New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-11-15

not, in conscience help him, but II he follows IL
light that is in him and goes, win bs a father n
thee and thy children" What was the financial
Interpretation of that The husband says, lane
hat three hundred dollars should have left for Won
VIII take for myself" Another Quaker motbsr
when her second son enlisted, said: when tho,
p M, determined to 60, could not be reconciled
"Ren thy brother went, thought thou wouldsr
nave staid at home, maintaining the principles in
when we had educated rhee and didn't ask to be
iesigned, out hadit without asking it. God brought
u ana leit i at my door, and found il, and think
Physical force used by the hand of public AUTHORITY
Tor just end, and conducted by moral sentiments 4
right where 1t Is used for wrong ends il wrong:
az the right or wrong does not turn upon pbysicai
force, but on what part of the brain Won are using
man of war God is called. Where In the New
Testament is that revoked Yet would not have
You in love with war. Even in lie best estate II IA
a terrible evil. Wars have often been the lesa Of
two evils. / think the Napoleonic wars were waoed
for reasons of ambition and yet take the campaigns
comprehensively, and tie blessings they brought
outweigh the miseries they prevented. To strike a
man down in battle Is not as bad as to strike hin,
down and vet let him live on to find that he Is bru.
fed, and made to feed the appetites Of unjust men,
il ia thousand times better TO be dead than TO live So
| don't think Napoleon was q saint. But be was %
much better than his c0temporaries that he wa
comparatively a saint. The evils which his ware
destroyed were worse than the wars themselves.
Lunar caIsic is not good, but it is better than the
cancer it destroys. Can any one believe that the
bolt of war which liberated Italy was not economical
Of human hfel think frequently that dying Is
most useful tbinguseful to the man, and nseful to
bis friends. Warren, dying on Bunker Hill, did
more by supernal influence than II be bad lived.
The power Of a nation is in It's ideals. Ellsworth
has lifted up the standard of Thousands Of young
men who, without his death, would not have been
so lifted. Those on the Potomac who live shall
do WELL but they that sleep shall do better.
II we look only with senses, may seem
terrible, but let US look through at the principle.
There are martyrs for Freedom at the South. /
must mention one-Parson Brownlow. tCheers.
He who can speak to infuristed mobs, and declare
that he will never renquish bis love for bis coun.
Try i, indeed martyr. .[Applause;l We need
different national inspiration from that upon which
we became nation. Money was becoming the
measure OF manhood. 1t is a glorious thing 10 see
men who instead of living for the dollar, live for
idea. Young men are found now by hundreds and
thousands who were lethargic, but who hear tho
sound of the drum, and they wake up, and through
the instruction Of the camp they become twice the
men they were Mr.. Beecher read 40 extract writ.
ten by Florence in favor of the good effect which
war produces upon the sFrit Of nation, lie also
read an extract from Earl Russell, and took exesp-
ton to the manner in which the noble Earl speaki
of this Government as one of the parties IN this
quarrel. Much merriment was occasioned by the
comments made by the speaker on Lord John Russell
reference to the change in opinions Of leading men
on the subject OF Slavery-including John Coehrans
and Simon Cameron--occasIoned great amusement
ia the audience. This running fire OF pleasantly
upon the change in the tone Of politics was sue.
ceeded by most solemn and impressive utterance Of
the important bearings which the war was having
upon the liberties of the world. Exception was
taken to the position which England holds in this
struggle. He thanked God that this nation bad no
need OF the assistance of England. [Applanse.
After pursuing his subject at much length, and
with great effect, apparently, upon the minds Of bic
hearers, the lecturer closed with sdjuration to
maintain tie Liberties of the ~ against all en-
croaehments from without or within.