, 1863-08-08

MaydoWer IA: :tte New England coast. For
then Ffth.his oWn, hand be sifted ont upon
the wInter SOIL the seed Of the nohl:5t growth
The world has Eeen.- Diving favor and ga1d-
through al1 it's earliest years, and un!n it hsd
SURPASSED the COLONIAL limit. Whea the
p.fns Of q eecoEd travail came, God Himself
brought to the birth the new nation. Through
The 15erilous uncertainties of the steps Pre-
Iilni1 ary to confederation, His hand was still
success the wise endeayors Of the patriots i
snd statesmen who planned ia more psEfct
Union" Good men Of these later days hare
ug7ettcd the con6ummatlon Of compact ce-
1ntnted by the compromise of Issues about
slavery. But 1t may be doubted whether there
is cause for such seg1ets- =.
There was compromise Freedom yielded
eonewhat; Slavery yielded much more. The
comfacts Of these .atter days called coupro-
misses have been 30 called by courtesy
only, for With uaimportant modlhcstlons
they have been noth!Gg fairer thac nncalled
Slavery. Freedom got nothing. But the
compromise of confederation, was another:
thing. 1t vas a compromise Freedom was
allotted The throne. In the Constitution and
the Government; IN the letter aud In the
spirit Of all that was made organic, Freedom
held bold sway. Slavery YVES left alive where
the Convention could not reach It, for no
more complimentary reason than this-th.t
they could not reach It.. The mo1strous fu-
iqpity should not once be named in charter
OF law; nota single rlgat should be secured
to 1t. The foreign slage trade WIS annihilated
at blow; and under the concentrated Light
Of free and enlightened institutions such as
the freeft people had not yet known, all the
enormities Of this: cruelest Of despotisms
were laid bare, and left to endure # they
an Union US this was like binding serpent
into sheaf Of grain, the tighter the bond,
the speedier was Its death. This compro-
mise, not less than the consunu,ation Of the
Union It rendered possible, was good mercy
And nd ret this fostering eyi1-this loatbsome
se1 pent IN The ehEaf-so long rs 1t lived aud
Kissed and could bite, must make us trouble.
Lasting safety and quiet can only follow Its
extinction and removal. God has been kind
to us, therefore, in keeping the attention Of
good 1neu upon its loalhso1nencss; and not
less kind In keeping that Of bad men upon its
al'urcments, anl Of weak men upon its palsi-
ations. For the sharper strife brought the
sooner crisis and the surer victory. Good
men hayc not differed about slavery. Evil Is
ono thing, and Is always hateful to the pure
| How the evil should be removed; and back
| of that, how repulsivc 1t seemed-more so or
| less eo-were questions yariuusly answered;
| bnt whether It Was evil and hateful, Is ques-
| lion ret to be yalfonsly answe among hon
/ est cbse1yerz. Good mtn at the South, them
selves elayeholdcrs, longea for way Of es-
| cupe. Good men at the North, Themselves
untrammelltd, prayed for the entangled and
denounced the guilty. Then the guilty vera
rouzed. The entangled should not escape !;
tho untranluelled ehould hold their peace.
Brute force should compel both. 1t is the
delusion Of TIC wicked that brute force may
avail Eomewhat against moral power. As sooa
would aluclfer match set on flIea Tile Of ideas.
Then tho weak men were alarmed and cried
out for pence ut any price. The good men
ought not to have grown discontented. The
bad men were WillDg to be quiet why could
count to their Maker for their conducts Who
could tell when The strife would end if once
1t were we'll begun? Would not gentlemen
consider before it was too late, the awful
possibilities Of this causeless agitation? Oh
for peace! for peace! After tile paroxysm O.
Of logic as the spasla permitted. And th'
premises Of the syiicgisms were in all Case!
The paliatfons and nikations Of the system
conducting to the sa1de final argument, viz
II innate rsare not as bad as they might be, the,
they need no mendinE: They :s are not , Is ha' =.
mcrdiDg. ...
The good neu reasoned III another way
thus: II matters are not as good as they nigh
be, they need men3ing: They are not as goot
as they might be; therefore tleJ need mend
And 20 they wonll give neither bad me-
nor weak men the coveted Place. So the w=al
men wept louder, ard tho bad men grer
: madder, a5d the good men were stamu1ate
: by tie ado to more zeal aud greater fr1nnesi
The battle Of ideas and sentiments Waxe'
hotter npace. God was etsering tlc ship
slate in tie eye Of the storm. Frightened
men begged him to let 60 the wheel, no
knowing what they asked. Aaddeued me-
Threatened seyere storm ahcad; breaker
und saId bars, and rocks and WreckeFs. to
: kept the vessels bow on.
| Then tbs powers Of darkness 1ecollel
hurl upon Us thunderbol:s If hell. Fir
+ flooded the WAITS, and the craft that carrie
: The hopes Of the world, WAS found floating I
J sea Of lame. still the pilot held the VI
shrinking helm, and the vessel neared h
) breakc.s was the pcrt-tbe port of peaci
t Through them was q straight and narro'
Q way The pilot knew right well: :.saDnt the fog
j shut oat the shore and The port, and It's sui
0 entrance. ODly they dared hope who trus
ID thesplot: The s BAD ana TIE ths WEAK ,,e' we'
{ Saaai Sre:iers' Jug the " crash o0 of ihe " storn
0 and tic kissing Of tue fame, cracking up tt
+! etauLch crafts oaken sides. Darker Ut
J: The ascending hams. npd meeting, on board:
9 OXEN and Ar0wed filled the terrible cup. \
S Ian commanded with success; the crew /
bored at disagreement aud III vain. 0aly G.
S was at the helm. And 80 the night grew o.
. Would it ever have IN end? Uthc mornir
Q than tie drifting pisces Of wreck: VI
l. could tell? Wiseacres aud fools prophesic(
d and there were hopes aud tears. ButGod ri
G NJ the helm. lie did not quit It tor one m
4 mint. He IS TIER. YET. And nov tue NOR
n ing da1n:. Their: Il little light. The moi
S bnt not 90 flc1cely- Through the thinner mis-
: Vague outlines Of coast and a port ap2ca
!; The ships sides arc not get burned throug
J and above this sides the fire Is controlled III
4 will sonn be cxtiuguisEed. The rnutfEee
. are ding :nto irons and quiet. The CAPITA
{ ess Gsa S:1'sa US forward 'na asked ""h' tn''
% We needed waz, to stoutcn Us and hunt
q | us, ana teach us aach truths as can only
s learned in war dAys. We needed n great W
g because VIC are eTgTeat people, and each OF
"a learns for himself from lls own experience.
10 And now, let as thank God; ant1 with HI
.e as many as have willingly wrought with III
re- for our lcliyerance The President, the fait
ot full men In the Cabinet, III Congress, In t.
Il ranks, on shipboaSd, aud not least. the TIE
PIE OF COLOR. To these last VIC owe d@
u beyond computation. Without claim upt
Is received of their noble magnaniinity ai
~ without which VIC might have only been ah
re to succeed by miraculous proyidentia! intt
ass ference. For the gains Of trade, for the .
g vantages Of place in power, and for q gull
10 peace, westrucS hands with their opp1ssso
Ill to hold them down in more hopeless bo
dage; hunted them painting and vain1y be
as Eing mercy through our oEn streets; wro
" npon the first banners unfurled-'Thi #
ID shall not help the slavo;'' drove them ba
to the galloWs and the stake, when at t
n peril Of life they brought us knowledge
" full Ct geld. But they kept coming to I
IS Abused beyond white mems power to eadu
ic and foigive, betrayed with, a perfidy t
" black to laint, they would help us; Wou
n, 90 the hardest and most perilous work wit
10 out pay, If We would only consent to
them. .. ~.
~ ~ And now at length our generosity has
- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES really;
~ con1e:ccud 10 consent. They may storm
batteries eVen; may dig all the trenches a
Va hare $2-00 a. month and 10 bounty and
-, commissions less than their white maste!
Is God forgive ns # we have been TOO indulge
~ In heaven God keeps an accounts Of hum
~ Affairs; and one day when the books are b
:! enced, tho truth will be published. : =
y F11aiiI; 11sStas pray: J. That God will
- and cause to Be- done all bia will concetni
y LIE. Because no other will is 90 good as III
at nonc other call be, Let us desire no oth.
a. 81 2. That he wilI sufficiently enlighten deyo
n td1ectual!y, because more intelligently, coo
~ crate with It. Especially let al many Of
Il us Fray, praj for the mau who asks our pra
n. s1s to-day, the upright, od-fsariog CHI
ie Magistrate Of the Land. The emmple Of in
~ ana reTerent recognition Of tho ]
=! - vine rule which he has set :hc rulers Of t
- world is precious above price. Bat near
IN and Of more interest to MS, the ausTer e:
u. VIII make to .lc dcvout entEenty-it his pra
nc nc CT will be the salvation of our people F
y y plore for him an abundance Of Gods w1sdo
and Gods grace. 8 Let us Drav fiai}v- {