Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-17

/ Extract from an Address Delivered
by BIShOp simpson at MT, Union Col.
i Iege, Ohio.
IPublithed by Request.l r-.,-
All eyes are turned to the front; all
hearts are anxious for fathers, husbands
and sous Who are fighting for us and NAV
return no more. What will the end be? is
the great inquiry. Though We caunot
prophecy, We have some means of knowing
what shall be. We believe Tomorrow
mornings sun will rise, for that is law of
nature. There are also laws for nations
God has revealed his purpose 10 establish
ling governments. IT we know his mind,
We can predict the result. God raises or
CASTS down governments, not for the rulers,
but for the people. We may regard It as a
law that the government which elevates
the people 10 science, literature, and NOR
ais, is accepted of God. The nation which
does not do this. God will overthrow
Thus, Israel displaced the Canaanites.
Egypt passed away, because it oppressed
Gods people.
There are several possible issues in our
present national conflict. 0ne is, shall this
nation perish2 If so, the nation superse-
ding US must be better than ours. Has
| this nation 6uished it's missionR II we
perish now, God deals with Us as be never
has with any other nation. No nation ever
perished in hundred years. Search his
tory. Egypt counted it's growth and decay
by centuries. The same principle holds in
regard to BabylOuia, Pheuicia, Greece,
Rome; and in more modern times, to
France, England, Germany and Russia.
The age of the world which God chose for
our birth showed there was a great mis-.
sion for Us. We were hidden till science
rl.1. n.
discovered from temporal motives; ours
from religion OoinmhnB ,syzas dsfaated In
~ s1.s Of = got -atd tiiI5ne toId Queen
lsat the people Of the new world,
zsaf lost e they did not bear of Christ.
golnmhrsSh have ships; said the Queen,
It Il have 70 self'1ny crown jewels. This
was three hRpdted years ago; when the
women, IL they got anything into their
heads, generally accomplished it. LLaugh.,
ter
II we compare this nation to others. l.
1t has done more for humanity than others.
It has severed church and State, and thus
struck deadly blow at hypocrisy. It.
has educated the masses more than others
g. 1t has educated and elevated women to
positions of higher usefulness and honor
4. 1t has done more than others to elevate
the humblest to places of honor aud trust.
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the highesg offices yet. Who does not re-
member Clay, the "mill boy of the slashes?"
Jsckson.was of poor parents. Aud he had
read somewhere 10 history of .'raiI-split-
ter" becoming President of the Uoited
States. Great applause 8 This nation
is open TO all others. AS tue bee gathers
honey from every flower, so we get our
population from every land, ReVerently
speaking, God cannot afford TO do without
America. We are not to perish in this
struggle.
In the second place, shall we be divided?
Vice divides; virtue unites. Virtue brings
forth railroads, telegraphs, aud all the i'm
proVements of civilization. Vice destroys
these. The state OF our civilization looks
to union, instead Of disuuiou. Then there
is no natural line of separation. Division
must be made by an impossible gulf OF
there will be perpetual war. Let us settle
the question now, if we have to fight for
tWeoty years. Loud spplause.
In the third place, shall we have q mon
archy Some otu-, perhaps, might con-
sent to be governed by Queen or we
might admit nobility provided We were
the mobiles, or we might not object to large
landed estates, provided there was I" oiI'
in them. But monarch in this country
is impossible.
In Ihefourth plscet shall the county. bt
preserVed2 Yes, if we understand the in-
dications OF providence. God has long
been preparing rs for this struggle. The
Coast survey gave US the souudiugs of al.
most every bay and river in the land. Thil
was Indispensable 10 US in the wsr. Shi[
building had long been making rapid i'm
provements- Thousands, of miles of rail
road'had just been finished when the wal
broke out, and note how the lines ran, moi
from North to S9uta, hut from East &c
? West. TelegraPhie Communication hsd
just been completed so as to be aysilable
80 too the sewing Eachines and agricultu
I raj implements. DID this merely happen so
As tomoney, gold and silver are found
in such, abundance IL California, Nevada
Idaho, and msny otter places. that our ma.
ttonal debt, il il am9unIed to four thous
and millions, could be- paid out of these
mines, and there void be enoogh left tc
7 give fortune to eEe;y Liuhabitant Of ouI
land, TheiBishop hid visited these mines
and WAs able TO deee;ibe the sltnost incred
ible wealth which thy contain. Ii is q re.
msrkable fact thai Esa Irish priest had ob.
tanned from Mexico stitle to much of the
gold regions oil Califesnia lust fonr days
, after Fremont had taten possession of.itfol
the United States. Ilst at the right time
God has opened to ini rivers of oil"
Eoglsnd and Fraucs doubtless had some
thing to do in fomentng this war. Napo
leon had his eye upo, California. Eog
land and France were feariag that oar ma
tion was becoming tco large, but when oul
Monitor crushed the Nerimac, they sud
Z denly became Vsry nsltral.
The Bishop saw tbs speedy close Of tn
war in the deprecistau of the rebel chr
, reuey, the scarcity o' their men, the eyi
ldenoe of despair shOTn by the manner o