Nilytrund guntrito.
TITAI!IKSGIVING 'SERYON,
BY REV. J. 'EMERY WORTH BUTLER, D. D.,
z 4Br it OF , WALNUT STREET CHURCH,
PHILADELTI'HiA.
0 4)1 0 14 - .;PIEntsirtosE AND pitovtrimick'
'O R' ki4Eber, OF PERPETUITY. T
bath not dealt so ,with any nqtirm."
-147th PSALM, 20th verse. • •
= The' special review of the peat year ii
closes, substantially the same occasions[ of
thankfulness as, those, which „so: „signally
elaracterized the preceding twelvemonth.
Health in its largest, measure has been Vouph
safed to our citizens in their honies, to our
armies in , the field, to our fleets Upon the'
seas. Industry in all its, forms:. of, trade;
reamifacture, commerce, and culture of the
soil, his been abundantly prospered and re-'
Warded. The vast material resources of 'the
country have been still more widely ditclosed•
and developed. The public quiet has been;
undisturbed. The orderly ; administration,,of,
aUthMity and law in our severalgraded'
spheres of governmental and judicial'jurAdic
tion, has had no, check or hindrance'. Out
institutions of. learning, our churches and
charitable organizations, have accomplished ,
their wonted Ministries of blessing. In a
word, in all that pertains to personal colefort,
to the peace of our. homes, to success in our
varied callings, to material prosperity,and to
the enjoyment .f c high educational, and
religious privileges, a,§* individuals and as a
people, we have been aniPly blessed by the
good hand of Go'd. And this in the midst
of a civil conflict of gigantic proportions.
In reviewing, too, the military results of
another year of 'strije " with the enemy who
is of our own household," we find additional
peculiar occasion for grateful recognition of
continued Divine interposition in our behalf:,
We repeat the thanks which we have been
called, again and again by the nation's head
render unto God for great, effective, and fruit
ful sUccesges in the field—for the illustrious
capaigniof our Western army, in which, by
conttnuous battles, the hostile force was
&riven back more than a hundred miles, ex-,
pelled from a succession of strongholds
counted as impregnable, until at length one
of the two great centres of the rebellion was
laptnred, and one, of its. two greap armies
well-nigh broken . ; for the Campaign of even
gieitter proportions in which, as the final
result ,of the most terrible and continuous
fighting, our victorious Eastern army has
sealed • . up and surrounded the chief force
of the enemy under their ablest leader,
within the defences of their only remaining
stronghold;',as well as for the lesser 'but still
brilliant and effective achievenients of' our
navy in, the harbor, of Mobile, and Of the
thrice-victorious army of the Shenandoah.
We rejoice in the hopeful conclusion inspired
by a retrospect of past progress and a survey
of the present_ situation, the conclusion that
the end 'of this war, the end of its protracted
course' of 'carnage and suffering, is near at
hand. We give thanks that such a re
trospect and survey, while disclosing a war of
oontineAal proportions, sustained on the
natiOn'S'part by artnieS and fleets the greatest
that 'have been'gathered in 'modern times,'
raised, and supported by the spontaneons'
consecration of a free patriotic people, shows
the.area of,zebellion shorn of three-fourths of
its proportions, its immensely extending coasts
out off at every point save one from communi
cation with the world, its interior terri
tory severed in twain and severed again
mpermanent lines of conquest; that, in the
ultitude of contests such a retrospect
shows the loyal cause f l or the most part to
have triumphed, or its reverses to haire.,sula
served an advance . toward final complete
victory ; that it shows the forces of insurrec
tion reduced hYbattle and captures,:by deser
tion and disease, to 'two widely , sepaidated
armies, either• incapable of sUpporting the'
other, and both midi exhausted. resources of.
reinforcement; the one a migratory band with
out-a fortifiectbase, and may it not he added,
now hopelessly broken by defeat;' the other,
helplessly enclosed in -its base, held in the
grasp and threatened With".tleprivation of
supplies and ultimate annihilation, by a supe
rior and daily augmenting Ave. Fer such
subatantiel'reaults Of sileces,4 in , the great eon
filet, =with hopeful hearts we- gratefully ae
knowledge the merciful. interposition of. GOd
in behalf ef the nations life.
Aiid as cro wning these, as all-essential togiv,e
perrnariencY'ancl full effect to these 'successes,
we give thanks today forlhe peaceful victOry,
in its promise the most-bleased ever vouchsafed
to the.interests of humanity i achieY,Pdthrough
out the land 0n . ...tthat,t t , day,. which - history
will iignalize`as the brightest In the nation's,
annals. On that Memorable day", by the'
solemn: &delve act of -£l , united. people, after
the ,f,,nllespo . most , intelligent . „ consideration
of Paß 4 vital before theca,
.in the, very
stress and ; Silain ( 6f a civil convulsion wherein
loyalty had to:doiltelid with a r 'mighty 'armed:
array-, without;' and in its own midst, with
extreme differences of; sentiment„ and even
an atrocious conspiracy delibexate.ly fementing
seditibh and disoffkion,_ tinder these, Stupen
dous exigencies, subjecting to severer test
than any nation had ever borne, the eleinental
institutions of people's on that ever
meMoablejfk,,v, l'ithout a trace of commotion
or disordBtWong the millions scattered over
a territory 'so vast, by the decisive act of
a united people, mot only through the voice
of ; ,ovepthelming •majorities ,in.levery loyal.
section , of Aim land, and from our ; arrayed
aritiie.i: and fleets; but also,• as we believe,
by the 'judgment of well nigh the entire
mmority 4 the nation's will, its 'Unshaken pier
-
p ose , 4 3 ,:ww,vable resolve,
hold fast forever
its 'integrity and life ,was solemnly, 164-
9nisialaiblfr Spoken to the world. On that .day,
and bY ) that. voice,' the Whole resources of the
people ' ,its men in numbers' , all inidepleted,
and iks,trensures.uneithausted-andinexhausti
ble, were ,sacredly. Pledgqd t4the,continuanoe,
of conflict until the nation's iiiitegrity, its
full, healthful,' beneficent life be restored.
And on that dttsr;lT that voice, thegest hone'
of an armed rebellion was eitinguishal; its
avowed corner-stone and chief' , cause, with
the entire skeleton fabric upon which full
eighty 'years of secret subtile toil, have been
expended, Was 'doomed to final uter ileriiiili
gen,. These- facts of the 'year's history,
together with the continued spirit of .devout
recognition of God's favor and the sustained
inanffestation of'Willing toil, contribution; and'
sacrifice on the part of all, authorize the
oheerful.convictiom and call for - the grateful
aoknpvfledgement that the Lord of Hosts is
us.
But 'there In* other more comprehensive
facts to 'be gathered from a *rider review of
OUT history,: which the present 'juncture - of
our , A ff t iirs, calls - upon us with emphasis to
oonaider now, while the mind of the, nation
and . the world is thoughtfully pondering the
problem of our past and future mission AS a
distinct- nationality. There are facts 'and
truths,- of vast magnitude and practical bear
ing,, wilich, have been clexclOpedi,and ~..nressed
upon 'our - notice afresh, -- and with practiO
force; by 'this war - of rebellion,; facts . and
truths,, which from. this;cause are becoming
now more clearlyi apprehended„ and , =Lore
widely,estabWiad as.conActi,ongoit4 the in
tellfgent thasseS or 'our own
. people, anct,.with
AheNtliccughtfal •andr -Unprejudiced among all
enlightened nations. Aksuccidot;ttafilmerif,
THE AMERICANfPRA4M TIT
AN - .17 28DAY - ''' - jANITAIIV AG' I:4'
of these„
N revealing manifold `,` great ~ t hings
thatPod,itkaolie fo'n us' as a people,*ill
serve to' evoke a - yet deeper, more heartfelt,
and effective spirit-of-thankfulness.
For th,e,oleareApereoption And impression
of my, porpole, the!, outset- 1. ) conelmise).sin
these three 'propositlinia r the '-several
whiblildeSign,-in substance, though`brieflY,
to -illustrate and ;establish, - Atte,
mat ? -purpose! of , God' concerning, t the i indi
vikial man's elevation and happiness, plainly
Writtga
on the rages nationalliis,toty t ; ; the,.
Manifold proVicleitces 'df`Voir' toiard' :this
nation in! fittikkit , rnore :than aiiy tither 'to'
accomplish this .tpurpOie t , !and ithi mods ; which:
`by ) . His andiadepslng,this.,,nation, far,
,more than any ether has already achieved.
toward itatilfilment, jdstify uwjn'eherighifig'
!the grateful conviction' that 'lre has ordained
our:national, integrity. - earl:perpetuity: , •. Next,-
that the conflict, in witigh. are -engaged ; is
one of ideas'and principles," that those ideas
;and Pritieiplei, irn Whose -dad' tire .nation.
stands Arrayed, havelheir origin antivitalit§'
in thepsame great purpose, of God; they are
the „ideas, anikprinciples of ; n just., humanity
'midi Christian civilization, whose innste force
has 'been' the causei'and whose - gradual
gress the result, Of all the great wars Of earth,'
,of ;man's ceaseless struggle throughthe atges4-=, -
the ideas and principles which Jehovah, the
ruling Redeemer,, designs ultiniatelY te,estab
lish among all nations. And lag; thhe, like
as in all the previous conflicts of earth, the
? sacrifice And the blood . here , and now.being
'Rowed forth is all vicarious, for ,the life, the
purer,. stronger:,
,More beneficent life, of the
nation, as well is ' for the extension of the"
same life, by direct influence and through the
force. of •example, unto other nations.
In expanding .these points of thought, I
call you to note, the grand comprehensive
truth that gives unity to all the diverse pie
metitS and conflicting events which charae
teriie the'enacting drama of human' existente,
the truth that, all these elements and: -events,
by divine -ordering, are moving on in accord.
with, .and fulfilment Of, , a divigie purpose .to
elevate everywhere, and - equally, the i,ndividUctl
man to the highest measure of knowledge, fred
dom, purity, =el .happiness of which,,.he.-is
ccWale,
_so ,thett the ; race, may be ultimately
prepared for the .service and glory of:, abd-
The particular diselogure of history is that
this universal eldvtion, 'of' the inelevieldal&in
is the end of God's providence in Bit govern
ment and, disposdisposition Of ,raCeS MK ,nattiOnS ,
In the Achievement of this end, history
shows that le has need; as Elis 'Chief instrii
merit and means; the truths and principles of
the gospel:;! those4ruths and principles -by
whose energy alene the intellect is enlight
ened, the social state, advanced and pUrified,
and the spiritiial nature renewed'and refined.
History further Shows that essentiallY; regard
ing only fundamental causes, there' has been
but one conflict on. he face of the _earth, and
that between the pure elevating principles of
Christianity, and the - irreligious, selfish ' aims
of iinronewed men : that in course of Sue- '
cessive generations; the , foroe of the foriiiiir
has been gradually overcoming-the latter; ad- ,
vancing its banner step by step, imposirigitsbe7,
nign rule, and, infusing its blessed spirit, slowly
indeed and' imPerfeetlY, but yet'efficiently
among the nations.' By its 'silent extension
and partial domination, in some portions of
i the earth, ignorance' has beenlessencd, t irn9w,
ledge align:tented, unneifect systems of 'social
order and - government have been substituted .
for Absolute anarchy; and:tyranny: Srals& it
has: been that barbarism has' given Wayto:A
partial civilization,,and this increasing with
the increasing ,diffntion, through God"sprov
idential working, of the vitalizing, principles
of the gospel. ' • -
Still, far as this civilizing .nrcicess had gone,
up to the period ,6f.oUr owit!•national OfiSt
moot, onejof the cardinal conditions of God!A
grand fulfilling purpose, .one -of the, chiefest,
principles of' Christianity, and theiefor6 one, '
of the most futidareerital elements of= a per-
feet iChristiati.leivilization, had been lindiej
covered o on,4 unadopted, bythe most
enlightened anct.Christianized, peoples Of_ the
Wend. This most cardinal of all prinmilei
'a f fecting man's present condition,
_plainly
terrible from the whole scope and spirit 'Oft&
?.9"-the ' essential equality. :of personal
rights, not ony.cinpng races, §atOsp awns,
class6s and individuals principle .of
'equal liberty, enlightened by intelligenee and
regulated by righteoffslaw, sileh , e4utit hoeriij
the birthright of 'evFry,man.,:ai'inan, had not
been
. prornt.llgated Any national, : charteror,
- deblaration Of rights, .had not been embodied
in, taitnet been realized under; any fain' of
na ! tiorial•governmenAkup to the d'a74hen - the
Anzericam declaration was: announcediuthe ,
; world,by, the prophetioally j inseribod
With (he diiine,prONmation of liberty. !Sheer.
barbarism, Monica:trig a universal = servitude,
was'inedifted by the indirect; force of Christi
anity the.; feudal„: sysitem, andyfor this
again, ,under: the.. influence of the satn,edivinei
succeeded 'the preßent constitlitiomi
monarchies of Civilized' Europe. IllitthyoUgn
all- 'Webb' various .modifieatiOnle
idea was retained ink"-fait; of propri &,"
intelligence, and..,govemmeAt, as, limited-zta - fs
riln-Oge4 ` class ., :Christianity, on the „other,
an emphatically rejecting the spp,erior
- iight 'of class iir.ca§tetkrkirSivledge,iiiiipertk
or rule, kept all the while inculcating its ori.o.
Pos* 9,f vlyiver4,..CqualOY in - all Privilege,
extending' ideanyen,to equal participa-:
tfonin civil goVerinneit.' 'So Through long
Centuries 'these cippokeillileas; one;:tlie anti
Christian, having the milliner vantage 3 cif
wrou g ht into a system and actually
ingthe-greund„.have.beett oontendingm
high - all national' ' and in all civil conflicts,,
the Christian tenet Witt
an - omnipotent - purpose bearing it-on,'butt
yet not fully estabhshulg,itself land.
- England, indeed, generations ago,. nd _France,
in recent i times, under4or: to abolish ~class
put`into fore: the `'gospel
idea:of. equality: of rights arid privileges,' alid
-to establishset-goyernment bythe ,people;
_ , .
England failed.beeause the, people mere not
`eduCated i sufficiently ' in ' the 'Vinci - oes '9f the
Christian: systeiri.' - = The French republicans'
..because the liberty.; equality, and. fraternity
: they, sought yere based! avowedly on an in
fidel Philosophy, and not on 'the gospel. It,
was reserved for this people, under, Cod, to,
' , Make the fi rst successful l 'atteMpt iv, the world's
history to establish a nation and ;government
which should foster
.the rights ,and interests •
,of indandued trati whicA, should assert.tp'
Mankind' "the grand prin ciPles of freedoM,
'equity, and' :universal equality-of prwilege, as
these are expressly laid doom in, or d,edueible
from, God' own : word. . •
And - as preparing the way for; and ensuring
the success of, this attempt, the--successive
links in the chain of God'sproiidenee toward
us derhand our wondering study as theY excite
our adoringtpraise.l DisOlO§ing, aatheee events
of our historydO, a series of proofs of His
directly intervening hand so nikany and stu
pendone, Shey cannot bat.,.produee an aver
unpreasion of the
peculiar sacredriesaand Value of mir•national
4fp..,- As we review them; with the deepest
l lPTPenee and,; gratitude are me constrained,
to exClaim, "He hitli not dealt so with an y,
nation
•
The inheritance itself, a4sontifient'liiiiinded
:only .by the seas given us of .God with/ its)
innties i surable suamioriV over ,the heritAges
assigned. to Other .nations in all: the essential,
T gonditib r ns of PriodUctivenesi and 'habithbilitiif'
litoludittg the-entire' 'range IheJtgitip• - gr^ate
climates,and: therefore _capable of iii . rodueing`
all te ita r ,pfcearioontainiggo..n,a,
area a larger,
thartAeivtitileitild world, and therefore cepa-
Me of supporting a nation' of` 'nations'; char
acterized, with all its variety , of suifice, by a'
grand unity , whlckutterly forhidsAhe idea of
partition / with:innumerable, navigable rivers, l
whose nourses ,tra'verse well. nigli its entire,
extent, and whiell' its' mighty' lakes;
plentifully irrigatelthe whole; 'and :SuprilYther
amplest means of-intererimxnuiiication)hetWeen.
all its,sec,,tions r ligifkag. vast reach f f sea-coast,
indented' with bays and inlets, 'furnishing
harbors for -corntherce-,with—the worlds on
either side its., bounding oceans, with i moim-,
tains of inexhanstible mineral and metal trea
,sures : this continental inheritance upon which
God has so lavished all Efig - material gifts,
itself Beads _to indicate. theigreatness of ...the
people Ile designed' as its.ocenpardst seems,,,
in ,its'variety, its unity, and itg.,Ppipliptiye-,
mess,, its breadth and' massiveness, fn fore:
shado*ltlin bleridingi bfrall raen.x:ari4 nation-'
'elides; in its :Possession, the unity DP their
national life, their, expansion of jiitpileot And
soul Under the inspiration of ;free principles
arid - , i'n'stitutions; and the largeness ,Of their
contributions to'hurrian elevation and:blessing.
brought
The discovery, too,' of this mighty continent,
n about: through ,the force: pta-religiqus.
sgirit and, / purpose, acting o w 4lte',...,heart of
Spain's`' powerful qiieen,itS'sne4essibe . deli=
verancei: front the , powef.l'Of Spain
and , Erance by Christian England,tits 'Ultimate
effectiv.,pktszting by the best , eifted , seed of
the 'most ,Christian kingdorns,Kturope i the
self-exiled for trail and feligisOuiVeedern; and"
finally its separation from: th r4Pilter4cind,
the birth of free nation,l as (the alsult of a
protracted but successful,.conflict expressly
tipon the basis af. the divineyrinciples enun
ciated in the opening sentence of the immer
tal Declaration of Independence, that' "all
men are Created equal; and are2end6*ed - hy
the Creator with inalienable ; rights of life',
liberty, and the , pursnit ,happiness ; ? all
these. are Successive links in the , chain Of,
procifs , thatiGotthas *landed the' nation
established it fOr perpetuity upon these prin
ciples.
Then, too, the wise, beneficent dee&of,the
ndtion 'born, so • fahy conforming'these.
divine'. princ i ples Which kale' it birth,' 'embody
ing them'into its great charter of organiza
tion, inplace, of theAffete ideas gradually
Wearing themselves out inahalf Christianized
.urope, incorPoratinglthese vitalizing prin
ciples into the texture of 'all its institutions,
Of government; of edilcationoif ItiStice and
religion, making them thehasi,s i tiff alCdele
gated, executive ,and ; judicial' pithority k ithe
foondatiori of jiiriskudence andlegishition,
the inspiration and guide' in constructing a
sysiem.of iriferior , and higher schoble',. above
all, putting them , to their, highest use:iri the
very sphere whence they came, grafting them
into' 'the outward orginiiitions of
,{ God's .
spiritual body, the Church; and ensuring that
the conscience oft her inerriberis 'shonlit• be
untouched by law of State or statute>ofinaii,•
in a word, the ordering of the entire, , sosis4.
economy in :State and Charch, so as to thrOW
Open freely to all the . cheice of Alters, the
places of power; ithe 'means alticatinn, the
.acqnisition and Possession: of property,. and .
the privileges of worship, gyps to .dignify;
labor , and elevate the laborer, ias to sub
serve' the. equal rights and advan ages of all
in every-conclicion and Sphere of tietiiiin ;•thaie
original clear of the ,nation born new 30 the'
world, the ,opposite of Absolutism with or
without a, Constitution,-„add confirmation
'strong of 'God's design to stablish and main
tain the nation.
Add, now the further proofs of this design
evinced b a the cdrsadyd.eveloped results of a
social system.so organized and established.
Look at the c/w.racter, of ihe Anterican.man
ae forined by these grind Christian institu
:tions2 Comi'ng mainly from the Teutofi'stock
in allitavarietie - 4, , thez.noblest, most opUlent,
and efficient of all, yet s represent.ed by the,
most enterprising Of all cultilited nations,„,
TuSed and'inotilded'thibugli a procesacifYears,"
.;by the force- of these free , institutions, he
stands„before .the world:.;to,day'the type , of
'the -loftiest capacities, the .representative.of
'the 1240:i'd'st :manhood yet 'dev,eloped,on. earth, ,
`with -a 'Mind Characterized'
,byinipl isitiveness
;and forecast, 'by sagSkify and'. fertility , of
- by,tact and energy, by-flexibility,
largeness; and, strength, and a soul overflow
ing With, kindliness, pessessing, with delicacy
and deetli susceptibility; wondions pOwer
of - . personal- -Magnetism and a keen-'senselof'
an active, sympatlaY siffering_ and miOng.i
Ilow,,effectiVe in, ,thought,,,how,intepse
persistent' action, let his many, us,
ventions ' his innumerable schemes and or
'igardzi-tionS; socialtand Voinmercial, religious,
and. philarithrtipic, lestify.f , : , ,
Look,-,too, at :the,.zeiuit.a . ..Of :the American;
otan!l_enooy . .n.nd tindOod_4prospering
favor. To' his useful - creations I need only
referthe - 'canal,' the Steafti Ws4el;' the rail
road; , the ': - -telegraphi' -the
,chines yin aid of agriculture v manufactures,
and. tending to faciliiate.prg
dudtiOn, transportation,,' > travel, ' home u
icomfort---alraiding'tb everofe and 'cultivate
adder breadthaef—soili-tow.multiply-the appli
cances.of, -trade, ;to ,extend the courses of conk
merce to-open 'broader - avenues industry
in every direction, andliti4the increasing mul
litudes of, a vast popuration. As the result
..ofiliiSi'adtitii,Y; the beint6las become` not
,pnlY.,the,glanary of the wbrld,- but theicentre
ot.,theAcrhyft.. ! attraation: and line,
froin every part of the earth eurrents,ekiwmi-.,
1 / 2 graiiron Are setting' thither in mighty volume.
Ankbe it well noted, IN ALL THESE PROOFS,
oF - tGOIPS DESIGN AND, WORKING TdwARD .
US, EINITHE.ESTABLISHMENTT , OVILIE NATION`
UPON ~THESE nkt.cop PRINCIPLES' OPEQUAL.
LIBERTY, Alp. ; PRIVILEGE, AND IN TELE,, ALTI
DEVELOPED RESULTS OF THESE ESTAB
LISHED PRINCIPLES, WE FIND BOTH' THE
; CAUSE OF THIS.WAB OF REBELLION,' ANDITIELE
REASONS. AS WELL AS TELE :MEANS AND
'AGENCIES BY WHICH, IT WILL SERBIA - BE.
OVEETDBOWN ,OF GOD.
This` onfliof began in truth with,the nation s
:birth, theparties tbeing an ttrisioera4'. , 4et l
scendants , of the - 4.royalists of fhb= reitlinidif
and inheritors of ; their spirit, , an aristocracy
"based partly, upon,,birth, and .partly; upon
IMAM. pdsseSlint's, iznd the p4le.* The
PF,ltYoit'iights and Plivilbges of a class; Or' the
gq , a xights and , priVileges ailito griverb.-
ment, education , and property; was and is the
simple matter of issue in the strife. ~Tko revo
futiori which adtualiie'd'..ind wrought into a
living force-the d6Cliratioti which preceded it;
, was the)furst step to victory , on'the pbople's
side. As its ripest fruit. came the Republic
'with its incomparable Constitution, to.borllo
which thearistocratic' "element, though cora-.;
'pelled to yield allegiance; `wad ever fbrsworn
:and diskiyal at heart. In the exercise 'of a
Subtile policy r disguising its chagrin at itlefeat
so ominous to its future, that, element suc
ceeded in intrenching itself in tlie Very cita
dels of power, in the 'Presidential chair, the
,Supreme Court, :the hallsuf Congress and
in a powerful—the dominant—politica-149.TV7.
and for forty years tritimPlaed over the, people.
But still severer struggles'folloWe:d,
longed through another 'forty years, iii which
the_ people, through the expanding, invigo
rating energy.,of their-God : given amitestab
lisheofprinolplesAY the aid of a free ballot
and a free; press,- free speech and' 'free 'labbr,
and , a' , generally , diffused education and elli-'
; once, having gradually accuthulated , hal
mense preponderance .of ,numbers,. and
tenal rresources,the people advanced'
i i tepy4 a bl ang yantage„ aftOr vantage,. Until'
they , ;Stood forthi , manifestly the superior
force: = `„ 1 , , 1.•,.
~ , ,TherativiasAhat the Clais-powerbf the
Sonth.blitatk detePlinettto holt*fastto theit
tract sentiments and practices, relying
partlyl
on the 11upo in..erent partizan syni-.
pathy, and of an imagined conservatism in
the North, and partly •upon -the 'moral vend
•material support of their abettors of the same.
class over • the sea - , aftei ensuring, through
infamous means, what seemed to be con:lnletsl.
preparatiOns hY,Nvhich they were, supplied and,
weAvere stripped Of the prime means of war n
arid after ptitting . fOrth . for ' redsinis; ,
•terfuge'of 'bitselesfittheory of superior Stati3:
sovereignty/ and ;the , flise assertion, that, they,
were seeking delilieraide froth Northern ep-2,
pieSsion - 'and'iriblieiiheri it Was thial
party pf aristocmcy in , the , Routh, with the;
boom Of the, first, gun at Charleston harbor,
boldly threw diArlilhe 'gage, nnd'in the 'face
of the world, declared open war ,against the
principles and the :progress of free institutions,
ppt4•, ot ,governnkent,and society :•£ w,ar, against
principles ordained. by: God in gm word f and
against progreis'wrdiiklit - ' but bY 'God' in'itriV
providence. • And thenthe: ,peoPle
took:up the gage - ,:and, - ,inireliance i - upon ; the,
Lordof HoStS, - , accePted, the .issue of - 61664.
for 'het preservation of 'the. prihci )es Z njion {
which th.OY believo&itheirinational , life , and,
theJseelfare of invAinkwere staked. Cali
ing into'use rtheVast. resources
prosperity, broil - 01,4M) beiii - gc and) Salaam
lated,aa,-the. result of, thesei gr,sati , Prinoiples
wrought into their national, fife , with these
resOnreei' - 'stPWrepared-'for thuzi? hy' God's .
own- provicteneepthey haire. steadfastly,prosail
CIAO tie conlyet, on 'a seale.whish
_d!alfs
all previous wars, with Unbroken success unto
thiS glut ekvtliii is not - inily:the Sire .
presage. of,ftnal victory,; liat will not: only
settle for the world's advantage the
;experi
ni4idcot nain v ii 4 libiliq :for self-gofeininetit, -
but, which amply , sustain s 'the conviction Most
cheering, ofiall ' that,t,he, Lordt liosts is ,
with' Amin, that their 'battle is, the Lord's
grandisi tiiiilieviVorld's broad theatre
for' he welfaie .of the -race - • _ •
Andi l koW,`,lM -sends, :in ',concluding. ti,
theme so wide reaching and ipomentous, f
its 'diSolos*e of Gbd'hVii*Ofiltoiidenee and'
its bearing , : uponthel:ftitntelofitinnkind; let
me sumaß : bAiefly,some - of the great: truths_
and "facts revealed` by this conflict to ,Oe
nationr and the world.' ' " '
It has brought out- into the light; it has ,
written in such broad characters of blood and
suffering that the nation and the world must
read, thelgrandliiily endiiiingillea„s of right,
Justice, tang freedom; „as ~; t he <divine birth
right, of Aien. Realizing ; as never before,
the fulfillment of Christ's "declaration;'" 'Sin`
come not to send peace, but a sword," prov
that that ass by.the cross„so; wince the cross,
suffering and blood furnish the costly price
of the'bidefest- hiimari blessing, by the-very
vastness .of the..sacrifice denianded and freely
given, it has so wrought these enduring ideas :
into'the nation's 'future life, that every peOP - 4 16
of the world must -feel theirtioiver.` Well 'arid
truly has it t beensaid.by an intelligent friendlY
Englishnian that, ,iistory has no such con
,flict on the , r,Oilrof Treedoni'i struggle : that
we are fighting the'great battle of humanity ,
and .eiviliz,atiop, ,the• battle of human liberty
in its largest sense."
So
' too, this conflict has devoloped more
fully to the view pf-mankind the true idea of
-a Christian State, the elemental essential
principles upon which•such.a . state is founded,
upon which only,it can ;endure.. ,It.has af
firmed that liberty - -; intelligence, and i!eligion
are the vital forces of liatibn's life, -fcirces
which the .powers'of ; despotism are ipipo-,
tent, o destroy or withstand. And so it; has,
uttered 'an - emphatic` warning • and apileaf tt - O'
'the professedly Christian states of the: earth.
That voice will be heard:more and more dis
'tinetlY when the - din and convulsion of the
Conflict is endear- It is Vdkiithing Oita now .
to be heard by our heartless mother-land,.
which, by reason of the Trevailing
n surpa c
tirig potter of the'evertung - classes; aided,
'f'ar asitidate; thoselivith. Whose 'princitilee.itA
ruling, classes ; arein,sympathy. And as,the
tocsin of liberty to nations yet enslaved, the
voice "of-this conflict will 'Allitd on and 'out
more and more _loudly the , ,c, ming years,
o •
• with effects that no.prophet's tongue is needed
to foretell.
Again, this conflict las bronght' hope to a
race long down trodden and enslaved: By
the token of a single State regenerate :to free s ,
dom it has pledged the breaking of their
SlM:elites from the millions of that race VeViti'
Vondage.!l,Byt disclosing, in, the stern: ordeal,. ffie. i trying, ;area of battle, those elements;of
courage Whick'men eveitwliete
irevereneti it' has "elevated theta' it( their' own`
,
conspiousaeSsi:arid in:; the, estimate of their.
fellow races; ; : and it will cheer them on _in
iihatelef destiny awaits thern bY the aPpOirit
'nhent of God's providence.
' •1 Finally, this household conflict has made us
nation: at: last;;` baptized us into the great
family, of .uations bythat • red gory ! .baptism
'thiOughlviiich all have been initiated into
the -brotherhood; and 'purified US 'toe littlM
ensanguined'• stream., It. has ...given
-words-,used. by, our President at Gettysburg,
": a ikeribirtli `fieedom, assured - the'
world; "that goVeinthente of the petkple, 3 by
the people, n ana ; for the ...people, • not
Wish from the earth." It has taken away -t all
sertablerdelien c aerice Upon; lear'et o=ter
nations. caleft alone in our struggle, without
p,ympathy,frorac_ those who,shonld have , ,teu- ;
: dered it, AeliVered even from "Weir lnterven-
Ann•agariastits;'while that intervention - earl&
,
ayail to,harm,,giving them, enough to derati
thcone,, left thus alone„ we have been, con-,
.136re:bled to 'rely 'ripen' our' own "eridealiers:'
Putting .forth these endeavors, in the •re
aSsertion of our old declaration of divine
'principles and faith in God Uttered the
i - ecimparative feebleness-of youth, we have
!'„attained our„,majority, we, realise • the full
,vigor manhood:;-. And the conflict`"has
• ,
shown, in the number of men brought into
and sustained in 'the field,' in the immense
navy sosuddefily constructed and armed; and
the actual_Mease meanwhile of popula-i.
-i - Aa or every form of Material, product,
that"'herd greater resources then any,,
nation. in , Ehrope that, 'the-noble/ .I"' ‘ Ohn
• Bkight.has boldly affirm r our GOveriarkent•
std nation is the = strotigcsk t in, the world at
this hiiai:7 little while age we, were .
,nation of traders, presperity Upon
us so fast as to wrapus up' in selfishness, to'
• multiply -viceS:'among Ars; 'threatening - to' con
.skime.,our markhookt. to harden our hearts,
add lead to national degeneracy, and decline,-
Bet to-aay everyman, is either a soldier—
a volunteer. notra hirelingi---cOnSecrating life
:with intelligence = and ,:heart in this!, Suffering
work of, war; t a • helper , freely .devoting toil
and 'treaSirre,to the. wok'. And this heroism
and sacrifice, together'with the unweariedAe-,
votion, the loyal sympathies and exertions,
'and yet_ more_, , the uncomplaining' hereatie:
-went ,of mothers, wives, and, ( sisters, 'have
develope4; and are-,daily makin and
stronger our,national Character., For a review
so ',wonderful aimcheering,' considering how
great things the - Lord' hatlyclone for us, truly=
are we constrained to exclaim,. 'Hehath not
aeultbo with any nation I ' '
For such a heritage and, possession wbich
IThegivefins in sacred_ trust, for. such
-ennobling, raseieleVating-priiiciPles which He
hath planted and routed deep in the nation's'
i heart, . by, which • lie is moulding the,
•nation'S character for great and benercent
deeds, for such priceless institutions yyith;
which he has endowed us, Tor the - large pya
sesision & idler - ger *Rini*. or. Materiel roma
. per,ity, for a the ties of „eonmlon , _history :in=;terest, memories, and sufferings , ,yitk which
He has bound us indissolubly together,for t a,,,
historieci• 2 • "subliine, j afr - marked ! at ' ~' step'
:by 'the :guiding accoMpanying footstepb of
God himself, a history so momentous in its
•
bearing upon the future of mankind, for the
high part He has assigned us in carrying out
His own blessed design in, tnao's elevation,
and for the slieng.th of a More - p'erfeCi unity,
'imparted, throughthe welding -forge of. this
,fiery wherewith He „ia pieparmg
effectivelk iskihserthig - His ultimate
grander pnrpose of man's ledenititioif,4hat
;thanks and irrdises'are theeito holy 'name!
What a solemn' eeusei of trust, ;whata uten:.
sure of lofty, feiyid; prayerftil:Self:censecra-
ItiOn'slcoild'wehencefdrth cherish arid 'exein-
Iplify as a people', the People chcigeri`OFGod
confer innumerable :blessings • upon• a rade, to
Make His name a praise in ; all the -;
#qp.!o#* : ;o. - 44.,
CHAnas sTinds & Oat
FIRST-CLASS' "ONE PRICE " READY-MADR
CLOTIthiGt . STORE;
824 citEtirNri STREET,
(Under
DIXGRAIA FOS SELF-31EASITRIEMTNIc
for Coat-L'-5.
;ngthofback„
milto2., and
0in2t03.'."
Length .
eeve
rm...crooked)
',4o4tos,artd
round the
osk
mt part of
te chest and
•Stlite
tether erect
• stooping.'
F c or Vest.--
lame as coat. I
For Fonda.—
uide °tan.
id 'outside
nutiplione;_
•ound. the
dst and hip.
good fit gun
te s
j ()facers' Uniforms, ready-made, always .on hand, o
made` to, order in-the bfist..:manrier; line rim the Most
reasonable terms. Having _finished: manst.lrondred.
uniforres.the-past year; fcieStaff, Field and Lina Offi
dere : , as well as for, the 'Navy, areprepsred to ere
dote orders is this line with °Az:Mi.:faces:and de.onateh.
.T.he Urged andinost.desirable steek.ofamody-made
clothing in_ Philadelphia always on and. (The price.
Marked /if plain Tigiireteot
A department for Boys',Clothiruris also, maintained
at establislim entianii-tsuperintexided by experi
enced hands. Paltillentei and others will -find ; here, a
most . desirable deireititent of Boy? Clothing at low
prices.
Sole Agent lot the "Famous, Bullet-Proof Vest."
CliAlttES STORES' & CO.
READY-MADE CLOT all TG.
WANAMAKER & BROWN, I
IF C T:' O,T~ITFG,I
- 0AK..11 - ALL - . :I.
.. . ,
.1 8,, E. con Sixth and Market. 1
CD,,STOM DEPARTMENT,
I M1 No.:1 South Sixth Street.l
E, 0. THOMPSON,
•
;FASHIONABLE TA_LLO.I4
',llr.'E.eoriaer of ikeventh sued Walint
N. ag : ebtsinecle celebrity' for . cutting
131001)17..TTMG ,?AIq . TALOON§;
u along it kupecialty inouy business .for sumo yeap
.IRbit;ipiltiongh;tuf auf oie timportance to announce
thefact in tile.' Inanner to•th; thet tliose
who are dissatlafied,insylknow ofrnyneeihed'and give
=me EL trial- -963-1 y
FASHIONABLE' CLOIIIII4O
- -±
Ready-niidi3'.9o4 mado order
-...11.1e • .
FAthiLONABTE. CLOTHING,
and made to order.
TASHIONABVE CLOTHING;
• - : Ready : 4ll'nd° Ana made to' ordit
§ta oi:6 . • ,
FA ,
=Ready made and inide to ord.&
PERRY
Eteneivi3 Clothing Bowe,
; 1 , 3" , 0.1... 03 and
. 305 Chestnut street.
11:3 ,, F1NE5) , GLOMMING:
JONES' CLOTHING,
B,E: corner Seventh and} Market Str to
, - JONES' CLOTHING • -
S. 13. corner Seventh and Alirket Streets
JONES' CLOTHING;
S.-,E. -corn& Seyenth: 'and Market' Streets.
AID TEOII3''hiCRETYPIS
PROTRACT'OR SYSTEM OF GARMENT CUTTING
‘, AND ," "Amp's, BEST" INCH MEASURES.
950 No. 13S South Thiviti. Street Philada..
tHOMPSON BLACK SL' SON'S
Tea W:dieholia and Family Grocery GiOre
eor. Broad and Chestnut Streets,
PRIL.ADELPET I TA
,(EstablishedlEp6 .)
,
, t a t N EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF CHOICE
21. Black and Green Teas, and:every:variety of Fine
Grocexies, suitable for family use. Goods delivered in
any part of the city .or .packed seourely for the
'country. . al-ly
SLEEPER'S UMBRELLA MANUFACTORY
1002;1Warket Street, above Tenth,
W. G. BEDFORD,
; _ •,,
CONVEMMIAIDERESTM AGEIT
14 . 4:;: 53 NORTMTiNTRSTIi ' EM PilLAbk
. _
OLD EYES MADE NEW.
painPlilet•directinrihowlo'zileedily restore sight
hind give up spectacles, without aid of doctor or medi
cine. Sent by mail, free on receipt of ten cents. Ad
d •• t. t . - B. B. FOOTB__, M. D., '
1130 Broadway, New York. '
'S;I3"A. , •
81X:IOLLARP t j110111:FIFTV• ef4NTS. -
, Asi ratiliftiOr., iri.L4.17...-... I, , X.RIT.,_vp,
Cial and" examine somethint i ur ;;
en Weded Z.
plemerbelB nt
evenly:gin or'sfoit' sr y gag for
oents, that retails for $6. . L. WOLCOTT,_
661-ly , 170 Chatham Squire, N. -Y.
ITOm.E•_001/1p.A.Ny.
14.11.01):11:001111SU,)roy,
Street; E. con Or Nirt4.
. „
INCOME FOR THE : -. 17,41i:Vg6,3", VEIL
LOSSES - PAID DURING ''friEtE• YEAR
Insurances made-upon-the TotalAbstinenee Rates,
the lowestin the world. Also .uport,..TOINT STOCK
. .
Rates whic h are over 20 - per cent. lower than Mutual
Rates
. .
1112220
- -
TEE TEN-YEAR FORFEITURE PLAN; by which
apenson insured , can make'all his payment` in .ten
Tears, and done. not forfeit, should , be not be able to
pay his fall TEN - YES' now a most pannlar
ffio
tbod oflinannnee. -
Pastgers upon, t.IieMMIT.:B3SSTENt in this Com
-1)IFIY. have the additional riaraßtee cf
ir250,000
CAPITAL- STOClL.atkpsihi.np-DT—OASII, which,
together with CASH ASSETS, now on hand l am o unt
to Orkk.'
031:0,000:
The Trustee' have made a DIVIDEND on Nirti" '
kolicies in.foreeDeeelibeilli '
; FIFTY PER CENT:' ' -' "
, • -- .
of-thee:mount of 'PREMIUMS receit;eirdeting the
Year, which amount is credited :to thelvPolleies, and
the Diiidends of 1860,. up0n Policies, issued quid year,
~
is now payable as the Policies are renewed.
THE . 3N: CAN IS A HOKE COMPANY.
CHARLES STOKES,
S. T.., TAYLOR.
W. J. STOKES.
its TRUSTEES -are well known citizens in owr
midst. entitling it to more consideration than those
whose managers reside in distant oities.
ALEX. WHILLDIN, President.
'Ling
.i . nL• WORK, Vice-Ihrimadpitt.
00gT 'f' . it"lo l * . TO STOCIEHOI,DERS.
SHAKES, each entitling. to one and a half tons ) at
s int i ev . eus,ear; for TWENTY, years, and to sash Dirt
: dends of Profits from.the sale of all surplus soal, may
MOWN) obtained at $lO, payable half-on subscribing
and half on January sth next. of the mutual ,
'MAR MOUNTAIN FRANKLIN COAL COMPANY,.
Office 121 Month Third Streei,' 44A " - '
Opposite Girard Bank.-
- STOCK- CA3PprALL, $5OO 000
In 62.500 Shares.
9324 f :1
iSulsoriptions of 4 shares,s3B ; of 10 slieree, $:10; of
7241 shares, $175; of 50 shares, $125- of 100 shares $825.
of 250 shares, $2000. -
Each Share entitles, „the holder to • receive, every
year, one and a half tons of Coal, at cost, for 20 years.
and Cash Dividends. every al/ months, of 'the . Profits'
from the sale of all surplus coal. s t •
Stockholders who do 'not' want anY'cinil may have
their proportion of coal soldby the company for, their
especiaibenefit the nrofits'being paid over to theca
independent of the.regular rash dividends to which
they are - slip entitled.
• company . large! and well built' Coal.
'Works at Donaldson, Sneer Tremont,),Schuylkill coun
ty,-with extensive nulling .and`, timber- rights ; an ex
cellent double Breaker, Slope Works,. large Steam
Anginas, Ilailroads,'andall other'ldachinery and Air ! .
,paratus•in-full operation. cabable miningl6,_oolll
tens, td - bd ;extended - to 150,0011) tons per year. The
coal is of the best quality, chiefly of the Black - Heath
and Primrose Veins, which. with _several other valu
able coal •-veins. extendliithin tliiilines of this corn
pony-for two miles in length. A.branch °t i the Read
ting Railroad .eitendl.tto the Mines of 'tins oimpany.
ever which the, coal is daily sent, o market.
Steekkoldere may 'ordef 'their coal in' any of the
usual : sizes.-.vis.,ltimp coal,- broken, 1 'Stove Anol
'nut coal , all if the present cost price oft 50 per top,
.deltyere(lat the house;Vithin the us distances of
'the company's yards, in the northern, middle and
southern portions of the - city. • "-
:Subscribers, of stock are immediately
coal.
For circulars and sabscriptions, aPPIYatt the , • '
OFFICB, No. 121 South THIRD Street, second Skier,
.. opposite Girard Bank: •
The Compariy.and all its Mining Works are elw
of debt; and all operations aria' 'Carried on on the oeah
principle.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Wm. Schmoele, President, 8. 1 3: King; '
William Foid, Sohn:K. o W
D. H. Wolfe. T. Jardeti:Seerriteall
PHILELPHM.
gnsurana aglitpaitits.
INSURE YOUR LIFE
IN - TOUR OWN
AMERiCAN
$200,00 - 0.
AIsiOVNTING TO OVER
$62,000.
33€11.AL1C13 f:ks 3 ' 'XiEtITSM'EMS.
--- 7 -
: .
Alexander Whilldin, William J. How,a{d,
J. Edgar Thomson, - Samuel. T. Bodhie.
George. Nugent. • JolmAikman,
Hiin.james Pollock, Charles F. Heislitt,
Albert C.. Roberts,. - _ - Rim. Joseph Anises.
P. R. Mingle. - Isaac 'Haslehurst.
- . . SanmeDWork:
JOHN C. suds. Actuary.
.
' JOHN S. wrr,soic, Secietax7 and tressniei.
CHARLES G. ROBESON Ass't Seeretaiy.,
&id gattlro.
COAL AT FIRST COST.
"$7.50 PER TON.
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
** ' . ol" cl 5 AL Or BEST 9IIALITY.
Reserved Wo - Acini i Va - pit — al, 12500 Shares.
. .
11011 ERE ICE AND COAL, 'COMPANT
,
WOLBERT & BROTHER /
WHOLESALE AND DETAIII, DEALSDA IN
144. ICE IND COAL:.
No. 206 SIIIPPEN STREET. =
'.-"r. ces * IN°. 621 N. EIGITTEBNIRSTERST.
JOHN TAYLOR, Agent, 135 Solith -13eventkstrast.
TICKETS will be furnished to families for EXTRA.
'ICE when 'required; If not used, they wil l be re
deemed at the end of the . f.
•-• W. ,k Bro. inform their friends and the publiogensr
rally thatthey have proeured'a full supply of GOOD
CLEAR ICE, and are prepared to receive Orders at
the following REDUCED rateS for the year 1866:
. 8 pounds a day, 75 eents . p, week.
• 12 • 87
$ll.OO
-
20 " "
VICK'S •
ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL CATALOGUE
FLOWER HD -VEGETABLE SEEDS,
- -
GUIDE TO THE FLOWEB OABDES,
FOR' 1865,
II Si 14r,O.W; : PUBLIkgSaD.
It contains. ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS of the
leadittg Floral Treasures of the world, with full dire&
tiona for SOWING SEED, TRANSPLANTING and
CULTURE, making a work of over SIX.Ty..pAGEN.
beautifully illnstrated, with about • .
THIRTY FINE WOOD ENGRAVINGS:
, • '
I' l
TWO COLORED PLATHIX.'
" This Annual is published for the instructionef:mar
customs:Ts, and to such it is sent free as soon as pub
lished. To all others pries 14) cents. inoludir - i§ Postalie.
which is much less than actual cost.
• • ' Address ' JAMES 11
?7321 ; . Rochester, N.:14
ENRy s p A=R MA 'L E4E4
, 1•15 t _
CONITYANO.`
foinnamo.2o6 S. Fifth Streei:liaaAftiliiikt,
PHILADELPHIA.