New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-07
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Sermon

Plymouth Church was, rs usual, denselv
crowded last evening with audience eager TO hear
Mr. Beccber ia the NTH and probably the last Of that
series OF political sermons which has been such telling
srty and The Union against sedtioa and the slave
hoaer's Rebellion. The church completely flled
long before the minister appeared every seat ise and
avenue VI entrance being occupied win Intelligent rs
tsners.
M Beecher took his text from Esther 18th chapter.
18th and 18th verse;: Then Mordeeai commanded TO
answer Esther: Think not with thyself that thou shalt
escape In the Kings house more than siI tle jews
For II thon altogether hodest thy peace q. this time
then shall their enlargement and devera1e arise 9 The
Jews from another place; but thou and Thy fathers
house shall be destroyed, and who kn0weth whether
thou art come the Kingdom for such time as this"
gigantic conspiracy va. on the point OF breaking
ont given day in oil the provinces of the country
The Jews were about TO be put to the sword and but
little time was lsft to decide. We ourselves,
are nov engaged The IL gaT' ,S SSGn'p. gsS
rance and weakness which combined 70 destroy the
government and institutions which onr fathers framed.
The Union cry il TO the effect that al men are born
ffer and eqnal The enjoyment Of life and liberty,
with the means Of acquiring a competence, lies within
the reach Of oil Americans. The speaker had long
tried 10 belong 10 The Democratic party. The reason
be did not belong 10 that party now was because he
was Democrat He gave An elaborate definition OF
the diGoreooe beiwegn social and civil democracy.
aud gave forcible reason that we should
preserve our democracy. in as much as the
despo,, OF Europe are uniformly against u.
The European, had not dared to trust the
d
sary to sackle them by compelling them 70 vote, not
for the President direct but for electoral college, This
was breaSwa,er against the people, who have over
it hy voting for electors who they know, Will vote
for the man they wish 20 be President IL Is idle %
attempt 10 restrain the people. Democracy makes the
best laws and laws which better Obcyed than those
OF monarchial government. The present Democratic
party--the Peace Dem0cracy-is 70 more like the Go
Democratic party than Judas was ike John.
With "FF fSo Pesce Dc%ocri Hg;e think that they
are voting in the interests Of liberty. But parties
controlled by the best sentiments OF the citizens
who vote therein, Parties are controlled BY great
agencies by circumstances and principles Gen. Re
Clelian is q worthy md well meaning man. nc may
think himself doing his duty TO his country ana his iei
low men But the party which Gen. Nee lolnu repre-
scnts does depend for IT, charac,eton Gen Met e
Ian The Baltimore plat form involves every one Of the
original principles Of the Constitution. Tie other plat
form got 20 take what is ef or they are no oppos
ton party. That party must be judged by the men
who manage it, md II We take an inventory ~ the men
who manage H. We can but think that IL will be fse fo
irue Democratic principles Every evidence points e.
the fact that the Peace Democratic party will into
sympathy with the South il they are not already
The Baltimore platform, Oh tho contrary. propounds
Tint AL born fee and equal In This oholoe,
ght not to b. deceived. The Chicago party has
adopted course ant1gonistic to the principles oil
American Government Our poriy "a following
in the drh that American fdoas have always
taken. The original Of the Constitution was
Liberty That parry, which Is in sympathy with Davis
and Stephens-thst party hos abandoned unGenerousy
IN any enthusiastic sense the American historical ideas
and. consequently the cause Of tie American people
In England France Austria and all despotisns ~ the
Old World the election Of Mcclellan Is pas cd for n
order defeat the Union. because IL too strong But
We have ON side the sympathy Of GaTbal Of kcs.
suth ~ Victor Hugo together with every patriot OF tn
ODD World These are always on our side; aud tie chan
pon OF potisnis invariably on the other IL " again
s6id that this war il for the negro II true In
measure. We are fighting for the negro slave not be
cause he ~ negro nor because he 10 slave bins be-
cause De man. There is not man that is born
der the broad hemisphere but that is born Tor he, Id
crfy ard the pursuit OF happiness and und0r the flag
of the Union party If Ia vndlcate the night Of every
living being the face Of Gods earth. Tho speaker
was an Abolltorst because he for abolishng sin,
crime wlckedress, so, Dheresocyer it 30 be- 4
found. lilo was, ont and out man who loved his /
f,low.men He wa, especially sorry tina, that gen.
sOs people tho IrishOne Of the most wonderful peo.
ye in the world should have been inyegled. nOu OF
them into tho Copperhead columns And yet he pted |
them; for OF tho fruits Of oppression WIS that the
man who has been slave wants some one else 20
be a slave TO him; and. as body, they hate tho |
"nngur." That hatred measures how much harm op. |
preston has done them. As to Mr. lincoln, IL IL not
required that he should DO specially liked, We can
Judge him by his platform and the company he keeps
these are evidences which should DO sufficient to insure
the vote Of loyal men for the Union candi-
dates. The War Democracy AS well as she
Republicans are for Lincoln; rnd tie soldiers are for
him Notwithstanding the votes they may lose through
fraud. These frauds were monstrous. A man that
VIII take the dead hand OF the soldier and make that
hand vote for the cnuse which IN life t fought against
has need Of day Of Judgment for 10 viii 60 10 he'll
before. We judge Mcclellan by kis company what
shall seol rondleton. Long. VOORHEES, Nallandig.
ham, Wood, James Brooks and others. The speaker
concluded by o1horing his hearers to devote neat
Tuesday exclusively to the election. The results of
victory Oh our side. must be peace and tie onion
Gnd these We cannot must not iail TO accomplish
CoLLISroN.-Ihe L. :. steam transport Star
light, voyage from Washington to Port Royal when
IN the neighborhood Of Fortress Monroe was run into
by the steamer Warrior and seriously damaged The