The New York herald., 1866-04-28
HUlANITIEs OF WAR.
Lecture by James \. Brsay at Cooper
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Lecture by James r. BraAy at Cooper
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The large hall Cooper Institute well nlled last
evening bya Ssgctnble md intslligcnt audience
vened fur the PURGE Of ltsaing lecture by James
Brady, the proceeds Of which were TO be devoted 70
the reconstruction the Orphan Asyums Of Charleston,
O., under the direction Of Bishop Lynch. The alcovss
at the back Of th stage neatly curtainsd with
American nags and bsnnerwt the Inscription "Union
War Prisoners' Aszciation, sl and o2 Gratitude and
shortly aftsr sigl O'Clock the invited guests COM
prisins many q te leading clsrical lacs and other
When the or the evening appeared be was
greeted with loud pplause, and, Immediately stepping
LADIES AND Gsxrknxs-Beiore proceed to perform
the task especially ssigned % me for this evening
wish 70 d.arge aoher task Of dslivering at the re-
bazaar that was 70 hve taken place IN this hal-for the
objsot for vhh yoa have assembled this evening
April 80 dare 81 that in this audience there are many
who sympathize vfh the south, and who regret that
they dd not scnss ~ their inaePendsncs @ porsnssey
day. NJ as ssss - IS srssaail 5 and piess.u. one q
task Of referingto the Just saying Of Cicero. "hen
never resembIe ~ gods much when doing good 70
state the dnbrens Of certain philosophers on the
natural condstionM man and the common attribute OF
sentent beings, ,-ombativensss. But these opinions
stands, men aiwa have had battles and always will
have battles. Mr. brady then went TO give sketches
OF the usages Of wr In different countries a different
times quoting among Others from work by Bamberry,
Hungarian who bad lately travelled through Asia dis
guised as dervsh sketches Of tho custom Of procuring
regal favos by the presents Of captves taken in battle
and human heads He referred, also 70 the customs OF
the Romans, Of making slaves Of their captive
to the invasion Of England by william the
Conqueror when the lands divided by that sovereign
among his own people, and the saxons made serfs and
waod In mt oUIV tn nYigo NJ
those captured In what Hume calls ''inroads" raidsl
The same spirit Of Indignantly was eyinced,
Of the colony in ALGERIA; by the English in
India, New Zealand, and later in Jamaica; and
liberties have been wrestsd from them by force, the
march Of aggression has been invariably sgnalzed by
footsteps Of blood He referred them to the example
set by England pretending to be enlightened country
receiving and adopting the tomahawk and scalpng knife
Of the Indians in both her struggles with this country
Notwithstanding these evil features have ever marked
warfare, there some instances OF humanity worthy
Of note Prisoners of war; who were killed by the
ages and ensayed By the people little more refined,
were made Ia the Middle Ages the subjects OF pecuniary
ransom; later came the custom Of exchanging; but, he
said, above all things to miiigate the rancor
tho tho s' flag of Il truce. ' Applaasel ' The The dag @ Of
truce white little beacon, spark OF divine tho
bloody ed q battle coming IN the hand o. peace
coming the dove 10 the arkcomng in the hand Of
peace. before whom the trophies Of armies the bad am
bltions and exploits Of men must be happily exploded
He then referred 70 the system OF PAROLE which TO vo
late would load person with nfamy and contempt He
there we're CLEANS of light and beauty which chsered the
heart and made the very soul TO feel that Maker does
not intend that we shall bo continually at war He then
went 10 relate instances Of humanity shown tho
battle eld recting tho well known anecdotes OF the
duct Of Rudolph OF Hapsburg, and Of Sir Philip sydney
war. rcmarking that DR.. Thompson was instsnced
as having gone on 70 the battle field after
ns battle ns q Alma and . the m w0Tpa
Nightingales services during that campaign he won
dered that instance only mentioned Of the treat
ment above referred te a. he understood that during
late the doctors both sides invariably treated
friend and foe alike. He alluded very facetously and
pontedy the schleswig Hostein imbrogo relating
incidents OF humanity there exhibited Coming down
70 our late civil war he said he wished the American
pcopIe-Nortb, South, East and West-could take one
had nothing 10 do with IT, It quarrel among
selves and settled IL ourselves; and ma
INA, m s , 81 wan s
loud appausel He sick and tired Of hearing men
who had never smek powder making. comparisons bc-
hibited by the two armies. He hOnored the
South, a. he would honor any people, how
sine sincerity b. gallant s conduct he then wen. ION on
TO speak OF the particular evils attendant civil
he would not examine the history Of our late war; but
TO relieve the gloom thrown the land, referring
soqusny and feelingy the unsrus and disntsressd
sossd M ss ssy ~ sIS x.
where they miniscred loud applause) Mr. Brady
BuiI Bull run, a which somebody got whipped and some
taken prisoners OF war; paying glowing compliment
the late General Michael Corc0rnn, and noting the
fact that the members Of the Association present
the prisoners who taken 70 Richmond, and after
having been exhibited TO the people, were confined In
the old tobacco factory thence 70 Libby prison thence
the fall NJ Charleston, and thence ~ Castle Pnckncy
II at this latter place, he said they had the good
and great philsnthropsi Bishop Lynch Applausel IL
would be offensive this Bishop, he said, 10 relate In de-
tail the record OF his benevoence 10 those prisoners how
he provided Tor their comfort In every possible way and
good nights rest for several months He referred then
several amusing and pleasing Incidents which occurred
during the stay OF these prisoners a the SOUTH and cv
dences Of benevolent feeling on the part OF several
residents OF the South
He then alluded TO the founding Of the Orphan Asylum
for girs by Bishop England s30 and the asylum for
the boys by Bishop Lynch In 1850 both or which nst
tuions suffered In the connagraionat Charleston and
Bishop and devoted the use.of the prisoners. II
Quires considerable amount OF money To rebuild
and repair these Institutions aud II II for that
Object the Union prisoners nsk Jour AID The lee
turer alluded the posters which had been distributed
concerning this lecture, and looking at from
distance he could only discern the word rcconstrucon
and his own name He wondered n he had committed
himself 10 political reconstruction any
political question which insane sesson OF Congress
had made fat the reports OF the cholera which.
t does come will bring one blessing-t Will put n stop
the discussion OF the other subject tAppause II,
he kaid the soldiers succeed IN this undertaking.
they will found building which viii stand ~ monu-
ment TO magnanmi,y hand and soldiers Jnst
apprec aton the other and such Institutions will do
reconstruct the nation than all the demagogues,
rabd fanatics and traitors the constitution could do
for years. Continued applausel
Literary Intelligence.
portfolio containing autograph letters addressed Ia
the pope bv different foreign sovcrerns has been stolen