The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-24

Their Speeches in Baltimore in1el'
Mr.. Beecher on Peace,

T. .'r Mr.. Beecher on Peace, no hs
The Baltimore Clipper gives full re-
port Of the speech delivered in that city
BY Rev. HENRY WARD BRRoHER on the
31st ultimo, and of the remarks Of Chief
Justice CHASE at the close Of the meeting.
Mr.. BEEoHER defined his ideas Of peace in
the following terse and vigorous terms ;zs'
If YOU will indulge me, ! will make a
few remarks on the question OF peace.
You know we are being continually agl-
tated and excited by rumors OF peace.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is the cry Of
"Peace. peace, when there is no peace. :"
don't regard immediate peace as being
half so good as permanent peace. APP
plause. In the first place, UTTERLY dread
and should regret compromise, peace
that should be coaxed and persuaded, and
that the government should get it, so that
all men should be- in doubt who was
obliged, the party of rebellion Of the party
of authority. I think the government OF
these sovereign United States ought to
have its authority and majesty so indicated
in this matter that the world shall see this
government compels it. [Long continued
applause and cries of "That's the doc
trine. y / think, secondly, that the odious,
unmeasured and Unreasonable guilt OF
this shareholders war demands before
God and mankind such terrible settle
ment that not even Catalina himself would
dare. for the next one hundred years, to
raise another civil war. [Great applause
/ am willing to see this work got
through in righteousness, but / am not
willing to see it got through IN sneaking
compromise. Applause To the men
who say to you that the South made mis-
takes. and that we must try to soften their
fall, | have no sympathy. The moment
they will say as men, before the nation,
eve have made a mistake, we lay down
our arms" will 60 as tar as any man,
then, to soften their fall, to bring back
the prodigal son-I would even run, as
the father in the Scripture did, seeing him
afar off, run and throw bis arms about his
neck, and welcome him back, but not
with his husks in his hands, [Great ap-
plause. ,4 -, ~ ..,o.. ...,,- I'll. ,1.-.-
hold that the South has violated the
law of Justice, the law of humanity, the
law Of allegiance and the law of fidelity;
it has blasphemed God and bis creatures,
and so great wickedness never was done
with so much cruelty and so much need
less suffering; and now hold that they
are bound to make an open, public retrac-
ton, and their punishment is to be such as
to stand before the world as the legitimate
punishment of ignominious national trans
erosion. [Applause.l 1t may cost us
little more money-it may cost us few
more children-it may cost us few more
weary months sailing on this turbulent
sea of blood. What then2 am for one
willing to give my own and my children's
blood if l may leave to my country a leg
acy OF. freedom, untainted by treachery in
the future. (Applause.] Oh! you know,
and I. know, as verify believe God
knows, that this must end-tbat slavery
has got to hang on the gibbet Zap
plause. ys- To- .as9l. ar.g93. 9
The cord is around it's neck, and the
three executioners, one with hand on
one shoulder, and another with hand on
the other shoulder, and the third examin-
ing the fatal gibbet-let those officers of
the law-let Grant, and Thomas, and
Sherman [applausel point out the path,
while all men stand expectant, sad and
sorrowful there should be crime, but
thankful there is retributive justice. I
have no sympathy for the men who run
towards slavery, and ask that something
may be done to soften its fall Applause,
and cries of "No softening-no softening.
Blair, Blair" l call no names. Not crtd-
city but justice-justice, demand. de-
mand it in the name of violated country
Il demand it in the name of a diShon-
Ored governmental demand it in the
name of twice hundred Thousand inno-
cent men who have split their blood for
nothing, if we have patched up COM
promise. Let the procession go on!
[Great applause -
Southern statesmen said, and they were
correct, that their day'had passed unless
one or two things could be done; they
must increase the number of slave states,
or break off perpetually and peremptorily.
They tried the first and failed, and then
they tried the second, and, thank God,
they failed there, too. [Great applause.
SO then the conflict began, and we stand
to-day making the sublimest manifestation
the world has ever seen. know that war
Is bad, and that it is impossible to portray
or calculate the sptferings which flow from
it, but when We come to judge of the
vast and amazing example this is going to
be to other nations, say not that within
one hundred years were so MANY benefits
gained as have been by this war. TAp-
plause.1
JUDGR CHAsE's REMARKS.
Chief Justice CHASE, who sat upon the
platform during the delivery of M
BKsCHERs address, was loudly called 70,
at its conclusion, and spoke as follows.
We came to this hall tonight to bea,
Mr.. Beecher, and We shall not, l think
soon forget what we have heard, or tn,
, man to whom we have listened. / hay
! been, as you all have been, equally graft
fed and instructed. .s7e,'su sra, -
To me, indeed, it has been peculis