East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-02-28
Henry Ward B,echer on tho Presi'
dont's Policy.
We make the following extracts
from Henry Ward Beecher's recent
address in BROOKLYN
EFrEcrs OF ADMISSION

| we seek 10 accomplish DN ItNsWc SUtli OoUScl
to nc 'omplish by moral means hive scen this
anxiety TO do everything by legislation, lcgisia-
| ton. legislation, waiting Tor u, and havo seen
] the power OIL great moral causes. Athoug there
| is "A wisdom M legislation which i~ouli b. far
from invalijatiDg, still would balance that by
the othe consdernto that II may take too hong
a time and we may rely too much upon lcgisla.
ton 1 roiy upon reason and ceDscience Church
es are my congress, and schoolhouscs ara my leg
islators. klndness-equal, reciprocal or identi-
| cal interests--these renovating influences ;
and would not wait too long for law, which at
best are but ms mills which must run by some ek-
ternal power. What rs u windmill sithout win ],
or n watcr-inill without n stream ef watcr!-
| Why put n mill upona hill top witha water
wheel, or in "A valley VI made with u sail L
| What are laws i,hout public sentiment They
are ,gater- mills without water, wnd-mills without
wind We must TALL back upon moral force. IL
ma, take nttie more tiIno, but we shall do tho
work more thoroughly; AMI believe We shall
vet see the day when, throughout the South, they
viii show nm enthusiasm for Liberty, and schools,
and churches and colleges, such ne we have never
| seen even IN the North when every man shall
sltunder his own vine uni fs tree, blessed an |
| blessing.
1T 10 DANGEROUS To PLACE roo Much PovLh IN
THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
We must do all we can to intr, luce local gov
eminent, | hold it dangerous to pace TOO m"rh
/
extraordinary spectacle OF the times TO 500 ,'On-
gress gathered from the people, rebresentcg H. =
great mass Of the people, passing n bill and ut
ting 1t into the haiids OF The president, and there
by clothing him with power greater tan any
monarch ever wei ed, and the President vetong
| it ani returning II, saying cannot give my AZ
sent to II. NetOng ~ bill thar makes him
strong, What il we had President there then
| hike nun who sat there before nartyrcd Lin
| coin would he have refused 80 much power D.
What il we had that President that was there be-
fore him-l forget VIII" he was. (l.nughter)-
| DO yea supp se that we will always have Pres
iient ike AR johnson 2 Luz 1 am mistaken IN
my Judgement VI there has, tiHcc the earliest ani
best days oi our Presidency, been man more
! honest, more single-mindel for liberty, who
wtnVut bias VI the feelings OF Of the heart, with
cut bias of any KIND, endcavored to do thrt which
ne thought best for the interests of the country
ana tn, whole country. lApPlause Not anorh-
or man should hold II u be bad sign II, on
that account, should pass without criticism
avs ncts VI his power should he w'thou, review
AZ Is DANGEROUS TO have any mtn VA the cominu-
nifty thai IL MT amen ,bs 10 the criticism OF all
h's ieliVw men President johnson NOR. than
sss, ,,.;, ,.sss' =, = -;
ibere sur uid he greu, Jeaiiusy of sccuniui,tlhg
! power at tlio centre.
| DENuNcIATinS OF GOVERNMENT AGENTS
l. should be sorry To ses more K government
agcnts Ia the land Tais is the bcst government
ever devised by MN Tor sell government. IL
was not, however, made 10 govern pruviiccs or
outlying territories. The government was tnidr
tor ,he people; and We knew everything bctier
tilin the way to be dcsl,ots. We knew hbrrty
and IecdOln better thOn desp0tisu, an T. some
ho~, wnen we cone TRY the latter. what bung-
hug work We made OF " They suspended tue
wr't OF hdbeds corpus, ami did you ever see such
stupid wUrK as they mido of m Fort Laf.tyctte.
| 4. tla a.l IN If
weBt To do onngang despstes WORK. We we're
not made Tor that. IL would raise the President
thirty degrees IN the estiinatiOn Of the South #
4 he wouid call home alt his Treasury agents who
are dung lao gvv,i. but more anI mure .,lienatjng
the south. Applause IL Is u sh ,ine to see 81
many vi these corrupt agents throughout tho
cvu,h All thrOu5 h Tie south they are as ,l0-
Gusts, eating every green thing They are HINT
ing alter little cotton we 10 not wan. Let the
people have their cotton, aud call home these
agents. Let US have peace We do not want
war; we DO mot want these ag, nts In the south
thcsc predatory nuisnnecs applause
| TBE FEELING IN TiIE soorH li.'iiif a.
will now glance at the state OF feeling in the
south When We considcr what they Suffered, !,
who they were that suffered when consider
where they started from and where thcy brought
up; when l consider the whole history of tho
case, the state Of public feeling South is Tar more
reasonable than we could expect. II Is bad
|
Letter writer's, travellers, cay recon traetcd
south, "a Lice condition the south is in u be
! recvnstructcd" They are our bitter enemies.
/ they gOush tncr teeth ant all 4 wonder if YOU
tnluk that after you soundly whip man ho Is
gong to thank you for u Do You suppose that
! Osnerul Lee, wnen he surrendered, should have
thrown HIS hands around GENERAL q runt's neck
and t"anked him Tor whipping him and COM
pellii him 10 surrender or that General John.
stun should have regarded Sh,rma Us bis benc-
Factor And should the south go upun its knees
whsn II sees laDkec, aud say God bless you,
lsukee Tor all you have done for met, These
men that talk thus do not like the feeling nj the
South The Yankees tell us that the South ia not
hi TO be reconstructed. Ii YOU do not take the
South N tail she heals Of all her wounds YOU will
not take her IN tor u long time TO come Human
nature o. not run this way. IL is not n aius-
ton Of aOst act jrs ices II Is practical question:
aud you must decide according to known law nn1
to Aasa ".!ais sso Ii kq2 Esl re cause s they wes.
lucy sd gseIsF could not h.
ena'ac'er and all; deep gloon ovcrb.nys
them' anu profound sorrow opprcsas thnn -,
they are expecedt, give evidences .r ,n.a, su'
pess ana yy,. They must first htye The h,nJ r.
k'"dness stretched To them you p,,,st 10 ~. "
new hopes New business will lead th.,,..,t M
s gu cfhdkrss and anil business, th,t i what
they want .t"'Gftt ~
hold 10 community caa do butter than to
take the example Of Christ III this matter, who,
IN u5h pure AMI just was the jcet of all Oifense
tho mos fIrgying aud forbcarng and whu sui.
Tered rather than that VIC should suffer; and M
he was to us, lot us BE 10 Others There is a
christian mngnanmy IN II for wounds and woo
that NJ other medicine will touch 10 is askcl.f
why NOT leave them out TIL they lcaru better T.
For tho same reason that the father ani mother
do mol thr'w the rebeliipus son out OF ooprs AMI
expeii hiin till he learns No; hut w kinlness r.
and love aui pitence they cndeavor to feinspire
MN WIN hopei they open anewthe spcn. ioun-
tihs ~ yinuo, aud be IL again ttkcu into the u
faIniy 1 an asked VI would take n man into
my church, knowing him to' he n sinuer. If
didbt take thcmiin While they woreaA sinners
wouldn't have enOngnt ~ the church 10 say
We lake the spner In ~ reform him IL
they do not want forgiveness and ptIenoc do "A
not know what need they would nave f,r n church
at all. woulI lot them, walk N their own legs
throw away the cfutches and ordinances OF The =
church. The South want kindness, words of ,,
grneiousne-s and truth They need no patron
izing, but they need fratcrnni sympathy, aud
that, with them. Will 60 farther anI brr n them
n better mud thun any dennncsstions you con q
utter have made war for ihIty years against
81 very, and wherever l saw the serpent without
h ta'ion smote him. think Goi the w.sk ,
IL done a1hs Contribution u nds now ns The
su inner shy stan ls--advaucing and ,ady ancinx;
aud IN q ~ 10 sas'es blossom mr. sun WARNS do
We not know TINT every advanc'n. mo,th ninys
=. nearer to the psmmersndi 10 tho perfect DAY
n dSsrty