Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-26


to be prompt If at all. Delays are danger
Gus. [Applause.l Even Mr.. Beecher held
in August, that the blacks and their best
interests are endangered by procrastina-
ton. If so, does the lapse of time help
Mr.. Beecher's black pets? ''H'
Second. But the Radicals, while they
propose some future reconciliation on
policy of their own, in words, are confess
e,lly antagonistic to the masses of the South
with whom reconciliation, If at all, is to be
had. Their Union is mask. 1t is no mar
riage, but diUorce. Their hand-clasp Is
that of the clenched fist. Uneir Union Is
that of a part against a part. whatever
they may propose for the future, they de-
maild present alienation. If this is the road
to reconciliation, thenis the order OF nature
inverted. Can debauchery reform manners? !?
Can vice institute virtue? Can prodigali-
ty breed economy Can Satan oppose sinS
Can disunion bring reconstructionR On
the contrary, we need words and aetiOns
suitable TO the end to be attained. The let
ter of Mr.. Beecher, of August 30, was thus
suited. He seemed to know tile meaning
of the verse: '". ''''
In peace there's nothing SO becomes man
Asmodest stiffness and humility;
But when the blast Of war blows in your ear,
Then initiate the action Of the tiger" .1 ..
[Applause. But since the ear is no longer
vexed with the blasts of war, the action OF
the tiger, which is the uureason that lacer-
ates and feeds on the vanquished-which
strikes down, Conliscates, and despoils,
should have ceased with the sound of the
trumpet. In the stiffness of peace, purer
patriotism and loftier morality inspires
the people. Now ask you, not in passion
but in reason, who has the fit policy for the
times-the Presidentor Congress? a voice,
"The President."l We are saidto entertain
angels unawares. | am certain, however,
that the angel which visited Mr.. Beecher
was not Thaddeus w. Charles. 1t would
seem that their angel-nature was no longer
erect but fallen like that of Lucifer! But
why should Ward Beecher now seek such
irreclaimably fallen society? Admitting
all the wickedness and cruelty OF the rebel
lion, will that excuse similar conduct on
our part? Is retaliation the best means of
union? If it leads to separation, is 1t not
Just what secession desired? A voice,
Yes Now that secession has tailed and
Is in ashes, and those who sought it as
remedy, seek their old associations with us.
Now that all insubordination, as Gen. Grant
tells us, to the Federal authority has ceased,
1t is for the interest and honor Ofthe land to
blot out with reconciing tears the memory
of the frailty and folly which wrestled with
us TO separate the nation. Passions have
been generated, as well in the hearts of the
victor rs of the vanquished. They are the
offspring of love of the brave who have
fallen, and connected with patriotic feel
ings, with past ,sulferings and privations,
with home and bereavements, with those Of
both sexes and amid all conditions. But
these passions Mr.. Beecher now harnesses
to his party car. They become as Digs of
war. They furnish food for hatred and re-
venge. Surely such spirit thus nursed is
as incompatible with love of country as it
is with Christian brotherhood. [Applause.l
Not attempting at present to discuss
the legal or constitutional aspects
of the question, and coming to the
plain point at issne, declare that it is most
unwise-nay, it is fiendish, to hold aloof the
differing sections, exhibiting the scars Of
each for perpetual hate, and making forev-
er census of the dead. 1t has been proved
that secession can be put down by arms;
but it remains yet to be proved whether
Union can be restored by the head and
heart. 1t can never be done so long as the
Christian ministry cultivate hatred, and not
love, of the brethren of the same country.
Applause. You are honored in Brooklyn
with a church Intimately connected with
the State. The pastOrof Plymouth Church,
by the fervOr and the humOr of his elo-
quence, with felicity of illustration cal
culated to tickle the ear and please the
heart, has become power in the State. His
utterances during the summer were like
the breath of God on the sea-giving calm.
When he wrote his epistle of the 30th of Au-
gust, it seemed inspired by wisdom so un-
usual to the pulpit that the world took note
of it, that he had been with Jesus, had
caught the spirit of that Sermon on the
Nf Ittyt,, ttybi oh
creates the beatitudes for man. The letter
emanated from the country; the speech
from the city. God made the country; man
the town. In the grand scenery around
Peekskill his spirit was pure. He was sur
rounded with revolutionary associations,
and all things were responsive to opinions
and glorious emotions. That letter was bap-
tized in good, prayeriul spirit. The speech
reeked of party, party, party; it was full of
venom, and hate, and SANDER. 1t was the
voice of the trimmer, the turn Of the wealth
ercock. The Peekskill letter was the pillar
of a statesman. In the letter he held that
"our theory of government has no place
for State except in the Union" 1t was
the creed of the statesmen. judges, and
people of this country till Radicalism be-
came powerful. He held that the Federal
Government was not "eptipped" for local
idea. He repealed with scorn the idea that
the States should be longer kept out for
party ends, and, on behalf of the freed
men, he raised his voice for their sal
vation, as bound up in immedi-
ate restoration of representatives to their
seats, and of order to the South. He de-
nounced parties as the cause of the war,
asked Indignantly if this nation was to re-
main dismemberel to serve the ends of par
ties, aud heroically dared to meet the union
of the people North and South, even if the
South should coalesce with the, "misled"
/ Democracy, and even though the South
should rule! If the North, said he, are so
demoralized by prosperity. and besotted by
groveling interest, that it cannot
control, the South will not only con-
troll but ought to control, the Gov
ernment. "Relusing to admit loyal
Senators and Representatives from the
South to Congress will not help the freed
men. 1t will not secure them the vote. 1t
will not protect. 1t will not secure any
amendment, of our Constitution. 1t will
ouly increase the dangers and complicate
| the difficulties. Whether we regard the
whole nation or any section of it, The first
demand of ourltime is entire reunion" APP
plause. Here was statesman's foresight! !!
a Christians love and seraph's song! The
electric wire never bore more lordly aud
heroic tidings of great joy. Itwas as If his
own big organ were in his own breast, and
some angel hands were touching the keys!
When he made his recantation, the organ
sounded, in comparison, like the squeak of
penny trumpet. That grand organ of his
intertwisting its rare threads of melody
with one rich diapason of praise, how it
thrilled the great heart of the country.