The national Republican., 1862-10-29
THE ADDRESS or Dn. BELLOWS.

This eminent divine has recently delivered
an address before the Unitarian convention, In
New York, which is replete with noble send-
msuis, hishtoned principles, aud patriotic ut
terauces. We are sorry to see II msrred BY
what appears 10 us to be some very striking
defects. The following Is the portion OF the
address 10 which we allude
THE SOUTHERN CHARACTER.
No candid mind viii deny the peculiar CHARM
Of Southern young men at college. or Southern
climate, Independent Of servile Institutions,
may have produced the southern chivalric
spirit and manners, will not here consider.
But one might as well deny the small feet and
hands Of that people ss deny certain inbred
habit Of command; u contempt Of life III de.
fence Of honor or GLASS; talent for political
life, and An easy control OF interiors. Nor is
is real. II showed itself in Congress early and
always by the courage, eloquenoe, skill and
success With which II coutrolled msjOrities. II
showed itself In the social life Of Washington,
by the grace, fascination and case, the free and
charming hospitality BY which II governed 80
ciety. Hnow shows itself In Englandand France
BY the success With which II manages the courts
and the circles Of literature and fashion In both
countries. 1t shows itself In this war In the
orders and prociamationsc = OF its generals, ~
essential good breeding and humanity tcontrs.
ry to u diligently encouraged public impress.
sion) with which II not seldom divides its medi.
cal stores, and gives our sick and wounded as
favorable care Ms II 10 able TO extend to Its own.
It exceeds us at this moment In the possession
Of an ambulance corps.
think the war must have increased the re.
spect felt by the North for the South. It's mi
raculous resources. the bravery, Of Its troops,
their patience under hardships, their unshrink.
ing hrmness 10 tho desperate position they
have assumed, the wonderful success with
which they have extemporizsd manufactures
and munitions Of war, and kept themselves In
relation With the world IN spite Of our msenia
have risen from defeat and the courage they
have shown In threatening again and again our
capital, and even our interior, cannot fall to
extort an unwilling admiration and respect.
Well ia General Mcclellan reported to have
said (prlvately) as he watched their obstinate
fighting ~ Antietam, and saw them retiring
In perfect order in the midst Of the most fright
full carnage "What terrific neighbors these
would be! We must conquer them, or they
will conquer us"
The Doctor falls into very common error,
which has existed among very large class Of
Northern politicians and civilians for long
time, viz conceding to the South that they
belong to q superior race. The Sou,h itself
his set up this claim, and the North has heard
the brag and buster so long that It is ready
TO admit that il Ia all true.
What the good Doctor, In the kinduess Of bis
heart, claims for this people, and what they
claim for themselves, is all sham and pre-
tence.
They are not superior race, any more than
the Chinese, for they. as we'll as the Southern
ere, have small feet. Admit all that DR.. BEL
lows says to be true about their young men
and yorng women, and the graces Of some
of their statesmen, politicians, and litera.
ry people, still the large preponderance Of
Southern society is quite the reverse Of all
this. A more brutal, clustering, bragesrt, bar.
barous people, taken as whole, cannot be
found anywhere in the civilized world.
Witness their bloody and murderous assaults
upon Northern men in Congress, their Lynch
ings and burnings Of people for opinions sake
their killing OF school masters, and lmprison-
ment Of women for teaching children to read
the Bib!e What other people, DR.. Bellows
ever dug up the bones Of Its enemies slaugt
tered iu war. aud made these bones into drink-
ing CUPS and ornament, for household be.r-
looms to their children.
The whole history Of the South Is full Of bar
bsrities Of this kind, Of deeds that should shame
la half civilized and even uncbristian people
Slavery It Is that has made them what they are
sud given them this easy control Of info iors,
Of which DR.. b lows speaks in 60 conciliatory
0 manner.
Mat. Ward and Preston s. Brooks were o
this rsiasd clsss-ths men Of small hands
and small feet" the very flower Of this boastet
chivalry
Out upon puch twaddling aud toaJyiug tt
Southern barbarism and brutality, say we.
We do not deny to the South courage sor
of commendable desperation in fght-grea
power Of endurance, and an indomitebls will
to bold out and to establish their own inde
, pendcDce Of the North. We can admire tbei,
heroism and bravery, though displayed In
bad cause, and can take pleasure in the though
that these people are Americans, whose father,
fought with ours to establish the glorioul
Union which they, the sons of thess men, would
now destroy.
We admit, moreover, that there Is one quail
ty or virtue in which they are our superiors
They are not toadies; they do not fawn ant
fatter for the sake of power. They Away
speak out what they think, and have certain
manly way ofuttering just what they please.
10 this they have been our superiors hereto
fore; but the race o! dough-faces is dying out
and we trust hereafter that other aud bette
qualities will predominats In Washington, ant
lend full as much of grace to society here q
was witnessed under the old regime
We are sorry that DR.. Bellows should inter
polats into SO eloquent and noble an addres
this mistaken appreciation Of Southern charac
ter.
The idea Of fsuperiority Of races should, unds
tho light of Christianity, vanish from the mind
of all right thinking men, and the fact that
man Ia . man be sufficient to commend him t,
consideration and esteem:
| "Whst though on homely fare we dine,
Wear holden gray and q thai, :
Gle foo their silks, and knaves their wine, 4
mans man, for o. that"