The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-12


We .nreaa before the readers Of the
UxoS Yesterday = renaaFkaose So -
made on Sunday the I'd inst -
lecture room Of Plynouth Churon' =
Rev. Henry Wasd Beschsr, seconl-s
MED hv an equally remarkable ie''ss
from the Church. The subject q DO.'-
the speech and the letter IS 'ne p
proscbine end Of the bloody war when
has torn oor country, and the oess :
inculcafine mercy on the part Of me
eOvernmenE in disposing Of the reOei-
liouA aWe have urged the Peopie
of the North, said Mr.. Beechef =
stifseu their backbone and 70 Keep uP
their moral tone, and We. have done cur
duty. That such man should De eiee-
! ted as hswho has reassumed the fsesi-
dental char is . magnificent result
But nor We have the country, ana me
whole country, IN our handA We have
fought for Il, and are responsible ior II
/ have taught You 70 believe that the
whole Union was Indispensable to the
honor Of the country. We did not care
to see the north prospehous- and great
and healthy, and the South feeble I'M
poverished and weakened b7 excessss
We are bondsmen Tor the welfare ana
prosperity Of the country, not OF New
England or any other section The exl-
gencies of cur country require US 70 90
q thousand-fold more than ever before
and first let us take care that We do
not fail into the easy sin Of vengeance
under the plea Of Justice Few men
can afford 10 be just until they hrst
learn how TO love / bear many men
ssy this war ought not TO be ended IN
til the principal traitors are hungl and
that sour apple tree to take the place
of Humans gallows should swing the
arbitrator JEFF Davis. If Mr.. Davis
was my lawful prey tonight, ] would
do by-him IS did with another wasp
Yesterday. saw the fellow on my
door in the country, and WIS just about
10 smash him, when ! said what's the
use. It's only wasp, and 1t y not at
all probable that he and ] will meet
again, and III act him go. That's what
I'd do with JET Davis. Let him 50
away where hen be BY himself, power
less 10 iDiure Us, and of no particular
account to anybody else. And if l had
nv way after the close of fighting, ]
would not let one drop of blood be
spilled and then ] could say to the
world that this great civil war has been
ended as none other ever was. Ong ht
there not ba an exhibition of law and
iustce-ought not there 10 bea terri
BILE spectacle of retributionY say
some. In mercy's name, has
there not been mark enough : Is not
in the penalty already incurred, God
vengeance patent enough We don
want any more. vengeance. l would
not expatriate any leaders on the
ground Of vengeance; but as they have
once misled the people, they might dc
30 again. I would expatriate and DIS
franchise them Idon't know as you
will 20 with me in this law. am
however, consistent, having never urged
the slightest shedding Of blood, save
when il was necessary to establish the
supremacy Of the Government. And
more-we wish now TO show the South
their total misrepresentation OF oul
former sentiments.
These are the words Of q patriot ans
a christian. At no time has Mr. Beech
er every faltered in his duty to the ma
ton during her struggle with the rebel
lion. He has been greatly Instrument
al in keeping alive the spirit and zea
of the northern people, Indignantly re
buking every INDIGESTION Of willing
ness in any quarter TO assent to disso
luton Of the Union. And no man di'
more TO inform the public mind 0
Great Britain and weed it Of thee
which had there taken root, to tn
prejudice Of our government, and tn
hazard-of s disruption Of the amicabl
ties connecting the two countries. N
one has exhibited clearer or more ele
waited views Of the duties Of christian
and citizens. When, therefore, such
man makes an overture for mercy Z
the criminal who has sought the heart
blood of the nation, and been foiled,
becomes all who have clamored for jui
tice 10 pause and reflect
The plea Of Mr. Beecher is al th
stronger frora having the endorsement
OF Plymouth Church, which, warm an'
devoted Is il has been to the csuse {
Freedom and Union, now Offers ia
hand Of christian fellowship 70 the mis-
guided and stricken people OF ia
South
We trust that our readers have no
overlooked The speech OF the lette
They are, as we have said, remarkable
and cannot fsii to have great weigh
100. tAa r,antalar mind ons haarf