, 1866-03-01
THURSDAY, MARCH l, 1866.
mAGNANEMITY.

Henry Ward Bccchcr ls ore Of Our very
greatest men, indeed 80 great TINT ordinary
,nostals waited long in vain to detect some
flaw in his Eenins, that might Identity hlm
with the common frailtlcs Of humanity. such
IN opportunity however, came at Last. Af'
Reechcr. who has been a good deal In Wash
fneton. las caught the Washington disease.
The atmosphere Of the Federal Capital mas
made hundreds Of victims among the nobleat
of the land. Not even Dcecher with his great
intellect and lofty humanity, could breathe II
with itnpunity. But + grcat spirit LIKE Ms
yiudicates Its greatness even in his errors. Nj
Deecher does moi strnnd Nka so mnny other
wayward men upon the shores Of unchar1ta.
blcncss, but upon those of fmasnnnimtty says
Mr. Bcechcr: "1 struggled all my life for the
"abolltion of.slarery, and that blessing being
..nos consum,nated, shall heuceforth con-
"sccratc the rest Of my earthly career a1l to
",hc establishment Of peace, harmony aud
thappiness, South and Horth, and among all
"sectlons and classcs Of the land.'
But the BROOKLYN high priest Of humanity
t.l,css, now that tue critical hour has come
to make the glorics Of emancipation and Of
the war blossom into positive freedom and
happiness, yielding fruits for the oppressed
!A4I1C1N N we'll Us LUZ o04NaJ taA-A .-eA~Ae-
can. s.Does not" he asks, 'tChrlstiaaity
teach mercy 10 the fallen foeF' To be sure
il docs, But arc 5ou quito sure that the Toe
is really fallen: is he not rising again, IN
der the very immunity which VIC grant him
and under the very spell Of your untine1y
magnsnimity: And suppose even you we're
correct in your hypothesis, would be sound
logic to argue that the freedman shall not
Il. - L. En1I e
nnble thing, but Justice is nooler. BE Just
before you ure generous To listen
10 Mr. Ecechcr's argument one
might suppose that Congress proposes to
roast all Southerners nlre, and divide their
estates and wives md daughters umoug the
freedmen. We tell the Bcethers that, with
their tender surgery, they make the most
unfortunate practitioners In the world. All
history rises against this assumption, that
those who wish to proceed cautiously ~
regards the readmission Of the Southern poll.
ticians, and kindly 50 far IS the freedmen ast
concerned, src either lacking In mngn3pimity
toward the one or lavish in their honnties to
the other. Where, In all the annals Of na'
tious, Is there greater instance Of magnhn
unity than that displayed for the last genera
tion toward the South, and, We add with sor
row, where Is there greater example o
callousncss than that displayed for the las
half century .rs regards the sufcriugs Of th'
slavcss Congress after Congress met, 5eal
pfter year, and the representatives OF IN
people opposed the utmost meekness ant
tenderness TO ali the arrogance md brutalit,
OF the Southern politician. The groaus O
the slave gave too feeble SCUM
TO reacl oflcial CATS, but, think Heaven
they sank. deep IN the nation'e heart
when they had kindled the sympathies G
Mr. Beecherfs sisters, and those Of thou
sands Of tht gentle and benign spirits III
over the land. So far as Copercsstnc1
we're concerned they were, with few e1cep
tions, all magpanimlty toward the slavchold
crs and ali contempt for the slave. We say
that the South Wns lurea on to rebellion, no
through the want bnt through excess Of on
maguanImity, and though some old-tashionei
scholars preach that history does not re
peat Nself, We are grieved to hnd that in thi
instance II actually does. That It should re
peat Itself, however, 80 soon, with the grave
of the victims Of the old mnEnanimtty
still ,nolstened with the tears Of the surv
yoss, passes all understanding.
Let our country 1f1 itself up to the elev'
ton of Justice, and scatter 10 the winds a
these platitudcs about mnenanimlty. L
the Southerne1s first chow Themselves worth
Of such grace. They have brought nothin
but disgrace upon the Union since the days
Calhoun. BY their elsye system they hal
cloeEed all the other avenues OF procre
and crowded ont every other aspiration f
reforms and improvement In the ncver-cea
ing, all.pe7ading, all-consumlng agitation
Slavery. They have made and unmnde Pre-