The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-23


public sentiment in such community, will have any
| power with the SouthY
BRowY,-vcry we'll
BsxcHxR-But tho end of these things is II hspd A
noble spirit IS arising New men, hearts, new ZEAL
coming forward. led by all those signs and aus
pces that God oresends when he prepares his people TO
advance This work, well begun, must not 60 hack It
must grow, like spring into summer. God will then give
1t an autumn without winter. And when such public
sentiment fills the North founded upon religion, and filled
with fearless love 10 both the bond and tho free will
work all over the continent and nothing be hid from
| the shining thereof.
| BROWN Very we'll
BESeHER-By all the ways consistent with the fearless
assertion Of truth, must maintain IS mpahy and kind
Eess toward the South We brcihren and pray that
nc ffa,rcda influences will be permitted to snnder this
Union. There was time when thought tho body Of
death would be too much for life and that the North was
IN danger Of taking disease from the South rather than
they our health. That time has past do not he
eve that shall be separated by their act We
have element OF healing which, if we true to
selves and principles, and God is kind to shall
peneta,es and every part When the whole
lump shall have been lcavencd thereby, old preudccs
will be done away, and new sympathes will be created
| BRowS.-very we'll
BrxcHKR-I holding the heart OF the North right
up to the heart Of the South Every heart beat will be-
long, not blow rveng oppression, but throb Jar
rying health Freedom in the North stronger than
slavery in the South. We yet to work for them as
the silent spring works for Sey lawful prey to
love. do not hesitate to tell the South what mean by
loving union with them I mean liberty. mean the
decay Of slavery, and its extinction. might speak for
the North would say to the South, We love you, and
hate your slavery. We shall leave fraerna effort
tried TO deliver you and ourselves with YOU from the
degr adaion danger and wckedness OF this And
for this cling to the Union. There is health In 1t.
| BRowN.-So say l.
BEEc,,rR-we are to leave no pains untakep through
the Christian conscience of the South give to the slave
himself higher moral status. lay down as axiom,
thst whatever gives more the slave slackens
the bonds that bind him and that whatever lowers him
10 the scale of manhood tghtens those bonds If you
wish to wcrk for the enranchsc OF the African seek
a. IN n hf rms i'm m In r1,nrn
servant and an honest true, Christian These vr
tues are Gods stepsoncs TO liberty. That man whom
Christ first makes free has better chance to be civly
free than any other. To make slave morose, fractions,
disobeaeni and unwilling work. Is the way defer his
emancira lou We do not ask the slave be satisfied with
slavery But feeling its grievous burden ask him to
endure while he must as unto God aud unto man,
because be does not love liberty but because he does
love Christ enough 10 show rih his spirit under grevous
Poor slaves will never breed respect, sympathy
and emancipation Truth honor, fidelity, manhood-thesc
things the slave will prepare him for freedom II is the
low animal condition of the African that enslaves him
1t is moral enranchisement that will break his bonds
Brown Will do very well.
BRECnER-The Pauline treatment Is the most direct road
to liberty No part the OF the New Testament
seems to me more divney wise than Pans directions to
those in slavery They the food that servants need
at the South, everywhere the world over II lived
the South should preach things to slaves while
preaching on masters duties TO those who hold them
should do it with firm conviction that / should ad
vance the day of their liberty.
BRowS.-Why don't Beecher come South to preachp
BEEcHER The things which shall lead to emancipation
rot so complicated or many people blndly
think. A few virtues established a few usagcs main
taned rights guaranteed to the slaves and the sys
tenn is vitality wounded The right OF chastity in the
woman the unblemished household love- the right Of
parents their chldren-on these three elements stands
the whole weight of society Corrupt enfeebe these,
ard there cannot be superintendent strength. Withhold
carried They the integral elements of associated
human life. We demand, and have right to demand,
of the Christian in the South that they shall revou
onize the moral condition OF the slaves in this regard
BRowS-This true, bu; any progress making that
direction
BEEcIKR.-I stand up in behalf of two million women
who without voice to declare that there ought
found in Christianity somewhere influence that shA
protect their right their persons and that their pu
ry shall stand some other ground than the caprice of
their masters demand that the Christian church. both
North and South shall bear testimony in behalf Of mar
riage among the slaves which shall make /. inviolabe
marriage among the whites 1t is not to be denied that
another code Of morals prevails upon the plantation than
that which prevails in the plantation house. So long
husband and wife manageable commodities and to
be sold apart to form new connections there be
such thing as sanctity in wedlock.
BRowS.-Le the champion here tn preach
BEEoHER.-Let 1t be known in New York that a has
two wives and there church feeble of conscience
that they will instantly eject him; and the civil law
will instantly visit him with penalty But the communi-
their first companion is yet alive but with third and
fourth; nor is it any disqualification for church member
ship The church and the State wink at it. is part
of the commercial necessity of the system IF you will
sell men, you must not be too nice about their moral vr
tues.
BRowN-Good, If spoken here.
BEECHER Neither there any gospel that has been
permitted to rebuke these things There is no church
that have known in the South that bears testimony
against them Neither will the churches in the North
body take upon themselves the responsibility Of bearing
witness against them.
BRowN-How can he stay away2
BEEcHER-I go further declare that there must be
Christian public sentiment which shall make the family
nvi0ae Men sometimes say, 6 II is rarely the that
families separated 1t is false it is false. There is
slave mart that does not bear testimony, thou
sands irrne aOain rurh naca d~nr
bred like colts and calves, and dispersed like them.
BRowN.-Truth.
BEEnER.- is in vain to preach Gospel TO slaves that
leaves out the sancty Of the marriage state and the unv
and involabity Of the family. And yet no Gospel has
sucn @ son in fo o. them IS to the
bery to the captive they ought at least to preach the
dspensable necessity OF household virtue. If they will
call upon the masters to set their slaves Free they
should at least proclaim Christianity that protects woman
/ childhood and household.
| BRowN.-Come on, Bsecher.
| BEEcER.-Among the means to be employed for pro.
noting the liberty Of the slave, must fail to in
cude the power Of true Christian prayer When slavery
shall cease it will be by such Instruments and influences
shall exhibit Gods hand and heart in the work. Its
downfall will have been achieved SO largely through
tural causes largely through reasons as broad as
naious that will be apparent to all men that God led
on the emancipation, man being only element among
the many. Therefore. we have every encouragement to
direct our prayers without ceasng to God that he will
restrain the wrath OF man, inspire with wisdom
rule all laws and control the commerce of the globe
that the poor may become rch that the bond may be-
come free, that the ignorant become wise, that the
master aud slave may respect each other, and that
length, may be evangelical and Christian people.
/ May God, in his own way and time, speed the day!
\ Browse says old Brown Amen.
THE EXCITEMENT IN WASHINGTON
From the Washington Star, Nov. q
EiS Sunday YESTERDAY morning the steady tramp
Of soldiers marching from tie Southern boat through the
city fspo TO the tap of the drum notified drow-
sy eitjz occasion Of alarm, real or ina
i.n Hqr rnrfs
Fer! .stieL
In the despatch Of Colonel Davis Governor
Wise, that gentleman Immediately started company
with the Richmond regiment Of Virginia militia for the
Of the supposed difficulties The regiment number.