The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-11-30
Some OF the Benefits Of the War.

The Kcv. Henry Ward Beccher, preached q
characteristic sermon Thanksgiving Day, frons
this text -:
"Apd after time he returned to take her. and he turned
aside TO the of lion and behold, hsre
Of he~s and honey in the carcass Of the lnn.'
Judges Iiv &.
After stating that when Samson WAS fighting
and struggling with the lion, there seemed little
likelihood of his getting honey out OF the Car
cr5s Of the animal, she preacher proceeded to
show we had already found, and were every day
finding, and were likely to find honey in the
present war. Speaking Of the causes Of the
WAY, he said -
Dr. SMITH, Il prominent scholar Of South
E>urolina, inquiries, in o pamphlet, "what is
TIE difficulty and what is the remedy? Not in
the election of Republican Presidents No.
Not III The non-eXccuiion Of the Fugitive BILL
No. But 1T lies back Of all these 1t is found
in that .1theistic Lcd Rcpudilcon docirine Of the
Ueclarotion Of Independence! limit Mat as
tyamnled u.der foot, there ca@ be ne pcace :"
Allow inc to say that until that is tralnpled
under foot or its antagonist, there can be no
peace Which is to 90 under time will show.
might multiply testimony. 1t is needless
HC IuutlCI 81 ilOlU uTttiSC, is VIC plltC ilNl
boast of that boastful land. This is, thea, IL
bat against the principle Of equal Justice, Of
thn fundamental right Ct liberty IN every man
wo has net forfeited itby crin1o. 1t is miserable
tubterluge to say that because we hold that all
men are equal, we therefore hold that they are
Of the same degree Of power ard capacity. Nj
men arc as children before II ilthcr---nog equal
in talent, wealth, Or opportunity of usefulness,
but with the right to the anne kind AID degree
of Justice Every man, whether born black az
night or white as daylight, has the natural
right to the free use o.! the powers OF body and
mind that God has endowed lin with. In that
sense they arc equal and i. is declared, with
out eIuvocation, that the rebellion is brought
slpon US because this Government is founded on
ohis false principle Of human equality And
tho people of this nation arc aroused to defend
:lielc Constitution and Government, not simply
because it is assailed---5ut, aS if Providence
mcaar to make this conflict lllustrious IN the
ANNALS Of the d-becuuSo it is asslIleI IN
those very respects in which it cmhodics tho
latest fruits Of Christianity and the last attain
"a Of modern civilization. We will defend our
Constitution at any rate. But when it is
charged with the n0blest principles az with
crime. it appeals to every conscience and every
heart in tins land with solesrnty III of the
Judgment day, for its defence. x I"
The Potomac is river Of the carth and tho
hattie there is 4 world-battle. There is not q
saln who feels the chain--scrf yeoman or slave
THAT has not an interest IN tho conflict that
We are called, in the providence Of God, to wage
against this monstrous doctrine of iniquty.---
There is honey in that lion.
=. 1t is matter Of thanksgiving that we have
Rot sought this war, but by u long and mngnan-
imous course, endured shame and loss rather
than peril the Union. 1t has been forced upon
us! do not mean that it would have been
wrong to take the initiative in so sacred cause
But, if, when the end is right and the cause ST.
cvcd, it can DO shown that there has also been
patience, an honest and long continued effort to
seek the right by peaceful methods, and that
that most desperate of all remedies, war. has
been forced upon us by the the overt acts Of tic
rebellion, ana is not either Of our wishing or
our procuring, it will give an added lustre to
sur caus,.
make these remarks out of respect to the
Christian sentiment of nations. Contiguity is
raising UP new element of power and We do
not hesitate to pay Just respect To the opinions
cad expectations which tho Christian Church
and philanthropic people Of other lands has Ell.
tcrtained. And VIC stand boldly before the ear
nest peace men, the kind advisers, the yearning
mcdiators. yea, and before the body OF Christ,
his Church-and declare that this war which
we could not avert without giving up all that
Christian civilization had set us to guard and
transmit, cannot be abandoned without betray-
Ing every principle of justice, recltude, and lib
erty.
We do not fear force and trial. In the end,
lhos, who should have given sympathy, but
have given instead chilling advice and ignorant
rooukc, shall confess their mistake, and our tea
ny TO God, and to Government, and TO man
kind. When it would have swelcd our sails,
there was no breath Of applause or sympathy
When the gallo is no longer needed, and our vic-
toriou. voyage is ended, we shall have adnira-
tion enough. l;uG meanwhile, God has called
III TO war upon Il plane so high as never feet,
think, troI before and though we do not want
it, aud pirate against it, ard with long endur-
nn,o sought to avert and avoid it, now that it
has come. it is IN Infinite satisfaction to US to
know that we can stand acquitted before the
Christianity of the Garth in suca q conflict
There is honey in that lion.
TIE VICTORY or CONN
There are likewise causes of rejoicing on &C.