Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-08-28
Archbishop Hughes on the War.

Archbishop Hughes, having just
returned from Europe. whittier he had
gone primarily on an informal but
delicate mission at the instance of our
Government, preached on Sunday
week an important sermon, in st. Pat
rick's Cathedral, New York, in which
he touched upon the dangerous state
Of feeling in Europe at the time of bis
arrival there. Promising that his mis-
sion abroad was one of peace, of ex-
PLANTATION, and the correction of erro-
neous ideas, the Archbishop says
that when he arrived in Europe he
found there were few who had any
just conception of the controversy be-
tween our Government and those who
were in rebellion against it. He
spoke in the course of his address on
this point as follows:
"What was their theory? Their
theory was that prosperous portion
of the American people had been re.
PEELED by acts of the Government tc
such an extent that they could bear
the yoke of oppression aud loyalty to
the Government which they had help.
ed to establish no longer. / took ev,
cry opportunity to explain to them
that this was not the fact that they
themselves had not presented any spe
cific charge to sustain that allegation
that officially there was not on record
single act that could be called 10y
the name Of oppression"
He thus notices the European ef
feet of the great military uprising il
defiance Of the Government
"To help these reflections, there
were reports Of astounding armies
springing spontaneously from the very
soil, from every city and village anC
hamlet, so that where there was be
fore less than fifty thousand men, there
had succeeded six or seven hundred
| thousand. These made a stronger i'm
preston than the views of any states
man in Europe or America could pro
duce. The result is that there is nc
disposition to interfere if it is impos
sible to avoid it. The only danger
is that which may arise from suffering
and starvation among the working
classes, who arc not accustomed Il
starve, but accustomed to labor ant
to live by their labor. There hat
been great forbearance in Englan.
and France on this score"
He concluded his discourse by urg
ing a vigorous prosecution of the wa
in the interest of humanity, mercy
and peace. He said:
II have scarcely had time to lool
at a paper since my return /; but by
all accounts much has been attempted
but not much realized towards termi
mating this unnatural war. Volunteer.
have been appealed to, and they have
answered the appeal, but, for my owl
part, if / had voice in the council.
of the nation, would say, let roiun
teers continue and the draft be made.
three hundred thousand men be mo-
sufficient, let three hundred thousand
more be called upon, so that the army
in it's fullness Of strength, shall bt
always on hand for any emergency
This is not cruelty this is mercy
this is humanity; anything that viii
put an end to this dragging of hu
man blood across the whole surface
of the country. Then every man
rich and poor, will have to take his
share and it ought not to be left to
the Government to plead with the PEG.
pie, to call upon them to come for
ward, and to ask if they will permit
themselves to be drafted. No; but
the people themselves should insist
upon being drafted, and be allowed to
bring this unnatural strife to close.
Other efforts will be made on the 9th.
er side, and who can blame them,
since they have cast their die on the
issue? But, any way, this slow, lin
gering waste of human life should be
cut short"