New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-06
THE PENDING POLITICAL ISSUE.

before the Mhs iti'h' 'uHN"! y! ue
Rev T. W Chadwick. at the New Chapel in Brookiyn'
Where there vision The Psol perish P1o,s[6' I55 is
T TS.'. , S%. Gi5S WI vi q.
10, ND not vast, moment by here stopping to inquire whose
f,uA n is that questions which the dread aTbmment Of war
to Enough that they hqrs been reoIencd
shape treason in the field maundcr as unseeny
corpse and The who fought oT freedom IN the Jaws
they finish te great work which they began well ana
mine the glorious arch that had been haowed BY prayers of
heroes and oemented with their blood With but very few ex
when the hosts stood face 10 face at GeitOug o. ~
mo, on the soil Of any Se state bu at the and the
ballot box here in your Where there Is no VISION he
ases Of faith Consul earnestly the teachings Of the past and
you VIII see that whenever there was my h ! Ps
PaTs when ssSs. eA T Iad 2d ssG thought oH
SOU was Ia emu,s;[t ",' Gr,n n rsasS ms tbot Of
the hands on tie sword She pcac or the trowcL But the Sc
nation, ye and lie Just in proportion as they abundant in
their filth ucry 10 the careless gaze they appear to rise
sagbt culture Of The Greek forsakes the Heavens the noon
tide vgor Of the Roman ceases to control What does sin
~ 1hnt iuexofub necessity is bndy uvcrsing eter
There Necessity but It not blind Rather is it argus eyed
ii is the necessity OF Justice is the necessity OF love- IL the
10 fulfill them much utterly ID might have lived osay
they preferred to he IN cold obstruction ana 10 ro IN name
less graves rather th0n t Humanity another inch out OF its
II
should come to pass that this great continent America
only beautiful but most untimeE grave let no man mis-
~" ca Fxbst \, erair 30 never can until she has cx
austed the deep significance Of Christianity and the deep love
OfGod Where there Is no vision the Poe PERISH Dnt eIe
their light that having seen the vision have been
ready to obey Such and nations have existed on the
ing God The world what Jesus said as he drew
the end j have finished the work Father which Thou
Gaycst do what Paul said to King Agppa Il was
disOboient TO the heavenly vision Nations have cx
back glory the Pasts great sepucher But woe
unto the man who having seen the heavenly vision OF npoc
Christian life has dSObcyed lis warning voice refused TO hear
Friend come M higher FOR when truth ceases to 20 OF
action twill soon TO into Us as vision Ihe
greatest souls Of history have not been those 70 nom me n
voucsaed but those who have NOT doeed the
visions which they beed while 9th slept the sleep Of sense
And nation is not Of necessity the nation that
that nation which having them has embodied them in her
people perish That is Gods truth doubt. But does not
logically oyoW from this proposition that where there or nag
noble life Where there vision where there has been pro
phetc insight into the laws which make and unmaSe nations
and individuals the people may stu perish nh
tv have bn w ,g and wrought Il ont as best they knew
with all strength that God had given them And sad as IS
tSs fate Of nations that hay ney ASg f bgbnesS Of
have been brave enough to suffer with her lor
end for nation 10 have seen the Unrest eternal
tnh that shaped themselves against the OF
everything from which nation should be saved then would
America be saved already Bul 10 nave seen snes % -
anything but saved For having yet has she not oDd
Lei her eboy to the u tie glorious thoughts that hover
her lei her assert the civil and political equality Of every
That lives between the Atlantic and the Pacific and IRON the
81 Lawrence to the Gulf let her IN one word be true to that
great Declaration which 70 years ago she made 10 al the Wo
snean time the truths which We have seen ana nave mol yer %
bodied life do they not SIT IN Judgment on US a
rs Al all must not either he either our hope else
domination And it any fault Of Gods that having sent his
been blessed is il any fault of Gods that these same
messengers seeing that hare spurned their blessings now
alta and af
shame Shame!" But not these imaginary WOes are
surrender II what this talk about the
tioden Rule upon the hr OF men whose spcK 3I@U t
back the slave Onemus Has some great change come over
Higher Law bid Us heed its solemn requsionsi Does
signify yiug that the who have been true to iree-
trdden Black their cause does not signify anything
that these having their cid waieh~ord taken OUT Of
their mouths by negro hate and oppreos nom one END 70 the
other whole andi Yes ii does signify something but II
the rule which says All things whatsoever ye would that
should do unto doye even 50 to them rs No. 50 ~Gce e9c
walking in the marrow wsy Of or N % pOSa s9q
s. certainly not mat which always has to take tins measuen
but rather that Whchout Of puest love docs more Tor Others
NOT be too eSacng in these things could be shown
the fair vision Of the Golden Rule has actually dAEned
upon hosts oftreasOn and oppression and that moreover
thew not dsObcden thereto how would the heart Of
INV friends nothing Of this noble sobas Happened midst
G when the men who % or S - years 81 aE0 td y S
for peace at any price all through he var
DO unto others as We would that Others should do you
who do they mean BY Do they the black Of
Unionss Of the SOUTH They certainly do not DO they
every Rebel that dreadful years struggled With hend
like energy destroy the fabric Of free Government and IN It's
raise terrible slave ognrchy wherevith TO insult the
boy light That Is exactly what they This
the that about and calls itself magnani
Let US investigate his claims 70 our respect suppose
that crossing Fulton Ferry and BY some ne9snse
T the river and saved from drowning y me timely
aid Of who at the risk Of his own lie should plunge
On after you suppose that the next day your Deneih~ eh9
snOther should suffer an equivalent mishnP ana
You were standing by and could save either
ne Of ethics houdike to know would you justified
having whom you had before and leaving yon
And would alter the particle II the man who saved
your life untutored negro poorly clad ana the ohe PEI
son wedressed Southern gentleman who bad within me
last four years made various attempts upon your e ana ehu
up By pushing the river only the day beiore For this
I supPostOn would exactly symbolic the mutual relations Of
Che various parties in this country a. the present IRe We
the South have tried TO rob this nation OF rs life The
black Of the South TO the Nations aid Mind you
tn bloody Of think have no night 70 make
this affirmation Bot this does not make bit OF difference
At the risk Of bis own life at untold risks beside the BLACK man
came in answer cry help And by what principle Of
ethics would like know should we be justified in helping our
Oudb assassin his feet and sending him rejoicing on his
way before attempting 10 bind up the wounds Of the brave Eel
low who has saked his all IN our own defense DO unto
You would they should do TO you Is IL not ey
dent that whoever else by "others' We ought
least TO the black men Of the South II Jesus
said GDo good 70 them that hate you he did
moi mean 10 saw that we should rot do good that oyels
That would be very lame and impoten conclusion IL would
be the cheapest sort Of virtue that could DC purchased Win IN
gratitude There ought 10 be doubt that should there be
conflict between the claims upon ympnthe for the
late Rebels South and their late slaves the balances
should be IN favor Of the aer for the slave bias always been
the friend q the North although the North has often been
his Bat In reality there conflict In the needs OF
these two classes In their demands upon our sympathy
Thank Heaven not compelled to benefit the negro at the
Of his late master What best for the one else best
Tor the osSss Doing unto hs GsSs s sG % IN his go
shall By divine necessity be doing unto me Whe men OF