Newbern weekly progress., 1860-11-20
THE PULPIT oNDIsUNIoN.

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| 1O-"Be still, and know that I am God"-in
the course of which he alluded in the follow
| ing terms to the condition Of national affairs:
EFron out the vast deep of eternity this
morning comes to our fretful spirits the declara-
| ton of an Omnipotent Power, which is behind
and within the machinery Of the world.
IL. Nations need the admonition, Be STILL
and know that am God, for there is no nigh
tv breaking up of old ideas which does not be-
token the presence of the Deity. 1t may be,
when tinid men are most alarmed by some ap-
parent convulsion that God is only bestowing
new vigor and fresh impulse upon the old
governmental ideas, which all cherish alike
Take the case of our own country. Its pros
perity in the past has been so marvellous that
it is only amazing that the history OF the Uni
ted States does not make every reader OF 1T
firm believer in and pure Worshlper OF the d.
vine Prudence. But one parallel can be found
for the marked presence, in the career OF
nation, of a superintending Deity, able as of
old. by the breath of his mouth, by the poten-
cy of his word to call order out of chaos, and to
fulfil his promise that 1.-The desert shall bios
som as the rose and the solitary places be
glad
''The great prairies and vast forests of our
country have been made to smile in few years
dating from the early settlements on the conti-
nent) with busy cities and prosperous towns.
The solitary places have been bound together
by links of iron and the sinews of commerce.
Another strange chapter in our record OF Prov
idential dealing, is the fact that nowhere else
can YOU find the same number OF antagonlstc
races living upon equality, and yet living III
comparative peace. -Four great original stocks
of the human race have occupied that portion
of the American continent known as the United
States for nearly a century, and, as yet there
have been no collisions involving any serious
amount of bloodshed These four races are,
lst the Puritans Cor Roundheads,) the middle
class of the western and northern portions of
England, descendants Of the Danes, who from
the fens of Lincolnshire, after the great strug-
gle of races in England sought for religious
freedom in Holland, and thence descended upon
the bleakest and most inhospitable corner of
our Atlantic coast, there contending against
ice and snow-against famine and wild Abo-
rigines:
with barren soil and unpropitious ele-
ments thew laid the foundation for strong
Saxon manhood, governed by the strictest laws
of frugalty and code Of ethics more than
Spartan in its severity. Long years passed in
the absence of modern facilities in lntercommu-
nication while this form of American charac-
ter was developed strongly and unique; but,
in the mean while, on another portion Of our
national domain was planted, 3D. the offspring
of the Norman race--the Cavalers-the ancient
blood antagonp psts of the Purtans, and for the
severity of their mutual antipathies one
needs only to read the history of the civil
wars of England-the fights Of Naseby and
Edgehill, and the execution of Charles the
First, the Commonwealth under Cromwell the
Restoration of Charles the II to the throne of
England. Besides these, there are the Huge,
nots and the Celtic race, all four distinct from
each other, and to some extent antagonistic.--
Now, observe how Providence has dealt with
the mighty problem of successfully deducing
from these antipathies peculiar manhood and
government which, whether or not it be His
nscrutable design hereafter to make it the mod
81 of national life, must at least live in all fu
ture history as par e1ceIlence the American
character.
"As said, he suffered long years to pass
while the two strongly-oppOslng elements of
the Puritans in New England and the younger
sons of the Cavaliers in the South became
climated to their respective soils, and were
lerning, each in its own fashion, to reverence
the common name of America.
''With the exception Of the recent conflict
of the two races-the dashing together of the
two adverse waves on the plains of Kansas
they have been kept separated, while, by the
agency of statesmen patriots, newspapers, and
even the comparatively selfish interests of COM
merce, the Almighty has been training both
for such love ofthe common Repulc as would
enable them each, when the welfare Of the
whole required it, TO sacrifice hereditary in
stincts and partiZan victories upon the altar of
pa triotism. In the course this dealing, when
the time came for the rapid development of our
naturaii resources, there was for years poured
upon our shores food of the Celtic races
From Ireland and Germany cape fresh blood
and counterba11 1ancing forces and now, amidst
the highest excitement, the poor wise men
who save the civ and are forgotten, are
called upon in markel place and pulpit to p2ro-
phesy that He who ha,s So amply furnished
schooling for America does not design that the
experiment Of her education shall fail.
No star shall fall from the National banner: for
however strong be parties and Sec ctions-howeV-
er violent partisans and enthusiasts as. OF Old to
his wonderfully protected people, that III eHamped
race of Israel God says to Be still, AID know
that am God'-do not seek to hasten prevt mt my
designs: who have made of handful a sh ong
nation, can protect my work, and the fair fabric
have ordered you to build, shall profane
hands destroy-I God. Quiet your fears |
my friends God must be consulted before this |
Union can be dissolved. He has not brought so |
many types of character upon trial ground for |
destruction, but that they all may, at last, after
upheavals of passion and the frequent approach |
of seeming disaster, blend into one harmonious !
whole. We to learn by the teachings of his |
tory and by the experiences of life that uniform
ty is not harmony; it is the blending of different
notes, that produces unison: it is the combina- |
ton of opposing forces that produce beauty it is
the composite manhood which is strongest We |
need. in nation. for perfecsion intellect heart !
and muscle, and are now only passing through |
he process of growth-developing the national |
muscle rather the mad rush Of an overflow |
ing river. apparent bury all under swift des- |
truction, but when waters recede fertility is |
found-sO out of our presence agitation and tenn !
pests, will come the smiling fields of plenty for
is and generations after US.
For The U.::on
The St. Louis Missouri ReDu57icnn saws:
We say then that Mr.. Lincoln has been elec |
ed President of the United States according to |
Ill the forms of the Constitution-that on his in
iuction into Office the 4th of March rext, he !