New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-30
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
'pr MORALITY OF THE RIOT.

The thoughtful spirit and religious wisdom OF this
discourse will commend It TO far more numerous
audience than that which listened to it WITH syin'
pathy and admiration ut the time of It's delivery
Free from every trace Of partisan feeling Win ~
excitement from the terrible events OF Tue previous
week, and deeply iutucd with the CnFiSuan 'p'l'
of tolerance md forgiveness. It sets tor'n counSes
Of peace and moderation, III tone OF hopeiai se'
renity. which no proyOcatlon could disturb ind no
nerils ;r.;uidate The text is from the words OF
Jesus. Father. forgive them, for they know not
what they DO" which suggest tho introduction OF
the Discourse es follows:
THE RIOT IN JERUSALEM.
In recalling the irghtful scenes OF the pastweek-
or NeY-York Reign Of ierror-soepes happily
pssseG and now to DO as quickly as possits forgot.
zen, 40 soon AS tie lesson Of them lesrned--iLee
words OF Jesus come again and again to my mnd'
pnd give the only hey that opens tAeif whoie neai-
ing. All through the week they were my thouSh-'
They would not be drowned by words 81 lear or
words o, vengeance. The fsiu;, sweet voice Wien
spoke them from the cIoss WAS louder la my car
than the clamors OF the lopu lace the CRIES o. tne
citizens, tie rattle OF the musheiy, or thy Doom u
ca1LOo. 10 that ancient CITY OF JeFdssie~i '''o'0
wa. one week of riot. IL was instiSl'od ana con
drc.ed for their own political enOs, by men w-o
called themselves the eminent irieLds OF government,
OF order and of law. tie leaders aud aoe''ors oil Il
We're the PHarieees, tho parry Of iIeToGeHNe, anu
who called themselves the hlRn representatives ol
the national IDEA aud consllluii0Aai aulhoflE Inc
ropah material that composed II was Tie misguided
uless Of toe people; It's y.eun Was The Chi1c, .Ae
friend the beueacjOr, the SAVIOR OF the people ne
High Priss, OF Jerusalem might have Quoted lhe
povuiaee but the victE. was nos refuied ORTHODOX,
and tpo High Prizes. T.saed 10 keep on good terms
with the Ulga State parry. Pilate, the hOman Gov
srnor, could have put the TO, down IN lew hours
with lis soider, mad lie chosen 10 do II; but ne was
IN good understanding with tile CHIEF insurgents the
not w - Oh the whole his interest, 1t was ibsIi-
gated by tie pTeiend.d friends OF the Emplre-at
least By tiosa who dGesded any premature outbreak
against The Elpire, and VITO wished 10 Keep IN ko0a
odor with tic Roman power. Its obJect was 10
crush mGn whose teaching, conduct, hie, seemee
likely ~ pfecipate such oUlbreah, AnG Ia crush
ing bIm TO crush the reoi 10 WHO supported hu, END
the rplrit OF independence which supported the Peo-
pie Plate therefore, kept hs regiments out OF The
way ana let toe instruction go on. LA yielced to
tte Treasure Of the mob o. restfetabes and alter
show " reluctance, lyfocn,lcsl washing Of lis
hands and q ssneimoniOus rolling mp of his eyes,
ssyo the popuace their victim, well knowing that II
yae his OWL victim too There was no better way
of carving out bis plans than That OF letting
the rioters carry out tners; for they were dong bis
work-tbe work OF suppressiLg The .plIit OF hebrew
liberty ana breaking The heart of tie Hebrew faith
How Lt,ls those people, those necognics AND labor.
ers OF Jerusalem those lard handed, poor cheated,
simll workmen, knew OF tie nature OF tlelr own
deed How little they knew tie men who were
driving them on to IBIS tragedy OF oloodl How lit
tie they knew him, the victim, The obJoct OF all this
rage and usledict!on, al whom they were ling
And shaking their tsts Tor whom they were demand
ING the eroes An had they Known them, tier
lesder,, they would have buried them beneath q
mountain Of cures. Had they known h!m, The VIC
tim they would have taken him up IN their arms OF
iron aud sheltered him against the utmost wrath Of
his enenliesl And lie knew ii, the victim knew IL
we'll He knew thai tDey sioned Gnd beas him be-
cause they we've iguorshl ara ihsgulaeo' ana look
him To be what he was not--thelf foe, instead ci
their friend, He knew shat there wss nothing IN
their hearts Of bitterness bale sgGnst him, Jesus
the man who hld speut all bis DAYS IN gong about
amOrg them dong good. lie Knew th,t tue terrible
bitterness and .hs sca,hiug hate there was IN their
hearts rose fercely sgainst TN imaginary lerion,
whom they had beeu taught to associate with hlmi
and 60 when the cross pesDs were iald On tie
ground near Calvary, apd he was stretched out on
them and the brutal so'ders were c1ying the spikes
throu his hands and feet, their eyes glazing al bin
tie while, and their poisonous breath feekus Ia his
face, be could only pity them with pity none but
such 40 he could ieel. A. that moment, least OF all
when their ignorance, their folly, their crime, their
insanity was at the hight Of its contamination,
could anger or scorn enter his soul; st that moment
least of ALL when the ireLzy OF their mistake wa5
showing itself in all ts horrors, could be do aught
bat compassionate them, and pray that they might be
forgiven And truly, IN that awful tragedy, they
were the ones to be cou psssloDsted foI they were
the iguoraDt ones, tbs weak ones the blind and In
fatuated oues they nddIDg themselves Of their
Savior; they crucifylDg their friend; they
barring against themselves tie gates OF heaven they
were tearing off from themselves The hands Of God
they wero doomiGg their wives aud children TO un-
0peakable misery; they were pulling dswn on their
own heads the whole weight OF the Empire from
whose wrath they thought themselves escaping.
Were they not TO be plied Yea, more than their
victim. lie who could al sueh time preserve ms
elearness his cslmness, Lie courage, his faith; he
who could al such time Say those words, Father,
forgive them" with such composure, ~ss not, even
though dying death OF agony aud suaue, subject
for COMPASSION. Admire HIN, 5onor him. bless lin,
worship hio shed tears VI gratitude FOR The maDies
tation Of such soul; but DO LOT pity him. Ply
them who slew bin, aud Ia staying bin slew them
selves and hung themselves on q crose Of bumllia-
tiOn from which the sges have not been able 10 take
then down. Were they baters OF goOdness1 IL
was in the neme Of goodness, as they saw il, that
they prosecuted him. We're they foes OF religion
il wa, az the friends Of religion they had been
taught to regard IT, that they called for the cross
the very cause Of law and order ss they had been
instructed In it. that they clsmored for his blood
The preacher continues in several impressive
passages from which we quote:
CRUCI7XIoN OF BENEFACToRs.
or all tie dreadful and melancholy passages In the
history Of human progress, none, TO thoughtful
man. are more dreadful or melancholy tLaD those
which tell how uen have Tesisted pushed away, TO.
viled cursed beaten, mobbed, cruclhed Their bene-
factors. Ii does seem, as We read them, as II Tue
most dreaded thing earth bad been the personal,
the domestic, tbs social welfare as II the deepest
anxiety on the part of Of al sorts was an anx
i,,y to escape from their health and salvaton a. il
the profOuncest dread was dread OF mending their
s.sster and their uttermost horror was horror Oh
heayspi IL does seem, as we read as II happiness,
prosperity, success, were tho pet aversion OF mani