Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-22
TREASON IN THE PULPIT

mas quito equal to 10 been heard In pn-
pit since the times that tried soulss Ii Is true
We cannot approve Its warke vet respect for
Its spirit u mmeasnrabe compared with the
waddng, shutting, falsely peaceful of the sermon
OF menry ward Beecher on the same subject
We give the following extracts from the discourse:
Van ye not discern the signs Of the times Matt l6 g.
9: 20.
1t Is great mistake to term this act the be-
ginning OF bloodshed and civil Never could there
be greater error We have had bloodshed and civil
war tor the last ten years. yes for the last ten
The campaign began on the 18th OF March, 1850. The
dissolution Of he Union dates from thai day and
"Gre had no Constitution since On that day Dan Webster
was put TO death; ah and such death And from that
time TO this there has been month that seen
the soil OF freedom invaded and attacked citizens
dnsppcd imprisoned, or shot, or driven by thousands
into Canada. .
No is not true that the conflict of Harpers Ferry is
the beginning of civil war That would be like saving
that the capture Of Yorktown the beginning of the
Revolutionary struggle. The meaning of that sign
tins FREEDOM for ten rcdkiy Standing the de-
s;1e ava Jor ten yours d.teGod has noe become As
dssdifdnf and hds moe gained the retory. The Bker
H Of second Repolsiioa has been fought aud the
second arren has paid the glorious forfeit his e Jno
Brown felt that 10 enslaye is TO commit the great
est possible crime within the reach of human capacity
lie was at therefore, with the slave system lie
iet that its vital principle the atrocious atheism
Withholding the key of knowledge, abrogatng the
rage relation rendng families asunder at the auction
block, making the State that protects band Of pirates
and the church that enshrineS it baptized broIhe lie
knew that the cause needed talk eloquencc but
action, life, principle walking feet lie had small
faith in politics. He that the beau ideal of demo-
erat was one who could poll the with the
tewest men; and that the object of republicans during
the next year would be find the available cand
date for the Presidency; and he decided that the barbar
ism which holds in bloody chains four millions of our
people Tor the purpose of lucre aud ust-that makes
every sixth and in the country liable TO be
sold at auctonhat forbids 10y every sixth man
and woman in the nation TO learn read-that makes
/ IL an indictable offence TO teach every sixth man
and woman in the country to read tho alphabet:
that torbids every sixth and in the nation
/ TO have husband wife and that annihilates the
sancuy oil marriage by statue, systematically and of
purpose, in regard oneNth part OF nation calling il.
self christian; he decided say, that such barbarism
was IN itself an organized and perpetual against God
and man, and could be beat 10y the direct issue of
arms. For he sentimentalst and uou-resist-
ant lie believed in human brotherhood, in George
Washington, in Bunker Hill, and in God all of whose
| attributes takes sides against the oppreSsor He
was Puritan on both sides and that blood is always
revolutionary. lie had the blood of English Hampden
who, rather than pay unjust tax of twenty shngs
began movement that hurled king from his throne TO
the block. He had the blood OF Hancock and Adams
who, when King George laid his hand on the American
pocket reused every New Highlander to be revolution
IN himself He knew that the crimes OF the slave faction
against humanity atrocious by far than those
which turned England into Republic and the Stuarts
into exile and his glorious fault it that he could
not look calmly while four millions of our people
troddeu in the bloody miro OF despotistn Il is the
fashion nov to call him crazy fanatic. But history
viii do the head of John Brown the ample Justice
that even his enemies give 10 his heart IL is RpoS-
sbis rsdt 10 plant permanent armed iHsureciioH in
IirgiHid. HhiR fec dd vs. march Of RdrDers FSrry
lies the great Dismal Scp chose interior depths are
Jorcrcr HirodsH BY tie feet Of Jgitirc siapss-
fr rssoHfe chifs men, harborei ia ats deep reeessss
raising the nag Of sidps reroi ,souid gather ousan 70
their standard oHid cOnvise the Shois State lcih pan
&C, and make scribe OF the iSeJdrdbs fsicities
Of sLdrery. Let forget that three hundred half
armed Indians, housed in similar swamps in Florida
waged seven years against the whole power of the
United States, and taken at last not by warfare
but by treAchery aud brides single year OF such war
fare would unhinge the slave faction in Virginia Said
Napoleon when preparing for the INVASION of England
in lenS, IL do not expect TO conquer England but |
shall DO mOre-I shall ruin IT, The mere presence of
my troops on her coast whether defeated or not will
shake her government to the ground aud DESTROY her
social system With equal correctness reasoned the he
TO and martyr of Harper's Ferry lie knew that
slave revolt could be planted upon as permanent and
chronic basis as the underground railroad, and that
once done slavery would quickly bleed to DEATH
We who have seen the knees OF great slave State
shifting together, and her teeth chattering with fear
while Wild aud craven panic spread far and wide from
the slight skrmish of single day with less than score
oil men, can Judge somewhat OF her position it nsurrec
ton had become an institution in her midst. If Brown
had not in pity to his prisoners fingered in the captured
till beset 10y the GsiSr.I S8ets Iu would now
have been lodged in the mountains OF the swamps mil,
eUery Of the State ,coid hare famed Rim r,,oD
His scheme IS no failure, but solemn success Vhere-
IA ne failed his foes hare TO his aid The grsai
ness II their fears reredis he eJtsHt Of his friaiph-
John Brown has not only taken Virginia and Governor
WISE he has captured the whole slave faction North aud
south. All his foes have turned abolition nssonarie
They toll day and night do his bidding and NO psi
dent has as many he The best Sharpe's ri
file in all his band could scarcely throw bullet single
mile; but in every OF every township of tbrIv
three States, the press of the slave party hurting his
living and inspired words words filled with Gods own
truth and power, and deadly 10 despotsn b,n
hosts Of armed men. The Spartan band of ebivalrv
hlteenI hundred strong, quaking the hills round
iarPers Ferry, for whole day, unable TO look
the old man IN the face then numbering a nrisoner
unarmed, aud bound hand and foot, who could find in
that sambles no man. and but to yanly plead
for his he then blowing off the face of man who rrd
for quarter then hacking with seven wounds the body of
the grayhared leader after he had Yielded then before
the eyes OF the bcreayed and bleeding father crowdn
the body of his into box for dissection then vi,L
obscene rage and threats insulting the aged chief IA
be lay wounded aud manacled upon his cot; the mock
trial Overlapping with indecent haste the ancient forms of
law; the hurried sentence the mastering of bundres az
armed men, filling with horse foot aud cannon every nv
enue to the jail the whole South tptoe with appreben
SION two great States in ecsacy fear Virginia turn
ing herself into armed garrison the slave Journals of
the North shfleking ia full cOncert-behold on what
platform the insane rage aud fear Of his foes have lifted
this antisayery veteran TO the stars HE aim nae n,
rfHdsr sIrery insecure, and he has succeeded He has
forced The telegraph the press the stump the barroo
the parOr 10 repeat the dangerous story Of nsrrecto
m every corner of the South. From Maryland to Florida
there Is not slave who does not have the idea of free
dom quickened within him by the outbreak at Uarpers
Ferry Like the Druid stone, which the united force of
hundred men could not move, while a childs finger
rightly applied rocked il Co lie base this dark system
OF outrage and wrong which has stood for thirty wears
movelcss against the warnings Of an insutcd Chris
tianity against the political power Of the North and
against the moral sentiment Of the world now rocks and
trembles as the finger Of this odearing puritan presses
against ts weak spot The fatal secret has now become
public news nvunerable to all moral appeals il Yields
II dssoyes before the onset Of force Like the Swiss
valleys the first clash Of brings down the avalanche
From the iGariVrdoH NJ BrOrH dqes a pss era Of iEs
afsiagery cause. To moral agitation yiH uotg be Sd
Phgsica-0 augment action. The appeals of the North
will nov be applied 10 the and well a. TO the con-
science Of this great larbarsn. Ohsr dvotd men ,rH
tofo" IN NE rake brOrf arOidiHg his error and sW
curry oH 10 H. FIJI resdf the ioort he has Legna Slave
propagandism We have had long enough We are likely
no" to have some liberty propagandism rejoice TO see
man whose banner bears uncertain sign. The North
wants no more cOrnsiaik generals but "A real general
one who b. both platform and party IN himself n an
honest eJprcssi0H 81 f sshss of tic North coid b. Ia
hS1 ioWorr0g JohH BroirH V0'd BE- The psoyies eandi
tate Jor NE HeSf Pssscy and he rOud rsceire q mil
ton ryRs'. lie had live religion also lie believed
that God spakc 20 him In visions Of the night Yes
Incredible a' Il may seem, this man actually be.
ue'ed n God The picture of
The Good Samaritan will live 10 al future ages as
the model Of human excellence for helping one whom
ne CHANGED 20 End in need John Brown did more lie
went TO seek thOse who lost that be might save
them. lle % iauadCl Tie n madmani lie a traitor -
les and The fanatics Of this age are the star crowned