Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-11-23

wears ago, of which the present day was the
anniversary. He spoke Of the merits Of this
primitive 4 aerCan government, and its ne
| cessity, and OF the vital bearing Of civil free
| dom which ii conferred the costliest boon in
| the inventory Of nat uuai blessings. Liberty
! +, lected throughout the east, iusuhCd aud
banished from Europe. was there no marble
pure enough, or w0rkmen skilled enough, IN
all this western continent To OUild UP for them
filling temples Alas, that IN this, our an
nual thanksgiving, half million IF men
should be absent + ON the festival aud armed
III the field to setue such question thar in
this republic, CunSpcra ed To tr, edum, her
sternesi battle should be now waging! Yet
we had reason To be thankful ~ that Our
liberties were not wholly lost Recalling
the feelings which prevailed lust winter and
early spring the contrast with the pres
ent is most striking. The +. cling now is one
of delivcrauce. We praise God that the re-
public still stands. Nevtr have the people
seen so clearly or felt SO deeply that this gov
eminent is theirs-not tie residents, not the
cabinets, but the peoples, that they cannot
be sold aid will not be betrayed. There are
no cOnsCripts in their armies, and no limits to
their cnlIstments for the defence OF the gov
eminent For the dett rmination is fixed that
the Union shall be preserved, though the cioie
slave power which threatens it shall be ami
hated. Clear as the sun, a divine providence
! is shaping this emil. God works through the
laws of our minds And as it becomes more
| and more manifest that nearly every slave
| holder is for the rebellion so it will be the
| purpose of twenty million treemen to conquer
| if every one OF three humid ed thousand oil
| garchs must bite the dust IL looks more
| appalling, if not sacrelgiouS, to pol
| troons and sycophants to see Il purp!ed lord
| impoverished or imprisoned than mechanic
| or farmer. But will the democratic spirit
| of the nation much longer see its private pat
| riot sacrificed Murdered by that cid ttudal
| sentiment that hpsitates to see pOmpous rebel
| touched harshly! mol Not for equality only,
| but on the ground Of intrinsic worth, or noble
| ness of character, or value Of the nation, there
! is not an industrious man in the land who
| should not be saved ut the expense OF any
rebel, however rich and great! The people
formed the republic the people will preserve
| it'll The preacher spoke If the high and reso-
lutte, and christian character Of the Pilgrim
| founders of our estate, closing in substance as
| follows: Leave This temple as they planned ana
| built, the same design, the same materials,
| architects of like spirit TO keep il, and the
same means, including the instruction and
| virtue Of all the people, and there Is no more
emplricism or experiment in republican 1ree-
dom than in raising harvest Of wheat. The
quality and the purpose Of freedom must be
and us natures laws are sure, they shall have
that! Iyrants always stand ready with bian-
dishng words to put on the cellar, just us fast
as the people will bow the neck. Now, can
we not to-day thank God that there are abroad
in the land the same men, the same spirit, and
the same fixed purpose to maintain, as those
were who established them? Yes, and more.
Since the lurid fires Of rebellion have been kin
died, new purpose is forming-just, humane,
nd Cod lilo ltD in raIbijI1iOtF the pluITpl
and ruined part no such combusIlOle materials
shall be left again to fire the editice. Now,
according to the Just interest and real sub
stance OF the compact, only fire proof mate
rials, the rights OF man and all men,-shal!
be used. The past speaks courage to the
present. Hope, inspiration, all aspirations OF
the heart point to the future. Who that has
drop of Saxon blood, puritanized, in his veins,
shall fear for the result of the contest Have
faith Believe that a race disciplined by
centuries CT struggle with despoism, will not
belle their ancestry, and abandon their fore
most position in humanity S march! Many Of
| our SONS and brothers and husbands absent
to-day from their iires.des, may fall, giving
| their lives to their country TO be held i'll re-
membrance Of its great trial. But listen!
| Already we hear the tread Of the multitudin-
| Gus hosts, as century after century, they press
! around the battements OF the republic, now
CUlllJdGl ulduH liftglldUie ny tlllS BiSdu-
tic effort of despotism for its ruin, shouting as
| at the laying oil its corner stone, with voice
rising, swelling, echOing back from ocean to
ocean. Liberty for all men, now and forever!
ALL SAINTS CHURCH.
Rev. Mr.. Hagar, at All Saints church,
preached IL discourse from Romans, :2l-
"When they knew God, they glorfied him not
as God, neither were thankful" 1t was a
practical discourse ON the reasons for personal
and public gratitude 10 God, of which we give
the closing portion 1t might, he said with
truth be said OF US, They gOtied Him not as
God, neither were thankful" We have not
sufficiently appreciate our heritage OF liberty
and law, nor gratefully acknowledged the
Giyer of all blessings. Into What an untold
sea of certain mseries and calamities have
many OF our fellow citizens rushed-heeing
but from a few Inconvenience which they had,
or merely apprehended, they have plunged
into others immensely greater that they knew
not Of Instead OF Suffering while evils were
tufferable, and mantuly scorning to break
the bands of order, liberty, and law, for
light and transient causes, the impotence,
ambition, and ingratitude OF human nature
sacrifices all the future to a momentary pres
ent, and loads the name Of liberty and indie
pendence throughout the world with shame
and contempt. We had not as people sutli
GENTLY studied and unders TODD our republican
institutions, relying for our political education
upon the harangues Of political orators and the
ebulition OF partizan newspapers, The result
was that the political arena was to a great eX.
tent occupied by that class of unprinCipled
characters who are reckless of the welfare and
prosperity Of their country, through whom
we were now plunged into the direst calamity
this side of a nations utter destruction. Our
land is crowded with battling hosts, and per-
vaded with the unspeakabe horrors OF war.
But the end is not yet. Though portions
OF our country are wasted with fire and
sword, yet now if We turn 10 God we need not
despair. This monsrous and dilbolica rebel
lion, might by Infinite Wisdom have been per
mitted to cure what might otherwise have
destroyed us. a terrible disease has been
working in the veins OF the Republic, the pois.
on was sinking deeper and deeper, the cancer
had been tempered with and was growing
larger, communicating the whole system and
God, in his providence, is permitting
to use the knife for its eXtrpati0n. We must
| expect to feel the palms, bat what are these if
the malignant monster can be cut from the
system Should we not be thankful, to day
| that such hosts OF the lovers of freedom are
willing instruments to effect this Ii is
| Gods work. there is iudubitable ey.
dence of this. We see it in the noblest of
our fellow citizens with the drums of the revu.
luton beating in their hearts, under the
sanction Of law, with the virtuous aim not to
overturn our constitution, bu, to establish it
not to subvert law, but to render law effective;
not to des troy order, but to bring order out OF
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