The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-11-17
A Reply to Beecher.

Hon, s. $. Cox, Of Ohio, delivered
an eloquent address at the Democratic
WiYwam, in Brooklyn, in which he re-
viewed and criticized the recent speech
of Rev Henry Ward Beechcr We
have only room for the following briel
extract In regard to the spllit .. ~
Bcechcr's address he says
as retaliation the hest means of
union IF it leads TO scpnr't " d
not just what secession desired ?
A voice, Yes Now tia oyceso,,
has iaicd and is in ashes, and tho''
who sought it as q remedy sock 'heir
old associations with us: now that all
differentiation, as Gen Gran, lci. ns,
t. tue Fcacral authority has ceased.
\ for tnc interest and honor o.! the Lane
TO blot out with rcconciing tears th
memory OF the frailty and folly whicl
vr 's'i"l with Us to separate IT," nation
Passions havebeon generarc'i as well IN
the hearts Of the yictors rs nj 'ished.
Tle, ar, the olisprings OF love 1T I'll"
'"o"' who have :nllen. and connected
with patriotic feelings, with past suffer
,ys'ions. vllh hon' and To-
bereaveme ITS, with those ofboth sexes
:La a,l., AZ cviiNlnIohS. But thes'
passions Mir. Bscchcr now harnesses
to his party ear, They hecome rs dogs
of war. They furnish food for hatred
.id revenge. Surri, such spirit thus
ursed is rs Incompatible with love oi
'oun,ry as it is with Christian brother
AroA, Applause. Not attempting
II nr"snnt to discuss the legal or con
stftutional aspects of the question, and
con,n- ~ tHr niaA p"lnr at lS-ue. |
declare that I is most unwise-lay, il
is Iienlsn--to noih alo0l the differing
see ou3. exhibiting the sears Of each
for perpetual hate, and making forever
4 ren,tls of the d"Hl. 1t has been
proved IhHt secession can he put down
by arms but it remains yet to be prov
tl whIti!rr uHtOn can ne restored by
the head and heart. 1t can never hc
done 50 long as thc Chri tian ministry
I" 1t va" hatred, and not love. OF" the
brethren of the same country. Ap
plau,e lou are honored IN Brook
lvn with 4 churcl, intimately Y connected
with the State. The p.sior of Ply
mouth Church. NY the irrvor and hu-
nor OF his cl0Quence, with q felicity OF
Illustration calculated to tickle the ear
and please the heart. has become a pow
er 10 the State, lis utteraucoS during
the summer were like the breath of God
on the sca--giving calm. WArn he
wrote his epistlc of the 30th of August,
itsremrd Inspired by wisdom 50 unit
sAl that the world took note Of l., that
he had been with Jrsns-had caught
the spirit Of that Sermon on the Mount,
and of Divine forgiveness which creates
the heatitnles for man, Ii WAS as if his
own big organ were in his own breast.
and some angel hands were touching
the KEYS When he made his rccan-
taion the organ sounded, in compar-
ison, like the squeak ofa penny trump
ct That graila organ oi'his intcr' wist-
iny its rare threads Of melody with one
rich diapason ofprase, how it thrilled
the great heart OF the country, How
unlike that organ, which, during the
iunkcing Of the Southern loyalists in
Plymouth Church. Il ribald song was
sang in unison with its tones. DO you
remember it; One could almost hear
the m,ckery OF the interining mutc t,
which it was accustomed on the Sab
bath:
"'Wc'll hang JrirDavi- on a sonrapplr tree
Praise God from whom all blessings How
Wen hHn., jrll. Davis on 4 Soarapp,c rr"c,
Praise Him al creature, here nclow.
As We 20 marching along"