New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-29
TILE WAR.

A SIRMON Hf TtiE HFN v y THtfihNN.
n Thanksgiving Sermon was yesterday preached ai
the Broadway Tabernacle, by the Rev. j. p. Thonp.
son. lie took for bic text the Nth and 18th
Of the Goth Palm:
Offer unto God hsnk'EvinG ard pay Thy vow, upo tho
Most High sud call Ia the day Of trouble wia De.
liver thee, ard thou shat slory mo"
He proceeded 70 say that VIC had precedent in
tho observance q day Of Thanksgiving in the Trao-
tee Of our forefathers In the esrly history Of the
Colonies il wss established. In modern times had
also been called upon TO observe this institution.
Twice within the past year we bad been called upon
10 observe day Of humiliation and prayer; bot tie
very evils which we were called upOn 10 depl.re
were TO be benefit 10 The present condition Of
our country was tie subject 70 be coDsidertd on this
occasion. The caHe Of our present. disturbance was
Slavery al the South. The tendency OF the SoGih
was towards oligaTehy IN government. lhis was the
depression Of one class aud the elevation Of another
class, creating an aTistocracy most Ci Gil
to be dreaded in State. Republication
Acknowledged only representation, and consiitu.
tional and limited authority by yitue Of representa-
ton; but Slavery substituted dominion, and this in
the most oGions form Of chattesm. There wa no
doctrine that 70 muistered 10 tie spirit Of tyranny
gainst such oigarchy The people bad 10 redress
but ia revolution. This olgsrchy had largely con-
trolled the policy Of this Government for thirty
wears; united in ITSELF it bad Insisted that all public
measures should be- regulated for the benefit Of
Slavery; that we should be made nation Of slave
bunters under the rule Of shareholders. Nothing
could arreft this buta war; war was the only way
Of recovering our libertiesi md we should ihaDk
God that he had given NJ this alternative. We bad
reason also 10 be thankful for the arrest Of that pc
litical social, and religious degeneracy into which
we were fart lapsug on account OF The infuen'e
which Slavery had spread over The whole nation.
There was danger that loyalty and courage and
every manly virtue would dissprear, and that for
statesmen we should have mere sycopbants. The
pulpit even had begun 10 affirm that American
Slavery but another form OF the palrisrcbai and
Mosaic institution ind even a benediction of mercy
for the African race. We should thank GOD that
nation that had sunk TO such depth bad been
startled by the terrible conclusion Of war, The
history of the formation Of our Government
was given in brief by tho speaker, and the con-
cluson drawn was that we were "a DLtion, one aud
indylible rather than confederation OF independ.
eut powers, owing a separate allegiance paramount
10 the General Government. Various causes had
operated 70 binder the growth Of q national feeling,
and among these was the oligarcby at the South.
Tie world had the astonishing spectacle OF men
educated by tho Government of the United States
abiuring their vows Of allegiance, and taking up
arms against it on the petty pretense OF
LOYALTY to their particular States. The
intense eeciionalism at the South bad, OF course.
tended 10 produce tectioDalism at the North. Thee
divisions must sooner or later have destroyed our
nationality; we were on the brink OF disintegraton,
and only The trumpet-call Of war conld summon "
back 10 our national duty. But when the cannon
doomed against flag. 1t was like the trump Of the
resurrection and We should bless God to-day for
this resurrection Of national life. could look
back 10 the heroic deeds OF the Revolution, but
was not with that full and living patriotism which
animated the souls Of our forefathers. This wm
mad aroused again that patriotism, and we had been
electrified into new life. IL was still counted noble
20 die for a good cause. A Lyon and Baker
were examples Of this. The aroused spint oi
this nation was stronger than the law OF Scion.
which required every man TO take part IN The up
holding Of the Government, and for this the war
was worth ten times its c0et. IL had demonstrated
the power and vitality OF republican form OF gov
ernnent. Intelligent foreigners had preaieted odi
overthrow from a lack Of loyalty 10 the people. 10.
dsy, more than ever, the Republic was ration ano
had life. If we bad failed, this form oil govern
merit must have died out for years TO come. we
had reason 10 thank God. also, for the nateiii snc
financial resources provided Tor our sustenauce ant
defense; they were without parallel 10 The history
Of ware. Thus far, we had raised o1r:elses, ever!
dollar needed for the prosecution OF tho wDri To-
rsa,s We have no, had food 20 abnudant Dc pow
i've should thank God fox tho sueeess Which