East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-02-07
From the Baltimore American, lNeura')
Rev. Henry Ward BeeCher.


er il, by general consent, the represent
ative man of sectional Republicanisn.--
We put the politicians outof the qnes-
ton. Not one Of them has tithc of the
influence upon the public opinion Of the
Republicans at the North, rank and file,
that is exercised by the Republican pull
pit and religious press, MIR. Seward mas
great power with that party, but politics
is his trade. He began life riding the
hobby of AntiMasonry; he has mounted
any and every hobby that would promote
his political fortunes VI Mr.. Seward
had been chosen President of tho United
States he would have made an able hXo-
cutive and as national a President as ever
sat in the chair The reason is that he
has no principle nor couscience, and
would kick over the ladder that had raised
him 10 power without the slightest com
junction. Perhaps it vas an instructive
perception of this fact that led to the
preference Of the Republican masses (the
masses are always honest) of "LfoRcst Old
Abe for the Presidency. The appll-
cation of that title to Lincoln IS sgnl-
ficant, and might be regarded dangerous
also, if "Uncle AbramN were as honest
as one might infer from his name. Ihs,
however. is doubtful But it shows that
the strong men in the Republican ranks
are the earnest men in the Republican
ranks. or those at least who are supposed
TO be SO. They have full faith in thelr
religious leaders, and in the religious
journals, edited by clcrgymcn, because OF
the sanctity which attaches to the clerical
character which is supposed to present IN
itself, a model Of all Christian virtues, TO
be as pure as God is pure, truthful as
God is truthful, Just a God is Just The
warning OF the Divine Founder oi Chfls-
tianity against evolves in Sleeps cloth
linrn is not much needed in these days
Even when the ears of the wolf peep out
from the wool, in decentralization OF an
evident passion for worldly power and IN
! dupncc: nav, when even an unmIstakable
howl for blood comes from the demure
aud pacific looking animal, no suspicion
I is aroused, no shock or interruption
startles the general confidence. / he
political parsons who write the hre-eating
articles of the hdYeRdeat posSess a lar
/ deeper hold of the hearts ot the iaithluI
than the New York Tribune, edited by B
man who once proposed TO be "i'9@ upon
/ slavery if the Mississippians would SUB
scribe to his "Ncw Gorlier,' and even IN
timated that he might advocate II, Il there
were no other means Of obtaining the
/ thirty t,;eccs Of silver. But no suspicion
Of mercenary or selfish motives attaches
to the clergy, and, among the clergy,
none has moro the admiration and conn
dence of the extremists OF the Northern
popnlation than Henry Ward Beecher.
/ He comes of an old and honored Puritan
stock, his father, DR. Lyman Beechcr,
having long been one of the main pillars
Of New England Orthodox Congregation
alism. In the theological wars OF thirty
years ago the name OF DR.. Lyman Beech
er was known everywhere among hlS dc
nomination in the United States as thet
principal champion against DR.. Claiming
the big gun of Unitariauism. The Beech
or family have all been remarkable ioi
brilliant qualities, none of them, however
that we have ever heard of, being de-
fcient of that combination of the prach
cal with the poetcal which is essential t.
material acquisitions. We suppose tha
more profitable mine of ph'anthrophy
was never worked than Mrs. Iiarne
Beecher Stowe struck in "Uncle Tom,
work which is said to have been th'
Joint production of the family, and th'
= results of which ought TO have gone INT,
the common stock. Probably no booi
ever published in this country has broush
: lis author 50 much fame and gold. Non
eyer excited such sympathy tor the slave
and out of the broad silver stream u
which that sympathy showed itself, no
n one little drop was ever lost by finding
!, it's wav to the cabin of single slave !
D the United States. OF the large forum
which "Uncle Tom brought the Beeche
family, not dollar was ever given ic
IS the benefit of any of "Unclo Toms blac
relations in the South Hatred, malice
- and all uncharitableness between the pee
ple Of this country, incentives to sue
lc hlibustering forays as those OF Jon
Brown TO disunion and civil war, haN
- heen the seed sown broadcast by IL
Beechers in "Uncle Tom" but then the
C "have put money in their purse"
- So long as Henry Ward Bcecher CO.
- fined himself to the Legitimate sphere
clerical duties he was scarcely heard o.
Is Of his own State. He possesses lit
u theological learning, or learning OF az =,
- kind. in comparison with divines o. l
own sect. with whose very names &
public are unacqusinted. lie was n nev ,,
Of Of remarkable for profoundness or solid''
of When officiating in Indianapolis, a sm
Western capital city, but behind none
. the large cities in mental cultivation a
sobriety of Judgment, Beecher never CT
atcd any particular sensation. 1t "
lo. only when the abolition hobby present
ost itself that he was able to ride into no
. riety. He has the honor of having CO
vertcd the pulpit into a political stun
,an where, instead of Gospel humility a
IL. charity, those "works OF the flesh, wra
" hatred, envy, variance, strife" are stir
- no. and where, instead of the rich fru
!. Of theological research and deep conte
oSn oSs plation, the audience is treated TO sta
5 Of ling political paradoxes, and glitter
7. philanthropic generalities, intersper