Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-23
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A Sound, Sermon by Henry Ward
Beecher-EHis Views Of the Fenian
Invasion and the Policy Of the Rad
icaIS-Thaddeu stevens character
ized Is a Second Eselial. -
From the New York Times. June Ill
Yesterday morning N.Y. Beecher. who
has for some time past been unusually si-
lent on public affairs, seemed to be'Lnoved
by the conjunction of border. raids op-eur
latehetitr;tf friends and retalistory recon
structioTF reports IN CongreSs to mingle
some public instruction with his parochial
adfn6IddQnS. - W K ELEYI
His text was the Well=known precept of
st. Paul, .DVeTeOme evil with good -jIr.
Beecfer unfdIded and made manifest the
philosophical principle Involved in the
IaifH Benz merely qaw4rong5 use Jef
right thiHgy bra wicked aiidperVerted ap-
I.lcatiOn of righteous principle, it may
Re Re-aFereome by converting the misapplied
force to its proper use. Evil is functional,
may overcome it with good by simply put
ting the same powers toyWOrk. in tue right,
instead OF the wrong way.
-, 2, The same principle underlies our
treatment Of others, Every faculty of
man in active operation tends to beget its
Hnd-ranger anger s. maleVolence, hatredI
kindness, love, But when any ,of these
are by peryersion bringing forth evil they
may be counterbalanced and overcome by
the putting. forth of anew and different
power which shall by awakening its own
counterpart, neutFalizes aud anniRiIate the
first. Thus, sullen anger may, by the bright
flash of wit, be turned to mirth. and good
nature. The sense of fear may be banish-
ed by, exciting the feeling of, hope tSc-os
Inapplying to. these pFopost stionsl (Which
he had established, not by priestly demand
for unthinking belief but by inspiring
feasoH with faith), he came to the duties
of communities and nations to each other.
And here he held that the fdIe was the
same, and for the same reasons as in indi-
WiClual casaS. This was illustrated by an
allusion to the present troubles on the
border. 81 hear men say, 'Ahal it's their
turn now Let us be quiet, and allow the
Eenians to return to them some of their st.
Albans courtesies. Edaj Just like to see a
t0wHs orso burned, a bank or so robbed.
Just to let them know how good it, is
Nell, now this is all wrong. Twill not
deny, that my natural man was delieately
and quietly tickled at first by a mischieV-
,oussense of poetic iNsticeHbutit it was only
fora moment. True, the Canadians did
most wickedly toward us when in our dire
distress; but if we take like opportunities
to show the same spirit in what is repub-
hcaniSul ter or better than despotism-?
] want Rap Goals of fire on their heads
by showing The grand spectacle of chris
tian nation, actuated by christian princi-
pies. If England is involved in war, /
don't want to see a single ship go out of
ouH ports to xdestrOy, her commerce.; and
over the CanadianAbouier do not want
siHgle Ec0ttagB 5armedk / want themsto
find their evil overcome by our good. The
way, TO live in peace is to be better than
your enemy---in his opinion, not yours,nios
.Aiter eplarging somewhat on this point,
Mr. Beeeher paused, and looking around
a@6ST @ know Whether I'd % Better pISisFe make anI
further application of thisprincipIe or not.
fIhaye not Been very popular With nv
people during the past year. Il have failed
to carly them altogether with me on some
public duestions- ] am sorry for them
Bdtyet l must, say, that i cannot escape
the direct Beating Of this gospel rlawsssT
am as strong as eEer-in the conviction that
the true result of the war must be recOgr
Ti5ed. Whatever went into Che eofsfit6l
ton ensacc0nnt of fislayerymust oomeaout
and what was keptOut on aceeHpto Of slave
ry must be put into our organic laW-and
Z have believed and laBored for this as
strongly and longer than many of yoh.
Bot have felt that il should dbedoH8 Jin
theyspirit Of love, not of'hatfedg Il cUi-
slider the doctrines brought forward in the
House OF Representatives by Mr. Stevens
s-.thongh follDWedui lin their entirety, thank
GOdli by very few--L consider them to-be
dootrlpesof .Belial, leading to destruction.
The North hadsa chance to show grace and
love and magaanimit How 1loqged 4 10
see IT, Both Congress and the President
should have been pressed to union. / had
hoped tDsee the North showing ller,su pc
riority in Christian nObleness and generous
torgiYeness,f But Ihave been disappOi nted
IL, has not been done. 4, You can no more
change rebels to loyal men by casting them
out and turning them away than you car
convert the wicked by D0IIdihg up a wal
OF separation between them and the good