, 1864-10-31
THE CRISIS.
Meeting Ii Eryan ualt-ldiresses by Major
General Garfield, and Reys. c. b. Fow.
ler, 3. coliyer, A. h. Brooks,
and 0. II. tiffany. n. n.

|
ler, E. Col'yer, A. h. Brooks,
and 0. u. Tiffany, D, ..
| very largely attended meeting OF loyal men
and women. was held In Bryan Hall Yesterday of
te1noop. the object Of the meeting being to con
elder the duty Of Christians to their country In
this ctt.ls. There WAS an entire urantmity o
feeling, the loya! nsterances Of the speakers beIre
| heartily and enthusiastically responded to BY the
aaS,ene We 5esEet taat ne pressure on orr col
mOch condemned report.
The nsstiIg was opened by ths feaaios Of
sitei which p1sysr Was ode1ed by W ReV. a.
Brooks, Of the Edwards Preso7teran Church
After = teW 5emsrks By the presiding od1cer,
meeting, Rey. i. d: Fowler, 81 The Ciask street a
Ii. T. Church, Was introduced the audience.
REV. C. H. 1owLBh's R1aAnKs.
The speaker come to express his views upon this
not been backward IN speaking. Ha was prepared
to Justify the Idea Of ministers taking part il the
present movement beth IL religious and polis-
done their duty this war would never have occur
us sun of al wss You'd
As a'thoiogIcal question 1t pressed upon Us two
trutts-one that God rnes the wor!d-uot money
ard stockt-and smother that he has brought ont
OF this war demonstration OF the truth how bad
human nature eau be-. The great question now
IL not whether We shall vote for th{s OF that man
hnt whether ne shall save the country, it, insttu-
.ions, tte liberties or give them up for anarchy
Rev. Robert Coll5er, of Unity Church, WAS the
rex! speaker. We egsTe brief synopsis Of hts H.
marks. ....----
REMARKS or MI. coLLYER.
While be bad listeted TO the previous speaker
be had felt ike saying amen every time. What
sye1 grest 9ass tor effects men in general, must
was bred upon at Fort Sumter, the speaker could
not Ind more app.opriate text from which to
preach his sermon Than that IN which Jesus, says
his coat aud buy ope." He should remember
every act Of this period Of his lie more proml.
nsnt1y than toe incidents o1 any other We shall
all remember whether we stood up and assisted
the Goyeznment OF whether We heir back. lie
Wanted to vote for Abraham Lincoln, and he also
wanea un f tst ss a f. The
lions that could be made in regsrd to the conduct
t the thnE certain .hst The ssess
country. lis believed that i McGclelian
was elected, and should slow the reoels
Bunker Hill. to govern the loyal city Cnlcaso,
the rebels then would only he tatlsfsd BY break
lnk mp the Union. He related the story OF the
pared for erection to Commemorate his reign,
wtose top would be the frat object to catch the
e o. III PPs snd m p1e
Nhtn the pillar was ready for erection. and had
be4 ra,eed from the ground BY senosmous power
d 5epss sra levers the King CO c9mmasaed bis eon
mase as 1t hung ID mid air. The son obeyed;
whe1eas the people sceing the danger that threst-
entd their future monarch, betought the king his
aLd c1ueh the royal heir. and with hin I'LL their
hopts Of iutnre prosperity and greatness. The
King repitd, saying that he haa placed bis son IN
duty 10 their country and government when Lan-
ger impenced, md also leara to sustain aud gu4Ed
lhe rights ard interests o. their iaet rulers. lie
ikeneo the rreeident to the Egyptian pillar, which
tie wCrkmen. on seeing the danger to the htir 70
the tbrole Q. made haste 10. support aud taatan
With ropes sEd cgerT conseivab.e support, that 1t
hopes. LIE cous.dered 1t the dnsy Of ult good men
TO support the Government as ut present. Rdmlnis-
teri d. and thereby enable 1t 10 cAfry this great
wtrk TO gloriouB and successful termination.
AAJoEGKNERAL GARFIELD.
The next speaker was Mn}or-Geaeral Garfield.
He wae not anticipating the call to rpesk on tha1
eaid that it not right 10 mix poiiics with re- j.
eiop, but for his part he believed that po.iucs
would not suiIer by the infusion Of u little re.
why do We owe allegiance to o1E Governments
Fer centu1ies the people OF Europe haa believed in
the divine Iisht Of kinss. lie ala not belisve
! who permitted the establishment OF governments
BY human power, and afterwards TOOK charge Of
with lmpunity. The ark borne before tbs Isra
| lies was made by humsu bands. but whea hn-
| ished 1t was taken under the protection oF the
laid halds On it though With the best intentions,
be was stricken down. 50 with the temple oi
Solomon. That WIS built by men, but altsr the
men had departed, the glory OF tbs Lord oiled the
hoc:e. and it was thencesorward holy to the Lord,
y.ss 20 with tbs ooEe,pment Sat was founded
BY the nobleatt ideas Of freedom aud
sacrifices Of the Revolution, tbey to,!ed to .esr
| ,f froAf r Cna 3nts sf>o4a a15
from that moment the Divine being became ite
supreme heau and dependence !; and whomsotvel
hess latter days e6al1 ssesi!lgtous hands
man; it L. rot az iDst:tutlon which men may bald
Re #
the summary Of The law. the maxim, Thou shalt
lore the Lord thy God With all thy heart, and thy
through ali ciestion, except. that ior tie WORD
"loye'' We might substitute that Of y atttaction'
Tits 1t which kept the planets IN their courses
eartb's surface. So with this Government. The
very tane bond exteted between the several States
anu communities as that which bouud the sever a
tubvert the will In either the political Of material
world would brig back original chaos. PtolemJ
taught That tRs earth he esatsr of tas sos
whe,her tke great Union power shalf be tie cs1fe.
sttgsc,ien IL ignored tbs ysars to come ssll hea1
then. wiz go on NTH the psSple asknowless Vos
one mind and purpose move down npon the enc
mics OF the county The rebellion Will be crushed
Iet every and christian feel that bis duty ia t.
his country aEd bis God. Let rs sustsin the armls
In the field. When theE EEL they are sustained b,
their friends at home, and when the enemy see:
mat b. hss nothing to hope rom the North, ther
aEs. \. L. BROOKS.
Rev. 4. L. Brooks, Of the Edwards Presbyte
rian Church, was then Introduced and ADDRESSED
eos ae dasy u Il Chris
to thape every net 20 az to accord with the etetna
principles Of justice and s1shteousness. TIL
that be or abe sho1 their ta1lh by theit wor ts-
work saeP, = i ths dsld q politics; IL aoy
Of human EoEernment-it secured religions III
vel. ne civil Aberty-it afforded greater projection
to 1boee engaged IN the spread Of the Gospel 0
face Of the earth, and 1t was the imperative dut,
Of every Christian to defend that Government
whether It be In the field Or at the ballot boz
Union Was = holy crnssde-a battle for the princi
Pies OF Human Bro.he.hood-for the precepts Q
;sfus Chr,at, az laia dawn In tha h. Nsw Tsstament
~ o',sa g. R1 a,st tns g.s.s III. g
VI Whoie hioie-il Denied ,hs inailenable rishts 70 .
eytry man to own laoof-and no man could coa
sietenuy vote ior its adoption OF for !ts csadldat
ENGAGED in the .work Of sweeping from this fai
1aLd the curee Of slavery. nd be Trusted ever
CHRISTIAN who had vote wou1d not fail to cast hi
vote for him, and thus rid the country Of thi
biz Ahtfng curse.
HEv. 0. Il. TIFFANY, D. y.
An able address wss then delivered BY Rev. {
q. TIFFANY, D. D., plainly and logically aeltin
tonh the duties Of the people In this our country
crisis, the aentlments Of both The latter geutles
beng received with loud amens during their nttel
| ance End at the clnee.
The servtces concluded by the singing of 1ewps
rlotic gnng-"The Trlplehued B1nnef''-by IN
Hutchinson Family, which was applauded to Ii
echo.
MURDER at BRIDGEPORT.
Il saloon Row and Its Consequences
a n2aAsg skull Battered In
with y Shovel
raloon in Bridgeport, located On the Ateoer roa
! about halt way between the tWo bridges, whic
was terminated by the killing Or one OF the pa
; ticipsnts-Richard Coreory-by blow, from
shovel, welded as 1t Is belcved, by the landlor
Of the house, Lawrence T; Prouty;
The history Of the fatal quarre! II brief. Th
ealoon was crowded, al is uauaf on Saturday eyeI
ipee, with workmen in the Vario1s packing house
. in Bridgeport, aquanderlng, their hard earne
,, wages in whisky and similar drinks. onep thos
! disputes which 30 commonly occur where partie
driDk away their brains in company, wss begun
!. and developed into an lncp1eut diht. This wa
anont eleven O'Clock. P1outy instituted process
run out,. It is stated by some, tha
Prou.y seized shovel and with it strne
Corcefy on the head. telling him to the door. Y
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