New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-26

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Richard A M.cu,y Il..dA'gryd ; II u t tIt
Osborn y Knight loha a DTspTt S. M 1,D, Cor,rt
W., i,f.os i Brg'' S y!S i 955Ss3 Ge. . Robbins
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Tho following gentlemen were appointed the
sOCHEHN RLHif SoNNiSSgi''SN. y, rr,,,-
Gathap hstop ,'eose ' ~ 1 m@'' s,rflsd Russell
5.o ~ G T1 S1''' fraes l. opc erpcp M's
d Rst~ct W. 3. C,lcFaI, sem - hun
Tieoaofe Roosevelt Robert Kennedy, eor,It + Nt'"'
Howard Potter, Nolutits fShe"t ''''''
Mr. PETER CooIR called the messing to order, 8ud
lrplancd the object which had oescm0cd 10 TIC to
naugurate measures that would, he trusted save 'A"
lapds of olr Southern brethren from Starvation auu
seatb MANY of them who now suffering 50 tc2ihy
we're the same ones who formerly trying WORK ot
he desfrl tion of our Natioual Union He thanked Cod
md our noble band OF patriots FOX ijs pcS alton 1he
leope Of tho North East and West now determined
10 show 20 our Southern negbOrs that We never were
bor never shall h their enemies We are resolved 10 10
lhom all the good can 10y giving food 10 lLo hungry
IND clothes 40 the naked And thea we want them To
Qua further djssensions. M Copper then introduced 10
he meeting Dr. BRIGHI editor OF The L1dntaeT ana
have hadas little sympathy with tbesprit and panc.-
pcs OF the soutb before and dulhg ana slL'e me M.l
hat God has said, Vengeance is mine
sos,id # thine enemy hunger feed hiufor in sodonc
IbOn shalt heap Goals Of fire on his head law me IN
port aud scope and henefcence 81 which viii DOUBT
hot, be made luminous radant-hy The eloquenee we
lha this evening hear from one OF it's great MASTER
kone money pu of these Goals on the mead oi
Southern wife aud mother whom the war hnd Dereaved
Hnd impoverished and that coal so warmed and melted
her heart that 1t filled her eyes with tears My God
BE exclaimed. II to this, that the people whom
seath ~ And colonel OF the Confederate army on hear
ng Of what had been done aud how 1t had a1sioined
n her head, yon keep on N TINS business theTe won
SYanKees'" All Sir who knows that the same hand that
Hooded and scOrched many Southern fields - mi now
I6is new VALLEY Of Ach0r is not 10 he our door Of
hope through which shall pass 10 rcoonc ations and
kbrotherhood worth thousnidiod more IMAM All mat
he most mnncent ffn i. can nr 9e STOW and o6oea
Resolved rhs, intelligence gbcl reahe. Of Tie offering
Ea 5rops addition ie,s,s;ous Of war appeals with ire
sy 70 her rsf AID bet meeting o b. appeal Toe
iegple q the Noh sl gin ;,g hslg,i % Tristan II'
Rssoirsa That southern Relief CoauOo be appointed consisting
s together ws l1.cui,s Committee sa th- be ,he duty q
Pc contributions and M distributing supplies among Tue destitute without
soiset Tia, he history Of The last hss proved hou
pee of@s q It,i aoa heiois shae'oI 10y !, & p o
SoahorB viii be Of il.
K:o1d Tl., the palaufaroc end Of other e, and
1eamuntes throughout "a, Noh be- respectfully and earnestly invited
share the responsibilities and tie blessing Of work that calls for
The REV IIENRY WARD BEECIIER was then introduced
10 the meeting and spoke as follows:
REMARKS or HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
Mr. CHAIRMAN: have during my life for the iasf ~
been On very S ossao ske T INTO tine
federation the state Of the country and especially az
teotcd by the relations sbsistug between The North and
bhe soutt. The earliest that remember At Castle
where Union
at which was not present-whose results were not pc
suliary In accordance with my views II after the
passage age, OF the Fugitive Slays Law w. which at
think may say that that great public meeting repre-
fented extreme. / mean by that extreme subser-
Sprt OF liberty seemed almost extinct and the spirit Of
wi domination eliminated. Ihat great wheel which
we see meeting eon' eled lor purposes not only but M
siewe OF the nation Of liberty and the utter waste and
bestIueton Of slavery ~ All It's forms Appause So
great have been the changes that men scarcely know
themselves, and hardly maintain their Identity
they 90 back for IS or 10 years; but the change which
les Kind than the changes that have befaen the whole
somnunity OId precedents are gone no lso In raing
them up Ideas are changedchanged just as blossoms
change to germs, aud germs change 70 green fruit and
een fruit change 20 ripe The country has changed it,
views; not one but al men, and not only that, the
s nnSngge , OF one thing, but reasoning by deep
Eitais Of me; and When MOI there did com. maj
Pbange Of public sentiment w which nation at last
stand up before God and feay TO these the
natural rights Of man. without distinctions Cod IKE
smith thrust into the Of It ont hard
81 steel with an edge that carho turned Applause
It's impossible that war running through more than
-four years IA such nation this, should end where il
stopped sensailenJ its sequences stll npon tine
land Those battles that fought years ago are
still working out their ultimate moral results and those
physical mschefs which kGjgs its train not
I'll spent themselves and this grea war for the National
unity, for National hbertyhis great spreads out
lts penalties and iofcts them To- hold a. firmly as
bold any conviction In ny soul i' this whole paEon
was guilty 81 - sin than whIrh none could be
more atrocious considering our history and our pnnci-
Rles-the sin Of slavery The south was guilty as the
holder and the North was guilty the abettor. I
remember very Wen that At the time when I upon
avO of Slavery. refused array itself against
pember perfectly Well that the whole political force Of
yle NORTH w9s m colnson with Slavery. / remember
perfectly well that the commercial OF the North
yer 9clNey N favor OF slaVcy and though did not
Years had been corrupted and to such condition
20 Endorsed IT, And when war came 81 was mn
ishment that God sent-s punishment believe Of The
massive, more ney' more Internal. lAppause1
aud now, We have been punished and
Sposkne about the punishment Of rebelion. That
which madeit was worse than the thing made n
nation but not ~ bad ~ wac tor them TO have broken
abe LAWS OF God and ~ Nature before. IApplausej
baH OF those people whenAd; and l regard
Tho blood the manning the deaths, the MORNINGS
taken place, Of greyoas aud painful character, not
Only as part meirfly esseed was not 10 measure
of desert but yet a. our part % that great chestsmen
by which God says the people. 81 do govern and do
MAINTAIN moral gOvelBl0ent which dlScnninatfs be-
ewstn right and wrong In the afsirs Of men and Of ma
aCLe Aud the South. punished alec f1T the same great
ssS e. A p se4 s al, 1 Ss' ssI9e g. 1Ss
SitHass against rebellion dare POI ,tep IN, between
3wond Dot siand between tie fudge aid thG culprtJ
eay 70 fben. loh ore cuprts 100 and mat 0od bas
s Sass ;asssasS so csTtaily T e bas bst5
Tansbing g 81 ono pstog We arS ana hnve
and the f6ufh a they have fufferod moro thad