The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-13
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this fast be followed by such convincing and
enlishteIiing power Of the Spirit that the
nation will be led to g loose the bonds of
soiekeaslees" " undo the heavy Jqpdeas,' :. break
eesty yo1ie,' p let the oppressed 90 t,,ee''
| In All Souls Church, Fourth Avenue,
Rev. Dr.. Bellows said
We have been taught at the knees of our
! parents tosrespect Slavery. Hence the diff
culties in thesway of its removal. This pref
udice affected everybody. The real Demo-
crat saw the danger, and favored the removal
| OF the evil which threatened us with RUM
| Not so with the Peace Democrats they were
governed by motives that did not control the
real friends If the Union We must arouse
! the people and put down the cry of Peace,
and remove the prejudice which exists against
the negro. That prejudice is dying out rap
IDLY. The soldiers are beginning to welcome
the services of" the negro. We must omit the
word time from cur calculations respecting
the war. The question is not when, but how
shall we put down the Rebellion The sue
cess of the Rebels was like that of the Indi-
an, whose ineendiary fire burned down his
/ own dwelling. The people of the South
have been demoralized by Slavery. He did
not regret the continuance of the war-.it is
| orr medicine. We should plow the South
err cotton fields with the heifer of freedom.
! and sow tho soil with Northern wheat. We
are constantly becoming better acquainted
with our relations to the South. All signs
indicate that the enemy cannot hold ont much
| longer-starvatIon looks them in the face
they have gathered all their men and cannot
increase their numbers--they are ont of salt.
and steel-their slaves are welcome to our
bertlers-ihey are disintegrating-an being
destroyed. Our resources are ten fold more
abundant than we at first supposed-our ar
mics are healthy and well discipIined-our
! hospitals under the best management--our
commlssarat is under the most perfect requ-
lation. Let us purify. ourselves Be tenn
perate in all things. Refuse political exalta-
ton to bad men, and cleanse ourselves from
the evils of hypocrisy. 15g
In the Thrice tn street NJ E. Church,
Rev. Dr. True said bas fsss. =. :, se5r &
There is one compromisa, and that a very
ismple one, should be willing to make. were
1t possible for the South to guarantee it L
would give them back all their former ascen-
3deney over tie nation, power to restore the
slave trade and to open all the Territories to
Slavery indeed, everything they have5eyers
had, or even asked, for. one poor privilege,
and that already granted in the Constitution,
aud without which we cannot be republican
nation. wiz :: freedom of speech and of the
press in every part of the land simply free
dom to speak and print as fully.as they have
Always enjoyed it at the North-freedom to
think and speak without any attempt to ex-
cite the slaves to violence, nay, with all the
power of the, army and navy to keep down
insurreetion as it always has been kept down
only let me and my brethren, and men ike
us, go everywhere in our native land, and
speak as openly and freely as Edo this day.
Give lis this. ye traitors TO your country and
To Liberty, and we will let you mp d II you
VIII not do this, you deserve nothing but de-
struction; if you cannot do it, then we must
destroy that accursed type of Society in
which such privilege for freemen and Chris
tiaus is impossible We must do it, and we
WILL" -. e.,.
Of At. DR.. Chapin's Universalists Church,
Broadway, Rev. DR.. Sawyer said ,l..4 =.
1t had taken two years to discipline this,
nation to the acknowledgement of its sins, and
TO the recognition of God as the great worker
in the events which had transpired during
| that time. All the delays and other untoward
circumstances which had grieved the hearts
OF the people, were but so many elements in
the lessons which we had been receiving at
Gods hand. Two years more Of such disci-
pine would bring this great people up to a
standard Of purity and principle which would
lead them to obey God, and stand before, the
world a glorious example of nation purified
by fire and by sword. t'4 l9es
The Rev. Mr. ELLIS made brief review
of what had been done during the two years.
which had been referred to-. showing how the
nation, in order to -vindcate its honor, and
maintain its existence had been compelled to
resort to arms, God had led the way. His
hand had been becoming more and more man.
ltest every day in the progress of the conflict.
80 tar as we were concerned, there was in his,
| mind no doubt as to the justice of our cause,
and he looked forward to a glorious future
He believed this nation would emerge from
this war born unto righteousness, and delight.
ing i'll the service of God-in the love of
truth and liberty. The Hebrews had been
led forth out of bondage by the hand of God
on condition of their repentance the people
| 81 the middle ages had, by turning to God,
also been freed from the shaekles which held
1 them, and the Africans would be led forthlin
the same manner to the enjoyment of libertgi
under tree insti utions, in free land.
The Rev. Mr. FLANDERS said that It seem.
/ ed to him that any man who denied that God
| was in this war, and that as the God of JUS
! tice he was on the side of right, was but one
4 remove from Atheism. 1t was not possible
| that any Christian man did not believe God
TO be interested in the Government of this
nation. 1t surely could not be forgotten that
/ God deals with nations as with h!individuals.-
He then went on to point out some of the
| ways in which we had disobeyed the law of
| God. In regard to Slavery it was moral
wrong, and he who in his place as apnblic
1 teacher, failed to warn his peoplsaof its evils
was at least bad MAN. He alse dwelt upon
the sins of the pulpit at some length, eonclud-
! ing with the assurance that the end, of our
contest would be that the black man, and
white man, the poor and the rich, would on
one common basis abeireeognized as MAN
/ The Rev. DIR. SAWYER, in concluding the
| exercise, took occasion to make some very
affecting observations in reference to what had
been said by the lay gentleman who had
shown his hand. He-said that hewas so fully
/ sensible of the business of this war, that if
need be, he would shoulder his mnsket and
/ march forth as soldier of Christ, and, never
/ feel moro justified in anything. Applause. ]
/ He believed that God was in this contest, and
! in it on the side OF eternal right. ad - - 2
/ Atthe Beacon Baptist Church, Downing
street. Rev. Mr.. Bowling, the Pastor, express
ed the opinion. that whatever might be the
result of the present conflict, and in whatever
way these national difficulties might event.
ually be settled, Slavery had received blow
| from which it could never recover; that God
had already made the wrath of men to praise
him by causing Shareholders themselves, in
endeavoring to extend the area of human
! bondage, to dig the grave of the whole ac-
1 cursed system, that the epoch of universal
freedom was soon about to dawn upon the
world, and that he trusted that some present.