Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-02-15

REV. Henry WARD BEEcHER lectured in
Boston on the evening of the 5th, his sub
jact being National Prosperity" Having
had an opportunity 10 read the proceedings
Of the compromise meeting held IN the
forenoon Of the same day, it clmc easy for
him to refer to them. Here are one or two
passages from his discourse -
''In this solemn emergency Of our times and
nation, when great men are weak and wise
men bewlldered, can no one call rs hack IN
those ol4 principles of faith, which. for two
hundred and fifty years, have never failed tn
save us? We have done well, while all the
world has been thrown in a revolution but
we are now advised to walk off from thar
path, and 60 over the preclpice, to be dashed
! to pieces as we ought TO be. We ought 10
! have for counsellOrs men who have faith in
man, as distinguished from merchandise
| who believe man is better than his accidents
| | am tired Of hearing market talk-what
| State street and what Wall street says |
What the North wants is to know what !
| those men think vino, from soul to the skin |
and from the skin back to the heart, believe |
| Gods greatest work and tie States best |
riches IS honest men. What sAould a man |
90 not, " hat should a merchant do p
" hat should man do ?-not, What should |
a shoP-man DO ! Laughter.l We need
men to counsel US who believe it is a thou
sand thousand times better to lose ease, bu-
siness, wealth, than 10 have our consciences
bought If We save ourselves, we can afford
to lose our wealth. Money cannot breed
men, but men can breed money easily.
"Eilteen States threaten to leave the
Union and confederate together. This new
coniederacy about to sail forth upon the
ocean Ui time. with that crew and that
cargo, cannot make Il prosperous voyage
The foundations of the State are gone. They
believes 1t makes no difference whether man
IS Just or unjust, right or wrong. But you
and believe no such thing. In the long
circuits, God comes .ut giwavS ahead ; and
there Is law inlrtI siJle which, in the pc
RODS of time, makes purity and justice and .
intelligence and religion profitable. Oh,
that somebody would take letters of gold and
write them or stamp them above the TX
change and the Custom HOuse-''G GOODNESS
Is PROFITABLE IN ALL THINGS, HAVING PROMISE
OF THE LIFE THAT NOW IS, As WELL As THAT
WHICH IS To CONE" 1t is well the words are
IN the Bible, for, else, some strong olHeious I
man would say-.S3me Republican has been /
sticking his notions up there-tear them /
down (Grcat laughter.)
Old Faneuil Hail to-day and tonight Is I
giving forth counsels. Ah it will not take f
long to change the associations of the most T
sacred places. \ few more Senatorial visits, I
and Bunker Hill viii stink in the nostrils Of I
men. (Laughtcr.) y few more Of the last
five years Of testimonies from Faneul Hall,
and men viii not call it the cradle Of Liber-
ty, bat its tomb. To-day have been read
ing what was sand All the remarks that !
were relevant were mean. daughter. y
Mean-n0t in any offensive sense do I speak
that. but this-they were spoken by men
that seem to have been obliyious of the past,
that seem never to have heard Of old Puritan 7
New England that seem never to have
known or dreamed or suspected that there c
was any power in faith OF principles
spoken by men who seem to think that the
only thing necessary Tor the salvation Of this
| Mon was a cotton bandage (Great
laughter.l"