The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-06-07

the true AeSri is still there, snd shA be cha, ia
Oily considered They have no, d,sgraecd their
| fellow ctisess on The field and vii not at home
lie wished to oay word, also, fos The brave col
orcd troops, who had lone 40 much aud dcsctved
so mucN,u the Nspds Of their eomhymep. ,uav.
| irg brayely Noa successfully fought Cos sheir
country, they sboud be educated aud prepare C5r
the exercise cfthe highest rights Of citiscGshp
re wanted to be abs 20 rasaphrasc tho Nordt Of
tho rsalmis,, aud say, 81 have becn young, and
now am old, yet have never seen Union sol
dicrstrssfct, nor his seed begging bread"
! Tho fsocccdings then closed, amids, renewed
manifestations Of respect for Colonel Sleyn, end
thookfulucss for the part borne in rae presentation
by Nessts Osborn, Eois,as aud HNchoooe,
The Day or Humiliation Sermon by
Rev. &. A. Adams
! last Thursdy was duly obscrv3l by a large
portion Of cor citizens, in obedience to the procla
m ,tions of lhe Prcside,t aud Governor. Bust
4 uess Of every Kind was Wholly suspended, aud
shops and stores closed during the entire day Re.
| hgous services Vere held in the morning in four
Of the churches Cattoli' German Methodist
Methodist Episcopal and tsesbylcran- and were
quite well attended, In the Presbyterian Church,
Rev. G.. 4. Adams delivered an sbt ard interest.
ing discourse, appto2ristc " the occassicr which
was listened to with merked attention by hs au.
ditors. It's length preclples re possibility Of
giving it Cu6re without cneroaching 70 too great
an extent upon our news variety. We must,
therefore, content the reader with rough outline,
accompanied by extracts Of IFS more important fca
lures,
Tho rcyeroud seuucman took his text from II
! Samuel, Nl, 2: "And the victory that day was
termed into mourning unto all the pcoph. The
victory here referred TO, which was 'turnea into
mourniug," was that achieved by the armies Of
King David over the rebellion instigatcd nd car
red ON bv his son Absalom whose untimely death
touched paNm's heart with grief IN the hour Of
victory. Aud we too, as nation, though not for
the same cause, passed in one moment, from the
acme Of eNultatpn, to The lowest deep Of sorrow
1t was brt natural that Ngser SO many wears of
struggle SO many costly sacrifices and such a Sc.
res of dsoppoint n'cnts, that the eatiou should be
filled with Qycrfcwing joy, fhe speaker said:
Il is too much TO expect orhum1n nature that il
viii totrgo present 10Y, for remote grief A
civil war, however Just On the side of the victor
has tou many sources Of sadness in 1t tu allow OF
the usual eNceSSes of Vrtoryt we wern IN danger
Of forgetting these fact But in the providence of
God that cttil war in all its black enornlity stoot
before us and cried from the bier Of a dead Pres
q! nj, aad from the gaping wounds Of his chief DO.
ticAl adviser till all the mutton heard and trrsook
its Joy aud ITS eXeesses, to weep andlamlnt for the
dead.
Out of sorrow camc the feeling Of our public
men, that day OF Fasting and PRAYER shnild he
observed 10y tue nation. The korrtrs of ctr,ll
war which was h1rpy being tCrp,naiod, found
recognition in this call to prayd. tltat God w0uld
avert from us further Judgments and give us
LASTING peace.
1t shpld hprhle ,rs to think that war was ne
ccssary at all that IDEAS in free country and
among our own kindred should need the defense Of
arms. 4
There have been ages when the use Of the
sword IN defense of IDEAS was not humiatng To
the Netherlands in then struggle against tic tes-
p0tisn OF Phillip; to the Rnundheals in their fght
against the cavaliers OF Charles; to peoples emery
lag from darkness who kro, bat little OF the power
OF truth, It might not have heen humiliating to
dSht for its detcEae. But in an age of light. an
age OF progress --an are which beholds the libcr
ton of !lle vast dnminions of Brazil from the cur.
ct human slavery an age which sees emanci,a
tiou inauguratcd on vast scale by the Emrernr
ut Russia an are ofideas, rather than an ace Fo
the sword to hecalled upon bya minority Il, osr
'and to defend the right of the majority to rule is
indeed humiliitng in the extreme. II seems tp
carry us back ceutgries, to the dark ages. ana
strips US of one great source Of our national pride
%
While it was necessary duty iup6scl on
the niton to fight for the modern IDEAS OF civiliza.
tion while IT was the patriots duty ~ fight for
the Laws anl Con stittion of the land vet tl,;
victory being gained over men living Under the
same laws and proisssing,in the main the same
general priucpcss is sad reflection 70 the tlinobt.
inl mind, inasmnch as it makes more prominent a
necessity which, for the sake OF progress and hr
man nature, IT was hoped would never exist. the
n'cessity of Fighting IN defense OF almost uniycrs
ally acknowledged ideas.
*
David must have blamed h mself aud seen little
to rrihice Ii triumph over his $ M when he re-.
called the fAct.tilat his own ear,lcsSness had per
mitted that son TO rebnfn from banshment and
place himself in connection with the people where
he could steal their hearts. HhsIlcm was ali
wrong, but David was not wholly right Had he
been vigiant -had he punishad wrong Nhct -he
should, he would have had NJ war no mournFdl
victory. An1 had the American people been Wig.
liant bad they been true and faithful to the prin
ciplos OF right and the doctrines in which this
GIvetnment is founded brother would not have
been ipnRfl fighting against hr,ther the one to c
tibiiSh sSrv,ng, tbs o.har,lo attend and perpetu
ate RghS anil Law, tnl Liberty.
There have been spch displays OF barbarian and
fcrncity on the part ofQur foes, that the nation
might well be humbled when it re0acts that it had
nourishei into full yiglra civilization which was
of such hlrbaric okara cter.
Vt seems 10 me-, tl(t While Tho blood boilz to
think ot the irhumIp treatment OF the doad---the
mimgling Of thPlr remains GHa the making of their
bones into trinkets while II almost eurdles at the
ferocity Of patpres which could mutilate a aweuud.
mm. forthc sake of ,lisqu llifyiug him for FL
t'lre use -anl the numbering OF Others by tho slow
process Of starvation i say, it seems to mo that
the Infamy of those deeds is in part our own.
Have we not shut our eyes to the barbaritios
known to be practiced AZ the Spnth? Hive we not
winEed at the torture Of our felow-men9 lHavel
We not suffered the plantation spirit to strike down
our own citizens an TO raim theul fn1 LIFE, with
out dning or desirng te after sroh rebukes rs
w0dld Have n;aie those dospots trotnble The
facts base gore into history they cannot he de
rieS. TIeindignant protests Of an enlightened
ana powerful community have not been given A
feeble minority has protested and met political AMI
s1einl ruaryrlon for their protests. But the mass
of the American pc pie have eane on 10 their pc
'tIcal schemes and commercial plans --nrmindful
Of that devlish spirit which was torturing the
manhnodout Of the slave and crushing his mind
between the mlllstones OF oppression and enforced
ignorance
Oh if we at the North had Been cicar! If all
oar religious papers bad ueyos vic led an inch 10
th1t power which was subsi4iztnr them 10 the
5 Import of crime and the destruct on of religion
III commerce hld setiLs ban, Aptics its curse IN
o every one who dared tc onsr his mouth IN sup
port Of public nfamy--then could we as a nation
have reioiced to-day with the Garrisons, the BriS
Inns and the Gree eTs over the triumph of civil
ziiion, and the Victories nf waTwiih whose har
banhes We had Q connection snd FOR whose hor-
rible spirit We had no responsibility.
!" But we have nursed the adder ard warmed 4
into life, and now we have reason "a sfaaurn before
f1nA .,Itg t~s - Al srte