gmttitait ttottgttriaz. THURSUAY, DECEMBER 13, 1866 CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES. SECOND PAGE—FAMILY CIRCLE : Who is My Saviour? The Sceptic Subdued—The Edge of the Cataract—The Man—The Little Scare crow—The Hour of Need—" The Poor Ye have Al ways with You"--A Protestant Dog—The Blind Man's Sermon. Tanta PAGE—MISCELLANEOUS : The Conversion of Children-r" God of M Mother" —Rights of Ministers—" I Can, because I Ought"— The God-man—Christianity a Life. ihrrif PAGE—CORRESPONDENCE: Letter from East Tennessee—A Pastorate Revisited —Remarks on the Translation of Psalm li. 4—Letter from Rev. Church Wier—lowa City " Constitutional Presbyterian u." EDITOR'S TABLE: Elegant Juveniles from the Publication Committee: Little Red Cloak;' '! Jesus on Earth ; " • Miss Muff and Little Hungry;" " Ram Krishna-Punt;" Hindoo Life"—Beech's "Muzzled Ox"—" The Episcopal Invitation"—Mc- Crindell's "School-girl in Pranoe"—Warner's " Old Helmet"—" The Story of Martin Luther"—" A Ray of Light"—" Cripple Dan"—Whitney's "Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life"—Mayne Reid's " Afloat in the Forest, or a Voyage among the Tree-tops"— Mrs. Mortimer's Reading without Years, or a Pleasant Mode of Learning to Read"—Periodicals mad Pamphlets. SEVENTH PAGE—RONAL ECONOMY: Fresh M.qat from South America—The Fireside, the Sohool, and the Rural Lyceum. SCIENTIFIC: The Chicago Lake Tunnel—The November Meteorio Shower as Observed in London. CHURCH ERECTION. Oar readers will remember that next &bbath is the day appointed by the Gene ral Assembly for a collection for church erection. They will bear with us while we reiterate our belief, that it is the most im portant act the denomination has been called to 'perform for years. As it is ill or well done, our Home Missionary effort will thrive or will droop, for years to come. The question almost amounts to this :—Will or will not the denomination practically with draw from the Northwest, and leave all energetic effort in that great and powerful region of onr country to other. denomina tions, who are acting more libeially in this regard? We trust that churches not pre pared to, act next Sabbath will feel it a solemn charge until they have contributed most liberally to the cause. New SIFASORIBERS, commencing with the present or remaining numbers of tht`year, and paying in advance, will be credited to the end of the year 1867. RITUALISM.—Accounts of the condi tion of things in the Church of England grow worse and worse. The peril lately so imminent from the progress of scep tical theology in its pulpits and litera ture, seems to have lost its prominence, and the friends of vital religion stand appalled before the engulfing tide from the opposite direction. Romish prose lytism, under its own name, seems to have no occupation. The ritualistic movement does its work much faster than it can be done by any agencies which Archbishop Manning can employ. Five more Oxonians have just gone over to Rome, and no one now expects any speedy diminution of travel over this track of emigration. An English paper says that it is estimated that 2500 of the clergy of the Established Church of England have joined the ritualistic party. Scenes are witnessed in every direction, of which the following may stand as an example. What is here de scribed took place in the Church of St. Ethelburga, London: " The chancel was crammed to overflowing with priests, choristers, acolytes, and the other actors in the mummery ; the congregation con sisted of about thirty persons, chiefly women. The edifice was filled with the smoke of incense, which at first had a suffocating effect upon the uninitiated. The altar' was decorated with white and crimson drapery, and the host was exhibited exactly as in the Roman Ca tholic churches. While prayers' were intoned, the incense was swung about vigorously. The Rev. Mr. Lee preached the sermon, after which a species of AMiserere' was chanted; and the priests, with their backs to the congregation, administered to each other what ap peared to be the consecrated elements." ARGUMENTS OF THE ROMMEL PRESS.- Our late and somewhat extended notice of the Romish-American Pastoral was clear in its specifications, particular in its authorities, and open to specific refuta- tions if refutation was possible. The Universe, of this city, has attempted a refutation. It is mainly an attempt at a witty personal retort upon the editor of this paper, entirely successful in the matter of scurrility of the purest Milesian type, but having about the same relation to the subject in hand that it has to the next eclipse of the moon. All that is even meant to be pertinent is that our article contained " eleven naked; virulent falsehoods, five amplikl virulent false hoods, and fourteen insinuated virulent falsehoods—thirty lies permeated with hellish bigotry." It will of course sur prise the candid reader .that out of these thirty alleged lies, an attempt is made to specify but one. That one is a quota tion of an article from " The Secret In structions of the Jesuits," and even this is simply denounced as a lie, without one word in explanation or support of the ansektion. The absence of anything . fivecifte will of coarse lead to the coneln "lign that these merely wholesale asser tions are without any basis. 6en. Butler.—The Attorney- General of llaaaaehusetts has decided that General B. F. Butler is entitled to a certificate of elec tion to Congress, without regard to residence, because he received a plurality of the votes in the Fifth District of that State. The ob jection ofcandidate. madenon-residenee was made by the op= position 11111114 111 OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT. PRESBYTERY or ONTARIO The annual meeting of this Presby tery was held in Mt. Morris on Tuesday and Wednesday last. Rev. E. R. Davis, of Avon, was elected Moderator, and Rev. G. P. Folsom, of Geneseo, Clerk. In the absence of the previous Moderator, the opening sermon was not preached, bat in place of it, by invitation of Pres bytery, an off-hand, familiar address upon California, its products, its physi cal features, its churches and their wants, was delivered on Tuesday even ing by Rev. E. B. Walsworth, who was providentially present, after having spent some fourteen years on the Paci fic coast. The address was one of real interest; but perhaps a little more rosy than it might have been from some other lips. Still, Mr. Walsworth has had good opportunity to observe. and study the things of which he spoke, and, we doubt not, spoke the truth; and if so, that distant land has more wonders than we had supposed. Re told us of pears that weighed six pounds each, clusters of grapes of eight pounds, and other things in proportion ; of churches, schools and colleges, planted where all was desolation only a few years ago ; and of $100,000,000 furnished yearly by those Pacific mines to enrich our land. Surely this is an Eldorado. On the same evening, Rev. W. B. Stewart was heard in behalf lof the American and Foreign Christian Union, and Rev. C. P. Bush for Foreign Mis sions, both pleading for men and money to send the Gospel to the destitute. Beside the ordinary routine of busi ness, the Presbytery had up three mat ters of special interest. One was the visitation of the churches. It was re 'solved to engage in such an enterprise at once, with the hope of awakening a new interest in the great subject of the soul's salvation. The pastors are to go, two and two, and hold meetings in each other's churches. The plan is to give two days in each place to such services, with preaching each morning and even ing, and prayer-meetings each afternoon. We shall hope to hew that much good has been accomplished by this instru mentality. Another matter of special interest was an application from Avon Springs, or West .A..*On, for the fermation of a church at that point. The petition was signed by forty-three individuals, most of whom had taken letters from the church in East Avon for this, purpose. The Presbytery appointed Revs. G. P. Folsom, P. F. Sanborne, Dwight Sco ville, and A. L. Benton a commission to organize a church at once according to the request of the petitioners. Measures were also taken at this meeting of the 'Presbytery to celebrate its semi-centennial anniversary on the 11th• of March next, the Presbytery having been organized at Livonia on the 11th day of that month in 18171 A special meeting is then to be held at Mt. Morris, and a historical discourse is to be prepared by Rev. Joseph R. Page, of Perry, one who has been connected with the Presbytery for about a quarter of a century. This, so far as the ar rangements are detirmined, is designed to occupy the forenoon; and a more general meeting, for speeches! from va rious individuals, will probably be held in the afternoon. The Presbytery of Ontario is one bf the best ; a compact, vigorous body. It has twelve churches, most of them in a healthy, prosperous condition. It embraces eighteen ministers, of whom ten are settled pastors, five stated sup plies, one a foreign, missionary, and two may perhaps be ' called ' Called superannuated, having done their work. We doubt not they will have a very pleasant and profitable semi-centennial when the time comes. The following Commissioners were appointed to the next Gene'ral Assembly: Rev. Dwight Scovel and Elder S. Faint or, principals, and Rev. P. F. Sanborne, and elder E. BaCon, alternates. FITTING UP AT EAST AVON We have already spoken of a movement to establish a church at West Avon. Indeed, the original plan was to move the church organization from the East to the West village. It was then proposed to have one chureh, and one pastor, with two centres, two houses of worship, and preaching in both places. This also failed to work just as was desired; and the movement is likely to result in having two chur ches, instead of one, each stronger than the pld one was. .The people in the West village, as we have recorded above, are to organize a church at once ; and their arrangements are already partially made toward build ing a house of worship. And the peo ple in the East village, only two miles nearer sunrise, we believe, have been so stirred up by this movement that they have raised among themselves and ex pended over five thousand dollars in re' pairing their once dilapidated and al most deserted church edifice. The sub stantial brick walls are the same they were before, but all the rest is new; new roof, new steeple, new plastering, new paint, new inside and out. Rev. E. B. Walsworth, of California, "leg-bound," as be calls it, (that is; de tained from his Pacific home by that terrible breaking of his leg which oc curred last spring, when he was on his way to our General Assembly,) is tem porarily residing here, and has been moss acceptably preaching to the church in East Avon, the same church of which he was pastor before he went to Cali fonds. The repairs of which we have spoken being completed, an interesting and impressive service of re-dedication was held in the church on the 14th inst, sermon by Rev. Mr. Walsworth, and prayer of dedication by Rev. Dr. Barnard, of Lima. And in this connection we are happy to add, that there is a decided mani festation of religious quickening in the parish. Some of those who were not Christians, bat who have given so freely of their money to repair and beautify the house of God, are finding themselves more deeply interested in the welfare of Zion than they intended. StOng men are trembling under the truth Last Sabbath, Communion service w l ss held. Eleven were received to the ehnrch, five of them coming for the first time to the table of the Lord. It was scene of unwonted interest, and begins, we hope, a new era of prosperity; for this branch of our Zion. The pevis of the church have also been rented fir some $BOO, which is an advance on 'hat was received from this source whenithe two portions of the Society were together. So we provoke one another to bye and good works. PARSONAGE AT GENESE The good people of the See 4. byterian Church of Geneseo, Folsom's) have been for some t; templating the erection or pure parsonage for their esteeme The work is now happily acco A. very pleasant dwelling, street, near the very centr village, has been purchased a order, and there the pastor is c housed. Its cost was $3400 add much to the minister's co usefulness. We could also write the pl of a surprise perpetrated pastor, by his admiring B with the presentation of an if we felt inclined to tell al However, from this simple h our readers can easily fill o ant picture. . Who says the i are not appreciated and beloi RoamsTsit, Dec. 8, 1866 FESTIVALS.—This week seal of these will occur in our city ch chess The Western Church, corner of even teenth and Filbert streets, is lding one from Tuesday evening, proce,ds for improvement of the Church edifice. The Clinton Street Church holds one Ito-day ning. ntieth nnnal Street and tomorrow, afternoon and e; The Southwestern Church, Tw and Fitzwater streets, holds its festival this evening. Coates' Church also holds a festival on day and Friday, the proceeds o are to go to a fund for erecting building. THE REVIVAL IN CALIFOBNI San Francisco exchanges have lees definite accounts than w pected, from the revival in t] connection - with the evangeli of Rev. A. B. Earle. The the Bth ult. says : 24iii " The revival is still in pro ess. Acces sions to several of our city ch ches are-un usually numerous, and God' grace is still drawing men into is spiritn kingdom. The height of public interest ay have been passed, but the blessed Spirit is still with us, and we trust multitudes more will not let the opportunity pass by them? unimproved. O that men-might be made willing in the days of His power! Oakland also is experiencing; a good degree of religi_ous interest, in especial' connection with Mr. Earle's occasional labors there. The interest is chiefly among the young." . Of Mr. Earle the same paper says':- t ' Most. of the religious communi of this • city and its suburbs have listene to the earnest and awakening discourse of this evangelist. Probably a feeling of 'iv nder has been very general among' them, thdt so great effect should follow from such plain and sim ple means. With little of the learning of the schools, with no visible art in the construc tion of his addresses, with no tricks of style, no literary fashions in his forms of expression, the truth, nevertheless, comes from his lips with an earnestness, life and power, which seize and move the minds and consciences of his hearers. The very simplicity of his style and manner disarms prejudice, and leaves the mind in a candid, clear, and waiting con dition, most favorable to the reception of truth. His arguments, illustrations and senti ments are all level to the most ordinary ca pacity. A child can comprehend him. He neither soars above nor descends below the plane of our common experience. His earnest ness is one source of his strength. A man who is powerfully moved by his ideas, has secured in advance a respectful hearing for them ; and when such ideas relate to our consciously deepest wants, and we perceive that he is speaking out of an experience richer, deeper, truer than our own, our souls welcome the message, as the benighted travel er hails the dawn of the morning. Our preach er also possesses a very strong and vigor ous imagination. It is not apparent in poeti cal figures and brilliant flights, but in a sus tained power of realizing truth—of clothing doctrine, narrative and incident with life. Some;of his representations have an almost Banyan-like vividness and distinctness. If to these qualities of simplicity, earnestness and imagination, we add those of eminent personal consecration to Christ, and of a mild and catholic spirit, and great, practicality in gathering up and utilizing the effects he pro duces, and unite them to a physical constitu tion of great resources, we shall perhaps find little occasion to wonder at the power of his ministry, considered from the human side alone." I AT A CAuous of Congressional mem bers of the Republican party, rDec. 5, it was voted 38 to 36 that Henry J. Ray mond be recognized as a member of the party. 4 Few men ever . brought greater peril on a good Cause, or a political party, than Mr. Raymond did by his course for eighteen months ; and nothing but the October elections and his own devotign to expediency ever changed his course. A party of principle should lip have sed to recognize hint in any form ,ay. b' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1866. 4stu,s gut elturrhs. SERVICES FOR " THE MASSES."—The opening of our city - churches with seats free on Sabbath evenings, and with ser vices, music, &c., adapted to a more miscellaneous congregation than that of the morning, is proving successful to an encouraging degree. Staid, old, high church St. Peter's, at Third and Pine streets, .has instituted such a service with a very fair attendance. The First Church on Washington Square, and Clinton Street Church contemplate ser vices of a similar character. The move ment is a good one, and ope i : a a prospect, the end of which a , be more glorious and blessed than t ost sanguine of its friends venture to expect. It is a little singular that as Methodists are reporting to the pew arrangement in their :new. churches, Presbyterians and Epis4opalians are just finding out the neceasity of discarding it, in part at least, and are feeling after the very class of citizens for which Methodism has regarded itself best adapted, andrere it has won its greatest triumphs. ' FIRST CHUROH.—A meeting of the congregation was held last week and largely attended, for considering the question 'of a sale of the church pro perty, and a removal farther west. The Trustees were instructed to make in quiries with reference to the sale of the property, at the corner of Seventh and Spruce streets. After which the meet. ing adjourned. d Pres (G. P. I. e eon- se pa s o t f o r a . plished. n Main of the pnt in fortably It will 'fort and THE MISSION SCHOOL of Clinton Street Church including the parents and scholars, were highly entertained at their schoolroom a few evenings , ago, by a stereopticon exhibition. Mr. Rene ()nil ton volunteered his very acceptable ser vices in connection with the exhibi tion. asant tale upon the ale Class, • asy- eh air. we know, at most of the pleas ministers red Z Oxsoaz STREET CHAPEL—The large and beautiful chapel at the corner of Broad and Oxford streets, erected during the past year at a cost of $lB,OOO, chiefly through the munificence of the late M. W. Baldwin, Esq., and Alexan der Whilldin, now in Europe, and the large lot on which it is erected, costing $25,000, have been handed over by the committee having the enterprise in charge to the Green Hill Presbyterian Church, on Girard avenue. On Sabbath afternoon, the 2d inst., the Sabbath school was assembled in the chapel under the direction of their superintend ent, Mr. J. S. Cummings, to whom much in this flourishing enterprise is due: for the purpose of assuming their new relation. He presented, in striking contrast, its present pros perous condition, with its four hun dred and twenty scholars, and when it was organized, less than three years ago, in a small upper room at the corner of Eleventh and Columbia avenue; The progressive power of the Sabbath-school was strikingly illustrated in the history several important churches in our city. From the village school-house, in West Philadelphia, where a Sabbail school was commenced more than twen ty-five years since, two. Baptist churehes with their spires, .have arisen. Ten years ago the Tabor Church, corner of Eighteenth and Christian streets, had its origin in a small upper room of a- dwell ing, used for a Sabbath-school. The North Broad Street Church, of which Rev. Dr. Adams is pastor, had its birth in the Sabbath-school organized in the fire-engine house on Callowhill street below Sixteenth. Other interesting facts were presented in brief addresses by Mr. R. S. Walton, Mr. Benedict' D. Stewart and Rev. F. L. Robbins. The services were interspersed with other exercises, singing, etc., with most happy effect. EMU hurs which I$ new —Oar yen us had ex t city in rtic labors Pacific, of WHARTON STREET CHURCH, PHILA DELPHIA.-A recently printed pamphlet, bearing the title of " Manual of the Wharton Street Church," lies upon oar table. Externally it is beautiffii and tasteful, as we expect always to find the issues of _Mr. Loag's press. But the chief thing for notice is the contents: These bear upon their face the marks of the energetic effort which has, within the last two and a half years, brought up this church from the grade of a mission school to a church of about two hundred members. The tact, industry and energy of its pastor, Rev. J. Garland Hamner, supported by his session, Messrs. Barr and Warden, .and the Sabbath-school Superintendent, Mr. Stewart, are not paraded in this Manual, but are never theless an inevitable inference. A few paragraphs of terse history speak of the mission school of the , First Church in a hired room in Mcllvain street, as the nucleus of the enterprise ; of the provi sion for the purchase of a location, made in the will of Ws. Mary Cornell, de ceased ; of the erection of the present well-sized and comely church edifice, and its dedication in May, 1864 ; of the gathering of the church under Mr. Hamner's ministry, and its subsequent enlargement" I .to its present amount of membership. Beside the other matter usual in such manuals, there is appended a series of questions for members of Christian churches, viz : Am I a true Christian ? As .a member, what am I doing in the Church? What is my conduct toward my brethren.? Do I love my pastor as I ought ? Do I pray for my minister as I ought ? Do I support my minister as I ought? Am I a laborer or a loiterer in God's vineyard ? Am I growing in grace? Am I prepared to die? To each of these questions a few words suggestive and admonitory are added. CITY CHURCHES. We are happy to state that, as a very natural accompaniment of the pleasing prosperity of this enterprise, particular attention has been paid to the denomi national press. In few of the churches of our connection has the .A.msamax PRESBYTERIAN obtained a larger circula tion. This has been accomplished chiefly through the voluntary agency of the pastor. TABOR Cmeaca, Eighteenth and Chris tian streets, is still enjoying the divine favor in a marked degree. At the last Communion season eighteen were added, twelve by profession and six by certifi cates. The congregations are very good. The school and lecture-room ad joining the church is rapidly approach ing completion. The pastor, Rev. George Van. Dears is not more faithful to the interests of his particular charge than to those of the denomination.. GREAT WORK OF GRACE IN SIDNEY, N. J.—Rev. Jos. G. Williamson, the pastor, writes under date of Dec. 6th : —" Last Sabbath was our communion season. We had the pleasure of receiv ing twenty-seven persons on profession of their faith, besides two by certificate. These were the fruits of a special effort, commencing six weeks ago, and. still in progress. I have beei laboring nightly during that time, except on Saturday, when we had no service. Unfavorable weather has interrupted our meetings this week, but we expect to continue them, as there is still much seriousness. The church has been greatly revived. I have not seen so much interest mani fested by members, and so much wiling ness to aid by prayer and personal effort, in any previous revival since I have been here." EAST WHITELAND.--AMOEg the tokens of progress in this portion of the pas toral charge of Rev. A. M. Stewart, we hear of the organization of a Young Men's Christian Association which is expected to take place on the 18th. Ex-Governor Pollock of this city has consented to be present on the occasion. t DEATH OF A MINISTEILR ohn L. King, formerly an earnest hoI mis sionary in Indiana, died on the Ipth ult. near Denver, Colorado, at the ellEy age of thirty-one. Early last summer he was compelled, by weakness of the lungs, to desist from preaching, and went to Colorado in search of health. Still anxious for usefulness, he there sustain ed a , Sabbath and day school until with in a short time before his ' death. The loss from such a field of a faithful man at that age, is one of the providences which summons into action the faith of the Church. REVIVAL IN MENDRAIVE, N. J.—Our churches in Mendham (Rev. Messrs. Smith's and Feagle's) are rejoicing in the blessing of a revival. It came with but little of outward observation, and grew up into a protracted meeting, re sulting thus far in many hopeful-conver sions, and a daily accession to the num ber of inquirers. All classes of society are more or less affected, bat the moat extensive part of the work is among the youth. INSTALLATIONS.—Rev. G. R. Alden, late of the Auburn Seminary, was ordain ed and installed° over the church in Almond, N. Y., by the 6enesee Valley Presbytery, on the 14th nit. Rev. R. T. Searle, late of Massachusetts, was installed on the 20th . nit, by the Presby tery of Onondaga, over the church in Liverpool, N. Y. PARSIPPANY, N. J.—A precious revi val is in progress in our church in this place. The church is thronged. About fifty have expressed a hope in Christ, and a deep religions interest pervades the whole community. NEVADA.—We have in Virginia City a small but lively church, under the pastorate of Rev. Wm. W. Martin, and in connection with the Presbytery of Washoe. It is now engaged in the en terprise of erecting a church edifice, sixty by- thirty-six feet, the corner-stone of which was laid on the Ist ult. The occasion secured a deep interest. MITCHELL'S GENERAL ATLAS.—This, which has long been a standard work, has recently received valuable improve ments. A fine map of Palestine, with both the ancient -and modern names of places, has been added. The maps of the States have been thoroughly revised, and some of them much enlarged . ; that of Pennsylvania among the number. The Government surveys of the new territories are laid down, and a map added for the new State of Nevada. .A.ttention has been given to the national extensions, and' the list of post-offices has been.conformed to the recent changes. Mt. George Moxon continues his services as canvasser in this city and vicinity, and it is to be remembered that it is Sold only through agents., A Strange Scientific Fact.—For some time past there has been a discussion of a theory that life is greatly prolonged by sleeping with the head to the North. This theory, according to the Gold Hill (Califor nia) News, finds confirmation in the strange fact that the most of those American poli ticians who for years past have had their heads to the South are now quite dead. Brevity in Official Documents.—Our rulers, in the: framing of proclamations or other official documents, should take example by the brevity of one of the early Governors of Connecticut. It is said the first proclama tion for a Thanksgiving day in that-State was issued in 1644, in the following-style: "Its Ordered, there shall be a publike day of thanksgiving through this Jurisdiction vppon Wensday corn fortnight:" THANKSGIVING SERMON, BY REV. GEORGE P. WISWELL, D.D. CENTRAL CHURCH, WILMINGTON. And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.— Issun lai, 4. Dr. Wiswell's topic was_ "The True and False Methods of Reconstnietion." After elucidating the text, he directed the thoughts of the people to a:similar great work now be fore us. He remarked that " the American nation has never undertaken a work that it could not finish.` It has always proved itself equal to its mission ;" and then proceeded to the discussion of his topic as follows : But there are certain cardinal principles, vital to our integrity as a:Christian Republic, which must be kep t before the popular mind. As a citizen and public teacher, I am expect ed to speak of these things—and there is no l place more appropriate, and no time more natural than here and now. Let me speak freely yet briefly, first as to how this work of restoration cannot be done. (1.) It cannot be done by conceding any thing to the spirit which aimed to destroy the Republic, which for years inwardly nursed and in an evil hour precipitated an unpro voked rebellion upon a peaceful and peace loving ple. This would clearly be to open still wi the gates for the incoming of fu ture deations. It will not do to assume that the spirit of rebellion is extinct. It is if not dead—it sleepeth, after being vanquished in fair contest on the battle-field ;it stands as defiant as ever in all the public places of the unreconstructed, rebellious States. Its habi tation being swept and garnished—it has taken seven otherwirits more fiendish than itself and returned; strutting and fretting and foaming out its insatiate rage. The original animus of the slave-oligarchs' rebellion was savage and hateful to the last degree of des peration. Its bloody record has been written over every inch of our soil and wide oceans of the world, through half a decade of years. No description can reach its more than Al pine heights, nor descend into its Tartarean and awful depths. After all the illustrations of barbarous and unrelenting cruelty, among the nations, for the space of six thousand years, it was reserved for a nominally civilized and boasting, religious people to show what refinements of torture, murder, starvation, rapine and slaughter,man can attain. I need not recite the shocking catalogue. Only the smallest part of it will ever be known until the revelations of the judgment day discover the whole. Locked up in the bosoms of a great multitude who heaved their last sighs, in the dark places of cruelty, are secrets of terror and butchery ; of pleading helplessness and unheeding malice, that made the angels weep. I can only say that this spirit still lives in its former haunts—and waits its longed-for opportunity. And anything conceded to it by this gov vernment, is only kist so long a step towards national suicide. The former desolations of many generations will never be repaired by courting the very "abomination of desola tion" itself. Only as the roots of this na tional cancer are completely cut out, will the national health be insured. (2.) Nor can this work of reconstruction be accomplished by forgetting or ignoring all distinction between treason and loyalty, be tween traitors and patriots. Between these, there is, in the very nature of man's relations to government, a necessary and radical differ ence. To recognize it and honor it 'while wholesome to the subject, is safe for the State. The man who, when called to the defence of his country's life and liberties, either on the sanguinary fields, in the na tion's councils or at home, promptlyresponds and risks all, can never stand upon the same level with him who refuses, and by his refu sal strikes hands with the common foe. Think you that the noble man who stood in the serried ranks of his countrymen in defence of our common liberties, can ever come down to the miserable level of him who, in the darkest days of the Republic, stood on the steps of yonder Custom House and said: "Stop the war, call home your army, you have no right to be fighting our Southern brethren.' Think you he can ever be the equal of the loyal man, white or black? I tell you nay, never I And every effort to neutralize the distinc tion between them , is not only a national disgrace, but a peril. Yet what do we see all over the loyal States, but this very thing? For well nigh a year past has this unhallowed process gone for ward, of putting into place and profit and power, the men who did all they could to kill the Republic—men who exulted at every tri umph of rebellion, and wept in .public as in secret places, when it suffered a defeat. The work of reconstruction has been carried for ward by filling all the offices, in the gift of the President, with unreconstructed rebels and their sympathizers, until at length the shortest cut to office and favor, is to present the most disloyal record. To hate a negro and shout for the return of unwashed um tors, whose hands are still wet with the pre cious blood of ow loyal countrymen, to their former places in the Capitol, is a passport to patronage and smiles by the reigning admin istration. And the effect of this policy has thus far been to bring rebellion first from utter prostration in the dust to its knees, then to its feet, then to its old speech, and so it strides forth like Goliath of Gath„na front of the Philistine host, and bids defiance to the power that long since should have effec tually silenced it. Now I suggest that the American nation has gone, just about as far on this line as it can afford, and the sooner a turn is Made, and the more rapidly our steps are retraced, the safer we shall be from future troubles. (3) The wastes cannot be built and the national integrity secured by letting down the sanctions of law, and bringing justice into contempt of men. In a recent decision by the Judge of the United States Court of this district, in the case of two or three murder ers, it was truly affirmed, that "Our Gov ernment is a Government of laws, both na tional and State. This is its distinctive character, the element of its freedom, con stituting its excellence and- insuring its per manence." And by , parity of reasoning, I aver that when law is dishonored by tearing away its sanctions, annulling all its penalties, and thus reducing it to mere advice,the "distinctive character" of the governmen is; gone, the " element of itsfreedom," its "elk cellence" and its " permanence," are de stroyed. Law unsupported by penalty may be very good in the letter, but in the spirit it is a rope of sand. Transgressors would laugh it to scorn. Who can believe that a government of such temper would have a ny binding force,, or be assured of its own exis tence a single day? In what a wretched and pitiable plight does it place the administrator, who really becomes the criminal, and must beg pardon of the culprit at the bar, for yen• turn to summon him there at all. no country," says De Tocqueville, "are the people more persOnally interested in enffircing the obedience of the whole com munity to the law, than in the United States.' Civil rulers and magistrates are in a very solemn and awful sense, the " ministers of God, a terror to evil doers." "In justiee,." says the great philosopher, " every virtue this is But can summarily comprehended." , be only on the assumption that justice stands
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