, 1863-12-31
Discourse by Rt. Rev. Bishop
Potter, Of the Southern Di- :
Geese Of New York.
A TRUE MAN UPON THE STATE or
the COUNTRY,


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A TRUE MAN UPON THE STATE or
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tne GQuMlRTs
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sShht INC ASlshop OF the Diocese
Of Illinois Thinks.
We print below some, cxtracts from the
Thanksgiving discourse Of RI Roy. D1shoT
Potter and FIR The en1,o of c,,t,se. a., ~
+roc+ fro,,, +t-, ,a,.,.1 asass,a - ., - ~
- 1,,..sta T,'a.I.1,, soe.sos VI @uc blsnoI
u Alilnols. Ahesz"ln explain themselves:
DISCOURSE BY ri. REV, BISHOP ~porrrn M
rpr sonrurnn p1orrsr ov ,.r,,~ --aH ~
~" 'ohA"
mi @ he ie not himself with
oat |itnesses, @ I'm n taat he .did good. and gare us
hsa fasn Iso ,1it5, fa 3 aaa 'n seasons filling oul
A.a.1e ~ Nv, ~. -4aets KIT. IT,
foT Ml Tug b4esslng winch ne vonchsafed ID
Us, tncre was occasion for general annual
lhanAsSlv1ns Oal preservation Was just aa
muen tne ehecs Q! me special providence oi
Goa as y lney Aaa 1een IN Inc thickest Of the
ngn% As aor our. gear country, might they
nor 6ay that, Wounded and bruised as ehe has
been, great Us 'had Been her trials, her.sor.
foNs, abundant cause Tor thankfnlness was
iouna 70 warrant The calling Of O national
1hanksglflng! Dangers which seemed i'm
ntnet lad been mereifu1ly a1crtcd; strong.
Aolds oi treason, apparently sufficiently
strong 70 ae!s & .ne utmost edoIts Of the gov
Which held them aud made the bu1warks OF
law and peace. Hostile demonstrations Of
foreign Powers, sure to signalize our day Of
weakness, had been changed to very different
manifestations rs tho shadow Of our rctnrn-
ing greatness came slowly moving On before
the nation.
for national thanksgiving that fl,e ;nst;tm'
ton which melted this industrious civil war
the Institution which from the tlrst ~ ,rs
independence Ind been onr 5rrcat not;onai ~ mi
blot and our great national dissrarn hod
been within the year nut under 2bc Ian 1',v Nv
tic sovereign authority, and that it seemed
In the disasters which cast cl6ud nrer ~, M.
first great efforts to suIdue tic rebclifon
and restore ortlcr-in these disasters ttcns,
seemed to have bcon something yerv m1,c,,
resembling a mcrciful Providence. Ind
these first efforts been successful, had tho rc-
bellion been entirely subdued In the flrst air
months, 1t was probable that the iI,,inn
would have been restored With siarerr M un.Vn ',ni
touched, and not only 80, but pogsesssd If
new guaranties for its future sccnr;fy. onJ
the voice which to-day In that slcrej niace
denounced it as the foulest stain on our ~ I;s.
tory, as the miserable cause of iii onr trnn,
bles, would have been held silent hv ~
restraint Of the Constitution, and We sIonid 1
have returned to our old condition ns n m.
lion divided against itself. destincd IN hc
plagued BY OIL Internal strife, to be- wealenei
By an internal plague-spot, hayinr within
lie demon which never could be cast out.
ard therefore 1t was, perhaps, that in III
outset Of the struggle We met with dcfeat
and disaster; therefore, perhaps, 1t was, TINT
4 f+st nF nS.,S1@
that our courage and virtue might be mt D W to
the proof, and that ne might Rave time to
get our eyes opened 10 the nature Of the
power that WAS striking at US, and be forced
to do what we we're too slow to do for fhe
deliycrance Of our country. We were to nar
dearly for the coveted boon Of nniyrfssl
freedom and ylndicated national blessings:
and that future ages would nav tle hirhes11
honor to our etatesmen Who stood f1rm Ard
our martyred patriots who pnye thejr heat
blood for their country, Ard he behaved
Tint future ages would greatly 1narreI INV
any one could have faItered in sunnoIt ~ =
Government SO engaged and SO 9pnosed
and they would wonder how any confd hava
cast their sympathics and thcif moTnl anr.
port on the side Of a power that was seeking
TO divide and iliehonor their countrv ana
build up and extend the influence Of HUMAN
slavery,
He knew he spoke In an upNonted tone
He vas minister Of peace, and he had long
held his peace. he had no participation In
any of the Causes at the North which we're
supposed by some to have hastcned tS.e war.
lie wished to sec the Church as little inyolv-
Cd in the Etrle as possible. he still desired
to sec her ministry supre1nely deToted to
Christ, and him cruclscd. Their sphere Of
duty was among them that mourn, among
the des1itnte, among tho hungry and thirst
ne aiter f7Gh1eousness; But there Werc
tn, no oo9nu5' ane- ~ anousnt INC tlme had
come mhGn, i N.Y. on Ordinary occasions,
~ ~ Ss.sn Wy - pseae cnle1 pastofate
" ~ .s Cnun '.i. Vt wy ~ nls connlFy TO speak
ousL.o spG1h Eaa1 1or ooa, 1oI n1manity ana Tor
countl3: t'A naI was oeplolaolc, IL Vas
EreA,.t anu so1se1Ai out they were Responsible
ler II VINO '1orceo II upon the country BY
Ig9ellnP aSanst do!efnmcnt which
ola noL ha11n t1em, winch did nothing
more lhan sci limits 10 the extension
OF human seIsatuac: bessdes, they Aad
no choice. cls4 war wasted, there
Mefc thlngs mat were worse; trucking to
tia ne t1ave oilga1eny vas worse; ioss Of M
o ;1oaa - sisauS r; ana A ep'iii was wofse CONSENT
eAposns ourselves 70 1orefsn lusn1t md ag-
g1esslon. -. and endless internal feuds, was
Morse, throwing the Feins upon the neck Of
tae slAse poMei, iIeelns i rom tae restraint
o. o. pul I ugyetnmen!, 1 ano 30 turning II loose
~. ~ ~ ~ nol.1 ~ gnlalge US sway anu a5efs-
sA!g iue y sI1oIs u Hs ssyhlem-tms US vas worse.
.,a 1nu, IL re- hteneo ! caeg ao1 1ne next llty
9sats, s!t4El & ~ hone oc apfoaus NC must fe-
si9te ~ tne oIton-"e n tnust upnoio anu esiao-
nsa ,upon nlm oasss Inc sovereignty Of the
tsn49n Natiph4t H 1oseenL-an 81 ; however rel1c-