, 1862-09-09
THE CHRISTIAN WuR MEETING.
Address: 1Qf; President StnfteyaNt.
y
THE | MENqR|Ak Y " I AAp 2Esqtyrtoks' ! @ "

representing all denominations, held in Bryan
Hall, n1ast Sunday EVENING" Revz j. n
6iuregants President of the Illinois. College,
#ae intioducedby theU U6atrntan, and proceed I
ed to deliver the following addresg. which wss
3haft p1a&ehae AuaIsnte with oft re-
psetst patbnists patb Of dPp1aase, whichnot even
the esnetity ~of Sabbath evening could re-
press: y: ..,.i L. 49,
sspEECn OF: PRESIDENT sTERrEvANT.
Tbers is q simple objection to the measure
which this -memotiA RECOMMENDS which ap-
preHend may weigh against it iu some minds
Or at lesBt make them tinid.in adopting 1t. I |
snapect, Indeed, that it Ia the one great objec
tion which will present itself at the seat OF.
poweT, and which it is Iecefsary both here
and there to meet and .obviata, in order to
all the land ITO all the Inhabitants thereof,
, IS the heart OF tile patti5t daily longs and |
pray fGr.. That objection is, that by such a !
proelaDatio1 of liberty to The easlagsd. We |
EAsl} tttitate our eneBfes into more desperate |
.fesistance, and ALLEVIATE from our cause the |
mex lthe border States, 'who-are uoW espous- |
Ing the Gauge Of ths Union.
= 'Tt:s objection owes e4l ITS lbility to
Il s ReS 61s fs 1--we eis
ing Kindly; fighting III the DARK; our ideas Of
the question ct issue Ears been vague and 10
d. finite. 1-Fhe:fiutt,-has come wheu this can
he 90 no longer: We want to restore the
Union, to re-es1ab1Ish the authority of our
gaye1Rnent oyer oar yhole, territory. :. It il:
| Necessary Their that we Bhon,d see Clearly on
What conditions 4H-cau be done. On what,
! principle must that restered-pn Onion rest? I
| fo1d it to be detnons1rable-nay intuitive--
| unit ered EbzrB.: AiIattenptss 6ereafter, to
.tound the AheHcane= Uaians onyapy: yotaer
basis are attempts OF the Impossible, at efnp:s-
! TO unite oppositez, to combine iuconpatinies
| The natioE-the world is nov conscious that
the foundation of tie constitution Of the
l{Un4td States is5llber9J. Aud wxih tkds, the.
tIslaytmtnt of any class or portion oi the
hunsu sace Is ia necessary and eternal coz
nict. IF We would units our territory Uuder
that OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES III the llnd with
liberty: If We tneah to conserve slavery nc
.wpge War on that:constitntion. :" :: ~:
The. II sss as@sata aePss@'e saa ssssasisi asis
thing Il our glorious free government
: :is its escred guarantee Of the moral freed dom
OF tie human soul, thsFight Of every human
being to think, to believe, to utter. al Truth.
20 Tiudicate al righteousness .aad protest
4 sgainst all Wong under Hraven. AL the other
| guarantees Of freedom are secondary. this ia
\ primary; they are EeaIs, this IS the end !;
theY are lie casEet, this is the jewel Of geea1
r. Prize they are thetemple, this Is the diyin-
J - :Tbis intericr, facred, fundamental p.incl-
pie, Of: CUR ,precious: Constitution has been
| IRON LIE GtElnulIE 6kEiGl1 LluL1AN4EGCA1
ceunteracted resisted by the s. stem of slavery.
It never has gone: into effect in the
, alaTe States: It has been dead Letter FROM
tie beginning. Freedom Of speech never dit
/ exist Tor moment II South. Carolina; OF ii
any State where slavery was: in any degret
I f tEe Mississippi from the mouth Of the DeE
> SIoines to TIE Gull. In this region that fanda
4 mental provision Of the: constitution, VA
g always nu'lifed by slavery. Aud thi
u yesr By year.: The ;reseiIlon commenced III
: day the Constitution #as ad0pted. : we hay
all bee1 in The. midst of it from our child
hoeo. began to see It almost forty year
ago H ht II a student of Yale Cel!ege. Eve
there IN that lard OF The old PuTisans au
8. | beneath the venerable shades OF that sacre
temple of learning no man was permitted t
speak his mind about the system Of Africa
T. slavery without being: denounced by th
;. leverS Of ths c6E11ds, the dirk knlf; a9d tt
e. e1e eyer growipg effort to .nul]ify the fre
principles Of tie Constitution and silence q
1tterance al1versB to slavery BY force and VII
s. lerce- This is history; this Is fact. -.
b. Ard where are We ,noH? Where? IT
81 adherents Of s1ayery have ct length BEGAN
and breathes In the constitution, aud Vitaliz:
ID. that whole glorious instrument, that whe
e. --lIfes--sr,a II teissus--it must III
+ will iii the:very atmot phere with 1ioett7, ,a1
1e4 der the pe1pesui'y of slavery 1mposslol
&c. It is true for that they have taken up arms
destroy it: Herce --tlis rebellion. Hen
that coE,ederacy OF in5quity, avowedlg found
IN on t. al bloody ard cturl baroarism Of Shaver
~ EterY. Eecesslonist trom Calhoun to -Floj
and JEFF Davis, knows IN big hear: Of hear
IN ,u1ion of TIE United STATES cannot co~exist
- that one OF the other must perish. :
'ne HIRE tEen is the true issue Of this condls
Sc, Onth one side belong all those Who love
Ike glorious moral liberty OF the. consiltutlo
liberty ofthought, speech, worship, b oorf a
wEc for the sake Of that:liberty, love the CT
etiution, the Union: all thatr eu9braced
M those magic woids-our country On I
the other belong all these who love to ensla
their fellow men and mean to preserve .
et- perpetuate slavery. They are the natural, I
O. logical eneusies- of the constitution aud
linton. And The quasi Union men ~h2H
government is advised to conciiiate by deal
f, tcnde1ly with slavery, chow that they too
( derstand this matter as truly as We. They
r,,- that there aru two rebcillons TO be put do 7
,1he secession rebellion, to be sures but
IN ztoli' Icn REBELLION, Where? And what is;
abolition rebellion, Of which they talk SO |!
ne he asaiEst TIE government Is Washington
10; /, !eas ur4d by ar1hies Of armed abolidonis
on, O-no; netting of ali that. But these 4
do6. Or. whom they -stigmaize as -aholiloaists
ohn w, guilty OF irksrt;, speaking and acting
nhl I,s ,tea;ed as treason, aud the men who DO It
ES1, to b.; Inale to alternate with Jen Davis
1sn r - N ~ r:fnT 0vaffHFoR ali
Bur freedom Of the cons slitutiop, authorize slav
Gh!- IN in its p1ace, and take from nation CO
Gai- Gai nent-its liberty of thought, speech, and
\ r.; - tnrh a. Union on US are the !
nan whom our president is advised to concil
~ ~ hs dealing tendsslgNtt
ary, alIiaucc Of such men in our Efforts to res
Goa~ tl1e UniGn The voice Of nai ion Of freeu
oe- ike mighty thupde rings, Or like the vols
81: }~mauy waters, answers, Not, 7 ct let. it
lois, known from the: halls OF Congress and the
sher ecutiye uapgion at Washing ton,= to the h
Car -blest cot in New England or Minnesota,
,zer, hid is The hn1v IJnIf1n which the adyoc
So snd aT7here,,fs 3f slavery wiaut.or will acc
!pes p ~ viii nnt resfst to the death--a U MON W
oteo aa1arv 1reamen.. rxiects Yith iptluite ah
M rInno !; ~. =. L.a ! = =
Kali ffa fy;oIsrn'ineot 1; y knnW and
$40 ~ .;n,., 4a1nemnors hi mouse +
(; A. r. ~ oonc;I;stt those Who are determined to
!Gsis, na,,1ate s3sytyye All such men are uuG
san -natural and logical necessity Of hating an
~ ei.tSnfrtant Tfn7dn: founIts1 On the gfp1
q. f,aa ,ncn1as 'nt ,tf1e constitution. J..
sea-, n;ndYN and::earnss,3T whisper in the ca
raw. anr BELOVED Chief magistrate, e,':t g on "a
81 ,c6nciliate e those lien. Every stepIn the
~ grets.of: the contlist- makes them NOR %
~ more aware thag me eo1siis4s.oaa 7ta ~ =
eney, them ano intepSius nnas r. hannrea Il hn
sE0 y. basis on which The: Union Of these Stat
'osaty 'possible, and thaels unfvezsA liberty, y
SUI the hlooa arc treasure 9ou a. e. e.,
popo' eonssa.red H;ahfS IND Eas sfiTt
e.ui- IS patton to the. one alternative Of mi
lering E.Eherfv nr r11e.trnclfnt - . ,-: :,