, 1865-04-21

mQlmuf, 1t l8 the l0Gpt4 kO t1t ppu!+ ~
heals our broken hearts, It preaehes delisef'
It Gets at liberty them that we're bruised:
Rise up, then. glorious goepel banner, and
roll cut these mcsssges Of Gud. Tell the a't
that not tpor now eullits thy viii 'encss,
try red is not The blush Of shame, but tue
flush OF joy. Tell the dtws that wish thee
that thy starr ltad toward the morning, and
to tho morning that brighter day arises
With healing IN it's wings, and then, Oh gloti-
Gus 1sg. bid the sun pour light ca 1hy !o!as
with double brightness, whilst thou art De-
Ing, round and round the world, the solemn
~ OF race set fee, a nation reaeeMeo.
The mighty hand Of Government, made
strong in war, BIZ The favor of the 9od Of bat
tlts, Spreads wide to-day the banner Of Nter-'
~. that Eept dnwn In darkness, that arc: in
light, and there it streams like thd eun above
It, peitter pa,celled out or monopolized, but
flooding the alr with light for all mankind:
Y scattered ard broken, ye moulded ana
dying, bitten By the fiery serpents Of oppres:
sion, everywhere In all the world lcok upon
the {,gn lifted up, and live /; and ye homeless
and houseles5 slaves, look, and ye are Tree.
At length ycu, too, have part and lot In TINS
glorious ensign TINT broeds with Impartial
lcye over small and great, the poo- and the
strong, the bond and the free. 1n this sol,
cmn hour let us pray for the quick coming OF
n.on fag. But ane ne nn mast build again from the
foundations In oil these free Southern States:
No cheap exho1tation to forgctfu,nesa OF
the past to restore all things as they
wers, will do. God does not stretch
ont his hand as he has for four dread
ful years. that men may easily forget the
might Of bis terrible acts. Restore things as
they we're? What, the alfenations and JET
lous:cs. the dlscords and contentious, and the
causes of them! No! In that solemn sacri-
fec which nation has offered up for Its sins,
20 many precious victims loved and lamen led,
let ur sins and mistakes be ,nsumed utter
II. and forever. No! Neyer again. shall
things be restored as before the Wari 1t Is
written in Gods decree Of events fulillcd.
new earth in which dwelleth Righteousness
draws near. Things as they were: Who has
an omnirotent hand to restore million dead,
slain in battle, or wasted by sickness, Or dy-
ing ol g1iet, broken.hcarteds Who has on,-
ripresence to search for the scat.eted ones
Who shall bring back the SOU uAndered treas
me, the years Of Industry wasted, and con-
vince you that four years Of guilty rebellion
aud cruel war orc NJ more than di1t upon the
band, which moments washing removes,
and leaves the hand clcan as befose Such q
war reaches down to the very vitals Of soc1e-
ty. Emerging from such O prolonged rebel
lion, be is blind who tells you TINT tue State,
By a mere amnesty and benevolcnce oi
goye1Lmtn can be- put again by a
mtre decree in Its old place. 1t would
not be horest-it would not be Find
revolution against the Union has not reacted
and wrought revolution in the Southern
States themselves, and inaugusated d new
d.spensatiou. Society is like broken loom,
and the piece which rebe lion put In and was
weaving HIS BEN cut, and every thread
wool, md weaving anew as the fabric slowly
unTinds, We shall see in It no gorgcn figures,
no hideous groteEquc Of the old barbarisr,,
Int the figures OF liberty, vines ard golden
strains, flaming IN the heads Of justice, lore
and liberty. The august Convention oil 17S7
famed the Constitution with this memLrable
preamble: 1--WE, the people Of the United
and cB' ahlfsh justice, insure domestic tran
9u,lllty, provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare, and secure the
blessings Of liberty to ourselves anl our pos-
tcrity, do osdain this Constitution for the
United States Of America" Again, in the
awful convention OF Whr, the people OF the
United States Tor the very ends just 1ecited,
Ease debated, settled and ordained certain
fundamental truths which must hencefotih
be accept.d and obeyed nor ts any State o.
any individual wise who shall Disregard them.
They are to civil affat,s what tie natural
oi n ace epa happiness. What are tie ordi-
nnDscs given By the people, Speaking ont
Of irc hnd datkress OF war, with
authority inspired by that same God
who gave the law from Sinai amid
| tl1undc1s Of trumpet voices: L. That these
United Suites shall be oEe and indivis bic; 2.
that States aic not obsolu'e e sovcrr 9ns, ind
| md have no right to dismemher thu epnblic
5. Universal l.be.ty Is Indispensable to re-
publican government, aud thu. slavery shall
be utterly and forever abolished. Such arc
tie results Of war; these are the best fruits
Of the NET. They arc worth all they have
coet. They are the foundations Of peace.
They Will stcute bencd to all Iati9ns as
we'll us to us. Our highest wisdom and duty
ts 10 ncccl,s the facts US the decrccs OF God.
We arc cshcrtsd to forget all that hss hap
penco. Yes, the wrath, the conflict, the cru.
city, but not 1hesc oyerrNling DEGREES of Grd
which this wsr has pronounced as solemnly
remember, hear 1t 1o-day, under this sun, un-
der that bright child Of the Summer banner,
with thu eyes Of this nation and the world
upon us. We repeat the sy1'ables Of G:d's
providence, and recIte the solemn decrees-
No more disunieD-no more sttr*sioa- no more
| b g,n:> We do not wonder that European
statesmen Iailed to comprehend this conh'ct,
| ond foreign philanthrnr.s's were shocked at
q murder us Tar that seemed to have had no
| u.o:nl origin, bu. like the brutal fight If
beasts c: prey to have sprung from fesocions
animalism.. HIS great nation, al'tug al pro.
s's ossans t1;"o* with s'aata sssTsia
,esourcce, with riches increasinein an
unparalleled 1atio, By agriculture, by
manufactures, by commerce, with schools and
churches, with books and newspapers thick
as leaves In our Own fotls.5, with institutions
| spruhg from the people and peculiarly adap.
tN II r{r Sufs
but actire. usRd To excitement, praotiasd IN
political witdom and accustomed 70 selfeov-
crnment, and ali It's vnst outlying parts held
together by Federal Government mild In
temper. gentle In administration, and benen
cent in results, We do not wonder that 1t IL
not understood abroad. AL at once in The
hemisphere OF happiness and hope there came
| tEooring clouds with fiery bolts full Of death
and deso:ntion. AT "a cannon shot upon this
tolt all the nation, As if they had been 8
t1a'ned army lying. On their srms awaiting q
signal, rose up and began . war. which io1
nence. The front Ct battle going with the
sun was LEO mics long, and the depth
measured along a mefidian Was 1000 milea
In this vate;i. arsa more than tWc inI.iiou me1
first I'D last for four years have In skirmish
fight aud battle, met In more than thousani
7corficts. while coast and river line not less
than 4, COO miles in length, has sWarmel will
fleets f1elshted with artillery. The very in
dustry Of the country seemed to have becr
touched By some inie, nal wand, and with ons
wheel changed It from peace to war. Til.
anytls Of thc land beat like drums Us ont of tht
ocze emerge monsters; 10 f1om our mine
and foundrie5 uEr'se new and strange mn
chimes Of Wat, iron-clad, And so in nation
Of peaceful habits, without external pzoyoca
ton, there rote such storm Of war as black
/ eued the whole horizon and hemisphere
] 3Aa4 hot firm nho
amazed at this fanatical fury That seemct
without Divine guidance, but inspired wholly
| with Internal fienzy? The explosion wa;
| sudden, Tut the train bad long been laid
We mus: consider the condition of Southern
society If We would understand the mystery
OF this i1iquity. Society In the South re-
solves Itself into divisions more sh1rpiy dis
| ton. At the base is the laboripg class, made
ur of slaves; the next L. the middle c1ass,
II ade up Of trading small farmers and pool
men. The lower edge Of this class touched the
| slayr, mud the upper edge reached up to the
third, or iul ng class. This class we're small
they had cent. red in their hands the whole
government Of the South, md had mainly
| governed the country. Upon this polished,
cultured, eeding capable and wholly un.
pI1pciplcd class rests the whole burden ol
this war, forced up by the bottom heat o!
| slavery. The ruling ctAss IN the disloyal
States arrogated to themselves superiority
not compatible With republican equality moi
| with just morals. They claimed q right ol
pre-eminence. An evil prophet arose who
Trained these wild and luxurians shoots Of
ambition to the shapely form ofa political
philosophy. Dy its vagariss they precipitated
drudgery- to the bottom Of society. end
left at tho top what they thought to be q
clarified anid. In their political economy
| labor was to be owned By capital; In their
many. They boldly ayowcd, not the fact
alone that under ell forms Of government
the few rule the many, but their right and
duty to do SO. Set free from The Lec3ssity ot
labor, they conceived q contempt for those