Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-19
TIE New Gospel According to
Saint Bfecher.

Fourth of July prcarhmen. of Par
son Beecher
We are going to have religion
and true Gospel down South. They |
have had false Gospel-one that
took with the strong az ainst the weak.
Now We will have a pure gospel
one that begins with a love to God
and love to man. You may send
/ Your wares and merchandise down
there, but You can't send your reli-
Sion. Fact il. you can't spare it
from home 1t IS not an article of
export: 1t IL plant of slow growth.
| You can, go down South and let ont
| civilization by the job. and inte!ii-
gence BY the contract. 1t will take
time. The mind viii grind out some
flour by and BY. III, whites down
there, 50 lazy, must learn 20 work.
They won, sir till kicked by hun
ger have seen them in Charles
tor, v here could not have walked
ten years ago. l think the question
IL, what viii become of the whites
! he blacks are kings and prime s.
compared with the white trash. l
don't know what they will do; the
best thing for most of them to do -
to die. l hop. they viii stand some
chance in the next ld--thev have
not tn, ghost of chance in this
We clip the above from an ex-
change, not FOR the purpose OF strlk-
ing back at our good friend Beecher,
for really We care not = cent about
him or his notions about us. We in
troduce this merely AZ a text for somc
ren.!ks o. our own upon an impor-
;an:, and great y nI:sund-rstooc mat
ter Misunderstood not only by
B.cchrr, but by men with ten times
til. common srnec of F-rch"r, Sou'h-
ern 40 well as Northern Mon.
Whom changed by northern u:.n
such es Beschcr. tina; Ne acc lazy
INDECENT, ignorant and wi:hou. any
sort O: enterprise, too many Of ou'
people are disposed, withou; ques
t!ouiuC. 20 admit the fact. ": :h"-.
: we are neither ignorant nor lazv
nor iuGo.eat, nor 60 we lack enter
:, prise and energy. Our moHs,e:
crops before the war, and progr..s
in the sr:s. -cIcrC.s and internal IN.
i provemrr:s, 'ur fighting quaii;ie.
and grand craftsmanship all provt
i ,h" contrary. The gr.at-s: states
men, and I'll" greatest generals, onc
i :hr greatest literary characters Of The
: country, with probably one or twC
= born and southern educated mon
: Aud j, il fact tina, ough, 20 b,
l. known to Mr. Br,ch--. that 81, 4
- characters cannot sp,lnT from I'll,
q bosom o! interior socic;irs. \ Nas n
d ington could nrv"r hay" sprUt.g .gc:.
l." thu 6o.o ON o; Hindoo soc s;v.
:, But Be-chcr SAYS, " think IN
4 question il, what will become Of ,h
whites Ike blacks are kings an,
4. princes compared with the wht:
Il trash I don't know What they vii
4 DO the b,s: thing /. most OF! thes
= is TO die"
a This i brocheriy and Very gene.
Il Gus aad manly in Nv Barchrr. Hu
b. it shows ,hi- much, that Mr.. Beech
D: er With all his dogma;ism, dashir
V and flashing style, is bnt a ty-o,
3. raai genuine ignoranus.
m U;d il never occur 20 him tha, /
y all countries there is large elias
=. ~ persons that never labor with .icj
II own hands This is Il t CHS, at tn
North and at the South. in Europ'
! in Asia, everywhere. People thu
n are able to live without hard wori
?. the world over. are never found e,
j gagged in constant, daily manual tni
Wealthy people will enjoy then
selvpa as best suits them ~hsrev,
= found. and all countries have The
"a merchants professional men and loa
'e ere, aud these classes are not near :
3 numerous m the South as in Il
North. Many of the southern poop
have been etunued by the bio
which they have lately received, ar
: may not as yet have fixed npon an
~ plan of lite for the future. They ha,
:" been suddenly, ard as if by a s;roi
re- Of fate, reduced from wealth to pc
erty, and "a Ike other wealthy pc
c pie they had never been accusto ON,
or to labor in the field or in the ~orl
ns shop, they may yet be somewha. b
e. HiIdered by the sudden and seve
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