, 1865-04-21

ls ended. This element must be cast out Of
pollticel rrob(ems bencefotth, that the poison
viii NOT rankle in the blood. Another
tb ng has been lca,ned-the rights and duties
Of minoritirs. The people Of the whole M.
IT, n are Of more authority than the people Of
apy scct.on.. These United States aro su-~
prime over the Northern, Western and south
ern States. It ought not TO have required tne
awful chastisement Of this War to teach that
q minority must submit the control Of thc
uation's government to tho majority, ,ihe
mmy and navy have been good political
schoolmssters. Laughter aud applause.l
Mr. Beecher concluded a. follows:
this Republic? The evil spl1it il cast ont.
Why should not this uotiou cease to wander
amcng tombs cutting itself! Why should #
not ccme clothed and In Its right mind to slt
1t the feet Of Jesus? Is 1t feared that the
Government will oupress the conquered
statesf What possible motive has the 4oy,
eminent to narrow the hlse OF that pyramid
on which its own permaEepce stands! Is It
fea' ed that the lights Of the States will be
Titbhe1ds The South Is not mora jealoua OF
etate rights than the North. State rights,
from the "a: liest colonial days, have been the
peculiar pride and JEALOUSY OF New England.
IN every stage Of national forma lion, it was'
peculiarly Northern, and not Southern, states
lnen who guar ded State rights, especially IS
we were forming tho Constitution. But once
united, the loyal States gave up forever that
which had been delegated to the National
Government, and now, in the hour Of yicsory,
the loyal States do not mean to rrench
upon Southern States rights. They viii not
DO it nor suffer It to be done. There Is not to
he one rule for high latitudes and another
for low. We take nothing from tho Southern
States that has not already been taken from
the Northern. The South shall have just
thosc rights that every Eastern, every Middle,
tyeIy Western State has-no more, no less.
by impoyerlshtng The South. It's prosperity
is an indispensable element Of enr own. We
have stavn BY all we have suffered In war
how great il our estimate of the importance
Of the Southern States Of this Union, aud
ne will measure that estimate now in peace
by still greater e1crtfons for their rebuilding.
Viii rejecting men not perceive, then, the
wisdom Of acceptins established facts and
with alncrity OF enterprise retrieve the past?
Slavery cannot come back. ills the interest,
| therefore, of every man tn hasten It's end. Do
you want more war? Are yoc not yet weary
Of contest? Will you gather up the max
plcded fragments Of this prodigious magazine
Of mischief and heap them up for continued
and since free labor Is inevitable, will you
have IT in Its worst forms OF its best?
| Shall 1t be ignorant, impertinent, lndo-
| lent, or shall it be educated. self:
respecting, moral and selfsupportlng ?
WIN You hare 1 men ;.;1 as dFu55ses,
they have vInd'cated the Government and
ccmented its foundation stones with. thslr
| blood. may they not offer their tribute of
support to maintain Its laws and its policy?
1t is better for religion 1t is better for politt
eal integrity, it ID .better for Industry, 1t Is
better for money, il you will have that mo-
| tive, that you should educate the black man,
| and byeducatiOn make him citizen. Ap+
| plause.1 They who refuse education to the
blark man would turn the South into vast
roorhouse, ard labor into pendulum Of nc
cessity, yiorating between poverty and indo-
lence. From this pulpit Of broken stone we
speak forth orr earnest greeting to all
the lind ne offer to the President Of the
United States our solemn congratulations
| that God has sustained his life and health
under the unparalleled brudens and suferings
OF four bloody years, and permitted him TO
behold this ausp!cious contamination Of that
| National unity fcr which he has waited with
| 60 much patience and fortitude, and for
| which he has laborcd with such disintcrested
wisdom. [Applsute.1 To the members Of
| the Government associated with him In the
| administering Of perilous atIui's in critical
| tines to the Senators and Representatives
of the United States, who hare eagerly FASH
ionel the Instruments By which the popular
| will might express and enforce 1t9e1f, We
tcnder our grateful lhanks.. [Applausc.] To
! the officers and men OF the army, who have
so faithfully. BkulfuIIy and glorionsly upheld
their country's authority By suffering. 1abor
and sublime courage. we offer here tribute
beyond the ccnrass of words. lGreat ap-
rlause.l Upon these true and faithful citi-
gems, men and women who have bone up
with pnbinchius hope in the darkest hour,
| and covered the land With their 1abnrs Of love
and charity, VIC invoke the divfnast blessing
Of Him whom they have So faithfully init
tated. [App1ause.l But chiefly to Thee, God
| praise for that wondrous providence that has
brought forth from such hal vest Of war the
sctd Of 50 much liberty and pace. We In
West; peace be upon the South. In the
nnme oi Gcd, we lift up our banner aud dedi-
| cate 1t to Peace. Union md Liberty, now and
forever mare. Amen! [Grcat applause.
= Mr. Bcechcr's address was delivered in his
| matcbless, eloquent and effective manner,
and vas frequently interrupted by shouts of
applause. The do1o!osy Of Old Hundred ="
was then sung with gcand effect. The clos
ing prayer and benedtction was pronounced
By Rev. DR.. Storrs, which concluded tie ex-
srcises.