Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-16
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THE LozDeN TnIEs or TIE RELIsIos OF THE
RADICALS

/ kogiand, fFon ADDRESSING pRsile meetings., OF
handling eoEToveTsial political topiss, has R0i
1 been prsof against kiE Esai he love Of note
| risty 81 his desire Of no longer keeping sndeT q
/ bzthsl tkst light cf which be bsisves himself
I the aFpoisted hsldeE and 6isPeassr. a man
I t-Et Is 8 Christian" according 70 AT. WAId
/ BaeoAor, ' is in blessom," and 4r BseehsT has
been blossomirg SO long that it is trss be Should
1 bring fsglh frau after bis kind He pTssesses
/ himself an imiissor Of tie Aatkeg st CkTislian-
1 isy. Wherever there Is want, er sorrow, OF
| suffering, there is a need" and the ouly ques-
| tiua with Rev. Ward Bseeher 10, &" Can sup
| Piy tit" His religion is love. Even temper
aBes sad A60liti0Eism are not eaough i0T him !;
| 30 requires something more. Love Is his pgin-
/ 8ip7, and las poHer Of saying things ths, ialks
reed and daat want IS his practice. Such is
tbe smiable being who has esns aBaODg as, and
So there seems te be bat q scanty supply Of love,
symaElhy sHd snch Chri5iisa gFaces IL America
a. Isis n9msat we rjOiee greatly that this
gifted naa Eas edIsdsscsndsd 10 break ais vow
OF 81 eaea, and sc q maetirg Of the friends Of
i.Ia3sTHrcs a. Golden Hotei, Glasgow, las gwen
rs ali the opportunity oi apPgscistlHg the manner
in which whti is passing ID America can be
2, r,eoBc.lsd Fiih the theory snd practice OF the
Christian religion. Nf. Wdsd B7echer was
driven TO make az admission which should be
fakeu uG.o o. BY every person Wno wishes -
CrCcysts1d tAe motives Of tie war Christians Oi
Ar rca.
We have been in he habit Of sapposi1g that
the psIly Cf which II. i scAer is tLs spesgls
sd tie oFL azaeHt WeIs sctualea in tker sus-
port Of war peliey BY sympathy tOg tne negro
rags; that II their hau1s sIs 5tsiaed Hsih blood,
gks motives sf ihis bloolsbsd, though over
5gaiaed azd isnElGsl, were pBge; SD that no
worldly 5mblsioE, no EsticBsi puoe, &c tbs! tgT
sonsini8B, mingled itBsH with tha cJHyIcsieRs
which hsvs led them 70 cell sloHd for fresh sac
rEocs, 10 rejoice over the reekIpg sisusA Ater q
every bstis-Ea.G, and to sdopg u policy Of eI-
termination The Grst sbjeet WAS the Festora-
ti8n Of the UuicI; the abolition Of slavery wss
oHly - atteE-jnsuEht. Rebels Became 50 Po-
.snl, sid their 8ns So slsrziig, that the Pfe5i
6eLs wss obliged to hsve recourse 10 the crush
iag OF tAs rebellion by EbolishiEg slavery, which
struck right ihso the heart of the enemy"
What tksa Tss the war made foI If there is
any feeling IN our own coOnsTy Is extensive
as tbs slmosphers, as deep as the OCEAN,
IS imMova5le' as the mGuntsiUs, It is ti7:
tnas or naiioR shall not BE- cut Ia tW0; We viii
Tatser give the last child We havs-the last pen
ny We possess. II there be oDe thing We euunt
as a decree ef God, il is thst the UDios shall
stand for Ged s1d liberty We love
our esuniTyi 1t Is religion 70. do So"
We now begin to have a little more insight
iRto hr. Bascher's doctriaes of lave and sym-
pstay. We understand clearly that the prsssT-
vstiOa Of tue Union is the end, aRd abolition
only csc Of ske means. his love is not ;Or his
fellow men bs syzpathy Is EOt for hssasa soT-
row eT human sUasrBg; the spirit Eith which
be believes himself to be hiied and winch be
considers TO lie divine, he digBiies by tie hEHs
Of l0ve Of country, What 10 understands By
"eauuiTy - re know not; be cannot rlsan he
mere sol Of the American UnisH, for there is 10
danger thst it viii pzss away, whatever may
became Of the furious Antagonists Who tear each
o.hsr to pieces oa ils surface; no cannot mssn
the uIhshIisuis Of America, fer be would In6ict
up9u th-n without alnehing every injury that
huuaE iugeaUIiy caa CeWse; would sscEHcs
the North cy hEudTldS If tHgussEis on the bat
te ietd og The sake Of eoa6scaiiug the whole
property Of the sub, burning their cities,
mskiug Their homes daeoiste aod theiI hs.as
desert, in GIder that the survivors Of he sword
emo >a1 .T51CTIp-cH Elsg bsE -E-lr bT5G- Il ier-
eieu lands e. u10uuuitnts st ths VeEgean-e G.
lei- vis.eli rs bfelHaEH.
This ne caiis preserving the Union fer ao6
-ssi bILy; znd We shsli 5eeve him VIXEN be
caH PaTsua le as that the Great B5ipg, who is
forever 10 ria uCUiH, s1d = h8 ne ssens to think
hsz rscily Inspired ali the sliies aEd crimes Of
She Ag}elIeza eyl war, recognises tbe last si
dgz.lssH zs Ike paramount motive Of human
cCLsU-f, and al things lawful gaa. tend 70 RrSt
lty that passion, and when he can show Is that
She cause Of liberty is promoted oy overwhslas-
ing tree government il Tbs Nsrih in or3er to in
pcverish, to 6IpEtgiste VI destroy I've million
slsn in the South. In what page Of The Bible
WAS Is ever written that the preventing one largs
coumuHiiy frem civ ding into tw9 WEs & cause
20 holy sEA sscTsd shst tor the sake Of it every
CO commandment of the Decsicgus, every preceFs
iR ihs Gospel, nay be lawfully violated GRd set
at dsfsucei Il is uBhsppHy IL new thi0g fer
men - extsnEsie the EVIL means which they use
By the gsedRess Of The ends which they seek
We can listen with psFsnes to statesmau
whl seeks 70 demonstrate that the unity OF the
American republic is an otjgst Of such para
msUut importance that any sacrifice must 30
made to Stgsia It, We can listen to any one sX-
eepI g minister Of religion who blssphemOusly
sells as ibst this purely secular end-the msiu-
te1unee Of tho ATsTicea Unlon-is religious
esd; hat i saHCglfss 5se meass in iEs sight of
God; that th1se Whs effsr Up their children 20
-this Eoioch Of merely human pride and ambi
zion. are 70 be ikened to Abrsbsm Offering up
Isssc and that the Sorrows OF a EA,ion thUs gf
& C-tj Trss maie tie WCa Of tie EIIdsu Of Gsth-
ssrezae. san less are there thiggs gEdUl ab
WUe0 they sTC IEtoIsp peIsed with tie most com
monpiHes TsDsThs SH paper currency, the selz-
urs Ct tie Trent, she gaulsoning Of Canada, ard
We kzoys net how many ether trivial and eHtirely
secular sUtj,cis. Ills msy be the msuner II
vhich tie enthusiasm Of ibe Amencsn people is
e. y W tastA hAi F-AtN-1 Aes w ANAa~NN ~
Z is1 sUI.Ecs Cas- p1ssby lsiea 80 such
.s1 gage with any other tesHrg thsa has OF
dHg4st. Il Is Eot question OF g5Jd tEste; Il Is
eol uTea qasst.cn OF ths tGuliiiET ioiTe1BctloH
u ITO uUst sacred names aud IaOSt veHeralei
assoc Rt.ess l. to tie arena Of psTty poitics. Il
is something lar WoT5e than all tbs. It's TIE
9 s.ibsTsEe'y setilEg up, uct IS 81 otJ1ct o.
geTiGiy snb aoL, btt OF religious roTshs azd
o.vGE n.l venefasile. ihsg exIaysksat Vastly
y q - k#..aa
lasE bssn the mans PTiEg o. AmsEisSn p8lihcs
but which Is nevertheless net more opposed to
Sound views Of national happiness thaa It Is 70
tie FIRST pTiscDles Of tEe meek, humble and
peaceful religion wilh which It seeks 80 identity
itself To SAY that in BAR. BeeehaT's view the
reservation Of the Uaea is- an article OF rsli-
g ous belief, is 10 DO scsgt jastee 70 Iii. Baech-
KS Wow. The preservation Of the Union, sc
cordiug TO him. Is so paramount docti iae Of
Christianity that, Tather than il should be viola
ted, every other pGBeipls Of the religion may be
lawfully set aside.
The luth is, that Mr. Ward B5scbsF sud bis
brs her war christians are the Inventors sHd
1-cpsFstoIs OF new beIef-reiigieu we will
Bot cal ii--sud may take their place according
". The formula CT their creed is simple sBeUgh.
| The Union is one ans indVislble, and hF Ward
Bsecher is lis prophet. Il you ask for tbe evi-
de0Ce OF q faith which seems iRtended SO sR-
/ tIeiy 30 supefsede tbe hPfa ana precepB 81
chFistianity, the answer is the snsHer of Ma
/ hOmet--the sword. The belief IS uus, because
/ Mr. Beeeher snd his associates are prepared e
! ex,eTninate FIVE million humsa bsiDgs who de-
/ ny It. l. certainly has not yet derived much
| soifcation from its prophets; bat, on the other
/ hand il has been beyend almost say religion on
record fertile in martyrs. At the present NO
ment the evidence seems somewhat dOObtfal,
/ and the news Of the last great battle may shake
! he faith Of ihe weaker brethren, but We have
/ 40 fea1s for he Rev Ward B4eeher Fus maB
/ sho has persuaded himself and thinks he can
persuade others, that any divine element is in
y8.ved 10 the Transactions which have, during
/ la last two years and half made the grsai
| American republic q paSd, m0nium on esr.h, is
elevated fsr above, OF sunk deep below, the pos
-ibliity OF csbVciOn. he stands Or iEtls to