Daily national Republican., 1863-01-05

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this great dssa Nith isdiaDrsass. wait hntil tAis
var b swept asi4a, and thaI VII $50 that TITS
brave deed Of our noblshsartsd Prsaidsnt has olst
the mountain range of dviaions that nepAratsd The
North and South and freedom from slavsrT.
~ - the aignineanos of this word, there ives not
q true-hsArted, brave, gansrous man anywhere who
did DOT feel that It meant, arst that the magic De-
lusion which bad Imprisoned the energies, proc
trated the heroic ea6flt maakSd our enemies de-
osivsd our friends, prevented the fuihimsnt Of all
the glorious hopss, frustrated all the sacrifices Of
this war, thus far, were put away, once and for
ever. Henoeforth this wa would be known by all
70 be, A. God and his angels had known Il from the
frat 70 be, war Of pHneiplss-a war Of light
Againat darkness, Of truth AgainHt fAlSehOod and
evil. There was now no posaible miSooneeption.
It was a war IN which the angels Of light were de-
scending in mighty hosts against the demons OF the
pit. He thanked God that the delusion had been
removed. Tho dormant enthusiasm Of our soldiers
would'nOw bs re-kndled. And he thanked God
they were not quite alone. lie felt the solemnity
He would preserve Bolemnly, with q reverence be-
FIRE God ard tie due olee and function OF n y
Christian preacher but It should not keep back the
outgushlng Of spirit Of manly hope and, he
trusted OF Christian nerOisni, that those who had
been thus far denied the privilege and the OppOr
tunity TO strike for the freedom Of this Republic
were now TO be welcomed 10 do 20. He knew very
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to them from the old world In regard TO the quar-
Tels OfthiS ssrvile war.
| He knew what the half friends Of freedom were
mutterlngj he knew what they dared TO speak
through the President, in the council chamber, and
Ia the streets. but, for one, believing that every
child Of God had nrst Of ALL the COdEiven right Of
liberty, he nejolcsd In the assurance that every
one who was included IN the welcome intehded by
Gods holy Son, to be an heir and co-heir In the
heavens, was now invited to strike for freedom,
which was his blrthright, aud never to be eradi-
Gated. II any man attempted to put hack this as
sertion BY any words Of mere sOphistFy, then he
would try to overwhelm him by smother word,
from which, he thought, there was no escape. II
was not only mans right TO strike for freedom In
virtue Of his manhood but II was his duty, out Of
the relations In which he stood to his
in all the private Affairs Of life, and In the relation
In which he stood to man In the grand eolleCtivs
order Of society. He would not put 1t, however,
on what some might consider selfish ground, but
he would put It on the ground to which every con-
science must reply It was the duty Of every one
who had been enslaved thus far, and who heard
this grand welcome for freedom from that proc
lamation, instantly to say al am ready-in the
name Of God, am ready" Had not every man
the right TO defend the wife which Cod had given
him, and his lite enes around hint Yes 4; and he
thanked Heaven thswords Of the proclamation
gave full right Of SslEdefenSs.
lie would put It upon smother ground also. Too
long they had been put back with the miSsrably
sophistrieal deluslOn that thsas true unIonIsts,
these trne servants Of che RepublIs-ths southern
SRyss-hGd not the privilege 70 strike blow In its
behalf Nor we said to them at Is your duty iel-
low-eitiEsns with US, iellow-membsrs with us Of
this Republic" In that proclamation were certain
Limitations In regard to the attitude Of defence and
In the attitude of protection. He was perfectly
willing. nd he VA he Nrrlta nFN hat
sage and every true leader Of u to leave II to
the future whenever thCy could separate defence
trom attack, and garrison duty from active. As a
matter Of sober earnest these brethren and fellow.
citizens OF ours were to he the delIyerers Of this
Republic from the tyranny Of the slave power were
TO be the true prsserVers this Union He thanked
God for II, and would ASOribe to him all the glory
The proclamation committed this nation hence
forth and forever 10 the princlple OF freedom some
had said, not forever. The mere change OF dynas-
ty, party, could make this word II II had never
been uttered this deed It had never been done
oh, no the great principle which had been declared
by him 10 whom this nation aud Providence had
entrusted 10 tbia critical hour, the keeping Of the
honor and maintaining all tho power Of this Rspub.
lie, could be nnspoken, could be undone
Hsneeforth It was sealed, and for ourselves and
for the world, that this nation had put away all
half GonSesslOn, put away all half freedom, and
with clear, unrestrSined and unCOnpromisinE
voice declared Itself for freedom only, for freedom
everywhere, aud to all.
The proclamation SIgnlHsd Justice to all men
He would call attsntisa to the evils which had
arisen to them out Of the hldeOns iFreveTence with
which they had treated the ooloFed Faea He would
not say word to otead the mogt delicate feelings
OF any person present, but be felt there were SOL
emn Interests which demanded to be unfolded on
such occasions. The iTrsyeren9e With which wO-
man had been treated under the influence Of slave
Institution had poisoned and corrupted society 10
Is utmost resources at the SOUTH and tbls sorrup-
tion had been oveThowlng our whole Republic. To
this outrageous blaSPhemy against the Image oi
God alone, he thought any true student Of the hIT
tory Of this nation could trace much Of is eKIsnR
ueentiousness. Those who had SeeR behind the
scenes in Washington, knew that II had been too
much Of a Sodom. All this had sprung from this
outrage Of God and man IN uAlnE woman a tool
Then, again, who did not know, that had ever met
the naughty so-eaLed RristOers0y of the south how
the mere possession Of arbitrary power had 10.
named the will, maddeRed the passion, sxAspsra.
ted the pride, and made them, on the whole, par,
take somewhat Of the character OF tyTants. Bui
they were not personally to be blamed. Any Ol
them, under like circumstances, might have been
the same. II might that, In the sight Of God, al
far as their Individual and private characters were
conc srned, they were WORSE but this lrreveTsncS
loT woman had ueaHOled thAl true reapect iOl
man, which was ths very sAsenCS OF polished man
ners, and OF generous SourtssieS. Justice was now
to be done. The ErandsSt idea embraced by any
word In the glorious proclamation wac Justice. lie
knew not what the writer Of that Instrument
might have meant.
, 1t might have been that God might have Inspired
: hlm-as II often has done men-tO make him the
organ and utteFsr Of higher WSTdS than ever he
himself, knew oL Thai word, Justice, had been
spoken. II WAS the beginning Of the renovation oI
all relations Of society throughout this Republic
From this declaration OF universal freedom was to
, spring up among us new reverence for pSn.
Once again, SS final element Of the Significance
Of this word, he saw In II new manifestation oi
the collective life OF humanity. Man exists In the
image OF hIA God. y treating With irreN erenCe
the most down-irOddsn and oppressed Of races, We
have been compelled, by Gods providence, to re,
conISe that we are shArOra together In thu woes
4 There Is no escape nom the common lot Of hu'
RAnity The life Of one IL the life Of ALL Look Al
It not in the light Of mere transient events In the
light Of struggling psrtisI Garry It into higher
atmosphere and see that II iH the divine providence
q Of God.
= Those who have cried "Psace peace I" where
there has been no Peaeei those who sought to post
4 ponei those who have tried TO hold together th'
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