The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-11-04
CHAPTER XH-Concludsd.

CHAPTER XII--Concludsd.
aAb," said he to himself, " is man forever t
he The one blemish on the face of this beautiful
creation? Is humanity forever destined t
make The single discord in the diapason of tn
inverse? My ceuntrymen, are we to gorg
this fresh and virgin continent with blood an,
crime, as our fathers and brothers did and d,
The old =? Is it not strange and sad proof o
the dihereTce between Christendom and Chris
lsnity, that eighteen hundred years after tn,
author OF the Epistle to the Hebrews wrote
Let brotberly love continue, it should b,
ioand necessary to proclaim among soidisan
civilized nations, Let brotherly love begin, ant
that the doctrine should be accounted new, ia
natical, impractical, and wild What differen
state of things the world would by this tim,
have presented, if that pure love had continued
from the frat 10 HPread over it, the spirit every
where in only that one respect keeping pace
With The name of the Saviour. The strong. in.
stead Of tr,-mpling upon the weak, would have
been seen htung them up; the lofty have been
heard saying TO the lowly, Come up higher in.
stead Of, Crouch beneath my footstool > the
learred instead OF seeking to fix their increas-
liz knowledge as great gulf between them
selves ard their fellow-men, would have been
often employed eagerly in making by means Of
iismOotherroads for the ignorantto ascend upon.
The uhlucl,y debtor, instead of running away
or blowing his brains ont, would go with conf
dence to has wealthiest neighbor, and find no
difficulty IN obtaining aid, beyond an honest un-
willingness 10 seek it. As often as a charitable
dead was done, the pleasure would have been
On the doer's side; the pain, if there was any,
Oh that OF the asker. The person who had saved
the most men would be held a greater hero than
he who had killed the most. He would have
been considered the greatest statesman who had
shown The most skill in hsrmonizing the inter.
e5ts OF other countries with those of his own.
The poo- savage would have been guarded.
b'rne with, and taught, by his civilized neigh.
bo's, ms kindly and patiently as an idiot by his
FeIrTous, manly brothers. The beauty, instead
Of simsiing the power Of her charms, like that
Ct piece Of ordnance, by the amount of mis-
chief they could do, would deal with The happi
less Of her young admirers as cautiously as she
would have Der beaulifnl-no longer rival
friend deal with that of her favorite brother
The brilliant and accomplished gentleman. in
slesd OF amusing himeelf by playing c ff the fol-
e. and drawing outthe weaknesses of the artless
and inexperienced, would, by the dignifed re-
sPfc' he paid them, leach them to respect and
IUlfy themselves. The ship owner would saw
to the home-sick emigrant, Will you sail /? as
readily as the Jehu Gays to the welLdressed ma.
tive American, will you rider Theft and
ness, idIehess, hnu poverty, scarceIy 'Iess 80.
The offender would be eager to acknowledge and
repair his misdeeds; the offended, to forgive and
ha-r them forgotten. Envy and jealousy would
nave died natural death. The Joy of one
would be the Joy OF every one. The poorer would
work Tor themselves, readily and thoughtfully
provided with employment, if necessary, by
others; the richer, for their neighbors. The
master would loose the slave the slave, cling
to the master. We should all be every day al
most as eager and happy to befriend each other
"a we now are, when some great calamity-a
Ere, ship wreck, or tornsdo-wakes up the an
geic instincts in US, which 80 soon grow torpid
again in our heavy worldly air, and for an hour
or week changes earth worms into men, and
men into heroes. Wherever we went-north,
south, east, or west-we should find at need in
every stranger whom we met, the Coed Samar-
ian, walking in some new Disguise.
There were no need OF arsenals or forts
The strength of nations, no longer suicidally
wasting itself in their reciprocal destruction,
would be combined for gigantic lsbors in break
ing in for the service of man every practicable
portion of our globe, and in bringing to light
all lls sttainabe hidden resources, for the pros
periiy OF each and all. A new bliss, above the
bliss OF Eden, would quicken and warm all
hearts-the JOY not only of receiving, but of do
inc good. The custom of promoting the vel
fare OF others might have become, through graf
iude, social sympathy and sort of generous
Competition, as ardent passion as that of seek
ing ones own is now. Our old bad fashion of
treating one another, and our God, as foes, has
been tried long enough, not on the whole to the
satisfaction Of anybody, except of Satan, who
set 1t. l. Was already old when the Gospel was
nes-lung tried, and always found wanting
yet We have stupidity persisted, one after another
generation after generation, in continuing to
try 1t ever since. When will the new fashion
come IA? When shall we find all within and
Without us eagerly following the example o.
Chris; m broherly and filial lover"
An, hot yet, young dreamer, not Just yet
One generation of young dreamers-and actors
tJc-ike you might do something towards bring
iug Ii about; but you have fallen, like your
Lord and Master before You, upon a genera
uon-not OF vipers, altogether, by any means
out-of men, inst men-men as they used to be
men as they are-neither angels nor devils, bu
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. between the two-not Chris
uans Yet, with some apparently rare exceptions
ii 10 De- Christian is to be Christ-like-but onl
no lcneer Jews nor Pagans
IA herman's meditations reached the poin
above recorded, he became aware that they wer
inarnshy forming themselves into a tune, tn
Time OF which was marked by steady SOUND
steadily approaching :" thumpl rub-a-dpb
thamp rub-a dub" Ii was the beat of
Grum. 1t had nat, he thought, the precision {
I9e performance of the regimental drumme
ne had seen no reason to think that the Free
ate men were likely to be out. They ha
'old him that the Border Ruff ans had probabl
tecrossed the border the night before. WIS
could this mean? There was certainly Ii
scraping OF fiddle, too and now q noise {
coarse singing He resumed his walk toward
oarrscks The voice followed him, and, turf
sux MS head from time to time, he soon saw
-Ono~ing the sound into sight, a grotesque il
t5sulaF procession of dogs, horses, and two {
'iree hay carts, in the midst of a mob of rel
snlF'ed, butternut-colored trowsered beard
men They whipped and kicked the horse
on9 came hooiing and hurrying on, some ridin
ana some running and holding by the hay cart
oteF The foremost, deep crimson flag, with
Snte star in the centre, tapped and swun
RON The staff, which was dashed to the RICH
hAnd corner post of the frame. Here was
ppoop OF rufians, most evidenuy-of Bord,
Nanians, most probably. Herman could M
gel out OF their way without running-nor wi,
- perhaps. He logged on accordingly in the
way Their drum appeared TO be perseverir
u march, their fiddle in a jig. They ther
selves we're in the mean time vocalIy perforr
ing IN tipsy chorus, a simultaneous variety
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