rebellion.
But, after the sinner was reclaimed he was still
in a rebellioirs world, and needed the help and
support which the ambassadors of Christ had it in
their power to give.
Be bad thus, ho said, coldly sketched the formal
duties of the ambassador of Christ. He could not
understand why it was that angels wore not dele
gated from heaven to perform duties so important ;
yet BO it was that those who were sent to warn and
reclaim rebels had themselves boon taken from
the ranks of rebels. To discharge their duties
properly, they must not only shine, but burn,
or else their lightwould be but the phosphorescence
which gilds decay and signalizes death.
Then, addressing himself directly to those In
office before him, ho asked : Have you renounced
the sins you condemn in others? God's plan was
not to exterminate the rebels against his Govern
ment, but only to destroy sin, while lie saves the
sinner. But they must not parley with traitors;
they must not "cry peace, peace, when thorn is
no peace." They must not give opiates instead of
the electrio fire which thrills along the nerves.
The ambassador had sworn to bo loyal, and God
bad registered that oath of allegiance, and if he la
bored faithfully what a reward awaited him !
Moreover, the time was hastening on when the re
bellion would be crushed forever. Then it would
bo seen bow far the ambassadors of the Lord had
been faithful to their mission, and how far they had
neglected their solemn duties.
The candidate for consecration was thenirequested
to rise, when the preacher reminded him that just
fourteen years ago ho bad had the privilege of ad
dressing him (Dr. Stevens) where he then stood,
under different circumstances; that ho had then
given assurances to the latter that ho would have
the good wishes of his now charge, and have his la
bors bleat by the frequent prayers of the people,
the rectorship of whom he was then about to as
sume. This ho had pledged, and he now asked
whether that pledge had not been redeemed. The
candidate, assented with a slight bow. Then the
preacher, in like manner, addressed the people., re
minding them of the assurances he had then given
to them that Dr. Stevens would be a faithful pastor.
Then addressing his brother, ho said that he had
now been called to a higher office, in which he was
to walk art the successor of ono of the purest and
best of men ; one who had in all things been ever
loyal to bin divine Head. his further allusions to
the late Dispop Bowman in this connection wore
affecting and appropriate.
Of him wif,h whom Dr. Stevens was to be in future
associated (Dlshop Potter), delicacy, he said, for-
bid his speaking, excepting
,to imy that ho could
never fall into difference with him without its being
a fault of his own. The candidate, he said,
MA entering upon this aloe at a most try
ing hour, when the future, both of tire nation
-and of thiC Church, was wrapped in obscurity.
Under other circumstances,. many, whose seats
were there vacant, would have been present
on this occasion, end it was doubly sad to
know that in addition „to this their hearts were
alienated. Ho farther Warned the candidate that
henceforth the quiet labors of the study wore to bo
superseded by labors wearisome, constant, and
almost crushing. Seventy mon had already filled
this office in the American Church to which he was
now to bo consecrated, twenty-nine of whom had
' fallen asleep, and were at rest from their labors.
At the conclusion of the sermon the choir sang,
In excellent style, a beautiful composition entitled,
1 ° Come, Holy Spirit," dm.
ME CONSECRATION
The candidate was then presented by Bishops
Alonzo and Horatio Potter in these words, addressed
to Bishop Hopkins : u Reverend Father in God, we
present unto you Oils godly and well...learned man,
to be ordained and consecrated bishop." After
which the Rev. John A. Childs, Assistant Secretary
of the Convention which elected Dr. Stevens, read
the notion of that body certifying this foot; also the
certificate of the Standing Committee as to the
candidate's requisite qualification.
The Rev. Dr. Morton den read the testimonin
of the various dioceses, certifying their assent to
the consecration, after Which the consent of the
several bishops heard from wore road by the Roy.
Dr. M. A. Do Wolfe Howe, rector Of St. Luke's.
The canonical authority of Bishop Brownell; the
presiding bishop in the United States, was read by
Dr Ducaohet,
In compliance with the request of Bishop' Hop
kins, Dr. Stevens then rose and read his commis
sion as follows :
"In the name of God, Amen. I, William Bacon
Stevens,. chosen bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church m Pennsylvania, do proniise conformity and
obedience to the dootrim, discipline and worship
of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United
States of America, so help me God, through Jesus
Christ."
The Litany was then read by Bishop Odenhel
mer, all the bishops and clergy, and many of the
congregation kneeling.
The presiding Bishop then, sitting, proceeded
with the consecration, the candidate rising in the
aisle, and responding affirmatively to the following
questions :
The presiding bishop said to Dr. Stevens':
" Brother—Forasmuch as the holy Scripture and
the Ancient Canons command that wo should not be
hasty in laying on hands, and admitting any person
to government in the Church of Christ, which he
bath purchased with no less price than the effusion
of his own blood, before we admit you to this ad
ministration we will examine you in certain articles,
to the end that the congregation present may have
a trial, and bear witness, how you are minded to
behave yourself in the Church of God."
Are you persuaded that you are truly called to
this ministration, according to the will or our Lord
Jesus Christ, and the order of this church ?"
To which the candidate for consecration re
sponded : "I am so persuaded,"
The presiding bishop then continued :
"Are you persuaded that the Holy Scriptures
contain nil dootrino required as necessary for eternal
salvation, through faith in Jesus Christ? And are
you determined, out of the same Holy Scriptures,
to instruct the people committed to your charge ;
and to teach or maintain nothing, as necessary to
eternal salvation, but that which you shall bo per
suaded may be concluded and. proved' by the
same ?"
To which was again responded,
"I am so persuaded and determined, by God's
grace."
The Presiding Bishop. Will you, then, faithfully
exercise yourself in the Holy Pcripturcs, and call
upon God, by prayer, for the true understanding of
the same; E 0 that you may be able, by thorn, to
teach and exhort with wholesome Doctrine, and to
withstand and convince the gainsayers?
Answer. I will so do, by the help of God.
The Presiding Bishop. Are you ready with all
faithful diligence, to banish and drive away from
the Church all erroneous and strange doctrine con
trary to God's Word; and both privately and open
ly to Ojai upon and encourage others to the same?
Answer. I am ready, the Lord being my helper.
The Presiding Bishop. Will you deny all ungod
liness and worldly lusts, and live soberly, righte
ously, and godly tic this present world; that you
roily show yourself in all things an example of good
works unto others, that the adversary may bo
ashamed, having nothing to say against you?
Answer. 1 will so do. the Lord being my helper.
The Presiding Bishop. Will you maintain and
set forward, as much as shall lie in you, quietness,
love, and peace among all men; and diligently ex
ercise such discipline as by the authority of God's
Word, and by the order of this Church, is com
mitted to you?
Answer. I will so do, by the help of God.
The Presiding Bishop. Will you be faithful in
ordaining, sending, or laying hands upon others?
Answer. I will so ho, by the help of God.
The Presiding Bishop. Will you show yourself
gentle, and bo merciful, for Christ's sake, to poor
and needy people, and to all strangers destitute of
help?
Answer. I will so show myself, by God's help.
The presiding Bishop then, standing up, said :
" Almighty God, our heavenly Futhor, who bath
given you a good will to do all these things, grant
also unto you strength and power to perform the
same ; that, Ile accomplishing in you the good
work which Bo bath begun, you maybe found per
fect and irroprebensiblo at the latter day; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."
At this point tho Rev,. Drs. Dorr and Vaughn en•
robed Dr. Stevens in the lull episcopal habit, which
we may state Was presented by St. Andrew's Church.
After the choir had again sung, the following prayer
was offered :
"Almighty God and most merciful Father, who,
of thine infinite goodness, best given thins only and
dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, to be our Re
deemer and the Author of everlasting life; who,
after that he had made perfect our redemption by
his death, and was ascending into heaven, poured
down his gifts abundantly upon mon, making some
apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some
pastors and doctors, to the edifying and making
perfect his Church; grant, we beseech Thee, to
this, thy servant, such grace, that he may evermore
be ready to spread abroad thy gospel, the glad tid
ings of reconciliation with Theo, and use the au
thority given to him, not to destruction, but to sal
vation ; not to hurt, but to help; eo that, as a wise
and faithful servant, giving to thy family their
portion in duo season, he may at last be received
into everlasting joy, through Jesus Christ, our
Lord, who, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth
and reigntb, one God, wed without end, amen."
The candidate then knelt in front of the chancel,
while the seven Bishops laid their hands upon his
head, the presiding Bishop saying :
"Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work
of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed
unto thee by the Imposition of our hands; in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost. Amen. And romombor that than stir up
the grace of God, which is given thee by this imp°•
sition of our hands : for God lath not given us the
spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and sober
ness."
Bishop Hopkins then delivered the Bible to (now)
iliiliop Stevens, saying :
"(live. heed unto reading, exhortation, and doc
trine. Think upon the things contained in this
book. Be diligent in them, that the increase cool
ing thereby may bo manifest unto all men; for by
so doing thou shalt both save thyself and them that
boar thee. Bo to the flock of Christ a shepherd,
not a wolf; Teed thorn, devour them not. Hold up
the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring
again the outcasts, sook the lost. Be so merciful,
that you be not too remiss ; so minister disoiplino,
that you forgot not money; that when the chief
shepherd shall appear, you may receive the never.
fading crown of glory; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Anon."
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Alonzo Potter then took his
fellow-laborer, the newly-made bishop, by the
right hand and conducted him to a seat within the
chancel.
At the oloso of them imposing eoremonies the
communion of the Lord's Supper was administered.
And so ended the consecration of the Rev. William
Bacon Stevens, D. D., M. D., rector of St. An
drow's Church ) to the high °Moe of Assistant
Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, on the 2d
day of January, A. D., 1862.
An Englishman's Opinion of Mason and
Slidell.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.
To the Editor of the Press :
iiln : The following extract is taken from'a busi
ness letter received by us this morning from Man
chester, England; and as it demonstrates the fact
that Englishmen are not unanimous in their com
mendation of the position assumed by the British
Government in regard to the Treat affair, wo take
the liberty of Bending you a copy, which, if.you
deem it of sufficient interest, you can lay before
your readers. It is short and very much to the
point. We give the writer's own words without
embellishment. The letter is dated Dee. 13, 1801.
Yours respectfully,
"This town and district ore now undo , a cloud,
owing to the scarcity of cotton and the consequent
Buffering arising therefrom. And the strong breeze
setting in from your shores in relation to the Trent
difficulty has raised a storm here which raged for
a while like atempest in a teapot.
"Men's minds were for some time much agitated,
but the excitement is now decreasing and no very
serious consequences aro anticipated. The knotty
point will be the disposition to bo made of the two
vagabonds, (Mason and Slidell), who, in may opi
nion, and that of many here, would be hanged if
they had justice done them.
EXTRACT from a letter written by au influential
Democrat of Frederick, Maryland, to a gentleman
in this city:
6, I congratulate you upon the honorable settle
ment of the Slidell and Mason affair—in my judg
ment, very fortunate for us in every way. I neither
regret their arrest nor surrender. It is certainly
the death-blow of the Rebellion, and will hasten,
with lightning-speed the destruction of all engaged
therein, and make every patriot a bitter and
eternal enemy to the English Government here
after."
A CAMP of instruction has been established
at Bardstown. Ky., and General Wood is placed in
temporary commend. The reserve of Gen. Ball's
grand army will be encamped at that place.
THE REBELLION.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
BITTER FEELING AT FRANKFORT
GALLANT EXPLOIT OF A TENNESSEE REFUGEE.
AN EXPEDITION INTO TENNESSEE.
Presentation of a Flag to Gen. Rousseau's
Brigade by the Pennsylvania Troops.
SPEECH OF GEO. D. PRENTICE
TUB CANADIAN PRESS ON THE RELEASE
OF MASON AND SLIDELL.
HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED
IN MONTREAL
INTERESTING FROM GEN. BANKS' COLUMN.
JACKSON PREPARING TO ATTACK GEN. KELLEY.
The Rebels Attack a Federal Force Near
Hancock, and are Repulsed,
ARRIVAL OF RELEASED FEDERAL PRI.
SOI'ERS AT FORTRESS MONROE.
Mason and Slidell on their Way
to Europe.
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THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Bitter Feeling at the State Capital.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati 2'imes writing
front Frankfort, Ky., under date of Deo. 27th,
says:
The political lines are being drawn very closely
here, and the feeling is said to be growing extreme
ly bitter, though it is at present concealed. Many
of the Union men do not hesitate to declare that
Kentucky ought to be placed under the severest
military law, and that evenif a military despotism
is necessary to the salvation of the State, it ought
to be established without delay. They declare too
much freedom has been allowed 'to Secession sym
pathizers, and.that it is high time they were sup
pressed.
Serious Trouble Anticipated.
Persons bore have told me that they would not
be surprised at any time, if a most sanguinary
strife should occur in this county between citizens
holding different political opinions, and if the most
terrible scenes would be enacted between thoso
who are socially friends, and oven near relatives to
each other.
Fears of a Servile Insurrection
Apprehensions are also felt in this county of a
servile insurrection, and the negroes aro closely
watched, though treated, I believe, with more than
usual kindness. Moro than ono slaveholder lies
down at night with a dread that he may be awa
kened by the roaring of flames from his fired
dwelling.
Hopes of the Kentucky Secessionists.
Tho Secessionists, or Southern•rights men, as
they prefer to be called, assume to have not only
great hope, but sincere belief, that the rebels un-
der Generals Buckner and Johnston w,ll have pos
session of the State before the month of April, and
some declare the next session of the Legislature
will never bo hold here, as before that period—the
second Wednesday of February—Frankfort will be
in the hands of the avowed traitors to the Govern
ment,
During my sojourn hero, I havo conversed with
several persons who havo boon in tho "Southern
Confederacy," and they say the leaders of the re
bellion all declare the war is prosecuted by the
Federal Government for the purpose of abolishing
slavery—that they knew this to bo the design of the
Republican party from its inception, and teat they
revolted after Lincoln's election, because they were
confident, if they did not do it then, thoynevor could
do so again with any hope of success. They admit
they had been preparing for years for the revolu
tion, and that when the golden opportunity °conned
they did not hesitate to strike.
Argument of the Rebel Leaders.
They constantly ridicule tho idea of "subjuga
ting the South," and say that the combined world
in arms could not effect it after centuries of war.
"Talk of conquering the South," said Roger A.
Pryor, with his usual egotistic magniloquence—
" what a magnificent impossibility! It would bo
far easier to bind the lightnings of Heaven, or con
trol the waves of the ocean than to subjugate the
free sons of the South—the bravest and noblest
people of the world."
Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
PRESENTATION OF A FLAG FROM GEN. NEGLEY'S
BRIGADE TO GEN.ROUSSEAII'S DRIGADE-SPEECLI
OF GEO. R. PRENTICE, ESQ.
The Louisville Jaw nal says: Having boon in
vited to present a flog from the brigade of Brig.
Gen. Negloy, of Pennsylvania, consisting of ono
Wisconsin, ono Indiana, and two Pennsylvania re
giments, to Brig. Gen. Rousseau's brigade, consist
ing of the Louisville Legion, the First Ohio Regi
ment, the Sixth Indiana, and three battalions of
regulars, we, the Senior Editor of the Journal,'
went down to Camp Wood, on Green river, last
Friday. After our arrival, our first movement was
across the river In company with Brig. Gen. Rous
seau and half a dozen other distinguished gentle
men, civil and military.
We had the pleasure of passing a night in the
tent of Brigadier General Negley . . We cannot ex
press in too strong terms our admiration and regard
for that, noble Pennsylvanian. Its is a patriot, a
hero, a thorough and accomplished officer, and
ono of the truest and best school of gentlemen—
warm hearted, high hearted, mid groat hearted. A
man of large wealth, enjoying every luxury, and
surrounded by hosts of friends, ho left the many
delights of home, in NA at the head of a band of
volunteers for the Mexican war, loving his country
above all things else, and took a gallant part in
every toil, and every hardship, and every battle
from Vera Cruz to the Gate of Mexico. And new
ho has again left his happy home as the lender of a
brigade to do his part , his whole part, in a groat
struggle that he justly deems the most important
and momentous in the world's history. In this
struggle be will, unless fortune shall bo adverse,
make a great name. We saw two of his regiments,
Colonel llambright's Pennsylvania and the First
'Wisconsin, drilled, and never before wore our
pulses so stirred by any kindred spectacle.
It was agreed that the presentation of the flag
from Gen. Negloy's brigade to Gen. Rousseau's
should take place at ono o clock on Saturday. Tho
whole army felt that the compliment was from a
general and a brigade worthy to bestow It, and a
general .and a brigade worthy to receive it. All
of the many thousands who know Brigadier Gene
ral Rousseau personally and by character, will but
have their confident expectations fulfilled, in learn
ing that the love and admiration with which ho has
inspired not only hie own brigade, but all the bri
gades at Camp Wood, are unbounded.i
Mr. Prentice, who had the honor of presenting
the flag, made a few remarks, which he was ear
nestly requested to publish. They were, in sub
stance, as follows:
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF BRIGADIER GENE
RAL ROUSSEAU'S BRIGADE : The privilege is
granted to one of presenting to you a flag from the
brigade of Brigadier General Negloy. I feel that
the privilege is a high ono, and I wish I were more
worthy of it To be the medium of so beautiful a
compliment between two such military organiza
tions is an honor that I can never forget unless I
shall forgot to be a patriot.
This flag is a gift from men who, at their
country's call, have put on their country's armor
and left their far-distant homes to meet their
country's enemies upon our Kentucky soil. We
hail them, we bless them, we take them to our
hearts as a gallant portion of our deliverers. The
great and patriotic spirit which has prompted
them to leave loved families and friends, and dear
and happy firesides, to endure the privations and
sufferings of the tented field, and tho midnight
march in the depths of winter, will assuredly win
glory for them, and glory for the arms of the Union
upon the field of battle. Tho blood of some, ay
many of them, may be shed upon our soil, but such
blood, shed in such a cause, will render the soil
holy. And it will not sink in the ground. Ah
no! it will bo exhaled to heaven to fall back in
showers of blessings upon the souls of the cham
pions of Union and liberty, and in drops of con
suming fire upon the hearts of our country's
enemies.
MISCELLANEOUS WAR NEWS.
From General Banks' Command.
FREDERICK, Md., Deo. 31.—Contrabands from
counties adjacent to the Potomac continue to arrivo
daily, and after an examination by General Banks,
aro forwarded to Gen. McClellan's headquarters
to bo disposed of. It is stated that at least one
third of the slaves of Lottdoun county have made
their escape, and sounfrom Fairfax, Fauquier and
Culpeper occasionally turn up in this vicinity.
'lbis morning some ten or twelve, and four or five
white refugees, wore despatched by oars to Wash
ington. Tho refugees represent that if our forces
were to enter Landoun, the white population now
there, almost to a man, would gladly renew their
allegiance to the Uriion.
,At last accounts , the Confederate force at Lees
burg had been considerably augmented. The
militia, however, showed a great disinclination to
fight, and were put to work on new fortifications,
the precise location of which is not given, but is
probably well known to our military authorities.
The number of troops in and about Leesburg is
estimated at six thousand, including the militia.
Advices from Dam No. 5, this morning, inform
us that the rebels made a demonstration there yes
terday, and fired several shot and shell at the dam
and our men, from their twelve-pound rifled-gun,
without doing any damage. On Sunday, they
showed themselves at Falling Waters. A portion
of Colonel Leonard's command stationed there lay
upon their arms all night, but discovered no enemy
in the morning.
While the enemy of late have only shown ono
gun, (the twolve•pounder Parrott cannon,) it is
known that they have in the vicinity of Martins
burg a full field battery, which is probably masked
in mine place where they anticipate we aro to pass
should an advance be made. A number of the
enemy are still engaged in taking up the track
north of Martinsburg, and their oecuiMonal appear
ances near Williamsport are probably only recon
noitring parties. Thus far none on our side have
been hurt, but our Parrott batters , at the Dam IS
TWO CENTS.
known to have played some disastrous freaitsins
their ranks. They have quite an encampment at
Bunker Hill, which they are entrenching, and arm
throwing up heayy fortifications at Martinsburg.
Gen. Kelly's yhen have opened the railroad BOVOrd
miles south of Hancock, and are steadily progress
ing towards Martinsburg. As far as the road has
been completed it is strongly guarded against any
attempt of the rebels.
The Union men in this part of the State endorse
the release of Mason 'and Slidell as a measure of
wise policy in the present exigency.
FREDERICK, Jan. I.—The political prisoeera who
have been captured and detained at 'Williamsport
by Colonel Leonard, during the past three months
arrived here yesterday under a strong guard, and
proceed this morning for Washington. Among the
principal personages of this group are W. D.
Shepard, late a captain in the rebel army; Abra
ham Shepard, his brother, a member of the
Shepherdstown volunteers, and several civil °En
core, who undertook to execute the Confederate
laws in Morgan county. They are all sent to Wash
ington, in conformity with the leto general orders
by the Corurnander•in-Chief.
A private despatch from Williamsport, last night,
states that about three o'clock, yesterday afternoon,
a rebel force, (number not given,) with one gun, at
tacked the railroad workmen, between Paxton's
Cut and Cherry Run, eleven miles east of Hancock.
They wore repulsed and routed by the Federal pro
tective force, with a less of twenty killed. The as
sailants were protecting the rebel laborers who were
engaged in taking up the track.
Col. Bayler is said to have a rebel force:of 70 men
a few miles south of Hancock.
Gen. Jackson, with his whole available rebel
force, is said to be preparing to move against Gen.
Kelly, at Hancock.
Later advises have been received from Harper's
Ferry. Maj. Tyndale, of the Twenty-eighth Penn
eylvania, is keeping close guard upon the river at
that point. The people of the ferry, nearly allot'
whom are women and children, are blockaded on
all sides. The rebel pickets extend across the
neck over Bolivar Heights to Smallwood's woods on
the North, and prohibit all supplies of provisions
from entering into the town, while the Federal com
mander exercises equal vigilance at Sandy Hook.
Men who have been compelled to flee from Har
per's Ferry complain that their families aro re
strained from joining them on this aide, but if this
statement is well founded, the restriction must be
based upon some misapprehension.
A band of rebels were busily engaged in removing
the contents of Mr Wearnwag s machine works,
located on Herr's Island, on the Shenandoah, near
Harper's Ferry. Herr & Wilch's now flour mill
was not destroyed by the rebels, but the old one
was entirely demolished some months since.
All persons residing in Harper's Ferry and Boli
var, that are seen by the rebel lookouts to approach
the river, are captured on their return to the river,
and sent to Charlestown. Several families,who went
down to the river, with all their movable effects,
are said to have shared this fate
All was quiet yesterday, from Sandy Hook to the
Point of Rooks.
Later intelligence from the vicinity of Leesburg
leads` to the belief that the rebels have erected
strong works northeast of Leesburg, on the ridge
which terminates nearly opposite the month of the
Monocacy. Tho report is confirmed that the rebel
force at Leesburg has been largely increased, but
the report that the militia refusb to fight is
doubted.
From :Fortress Monroe.
EXCOANGE OP PRISONERS
FORTRESS MONROE, Tan. I.—Captains Shillings
law and Manson, of the Seventy-ninth Now York
Regiment, Lieut. W. Dickinson, of the Third Re.
giment of infantry, 11. S. A., Lieut. J. W. Hart, of
the Twentieth Indiana Regiment, and Corporal
Thomas McDonell, of the Seventy-ninth New York
Regiment, arrived from Richmond last evening, by
a flag of truce from Norfolk. They are part of the
two hundred and fifty who are to be released in ex
change for an equal number seat° Richmond last
week. Their stories are listened to with the great
est interest, but add little to the numerous similar
statements already published. A great improve.
ment in the treatment of the prisoners is, said to
have taken place within the last two weeks. The
above officers will go to Baltimore to-night, on their
way home. The rema nder of the number to be
released are etpected to arrive here to-morrow
afternoon, and a number of our wounded (making
a total of 284 to be released) are expected in a few
days.
Last night's flag of truce also brought the captain
and crew of the schooner .Tol,n F. Crouch, from
Alexandria for Dighton, Mass., with a cargo of coal,
which is reported to have beached inside of Cape
Henry on Friday night last.
New TOWS calls are being made today, and
most of the officers have called upon Gen. Wool this
morning to pay him their respects.
A flag of truce, Which arrived early this morn
ing, brought over a young lady to go North.
Capt. McQuade, of tho Thirty-fifth New York vo
lunteers, and a lieutenant of regulars, died at Rich
mond on the 26th of December.
From Ntssoun.
Sr. Lorna, Jan. 2.—Despatches have been re
ceived at headquarters, announcing the capture of
the notorious Joff Owens, Colonel Jones, and
fifty of their bridge-burning gang, near Martins
burg, Adrian county, by General Schofield, com
mander of the State militia, and that the various
guerilla bands along the North Missouri Railroad
have been pretty thoroughly scattered.
Six regiments of Federal troops have left Otto
vine and Tipton for Weston on an expedition, the
effects of which are unknown.
Patriot heroes of Gen. Rousseau's brigade—many
of whom were the first, the very first, to muster at
the call of your gallant leader for the defence of
your State—to you, to you, the guardianship of
this sacred flag is entrusted. Look at it ere your
standard-bearer shall grasp it Look at it before
its bright folds shall flutter above your heads. Its
stars aro kindred to those in heaven, and its eagle
grasps heaven's thunderbolts It is the flag of our
country, the banner whose fame and glory, extend
ing beyond the bounds of the civilized world, com.
mend the respect, the admiration, and the awe,
even of barbarian nations. Baptized thousands of
times in blood and fire, it has been purified, and
ennobled, and brightened, by every baptism. It is
the blazing meteor of freedom. It has streamed
over land and lake, and sea and ocean, and the
consecrated breath of thousands of expiring patriots,
turning their kindling oyes upon it in the hour of
death and victory, have stirred and rustled its folds
with blessings.
Chivalric patriots ! never, oh ! never will any act
of yours set a stain upon this proud escutcheon, or
upon yourselves. Following it over hilts, and val
leys, and rivers, and mountains, wherever, the path
of duty and of glory leads, you will, if need be,
forget cold, and hunger, and weariness, in the
strength of your devotion to your country. You
will follow it with the knowledge that it is upheld
not only by your own strong right arms, but by the
prayers of thousands of loved ones in your homes,
and millions, and tens of millions of patriots every
where. It will bo borne amid the clash of steel
•and the roar of cannon, and then every glance at
its streaming folds will thrill your hearts and
nerve your arms more than the blasts of myriad
trumpets. It may be blackened by smoke and
flame ; it may be riddled and rent by the leaden
and iron storms of battle; but to your eyes it will
be all the more beautiful and glorious. Assailed
by overpowering numbers, it may even go down
before the resistless shock ; but from every fall it
will rise, a star of hope and worship to its friends,
an ominous bale-fire to its enemies. "By this sign
ye will conquer."
Men of Pennsylvania'. men of Kentucky! men
of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Michigan—all men within the sound of my voice !
I announce the greatest, tho mightiest truth of
the day, the year, the age, when I say to you that
this Union must be restored. It must bo restored,
let the restoration cost what it may. Money is less
than dross, blood bless than water, given in so holy,
BO tremendous a cause. The bravo and the vir
tuous dare to die—it may be little; but they dare
not, they dare not live to beheld the last hope and
glory of the nations, this great miracle of freedom,
perish from the face of the earth, without putting
forth all their might to preserve it—vrithontstriking
for it as if the strength of God's will were in their
souls, and the strength of God's thunder in their
alms. They would not lista° the courage, the au
dacity, to look a child in the face if they felt that
they, the men of this generation, lacked the power
and the resolve to keep for posterity the great and
awful bequest of freedom won by their fathers not
more for the present ago than for all time.
Secession is the groat crime, the monster sin of
modern times. It must make the darkest, the
deadliest, the most accursed page in the book of
history. It is on earth what the revoltof Satan
and his angels was in heaven. It involves, if
successful, the destruotion of the whole system
of republican freedom upon our Western conti
nent. It is nothing lees than the tottering of the
axis upon which our Government revolves. It is
the crumbling away of the foundation-rook upon
which it rests. It is the extinction of its vital
principle. It is the suffocating compression,
as by a rude hand's grasp, of the heart which
propels the blood through the system. It is the
loosening of the golden cord that upholds the
married calm and unity of States. It is the shrink
ing away of the diamond spring which makes
the flowery island of the desert. It is the crack
ing of the rocky barrier which,shuts out from
our land the bitter waters of anarchy and strife.
-It is as if the keystone should fall from some mag
nificent arch. It is as if attraction should begin to
vanish from the physical world, or as if love should
begin to perish from the moral world. This terri
ble element of evil must be annihilated, this horrid
principle of destruction must be destroyed ; and
yours, friends, patriots, heroes, is the great pre.
negative to bo among its commissioned destroyers.
Destroy it! or this land, so long hailed by millions
from afar as the last refuge of human freedom, will
be, throughout the coming century, the most,
wretched portion of all the earth.
Men of Rousseau's brigade ! this banner is yenta
—the gift of heroes to heroes. Take it! and re
member the old heroes whose long and desperate
conflicts gave to the soil upon which we stand the
terrible name of the darlcand bloody ground.
Take it! and, when you meet the foe,
think well through whom
Your lifeblood tracks its parent lake
And then strike home "
Tako it through the hands of your noble General,
the flower of knightly chivalry, whose promptitude
in sounding the call to arms contributed, MVO than
anything else, to save our State's chief city and
our State itself from the vandal spoilers, and whose
name, now a cherished word throughout Kentucky,
will soon, if his fortune shall be half equal to his
bravery and his genius, be a cherished word
throughout the nation.
Departure of Mason and Slidell.
PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Jan. 2.—Tho - British,
steam gunboat Rinaldo left at five o'clock yostoa
day afternoon, with Almon, Slidell, and their aeon"
tarics aboard. The wind blew a hurricane all
night.
From Port Royal
NEW Tons:, Jan. 2.—The steamer Arisitarrived
yesterday, from Port Royal on tha2.9th. The news
is unimportant.
The United States frigate Sabine arrived yester
day from Georgetown, S. Q., via Port Royal, for
repairs.
The prize bark Empress hati fairOd from, New
Cltlova bar.
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COMMENTS OF THE CANADIAN
PRESS.
The Peace liews.in Montreal.
prism the identreal Witness.]
For the last fortnight Canada has been pawing
through a war in anticipation, and she ban done so
in a spirit which shows that, in case of actual need,
tir population would have been united, brave, and
loyal. 'The enthusiasm of volunteering showed by
the British people when threatened with invasion
by the first Napoleon, or by the American people'
when their flag was shot down by.audaciona rebels
at Fort Sumpter, wasnot greater, we presume, than
that showed by the people of this , city for the last
two weeks. And Montreal, though- it naturally
takes the lead in public-matters, was only an expo
nent of what did take place, or would have taken
place, everywhere,
i
But war, even in anticipation, s a fearful thing
and if the peace-news was not hailed with all the
delight that it ought to have been by oar young
volunteers, it certainly was by their parents and
friends. In fact, the assurance of peace, where war
was confidently expected, was inexpressibly de
lightful to every reflecting mild, and drew forth
the warmest gratitude to the Great Disposer of all
events that Ile bed averted from us a calamity so
fearful.
The news came on Saturday afternoon, and the
Daily 'Witness had the extreme satisfaction of
being the first to 'publish it in a few lines in a
second edition. The notes-romnewere thronged to
rend the telegrams as they continued to arrive, and
the words, " No war!" Spread as if by magic, over
the city ; so that the last Sabbath of the year
dawned upon us in full assurance of peace. In all
the churches, so far as we are informed, the con
tinuance of peace between Great Britain and the
United States was the subject of devout thanks
giving to God. Prayers we're also offered for the
Queen, in her sore bereavement.
The Recent iisibteglio.
[From the Montreal Gazette.'
We have no desire to utter one word calculated
to wear the appearance of a taunt to our neighbors
at the issue of the recent controversy with Great
Britain. It is enough for us that they have con.
seated to repair the wrong done, and we need_ not
be curious to question the motives which prompted
this act of public justice. Yet it were to fail loon!
duty if we did not draw the moral from the Issue
of the dispute, Nearly all the Northern press puts
it upon the ground that their first duty 13 to crush
out the "rebellion" of the Southern States, and
they must make any concession to foreign Powers ne
cessary to preserve their strength unimpaired for
the work.
•
This is, by no means, the highest motive. It is
an admission that they act under a SODS° of co
ercion, not from a sense of right, and in so far it is
profoundly to he regretted. We believe Mr.
Seward'a line of argument to be cleverly , chosen, in
as far as it has been made yublie, but tt is in the
teeth of almost all the Intik declarations of his
fellow-countrymen, official and non•ofricial. Every
publicist and statesman, who has expressed an
opinion, with the exception of Mr. Seward and - Mr.
Buchanan, has declared the net of Captain Wilkes
was one to be applauded, not condemned. The
chances are that Mr. Seward's popularity will be
seriously damaged by the coarse he has adopted.
It required not a little pluck to face the public
in
snnity, and rob the people of the opportunity of self
destruction which they seemed to covet. He has
run directly counter to the current of popular
opinion and feeling. *
The world will believe now, in spite of all Mr.
Seward's adroit arguments, that the surrender has
been made because of threatened coercion. As the
Times threatened, they have been made to eat up
the vanntings and the taunting, of the last few
months,
after a fashion which most be very disa
greeable to such vain glorious boasters.
They have boasted that they were able to cope
with the whole world in arms. They are not now
prepared to act upon the boast. They find that
there are limits at once to their own capacity for
making war, and to other people's_ long suffering
and patience. They hare been taught to respect
the mother country as a great Power, after a
manner hitherto unknown to them. They have
learned to understand something of the po
sition of Britain when she was involved in war
with themselves before, weighted down as she was
by the exhaustion or taxation consequent on long
continued wars with other nations, and having the
larger portion of her army occupied in war in Eu
rope. They always contended that they won a
glorious triumph over Britain, because •she did not
make conquest of their territory. Yet, they could
not thresh her into the recognition of the view
they sought to enforce upon her. Though strain
ing every nerve to succeed in the great contest
waged in Europe, she did not hesitate to encoun
ter this new enemy across the ocean, and she was
not, even when taken at snob disadvantage,
worsted in the encounter. The positions are re
versed now. The United States have a great war
on their hands, when asked to abandon a belligerent
authority, to exercise which they have proudly as
serted their right. They shrink from making good
their boasting words by brave deeds. Well for
them, well ferns, and well for the world it is so !
The wrong and disgrace are not in the acknow
ledgment and reparation of wrong ; they are in the
idle beasts of threats, wittewhich an approval of the
wrong doing was accompanied, and which read by
the light of the reply of Mr. Secretary Seward,
look dismally and disgracefully foolish. If Mr. Se
ward knew all that he sets forth in his diple
matio letter ; if he know that the act of
Captain - Wilkes was contrary to the American
version of the international law applica
ble to the subject, how is it he did not find it out
sooner, ere Britain made ready to sustain her de
mand by force of arms? How is it his exposition
of that law was not set forth in his despatch to Mr.
Adams? Why was it reserved for a reply to the
demand of the British Government backed by 30
large an armed force? Why could he not have
suggested to his fellow•countrymen, through the
numerous channels of communication with the
public at his command, not to make such egregious
fools of themselves? The moral which the Ameri
can public should glean from this result of her most
unpleasant controversy is that they should not be
in haste to blow up the embers of discord with ano
ther nation unless certain of the justice of their
canse, and their capacity to take care, at the same
time, of the territory they claim as their own. Idle
vaporing and boasting end generally in bitter hue
miliation.
And for ns, too, in Canada and the Imperial and
Provincial Governments, this should be a lesson
productive of infinite good. The danger of war
came very nigh us. and we were almost wholly un
prepared for it. Too many among us were idly or
vacuously dreaming of peace, with an angry and
ambitious neighbor mouthing . tremendous threats,
and brandishing their arms in our faces. Here
after wo must always be prepared for such an issue.
Our militia must never again be allowed to be so
utterly unfit for the work of defence. Indeed, itis
now only too obvious that until this war between
the North and the South is ended, and their armies
disbanded, there can be no security that we shall
be left at peace: Till then, we must continue to
train our militia for service, and the Imperial
Government must maintain strong garrisons in all
our towns and military ports. That, and that only,
is a course which it will be either safe or becoming
to take. The people of the haled States have
been so long fooled to the top of their bent, so per
sistently taught to believe that they were in the
right, that, notwithstanding the disguise of argu
ment with which Mr. Seward has essayed to cover
up the fact, they will feel the surrender to be a
humiliation, and an aggression to be avenged. In
time they may come to sea the truth, but they are
not likely to do so while they have half a million of
men under arms. So long as they are thus armed,
we must be armed also, and prepared for all con
tingencies. .Else peace with the South, when it
comes, may, indeed, prove as so many blatant de.
magogues have hinted it would be, the precursor of
an attack on Britain through Canada.
Sympathy in the British Provinces.
In New Brunswick, the Colonial Presbyterian,
which is probably the ablest paper published in that
province, espouses the Federal cause with a warmth
which deserves our grateful appreciation. In a re
cent article it says :
"To us it appears much more difficult for a true
British subject to sympathize with the South than
with the North, and we are convinced that the prin
ciples enunciated by the pro-Southern Canadian
and New Brunswick press, would, if practically
carried out, be fatal to the safety of the British
Empire. They are, in short, utterly seditious
and dangerous, contrary to all divine and human
laws. Curses' are not the only things which,
like chickens, come home to roost.' Evil prin
ciples bring retribution in their train. To hold that,
apart from any exercise of oppression by a Govern
ment, creating a moral right of revolution, its au
thority is to be cast off at pleasure or through ea.
price ; its property seized ; its courtsofjustiee sub
verted ; to hold that all oaths of allegiance to it
may bo violated without moral guilt or political
degradation, is to hold that civil government rests
upon no divine sanctions or other stable basis. We
maintain that there has rarely been a more just
war waged in this world than that by which the
Federal Government aims at suppressing the South
ern rebellion and preserving the nationality of a
great people. As British subjects, we resent any
insults to our nation's flag, and demand enamozde.
But internal rebellion is worse than external war
to be an enemy is to occupy an honorable position
as compared with being a traitor. How well it
locke to see those who are ready to fly to arms to
maintain the honor of the British flan, in the same
breath denounce the United States for rising up as
ono man to wipe out the reproach of Fort Sumpter
Again :
" There has been revolt is India. There has
been discontent in Canada. There was lately &ju
bilation over a dead rebel in an integral section of
the British empire—re-echoed even in blew Brune
wick. Do we wish to establish the principle that
rebels—that men who revolt without any just 06,1180
against a legitimate and beneficent government,
deserve sympathy and aid, while the legitimate
authorities deserve only to be treated with coldness,
if not with hostility? Such is the clear and un
doubted tendency eh' the teachings of the pro-.
Southern press of New Brunswick. To. maintain
the honor of our nation; to sustain, perhaps, the
best government the world ever saw, swayedloy the
best of sovereigns—this is our duty, and its per
formance redounds to our honor. To gloat over
the misfortunead a kindred people ; to smile upon
traitors, upon a slaveholding 'oligarchy ; to. dis
courage the friends of human freedom, and the pa
trons of honest and well-regulated, labor—this will
prove to be the disgrace, if not the ruin, of all who
are found so doing."
Brace of Sensfhts Canatuans.
The Cobourg Sun copies " with pleasure " the
following from the Kingston lir.bik t Na matter
what the news may be of the action the British
Government may take of the Itlason and Slidell
sTair, we entreat our readers not to fret their fat.
with any dread of a war between Great Britain
and the United States. Sonsibba men are at the
head of both Governments, and know the horrors
of war too wet) to hasten into it without adequate
cause. Whatever might be thought of the war at
home, it would be very unpopular in Canada. It
is all very well for us to poke up the Yankees with
a long stick when they brag of their viotories and
the press feeds its readers with " flop doodle," but
to BIM with them is beyond expectation. They
Iva our neighbors and best customers. Many of
Us are connected with them in ties of blood and ties
of business. They are a kind, hospitable, intelli
gent race of people—if they would not brag so
much—are our own kindred, and the idea of suiting
each other's throats is utterly out of the q,uestion,