The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-10
Howard and Beecher.

From the Daily HeS0s. ...
The "kind-hearted and piousn General How.
ard, who is in this city in attendance uoon "the
anniversaries" made on Tuesday, before the
american Missionary Society," speech inspired
by that morbid philanthropy which makes all the
members of that negro-philistic association love
the Southern negroes, and hate the Southern
whites with all their heart. What General
Howard says would be of little Importance we're
he not Chief OF that Freedmen's Bureau which
Is organizing the negroes of the South in hos
tiliIy to their late masters, and did he not as
such WELD terribly dangerous power. 1t Is
this fact which induces us to call attention to
one or two extracts from his Tuesdays speech,
and first TO this atrocious calumny against the
brave and gallant soldiers of the Contederacy:-
W hen the Rebel armies surrendered larpe part
OF the en- organized in secret bands harass the
freedmen, murder soldiers, break the windows of
schoolhouses, etc."
This is simply false, and we believe that Gene.
raj Howard knows that it is.
Our worthy General Sleek, according to the
report, next
gave foTcib'e description of the poor whites a.
hstless stupid race. 1t O relief to find woman
crying; she was an exception TO the general listless
ness"
and then, with admirable humor, he made a
sudden change from grave to gay, all forgetfu
OF the poor heartbroken women whose sorro WIS
were too profound to find relief in tears, or
cheered, perhaps, by the hendish pleasure with
which his hea1ers listened TO his SAD story of
the sutierings of those Southern women This
Christian gentleman then ''gave humorous
description OF the negroes on the Sea Islands. y
and his patent method Tor converting them into
New Englanders.
Having sufficiently amused his audience
the General next assured them that his
Bureau might not exist much longer, and that
II they wished to perfect ''the good Work~
'the Christians of the North mustt send their
teachers Sou h-those " no dare be hated. outraged
murdered rhe vlllanies OF men who will rob and
murder the poor who will burn school houses, must
be expected;" ...
and then turning up his eyes, as Burton used to
turn up his when personating the original
"Aminadab," our General Sleek, with unctuous
voice, proclalmed:-
"Our country is punished; our country is re
deemed; our country Will be blessed The clouds
are breaking, and God is above the clouds. Beneath
the heavens every creature fed And He who feeds
The ravens will give His children bread.'"
This pious Grafton of Howard the PhiIan-
throplst so excited Brother Beechern that he
bounced up straightway, and
'paid an eloquent tribute to General Howard as a
Christian, solder, and minister, who had been or
daned by God as the G0aHt courier and leader in
tie work OF eVanReliziDR the poor OF the south He
Itmnoed him oI an iron candlestick III which was a
wax CANDLE" ... r... .s ....u. .-
And glowing with enthusiasm he went on to
say it's N
"tne work of this Association TO raise Southern So
cieiY II ON the foundation, egnning, of course with
The freedmen But more DloOoshed was necessary
not that OF armies, but martyrs. Every State that
has had mobs and martyrs has become anti slavery,
New Jersey, be believed had never had mob
Men and women were wanted 70 90 south who
would be Wiling TO be ostraclzed, abused murdered
II he had his lie to begin again, he wound 90 there
Indeed, he was not sure that he would not go yet,
as itIs."
Now, we don't believe that there is any danger
at all OF Parson BeeCher doing ANYTHING OF tue
kind; OF, ii he should go South, twill be be-
cause he viii expect TO be ionized, and teted,
and gazed upon, and not to be ostracized,
abused, or murdered. The blood of martyrs
flows not in the veins OF Henry Ward Beecher.