Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-07-05
A ARcmarlahlc Discourse.


A remarkable Discourse.
| Gerril: Smith. for y quarter of century g
|lesdsr of the Abolition party It the Nort:', : !,
.nsn ID sr-st wealth. commenting 'sfuencs
AID distinguished Ialen., deiiverea avery re
m..kahle sermon at Pe;ertero, New York,
on The ,2ls: Of day, from the follo~fhg:ts1i:
,-ayai,.k se that tl:eysa:e siunets abeye,all
mca !? tell 7ou Nay bat;excspt 5e repent.
y.. s.a!i III !ikssise' parish Luke XIII A,
We COPY tSaa cencirting parasrlphs:
IT eysr there was ca,e whore bothparties
shsru! c:.n.e,s. Il It +,y-gones be by;goues,it
is ,::s css4 ipi tae Nor'A sad South. IheYf
eqNs::; p2Hd 20 be torg'-en by each other.
a:Iti ineT aqnallS desdio sahk. .ne ftrglyeils,s;
Of God. Tpe pclieyof intimidation nlisi pc
llaetlodea. lie Southern people bays. gif:'o
abundant proof that they ciXp,ot be int'mlda'
t.:.:. A;.a # they coaii BIO, it is not what I.
wA.t.u:. L,vc is tho lack. Fiat is ths
T.- cad e;eii statesmen will yet IeaTn t,)
VIC: Co.. r:sae ineu 70 s.. .waycd by. Tie
iey.. al .;,s Nth forti,s Sou.u. wall. .qiick
" beet t. recurring love. Tl.a North. lcaI-
ing the w.:g IN repentance, would quickly he.
tniiowed ty tLe.Sou'h. For it tits true that
repen' ance leads to relHatsnce, It IS tha
g;u.ii,c,s of God lea;;euh" to it. That is q,
matter il, .y,ich man as we'll AZ God is caps
ble ii 81. ri!ccivc lead. -
II r
AS y.u.re aware, / hut seldom preach. +
hs:>.." efe;.rii for tks .ls7e a quarter OF =
s..tas, s:.i,. bscaasa SO sew ot tne MN ste.s
vuu.,: q, a;-c.t. IL .,tcacc inr hirn. bad !"
,,.e,cn ..,is4iim Cut oi dnnrs rhd In srovs',
.L.c.na:1 c:Ssy ~.o aaa Cargo Of ;He churchs.
..u;d. ,icrslst tasza pe iu- to SO unpopuiar, &c
d spis. g. ADD 81 SAfels use. Perhaps owe
ri s. iogy fsr .pe,ec: ing. ncw. Ny apology
--.he SAME ~ The present as In the form'r
ins 'lce-ss "a. necessity of tie case: Fe"
III Igc m,Dis e:s ar. preaching for.such Ter.
u.ir,acn If uii: var as ths principles and
spi,i, of Christ calls Tor. Many of Them ars,
ie.ping over CHRIST and tue New Testament
70 raussckf tue barbaric Jewish theology for
lex raost responsive aud grateful TO their
'blyod t.iiisir.es. .oule Of them shook us b.
tac levi,y with which they speak Of the hang
ing of thp. rebels. Qthers by their vulgar
and malignant shouting Of hang them
a.ng et.icta high as HDmanl I" All ever the
land this crue! and Christleas theology Is
calling on The Government to shed blood,
God graz. thar it ahsil prove itself too wise
ard too iust to listen TO the call. 10 crag
o,t from q. toe law Of war, and TO punish
s,r treason under tho Constitution, eyen.sc
much as single individual OF ths nsny mil
lions with whom we agreed ts$s taia war
should oe conducted BY the law OF wsr,wouid,
be A st, pendcus breach of faith nev''r to De
forgotten, and therefore. never ccss'nt, To DIS
rracs ms It.woul:. be a long backward step
IN civilization. aud aha,oeiul ig:io-'ug of the
nrinci,les aud spirit OF Christianity. More
over, im ona thing gould da noFc TO hinder
| Ina sairsti.n oil rhcoco'intry. .'r.,g
I do not forget how often it is urged that
ENGLAND, who clain.s to be foremost Of all
the nations in Christianity and civilization
nnnsbsl the leaders in the late Irish reoel-
lion. f. is true that she did so: But, inthc
frsi .n,nco. tina: rebellion did notrreach the
roit5lts#bere it would have come under tbs
International coda, of war. The reb-:s did
not,rise from traitors into "cncmiesn In
Tho. .sscona place, though law would have, jus,
tifed great severity, she punished put te%> ol
the rcpels. and even these with moderation.
In tho third place, although We honor and
thank Enslsnd and utaer nahopa, for Waaf l.
yiss aud humane in thsiF example, we rev
! erthcless hcld thatrsAlnerica, st,1iiid be aho's
rrad.issiag her .'wo horalitiei ane politics by
tasss cf cygn tie most enlightened European
paloi.s. They began -Eaelr existence and
rave shape to lhelr Institutions in agcS OF
| darkness. But sue was moulded IN aa ase'o
.Eeh, A hiu:...r w;sdoun,. therefore, than That
which, ,tIey hare bean in :,ircaniStapce5,to
! pe.cu. ,npst govern her. To justice far.
| mig her l.sa their convvn iunai and defective
b.s:ice, ,U.ls: size aspire; ys;,. even 70 Hos9iIte
! jas,ics--5!t, Lae he;yen H,spired, the Ghrlst's
i,i,llii,a.isaird ius ice, WoulI Goa, We were-n
there i,oE! Theo Should We, lnsiead'3 of dis
daitinr tia big hess posi;ionsof lihcraliiy and
q, t9,rffeyi in tue mnst autlararis writings IN
4 tb, law of war make it the 'bicsssedncss and
yi'iry of our. cnuntrT to CUT d9 eyen ''sh3sc
! siqIest positions. Inen shnud wa end this
wa war in sue, q Christspirlt ard Chtiss.'ove
fogard ehrmies as would mako it dificplt
f66t the l.atois, nuder the wlnGihG light OF
! Sur cya:aye, 10 ed their wsnts Otherwise;
4 nay,sa as Sodid Iaake it :;iiGcult for eithet
5 tat,n or us co begin any moro wars. ~
T. I referred 10 cue injustice and hypocrisy Of
4 tn. Nvr. b in camorlng lor punishment There
lia moth ngir. this e,lnection, in which she
.tpn,ats. wars- :han in her epdcsyors BY The
pup. ia ;'rtss, by popular tnee,irgs, and
! by yr-i.iag.c.u'ni;tees, 10 hre tho President
= !; With ,s.s.."u.-. H:wshs repeats, aud gloats
aypr ms il. :,...on ia! tHsasoi, is crime ia
! b, ouni: r,i No sns de;'ies that treason ii
a.ime-a gfest crir.s-and that. as s:gan
,sj;.1.l proposition, i. shoulA be pniashed-so
iSec. ;.pudis :ei But in this. case tslsre is ii
a sa.,;; 10 pudish. do not say there is u
NJ. raj ,fres,, il this coae. Oh this there &
An sp. 7d.:pre Whet Ieay is, tbas t6etei
nr trp.ss,,o ir thc eye of law When there
bs,;i.,.i nrok. out all ,ha rebels vera traitor,
and We aad Lhe lcsal right 10 punish them a
, suca. But, however Slow )y and reluctantly
4 Ys aeYertAslsss BECAME convinced JllhfesH