, 1863-08-10


not interrupted, our colleges are aouxishing, our
religions ptese as well al seeula-, Is flooding the
land with its publications, our r1anufacto-ics and
trals and commerce have not been perceptlbly re-
taricd, and but for the news that reaches ia from
afar We would not know that, war With issatte1d-
snt horrors va n ana Loos e. the soath
Hes, he few there: almost unemployed,
because they fear the raids from the North. com:
desolatioa rests oycr ali. Turn from this picture
and look ut the North and SEQ how God smiles on
ne, and to-day Ee are here to offer ThankegtF Ftng
attempt to act the part Of prophet, and Jet there
battle c1c1;s awny that c can see clearly. In the
esn4 feeogntea Sat dod fagas esa 7 TSseo a
great dispute at TIE beginning Of this wa. whether
foto1 was not H M .st st
band join IN hand the wicked shall not
Be attained it win be ionnd That the right wlli IL
30 formed against it. In o1T own country. w wo
saea Id to III Fl thefs s as
Parents were learning their children to lnoy they
were men before old enough to talk intallieibly-
word to say against young men; my heart IL
with them, and Hong to sec young men comafo1
sssass Il ssa hsy a,s saes ete hs s
primary cause ,of tits rcbcllion,-a disposition to
do as We plcaae. When this war is over there
I'll :an BE-. be creator rcga5d for ,, law
I of men back II fon tie e'b batle n7 sd hs1R oa
gool}y obedience to law before them, think wa
Elall hayc sacred regard for law. At present I
ssc1g 70 not tsl IT, Int tho spirit Of the tines wi
contest closes there will be an impulse given to
enterprise aud invention such as this country
meyer has eeen- VIC 60 row to the Patent Once
Eynr In &rn$S Hiatt
Sentise powers Of this people. Here arc many
machines, and yet from how email a part Of this
natlon haye these Inventions come. Yon would be
m upon ,!1 the !. mind likc a nightmare; but
a1s ss t2SfT s be ee1 E sbna aa asa
all orcf the United Statea and aa far as improve
Ments hare conc we hare but commenced. A
n1,Fnte;I5 aay y TO dawn upon US i Is oawniog,
!osinE 70 grim because our men are on the battle
Held AND Why1 Thanks to our inventors WHO
oase ofer ont m onf and
these Inventive thoughts lust at the commence
meEt Of this great Struggle. When education
oho Se Men colleges sa be sp1esd
East shall vie with the West ia ali science and I'M.
provcments, It seems to me the nation shall enter
upon scientiae victory such as the world has
I zee around me to-day number Of scientific
men, and I hope may be excused II Imake
scientific Illustration, one have made before, but
now most applicable. It is principle in galsan-
lam that the power Of the battery ts incrsasedin
the number Of plates without regard to their size.
A battery Of small power will send galyanic
spark when the poles arc brought near together,
which Will consume any light substance liken
straw. Increase the number or plates and a small
wire Is consumed; increase them attl farther and
an iron post could be melted. So have sometimes
thought It N1s with the power Of public opinion.
Individual mind acts on mind. A multitude OF
concentrated upon one subject will make the pow.
CT felt. Every error must melt between ths poles
Of thought and combined action, and have ap-
piled this to the national as we'll as indiyid-
nal mind. and I have thought that "a
State is added to State, and countKy to country,
evils pass AWAY. The progress Of human improve
ment1s going on the handculf that bound the
living country has been Unbound. and there has
been enough human electricity emitted to melt
the handouts OF Of three millions Of people. God
hasten the day when scieneeand truth shall every
I do rot know that need to ask tho country
what shall become OF the alayc. In the arst place
my belieffs that theiK natural home Is Africa, md
though there arc many who do not, think as do,
Ilcok for the day when God shn1l make them 50
back. and car1y arts and civilization to 150. 600
people In Africa think God in His
wisdom In allowing this great wrong
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