American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-04-05
HENRY WARD BEECHER ON RES
TORATION.
He is in favor of Reinstating all the
States.

We direct the attention of our readers
to the following peroratiou Of an address
delivered by the Rev Henry Ward
Beecher at the Academy Of Music, Phil
adelphia, on the ED inst.
hold the seeded States that they De
relDstaied as soon as possible, and as
soon as may be consistent With the pub
lie interests. True, some delay is neces-
sary. But this delay, though necessary.
is an evil notwthstanding-a necessary
evil it may, but yet an evil. Quick
ness and promptness are the things to be
regarded. and delay thing to be de.
preciated. 1t might not be right to do it
to-day; it nigh. not be best to do it to-
morrow; it might not be best to do it this
week or the next, but the necessity OF
delay is ss much an evil notwiths,and-
ing. When man is sick the physician
says it is necessary that the fever be sub
dued. but it may rot be hight to break it
down at once, but let j. run. but the very
necessity Of letting it run on is an evil.
] hold that it would be better that the
States should be brought into the Union
TO- morrow. every one of them. And in
this regard allow me to say that l cannot
go with either the President or Congress.
| would bring all in at once they mean
to keep them all out at once. They would
let in a part and let the rest wait and see
how they would like it. know they are
stumbling on this point. II you let in
Tennessee on that principle you will have
to let in tie rest. like to see man
stand upon priuciple-upon sound princ-
Piles. They would let in Tennessee, and
Alabama and Georgia. and when South
Carolina came and asked why not let us
in on the same principle as Tennessee
and the other, they would answer. "Be-
cause we thought they would be be bet
ter in than out, and we thought you
would be better out than in," On what
principle DO they do that? | will con
slider that afterwards This does not
seem to be craftsmanship. But, not to
dwell upoa that. let US consider how
4hey argue the matter. They say we
must keep these States out till We get
guarantees from them. What do you
mean by guarantees.
You are going to keep them out until
you are certain it would be best to jet
Them in. II is impossible to give a GER
tainty. What are the things that you
want guarantees about? Secession, re
bellion, the condition Of the freedmen.
What a guarantee of secession 7 We
want guarantee that the South are will
ing to give it up. How long would you
take before you would consider that ex
pertinent as settled-6ve years Would
that cure them? What has the war done ?
The war has settled the fact. whether
they beieye it or not, that it shan't be.
The fact is settled it shan't be. and all
hat you can ask the South is, will you
give up the fact AID say SO? WIN you
2ive up the fact, though you still believe
he doctrine Are you going to keep
hem out until they don't believe the doc
.rine The question is settled when they
,ay, eve have referred this question TO !
he court and arbitrament of war, and
Wgr has declared against us. ,aud we ac-
,ept the verdict we bow TO it," Can /
you in honor ask anything nore than
hat? But then we want guarantees
against rebellion" Four parts Of FIVE of /
he total property Of the South have been
destroyed BY war, aud is not that guar
lntee that they won't fight again very |
'oon? The population of the South has
,eeu more than decimated,.. doubly de-
,imaled.
They are SO sick OF it that fos one
hundred years cursed, they will say. be
be man that talks OF war But we want
ths: they will give the freed /
men their rights.
Is not the Constitution guarantee
5 not the whole law oflabor 10 the South
guarantee? Is not the whole public
entiment of this nation mighty enough,
silh The Constitution on its side now. aud
II natural laws Of political economy on
ur side! Are not these guarantees
nough ? | cannot pay any compliments
, The South, to their courage and to their
ltensity Of sincerity and zeal greater than
he state Of panic and fear which Z see
/ the Northern mind. Il
You seem TO be so stricken with fear
hat you have lost all thought of God, and
'rovidence. and natural law, and all pow
T Ct moral influences and public senti-
leut. but have that faith in the cause,
nd that faith 10 God, and that faith in