, 1866-09-02
:BEECHER..

Hfs Lettcrto the Manager OF <hc John-
: son Cleveland Soldiers, Convontlon-
He Would see all xhe southern States
Represented in CongEes. -
: TEw YonK, September 1.-Rev. Henry Ward
the Convention Of soldiers and Sailors 1t Clcve-
land returned the following answcf:.
/. :. - PKHsKu1- August 30, 1851.
chas: 9. Hdpine, B1eyet BrigsdIer General, q.
: Y. sloenm, Major General Gordon dfangsr'
Gss11EHrs: 1 an Obliged to you Tor The invitation
which ION have made nc to act a. Chaplain to tho
Of Soldiers md aa,lo; asoq. tg H9 n9n
heartily wish Il, and ali other Conventions, Of
whatever party, success, whose object is tho res
their Fedsrai relations. Our Government theory
ia.t taEsa fet granted tSai DE- duties q s.9te
an and ! UTE 70 tsat q tbo Whole Nsaon: Evsa Tse
ritories arc haetity brought IN often before the
prescribed conditions arc fulh'led, a. 4 It were
great body polite. uad tho loyal Senators and
Representatives Of Tennessee been admitted at
once on the assembling Of Congress, snd III mod
So nd @ ahssss &c psas ns q
1t Is, and those States which fingered on probation
10 The lat would hare been undes % moIe saa@ifg
Every month that We delay Oils healthfnl step
.aS ss ec NOE
ment,, aud fupersedes it. The GoycEnnlcnt at
snothe1 saca e1ta and II Ill vii 10 dono inspti
and sometimes with great Injustice, for our, Gov
cFn,nent wisely ADAPTED e It's oTn propss, nne ns
quippcd with the inetumcnts which 1T .
Centralized Government TO exercise ~.
thori r. remote States e., oysE lps a9airs
Ese staRss VICE q have e4elted tse natlon
whatever impEudcnce there may be in the method,
tho real criticisms should be against such duties
Tho he Fedsrsl Government il unfit to exercise mi
nor police aud local government and Will iaovlia-
oofY States under federal authority, but zIth. ,,Ith
ont national ues and responsibility;
covsi5 sss Ss s IL sros ss9f u uaon s. es
Federal officers and by armies, y contrary 70 ous
The :pir. q oar Aowe:et r. humane IT,
to be despotie, md famifa1iz1ng Tic people to .
stretch Of outho.isZ which can never h otherwise
s'fa Tan aware that GOOD sncn are held from adyo-
eating the prompt and successive admitting OF Tue
e1iled States and arc fearful, Of Its effects on par
It Is said TINT il admitted to Congress, tho
Southern Senators and Represcut1tlvcs Wlli Goa
]c9ce with Northern Democrats and Fn!e tue conn,
10 serve tha ends Of PARTIES! Have We learned no
By ae hsS f as s. e9 1ns
a,t The wsf Ell e TIL
Hea sn psssd q3o L. s hhele
] used Jast a a. the: pleased. TEe war az ehanset
con Country n haa adsanccd. Public sen,imen. Il *
sited d beyond what 1t hes boen at any tine; 4
;s i Us = 1saRe
md forms OF tho continent -.
esss tsss asss NJ IL
q ans !tass ~ .ss, tsEcnetatsd 19e gtsas army ha:
are gone home 70 preach trnez and nobler vieV
Of human rights. All the industrial interests 9
soeis9y Ate movlnf With increased W1sdon toward
iite1stirc, aataral scienc,e in ph1losophy % a. i
soetnl circles !the na,iop fcels that 70 winter i
nd ;1ousS us iP,n &c eass ean n tho horizon
Of things, no party of The zatrogsde order ca
maintain ITSELF Everything marches and paz,ie
sdn9 ssa1 ~. VII @ wonder, and shame aud storn til
esnneat' III r9rs sh1a naitc!,. The North Is rich
epa.oa oi ths RsGS Molts assfs Is Res2 nst1
lounle that Of The South. Tho industry Of th
NORTH IN diye1.!ty, in forwardncss, in productive
o5d s 'ss ass4e5, an s1a 1e, sdussS e. 70
vance Of the South. Churches in the North crow1
s.s1{ hlll, syeil % s.e,7 nelghsothood, whlle il!
however, mean and craycu, such L. the hear thu
the South will rule the land, that It will have Il
influence. that twill contribute II time most i'm
ia believe. But II i arises 1t oncc to the conro
Of The Goyernmcntrt will be because The North
acnoralized BY prosperity and besotsed by grove
duty. In such a case, Tho South will not onl,
contfc! The Government, but It ought 10 do it.
i fs.5ed !a ith mere EcasoS that the Iestora
us dfsmfts from our minds the idna that the freed
men can be separated from the white populat1or
and nu1sed BY themselves. The sooncf tie bette
The action Of the South toward asncablc 1cla
tons With The North toward revtying its industry
9edaand 'he M beneas IT. Nens a5 III
40 dansesous to the freedman a. an unsettled stat
Of society in the South. On him comes ali th'
made ihs ssapesoat oi beafless msn ~ nnlsss less W u
tary machine There cannot )
while Southern society remains ,nsu17esaionarJ
pied. spd soothed With new hopes ana pEospeIoa!
sulefde, lassles. hangers-on will be driven OF, o
better governed, and a way will be gradual1,
opened up 10 tho freedmen, through education an;
industry to full citizenship, with ill its privilege
No one can eseapc that forty years in the slider
ness Who tsayel from the Egypt Of ignorance t
tako 1bcir CHANGES. + they have the Stamina |,
euIyivc the trial which every uncayillzed peopl
haye bad to undergo, they WI! In duo time fn'
stue Edasry s @ aad ass f4assl}'y M como
As the nation cannot be sound until THO sentl
y nI,G9ispes9u:. % 70 on T. thc ether band; health
tdmit loyal Representatives nom the 9onfh /
Congress will nSt help The freedmen: r m no