Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-26
THE REV. MR.. BEECHER.

Toe tide in England Is setting little decidedly
against the Rev. Henry Ward Beec .er. Yankes elQ
quence is tSeated for its smaFtnes but this, its one
salient quality precisely what makes it offensive VIII
i. affects religious igepration. The RsVMr. Beichers
oaTiarcbal familiarity With Providence is lot Old ORD
taste. We think him proiane We thick that his glib
handling OF the Alnghys nAme, aad the pert intimacy
he assumes with the designs OF the Most High are
shameless There may not be hypocrisy at tie bottom
of this clam to have iat1omed the secrets Of Inhnto
Wisdom but if rot there is fItuousness Of fouest
kind The Rev. Mr.. Bee hers God is net Col OF p ace
and Love, but God OF vengeance, OF blood aud with
one principal attribute, viz that he 10 above all th
the supporter Of the quondaIn ulicn Ct the Amen
can Fee States. Tbs aud we are not inter-
prcting the Rev. Mr.. BeecLer Wilfuly-he speaks il
With much plainness and is not alone among his tour-
uymen ia speaking is-thij IL the Divine command TO
mantain it s the human mission With eyes shut, with
the gates TO double barred, with furious unh s
taiug ZEAL Americans are TO rush against the Rebel
On and crush ii and those who oppose or do not sp-
prove and C Ilnly criticse them deadly enemies
ana forever to the Yankee race and in
iamaus in the S ht of Heaven. They ere ID be de-
nouLced and Ultimately punished Meantime, destruc-
tim is t. be done Tie Southerner says the reverted
prophet
Inc are different kinds Of into1ication. The Ian
cuege of American public speakers is lhe language o.
an iaebrate frenzy. They all speak alike snd seem to
be victims of the !rothing de!rium Lord
Btougham has laid his hand the d.eGse that slcls
them and pointed to the cup that has robbed them of
their reas1u. IL is vanity; but vanity of which we
know nothing; colossal vanity the vanity OF the
dream Of universal empire; vanity by which the Re
lbli,an citizen inflated to feel hiGself Carlo
maintain which he is on the high road to make himse
serG Iho world has not witnessed hitherto the terri
be spectacle of entire delirious people touched by
tho same madress that which ruined Nicholas -
Wealth, home family ties, friendship with Humanity
all are abandoned preserve the UAion;" to restore
to life the glowing giant that supposed to be the
terror of MANKIND. There effort visible short
TINS back TO make L. believe that it the general
aloL ton of AbO doctrines that inspired the North
10 devote its blood to The present hopeless enterpr
The ma having been through, it is now partially
abandoned, ana The raIlying cry-t9e dream oil the
reckless day is Union Union that cannot exist Al
ready the cost OF this madness far exceeds million Of
souls Does any the termination TO tr II there
is exh. ,o1, it is OF both sides aud certainly in fgh
the Norhern mepcenares show ipore than the SouIh
erners fighting for tleir DEMONSTRATING the ruthless
phiianthrop,ts who to free the black loathed by
lem publicly, do no. decline to kndie servile war
among their brethren. We look 'o1 in dsmay We
arc told that turn is to At any rate shall
not seek TO avert great calamity by sympathy
with war 30 sckeningy Sad the appeuses OF passion
80 vile.-[ LpsSieh (England) Journal.