Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-06-26
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SPEECH OF FERN ANDO WOOD.
FELLOW CITIZENS:

Fellow CITIZENS
We nave fallen upon evil times.
We have lived 'oo long, 1t We nave outNved
our aouatry tor cisgusde 1t as We may, the
American Unlon has oeen severed, an1 perhaps
forever, anu caudnr cInpeis the admi>s.on that
our oucs proud Republic has fallen from It's ex
aited aelgat. Ii is PROSTATE, oecried, IN
suited, ana sitnrut second rate position a.
broad rent asuHder 10y a fearful civil war al
ho.ne run,ed oy desp"iio power on principles
OF PARTISAN hate aud upon tne"eies uf OovelH-
mvut utterly antagon.,tlo 20 thuse uP"n which
our institutions were founded we staHd be-
tore the woric object OF "oader, contempt
aud rid,cule. These facts are not rs!errsd to
in q spnlt Of re,.roaca. | but anticipate the re-
cord ot history, and shAii leave TO others to III
tns responsibility. | reproacn none. Ii ls not
diiii;ui. 80 ehafge error or wrong doing alter
the accom- plIsn,nent ot results. AL of Us can
see causes TOR misfortune that have occurred
better taaa We can provide "a preventive. IL
Is au To err, IL Is divine to forgive aho,
wie It Is easy TO coai'nlt error ourselves, II -
o1itiuu. to owe, look IT III others. Wnh these
seatm cuts am disposed to alleviate the Ia
tonat woss rather than indulge criticism upou
the causes. | would do sumeLRi,g 10 ex.ricate
the coua.ry from its terrible caiam,tes. lhe
eiiort. however iasb'e, is enob bling. Even the
attempt, if made III good faith Is worthy the
hi.hcs: intellect and must elevate pAtrio.ism.
regret that of the many Of TINS character OF
which America has boasssd. who have honered
us il. the several departments of human pro-
gress none have arisen at this time for this
blessed mission. Heretofore III every age, great
national exlgenc;es have produced the tnaa toi
1he occasion. As the Amig hty ''tempers the
wind the shorn lamb, 50 has lie heretofore
provided the instru neat by winch great nation.
sl results have been accomplished tor the ad-
vantage OF humanity. As yet, He has not vouct
safed this favor to us. No man equal to thi.
crisis has appeared-nether In the field or ir
the Cabinet, nor in :he many elevated sphere'
of private life has the man presented himsei
with the brain, the heart aud the courage t.
seize and work out the great problem now t.
be solved in our case, sud to utter efficient }
the truths of reason with the force and powell
equal to the pending crisi 3. Those who have
the intellectual ability have lacked the nerve
and those with the nerve have lacked the aoii
itv. But there is another wonder: That i,
this civilized population of over ty mHion
North aud South Astounding with benevo
Iencs, purity, cultivation, and enlightened Chri
t,auty, none are found &c raise the baener o
peace. Among the thousands of lofty spire
which their towering turrets>to benny
naut God, bat one that know ot covers a pui
pit devoted to the tue principles OF Christ, ,an'
procaims .Speace on eartn." /. is that of Nj
Pratt, preacher of Staten lsland. (Cnsers f.,
Pratt. A voice, Van d, ks of Brookl,n.) A
if the most damnabe crlates on record vi his
tory, ancient and modern, constitute religion
forgetting that war is the child of Satan, al,
that peace is Of God, the enlana1ion Of the D
vine Spirit.
s. That man who has the intellectual power ar
ability TO stay this current has not had tn
nerve to make the effort, and when the ma
having the nerve has sktempted, he has Iaeke
the power and influences % accomplish it,.
my person, without prrteU ing To hold sanv DO,
or of influence, after Sud. its and contsm pa,
ing the theory .f our G.,ysra anient, with fu
4 appreciation of The issue, |, atone and singl
handed, will throw my sell into the contest, le
il be to my country or myseifas it may bs
/ Now, my friends, am for peace as the onl
kposslbie hope of the restoration of the Ameri
can Union. Cheers and appiause.) ] am q
peace. because war has failed. (Cries That
20. chesrs.) And it has been read in LEI