The Portland daily press., 1864-11-01

slavery on new territory, or to control the
government, the shareholders determined tc
destroy the nation by iorce of arms.
In this attempt is combined, all that could
ever Justify resistance.
1t was UTTERLY WITHOUT PRovocA A TfoN
as their own Vice-President eloquently de.
monstrated in the Georgia convention, and al
Gen. Mcclellan declared to his soldiere in
Western Virginia :-"Your enemies have vio-
lated every moral law; neither God nor man
can sustain them. They have soithout cause
rebeiied against mild and paternal govern
ment, they have seized upon public and pri
vate property. they have outraged the persons
1 OF Northern men, merely because they came
from the North-they have placed themselves
oeneGth contempt unless they retrieve their
honor on the field of battle" eas
1t was for the most wicked purpose. To
rlvet the chains upon millions OF helpless
slopes-not one of whom euer knear the benefit
of the habeas corpus.
1t was inaugarated by the foulest means,
desecrating the very Council chamber OF
the nation to plots of treason. The infamy
| of Judas at the Communion table, while in
Z vile commerce with the chief priests to sell
his Lord, only exceeded it.. M
1t has been prosecuted by the most outrd-
geous measuIes-the massacre of harmless
towns and disarmed and wounded soldiers
| and the murder of thousands of prisoners of
war by exposure and starvation.
1t aims at the most Disastrous results. the
overthrow OF nation on which the hopes of
| of the world are centered. as the instrument
In the hands of God of the redemption of the
race from civil and religious tyranny. do
not wond,r that the Rev. DIR. Scudder who
mas traversed every sea securely under the
waving folds OF our banner, and for more
| than thirty years dwelt safely and cnia,iv hs.
meath its shade among the Senovs snd ,ba
Brahmins of India. should ,,tter tbase iunsss
stoned words at the Anniversarv ~ tha hi.
| ton ST. PRAYER meeting at love nv = conUtr, ~
One reason whv I am q ITn;on yrsr l. y.
cause I am religious man. becauss r bs,,avs
| in government and in Gud. love the fac Of
my country. If there is a passion which conrs
es in every vein, and beats In every arterv r.
is my love of the flag of nav country srS -
among the prayers which have come ~ offa,.
here to day, this is one: o God of nv fatbarsi
protect that flag-blast the hands thst 'r.o,,,J;
rudely touch it. or profanely nlncr ono ".r s.a.
from the constellation. which thon has ;nscr;h-
ed there o God bless the national arm e,,d
give US peace by and throueb universal v;cto-
ry on land and sea. Free the slave. crnsh the
rebellion. nnnish the traitors So,th s,,d No,.h
and spread the WING Of one crest "uu mu;Her.aI
Sanaa.ss ea1 s..o wing " one great, universal,
make us 5eonla who shall LA i.- a..J
obev .rbeaS ~ ~ -, '-.A.A ioal anu iose aaiu
Tins has this roboll;on - -
thrown itself d;ractlv bas,ra - .I 1sely Puahs:
Gods chariot and II ,,,,ss he .,.sha n1 maee.s VI
come renentant Ana 10. .. ~ . uausneu oT De-
Christ Who in riobtaousness n dash 1's a. Jesus
atls ont.s', WY ~ iisusoouShess uotn Juoge and
earth - snch ;ncSrr;o;,,lo o. W slse peace On
his min;stars and b;s nan,,N ous aswoiu
stand beneath his hannar snd s. a.o nvunu W
Aict ,;il .ha r;,.h. anai, = press tne con-
T,et ma not Sa uo;sunda,s.es,,. tr~.o,,; .s,.
There IS not vindictive sseI;nri - ,as ,, a..el.
80 ~: = ,uiollsc ieeiiug IA our nearts
;ovunnt,arahie :. ~ mvnau 10y reJoice, win
tate TO extend tn the renen,oo. I pIaIe " nss
RECOMMENDATION 0S si r. coIolai
greater cause for v;nd;c.;1a no1e lave
have for whom no.oo tnan
are welcomed br,,,a ~, ch;is ..'s,, oseu onsss n
GLADDEN. INV heart ~ ohoou - -, iSsuIn Ss,il 70
years- vet tbaro ;s ~ ~ : .-e;.a ny uoei,uns
all with whom would not daliobt to st a. .lI .ha
table Of onr T,ord o,,i iat h;s ~ si' az .ne
Of his penitence and reformat;nn M @ 'n1 p proGt
thew will moi haa, h,,t ,sass;as' ~ ia: -
mons rabaii;on S s ns oas o Pe.Siss ~ tnelr ma
ernment while sccord;no 10 tha a~a,,ia OI' sos
gracious Lord it saws. als for those rp;ne aya.
mics who would NOT that shonld rnla onor
them. bring them hithar and ii. 10 .i,an, he,a.o +
me-" 49, =. ~-ss - -A '-1s'- ''e D0oio os
And let no one internrat this .s +ho l.,
guage Of political partizanshinl SbonId 9 'a she
people whose voice in this osnect - ,ha a,;ls slo
OU. n w,nw o.
the head OF The administration svarv nnlr;..
will extend to him the sama aarnast cpni'as ppas
ration in every vigorous efF,rt to snndne tno
Rebellion, 80 = - - - a. :" 'ue INC
But. .The horrors Of war Tho dos,r,o 2
tion and carnage and bloodsbed ~ Voc tha
horrors of war are unutterahia hut they sc
onlv one form Of the borros ~, Las
and tbev are as nothino comnarad t,;,S ~
horrors which rjchteons NOR :, ON ,,ma,a,,t
remove. -''-' 1917 y
There are the horrors Of anarchy cor,-a
pared with which war Is 4 pastirne In Rrsnca,
5000 yictius fell beneatb the bloody o,;io,;no
in four davs In the convent of tho Csrmal;,as
alone. and more than a million manv If them
the best of their mer and voman d1r;ns .ha
short reign of Terror: and as fearful q co,,.
spiracy to deluge our own land in blood has
been detected and prevented only by the en-
ergypf government. - -
There are The horrors Of desnotism 80 -ona q,
long unceasing agony. under the iron heel of
few-less apparent because diffi,sed over a 4
kingdom. but none the less real m ss.s.
These are the horrors of slavery for Xvb;ch
God has now risen nm in ;ndgmont .ra;rst g,v
us-the cause of this war and the cnrse ~
be removed by It. MANY of rs have been ac.
accustomed to think lightly of those horrors,
and turn aside with indifference. disoust or
anger at mention of them. but God 6as not
been Indifferent Long time he has kept silent.
but now ne is setting them In order before our
eyes; and we do well to consider them sol
emnly lest be tear us in pieces, and there be
none to deliver.
For eight generations the shores Of Africa
have been haunted by the Slave ship, and bar
barous chiefs have been stirred up to bloody
wars for the purpose of obtaining prisoners
to sell as slaves. An eminent recent writer
not minister, or professed christian) esti-s
mates that In this way thirty millions have
been stolen from their homes In Africa and
crowded on board those prison ships. At the
lowest estimate an equal number have been
destroyed in wars for their capture, amidst
burning villages and shrieking friends, any of
which were more terrible than the sack Of
lawrence Of these thirty E.ilioAs seized
not less tnan one-slxth, or i've millions have
perisned from the horrors Of the middle pas
sage. Faai4