Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-28
Copperheads and theIr swine.

Bsecher recently preached 6 sermon
on the miracle Of Jesus casting out the
devils, and their afterwards entering into
the swine and destroying them. We
extract:
But there is the other side Of the spec
taele, too. As they that heard Of the
dealing Of Christ with this man besought
him 20 depart out of their land, on ae-
count Of the loss OF their swine, 30 we
have large number Of conservative per.
sons among us, who, ia looking apon the
condition Of this nation, have great fear
on account Of the various destruction
that takes place for the salvation of the
eonntry. IN the first place, thsy are ex-
cesdingly troubled in regard 70 the de-
struetion Of the Constitution To be
sure, four million men have resurree-
ton; four million men are touched with
the light of the rising glory OF liberty
but this "a nothing. Il is the breaking
Of the Constitution that they think Of
An owl ats in tree TO see an eagle
hatch its egg; and By and by, when the
shell is cracked to let the young eagle
out, the owl boots, "Spoiling, SpotliHg,
srolISo the shelll' What is the she'll
10 the eagle that Is inside Of IT'D aud
what Is the CoHssita ion but the shell Of
the spirit OF libeFsy7 II was ordained
for liberty; and whsa 1t is broken, that
the eagle, Libes.y, may come forth, the
owl hootsi They know the shell, but
they 30 not know the eaglel
> These persons are waainF tlie snbsid-
enee Of industry Yes, there is tenn
pofary subsistence Of industry throughout
the Southern part Of this land They
are wailing the barden Of debt that Is
imposed upon the nafioa. Yes, there is
a great burden Of debt imposed on the
nasion But, after al, il bad been
possessed with the devil, | would rather
suffer anything On earth, and get him
cast ont, than have everything on earth
and have TO carry him. But there is a
difference of opinion on this subject
Many think that nation with its devil
cast out and some troable endured for
the sake OF is parity, is not half 10 de-
sirahle rs . nation sith prosperity and
the devil In i'll / myself profess not 10
be Of that school. profess that, for the
sake of having this nation free, there
eaa be no price too great, no suffering
too much. But, after all, what is our
suffering compared with the suiferings Of
those whose hidden SORROWS have for
half century gone up before God7
Think Of tie mothers broken heart, and
the old palriarch's tears, and Of the
worse than anEtterahle anguish OF those
who we're sacrificed for their beauty to
the Iusts of their oSpresscrsl Think of
the complications OF saEerings Of those
who have been dumb, and thsx have had
none 20 speak for them.
| tell you, the suffering that this na-
| ton is going through now is not only
atonement for suffering that has for
years aud years gone up before God, but
| thew are the remedies Of suffering. You
are purchasing redemption, if not for
/ yourselves, for the slaves But you are
purchasing il for yourselves. And you
see, by the misckiefs that are caused BY
setting this nation free, Ehat would have
been It's condition it the work had been
delayed litt:e longer In thirty years
more the monstrouz brood Of devils
would have gone on multiplying. which
woald then have to be cast out; and il
would have rent the life Of the nation far
more sorely than it is now being rent.
We should have been disheveied and
/ destroyed people But now We have life
enough to bear the strain occasioned BIZ
emancipation. And, though for the
present there is seeming waste of in-
dnstry, after all good work is being
accomplished A man has fne crop
Of clover on his ground, and be goes
some June morning and he turns il
over, root, top, and al, and men say,
"oh, what waste of foragel" Bat
/ when he sovs the next crop, its aben-
dance shows that what he did was the
most economical thing that be could
have done Now, tell you it Is wei to
turn over industry, and manure foT g
letter industry and free labor for the
next ffty years viii pay back dollar for
dollar, principal and interest, Of the
monstrous debt Of this war.