The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-04-14

there not been suffering enough7 is not the
penalty already paid Goods vengeance pa.
tent enoughf We don't want any more ven-
geance. l weuld not expatriate any leaders
on the ground of vengeance, for as they have
once misled the people they might do so
again. L would not expatriste and disfran-
chise them. i don't know as you will 60
with me or endorse me in this view. / am,
however, consistent, hating never urged the
slightest shedding of blood save when it was
necessary to establish the supremacy of the
government. And more; we wish now to
show the south their total misrepresentation
of our former sentiments. Their cunning pol
iticians have made them believe that We hate
them: but we don't. Tell me why a man
living In South Carolina or Georgia should
be antagonistic to one In the west. 1t was
tried during the late election to stir up a
feeling of distrust and jealousy but il could
not be done. There are no antagonistic in
terests between the north and south. Relig
ion, blood, business are the same; and if
there are no social or political reasons for
hatred, why should we not be the best of
friends? But next, we must not undertake
to reestablish the south just she was. A
hundred years will not put Virginia where
she was. You can repair property. but if
you sweep off a generation of men you can
not replace them in q generation. West
chester county he's not got over the result OF
the revolutionary war this day, and it is even
worse at the south. Emigration cannot do it,
| suppose there are whole regions in the
south where the entire male population is en-
tirely cut off. Along the seaboard we can
give essential relief but all along the route
of Sherman's army the description given by
the prophet is eminently applicable: "Be
fore him was the garden Of Eden, and behind
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and daughters-our wealth, our prayers and
sympathies must 60 forth in the missionary
work of teaching and resusciating. We have
great field in our beloved land, greater than
| any in Africa, and we should enter In and be-
| gin TO labor; and this church has had it's
proper share in inspiring the times, the sue
cess and the army, so God calls US to go with
! the other part, so much more grateful to the
christian. trust it is in this spirit you send
me away. would 90 in no other.
would be no mans servant to be the man to
| go down among them, and when they are
bnrying their dead to taunt them and when
that shining old flag is again thrown forth
God forbid that l should call their attention
to it as the standard of those who have con
quered them. 1t is the flag of their fathers
its glories are theirs and memories theirs, and
not henceforth the banner of their enemies
In that crumbling pulpit of Charleston har
| Dor am your minister, to say to them there
is nothing now between US and you ; we are
brethren and christian brethren; we love
you, and desire your regard in return; and
on such missi n as that | will go forth
most cheerfully. The day on which the ole
flag is to be raised is Good Friday, on which
occasion the resurrection of the Savior; and
as Chsist was raised to bring life and liberty
to the world, so will that flag carry renewed
life and true liberty to the south. And al
Plymouth Church has been known as an an
ti-slavery church, let yourlrecord be hereafte
national fraternity and national benevolence
and know ii will be. In ynnr future day
! you VIII go all around the world in you
christian work. as in your early days you
devoted your time and efforts to the on
special need of the day and the country.