The Nevada Democrat., 1862-06-21
9erada gemufrat.
"Thc New Nation to Issue from the
War. -

War. ="
This is the title of lecture delivered by
Rev. 7. Starr King. at San Francisco, on
the anniversary Of the battle of Bunker
Hill. The annexed abstract of the lecture
is from the Bulletin:
Ofthe lecture it is high praise, but just,
to say that it met the general expectation.
II was an hour and a half in length, yet
held the undivided attention of The audi.
ence in hot room till the last word had
been uttered. Mr.. King considered the
causes Of the war, not the last clrcumstan.
ces that led to it, but the actual causes
chief among which he reckoned the refusal
Of our people, two generations ago, to ad-
here to the principles on which the Consti-
tuition was based. Then he considered, one
! by one, how we would stand related to these
rejected principles when the war is over,
aud so came to his conclusions as TO the
style of the nation that shall emerge from
the clouds now covering us. Incidentally
he examined the consistency and Justice Of
Gladstone's creed-that America should be
content to be like Europe, made up of many
sovereigntes. He looked for the boundaries
of the several nations that English States
men would have US resolved into-but
could not find them. The sea makes one
OF us. The rivers permeate us as one body,
aud where the montains separate us, the
sentiment OF the people tunnels the moun-
tains. He pictured the solemn scene of a
nation dying, and sketched the Hercules
that came TO the rescue when a worse scene
was being enacted, the attempt to murder
a nation. He dwelt on the great coloniza.
tion that would scarcely wait for the return
Of peace to begin-the rush from the re-
gions where it once in while thaws, down
TO The paradise that our 100000 soldiers
have discovered, trampng wearily or cheer
lily across wide States, studying geography
on foot and exploring regions of which the
nation only knew the latitude and long.
tude and few names before. II was scarce
ly wonderful, considering how little we at
home appreciated our wide domain, to OBJ.
serve the lamentable ignorance of foreign
writer's on our affairs. aptly illustrated by
the Moniteur's complaint of Burnside That
he had not captured "Island No. TO-" which
it located off the North Carolina coast, a
job which was left for our glorious camp.
meeting Foote TO achieve, who loads his
guns with shells and powder, after loading
bis soul with prayer, and fires simultane
ously the contents of the first into the enc.
my's forts and the last into Heaven. We
should emerge better acquainted with our
owD geography. Yankee restaurants we're
already established at Williamsburg Free
schools had broken out at Port Royal.
There was very likely good deal of whit
ting and swapping going on in Charleston
by this time. Mackerel had been seen in
Lake Ponchartrain.
Mr. King discussed briefly the question Of
the final "subjugatiou" Of the South, and
showed how rapidly the work Of redemp.
tion and restoration was going on. North
Carolina wheeling back into line, Arkansas
taking the first step toward revolt from
the COnfederacy, Texas preparing TO hoist
again the old flag, all the cooler parts Of
the Gulf States cheering the arrival Of our
troops and saluting our gnnbOats with de.
ligbt-the subjugation question was getting
stale before il was disposed of-there was
likely TO be left nothing to "subjugate."
During this war we had learned two things
about our foreign relatons-that we have
no friend in Europe but Russia, and that we
don't need any! We may thank the con-
spirators for revealing to the world and TO
ourselves the fact that we are inferior to no
power that can make treaty.
We shall issue, nation that knows its
own strength, that appreciates its imperial
domain, more humble, more honest, nobler
character, with faith in ideas and a believ-
er in the principles that had been rejected
by q generation that knew them TO be just.
If we had gone into the business of eman-
cipation so years ago, when all parties ac.
knowledged its right and conceded its poll
cy, there would never have been occasion
to 90 to war TO put down the Estates rights"
presumption. This emancipation question
Mr. King banded ably and the audience
endorsed bis views with repeated cheers.
He seemed to plant bimself on the Presi-
dents platform, though il was evident that
if the President should change bis mind
and approve The Hunter proclamation, the
lecturer would not take it very i'll of him.
After illustrating The change Of sentiment
and the growth Of liberty 10 our country
within the last two years, Mr. King read
the stirring poem by Whittier, from the At.
lantic Monthly for June. An allusi0n TO
Parson BrOwnlOw brought down the house;
one that quickly followed. referring to FIRE.
mont, was received with the most signif.
cant silence. The lecture was full of bril-.
liant passages, and 1t is with great difficulty
that we have restrained ourselves from
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