The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-26

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sympathy with the rights Of any man who
bears ,hc form of a man, and who carries
an immortal spirit in his bosom, and will
not sit here willingly, | will not sit here
quietly, and see any man oppressed, though
!. he be the hittcrcst seccssionsist in the land
If he Is 10 be arraigncd and condemned
and bchcadcd, it shall be done in so far as
my voice and my humble influence can ac-
compliSh anything-it shall be done under
the constitution and laws Of the church.
! We live, sir, under a government OF law.
We are not AT liberty to take counsel oi
our feelings or our passions. We are not
at liberty 10 90 for our law to prcccdentS
to public, judicial or legislative assemblies.
We are not at liberty 10 open our boSomS
to all the gales OF human passions that may
meet and concentrate here. No, sir, we
are bound by that book: and if it were not
my deliberate conviction that the teach
ingS of that book had been inrngcd upon,
| would not trouble YOU with the remarks
that am now making.
Sirs, on Saturday last | was driving out
through the suburbs of this city. 1t Is a
beautiful spread of country that reaches
far and wide, and as you go ont over the
crest OF the hill, scene of surprising
beauty and tranquility presents itself. On
Saturday last | was driving out with gen
tlcman of this city, man loyal to his
hearts core, man whose name Is never
mentioned in St. Louis by any man, OF
whatever party, or profession, or occupa-
tion, but with honor and reverence. lie
said to me, what is the reason that the SOL
dicrs-the men who did the fighting-not
the holiday soldiers, but the men who
did the iighting--arc ready to exercise for
bearancc and forgiveness and peace, while
the ministers seem TO be in favor OF war.
Sir, said | you have propoundcd problem
To me which | cannot solve. ! know the
fact, for have had personal experience Of
ii.
And here again in one Of these hospitals
during the war. sec your hour has eX-
pircd, and | will not trcSpaSS. Just give
me one minute or two, and | think l can
release YOU In one of these hospitals
were two soldiers. They were very badly
wounded Those minStcring SpiritS-th"Sc
blessed Christian womcn-Wcrc In the nos
ptal visiting them. think it was in the
Strawberry season: and under the dircc-
/ tion of the physician Of the establishment
.unc of them was required to 60 about and
mark the coucheS with chalk and all the
men who could have any strawberries, and
were in that condition that the fruit would
iniurc them, had their couches marked.
Wen, there were two poor fellows lying
side hy side. One bed was marked, and
the other was rot. \ lady came along
presently: Well" said she to one of
them. this poor fellow would like some
strawberries, suppose p She wa. bear
inc them with her. /" No; the doctor
saws they will hurt him: he can't live
he is going To die soon. The doc
tor saws strawberries will only hasten
his death, aud lie can't have them. She
handed the basket of Strawberries to ms
fellow. She had got but little way OIL,
however, and what d" You think She saw
Why. she saw the man with the straw
berries. Il Union soldier, getting himself
ont of his couch, and with his crutch he was
liulping his way over to his fellows bed,
and there he stood resting on his crutch
and putting the strawberries into his com
radc'S mouth. "Why,' said she, "you
are Union men, suppose, both of y"u =
mo, madam" said he; "day before yes
, trrdav this man aud fought against each
other. but We arc brothers now we
are brothers now" O. brethren, can't
Won see that, We have fought these men,
and we will fight them in time OF war. We
are here in Il State that honorS the name
ut Thomas Jefferson, but You ministers do
not honor il much. You never 90 to
Thomas Jefferson for your ethics, am
sure. or to that immortal document-that
which came from his pen, and which IS an
heir loom in every American laDlta-
/ ton, and which every American boy com
mits to memory substantially, and which IS
! rccited every year in Your National LcgiS-
I laturc. In that immortal document which
came from his pen, he said. referring to
! Great Britain and to the King OF England
and To his people, eve must regard them
as we regard all other nations; rs enemies
in war: in peace, friends Why, brc-
thren, i, it war or is it peace Shall they
who not only profess to sit 1T the feet OF the
meek and lOwly Saviour; shall they whose
profcssed voice and whose hereditary tunc-
ton il is to preach the gospel OF peace, to
! preach forgiveness and forbearancc and
universal charity-Shall we set our hands
10 the atrocious doctrine that any class or
condition OF men in any land shall be re-
/ garded by lis enemies not only III war, but
even in peace? God forbid God forbid
ST. Louis, May 23.-In the Old School
! Assembly Of the Presbyterian Church,
to-day. the protest of DR.. Van Dyke
apaiu,t the action of the Assembly i'll re-
card to the exclusion Of the Louisville
commissioners was ordered recorded, and a
committee, with DR.. West as chairman,
was appointed to report an answer in re-
gard to ii.
The report of the Committee on Foreign
/ Missions shows that the Board has forty
six missions in different countries; that
the receipts for the year were s20', ',OOO
that the expenditures were S2lO,OOO; that
half the churches Of the denomination
failed to contribute any support, and that
the board is now III want OF both money
and men.
Hon. Samuel Galloway, of Ohio, spent
most of the remainder of the day i'll reply
to DR.. Boardman'S speech of yesterday,
taking strong grounds against the conduct
of the Louisville Presbytery, and dealing
trcnchant blows against diSloyalty IN the
church and out of it.
Nothing of special Importance occurred
| in the session OF the New School Assem-
bly to-day.
/ NEGRO TESTIMONY In the Circuit Court
Judge III. W. Thomas, yesterday, when the
case OF the Commonwealth rs. Roe, awhite
man, charged with felony, was being tried,
/ W. Willoughby, Commonwealth's attorney,