Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-26
.os noe NUMBER 1O2.a.n.
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anu HdJe CniUe eHenV. DuU L say UNJO you,
love your enemies; bless them that curse
pray for them that despitefully use you"
But like Jonah, when delivered from theq
great fish, he forgot his,promises made un-
der trouble. 1t was during this time that
d clOud hung over Brother Beecher'Bg
church. They were troubled lest he had
repented. Laughter.l He would lose the,
fervor, elain, and brilliance Of his sehsatiohsa
from the pulpit One ot the ipiOus BROTH
ers-I think it was Brother Tilton--wasf
overheard to pray at the corner OF the
streets after this fashion: "0h, thou Godof
vehgeancel Thou knowest that aforttimei
our good pastor had baptized Sbarpes rid
flies for blood that for many years he has
prosecuted, in the shame Of freedom, the
brethren of another section. q May ther
scales again be returned to his eyes. May,
he forget all foolish lessons of charity. And
as to the South, who have trespassad. may
he helpus punish them therefor. Blot out,
of his mind the memory OF the sinful wo5,
man, and, If he thinks of her, may he cast
stones at her; for are we not loIier than
such !! May his tongue, speaking from,
the distant Peekskill, no longer echo.
the words of love. 1t is but a.
little member and boasteth grPat
things; but may it be used in cnrsri
Ing those who have despitefully used us
Let hi. fig-trees of charity bear olive bef-'
ries, and his vine, figsl Let him have that
wisdom which, though accounted by some
earthly, sensual, and devilish, may still help
the party Of freedom; and the fruit of
Righteousness, sOwn in peace, may 10 be
bitter to the taste of them that, make
peace" To which Brother Chittenden
said, "Amenw Laughter and appause.Jt
Again, Mr.. Beecher charges the Democra-i
cy North as conspiratorsw who encouraged
fomented, induced, and helped secession
and war. This is false. Who more than
Butler helped to divide the Democracyand
help disiinion? Whom more than Mr.. Gree
ley plead for the right of revolution under
the Declaration of Independence to allow
the South to depart? Did not Justice
Chase write an article for Cincinnati pa-l
per, oppose force. and favor the existence
of government of slaveholding States?,
Did not Aleck stephens plead those as in-'
dncements to revolt and as a justification
of secession? -...... ..-.- -.........,,
The gravamen of the complaint against
the Democracy by Mr.. Beecher is that, as
the Republicans are his old party, they
ought TO do the work of restoration, even
though they are opposed to it. This is
simply absurd. Who is to be chosen for
the work of reconstruction? Mr.. Beechtri
holds that the party which opposes that
work. lie would put the lamb under the,
care of the wolf He would lave the calf
submit its tender bones to the gentle em-
braces of the anaconda. Z He would dismiss
the faithful shepherd and yield tbedloek to.
the ministration and care of the devil. 1t
is admitted on all hands that the RHpubli-'
can party do not desire recOnstruetiOJ
now. Their pOstpOnement of it is in-r
definite. They would not pass the
law making the amendment a con-
dition Of restoration. They defeated ii in
the House. The leaders who proposed it
insist on other conditions, and give no
promise to them of admissio "K6ep them
oft till they adopt certain irreversible guar
antees; till they annul their State controls
over suffrage, and adopt blacks as equals in
that regard" This policy is the policy of
the Radicals, and Mr.. Beecher once dis
favored it, because it was wrong and nowI
favors the men who are for it because their
policy is the best. The amount of humilla-l
tion in this performance was never equalld
by the fictitious meanness which Republic
cans used to attribute to the Doughfaces,,
1t was these men who confounded the proper.
relations of the States to the Federal Gov
ernment. The Democracy then, as now,
held to the idea so well expressed by Mr.,
Beecheri that the Federal Government has
not the equipments and instruments for
local governments. Every attempt to perl
takes which have excited the nation He,
holds Il to he dangerous To liberty, ThisJ
;Jaa is not new IN me nor to Mr. Reecbari
1t is the central idea of Democracy. 1t is
the very philosophy of our own Union.
Diversity in Unity. The poet singsits phi
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. -ja. .Or,a Our RepuSlc Of states #s,. I.
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