New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-16
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now TO SAVE THE UNION
rcrrpr Ry HENRY WARD BEECHER.

LECTURE BY HENRY WARD BEECHER.
A crovded audience assembled last evening at the
Broadway Tabernacle Church, 70 bear the Rev.
HEsRY WARD 6EEcHFR deliver his lecture before
the PITTS Association. Mr. Beeeher preluded by say
ing that he proposed TO discuss In plain manner and
with an earnest wish 10 promote the welfare OF the
peope orestons that were Lowing the thoughts aud
exciting the passions of the entire nston Dor insti-
tutionr extract danger from excitement by giving no
erty TO expressions. The free air makes excitement
healthy. II was good to see the community aroused
Only such seIistiveness will save country Natons
are not half much III danger Of blowing up az OF ro
ting down. Corruption commences at the rills, AMID
the dampness and moisture OF the foundations. tie
did not think any especial peril on hand-was neither
scared, startled, nor even uneasy. But some were;
some desired different state OF things, and wished
TO discuss the means of bringing about the
new order Discussion educated the public
mind, and he, for one, would gladly JON III H.
Tonight the question be proposed TO argue was,
" How shall this Union be preserved - Aud, nfet,
what are the that make It worth while 10
keep the Union safe 1t Was awkward TO argue he
question 20 us il sounded ike the doubt whether
rich and happy man should live commit suicide.
For men to pct together when they were in the very
hight of business prosperity, and talk Of dssolvng
psrner,hp, seemed ridiculous. Two hundred years
had assed since the seeds of our success were sown
three quarters of century since the tree had borne
vigorous fruit. Were things wore now than then
Gould We 10 longer cooperate Are our riches fall
ing away Are We dividing, plank by plank, like
stranded Slips No the patton never wealthy
and intelligent To be sure, few religious books
were burned the day before Ii was strange, indeed,
10 rec any ere in region 90 long opposed 70 excite
meni. Laughter and applause. Let us ap-
ply the sethOscope ana the practitioners knowl-
edge to the frame of the country. Was the heart
unossihed Were the lungs-the intelligence Of
the peOvle-souudl Was the nervous system--the
commercial nteres-in healthy action Yes, there
was dsease in these vital organs. Why, then was
the country eager 10 send for the attorney Ia make
De- CUI-C
and dnteresied citizens meeting, he, too, would
have his say. First one might well long for the con-
summation Of 20 sublime an object rs the completion
of this Republic 10 a roundness worthy of the Divine
inspiration that founded il. Second ii look back
ward may well wish TO preserve the Union for the
sake of the asst. Third, the Union should be saved
for the sake OF religious freedom. FOURTH with all
our ml DIRECTIONS Ne nation here yet more secular
liberty than could be found anywhere else in the world
When be consider ed what precious freight borne
by the Ship Of State, he must believe was guided by
Tim who controls the winds and waves. The family
here had obtained greater average power than else
where. The school catches what the parent tosses IT,
The experiment Of Freedom only Just begun
Tine Was needed 10 show what God meant. The
ordination Of civil and religious life was not yet
worked out. A rational religion wis better than
national church. Ministers were more needed than
priests. The question whether Freedom could gain
Slavery that the nation could slough its evils was
still unsettled; and for the sake Of States who
would be Influenced we must sustain the compact. The
States coming in were like sand-6lown Egyptian tenn
PIES covered up, and needing continually the aid Of
our shovels. But when talk OF disun'on be said
that if they ehose to 20 oil, we should be SO much
the stronger But we could not afford 10 give up
our hrIders-tbe weak our ministry. Partly
by force and mostly by love, a mother reetrains
her children be must tell any State that chooses in
passion TO go of, mo wait little. cannot per-
nit H." IApplause. Next, How is the Union not 10
be saved7 First II cannot be done by blind efIrt
made BY few to hoodwink the many; by cabals, col
lusson, and deceit Second; No Union movement
could be successful which was one-sided, and based
party politics. Third: 1t must not apparently be a
mere hid for commercial interests. The lecturer
commented severely and sarcssiioally on late Union
resolutions, elieting great applause Fourth: II must
not ignore the fundamental ideas on which the Union
was built up. Fifth: II must be in harmony with the
free.i liberty Of dscession and by legitimate methods
ssth IL must not be skeptcsl VI the policy Of DO dy
displaying the truth Sevenih: II must not refuse 10
Recognize the superiority Of Freedom over Slavery,
or the delnsion Of the rule that nation