Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-16
Mr.. Baecher's Remarks.

Ani' o"CCNtl IeltlarkS.
Wepublish the remarks Of Rev Mr.. BEECH
Err, at the New York meeting, to raise con.
trlbutlons tor the destitute South. Docs hi,
remarks read like those of minister of tb,,
eternal truth and word of Cod?
Rev. Henry Ward Bccchcr was introduced,
aud alter acknowledging the greeting of the
audience, proceeded to address them. IIc
Saiu during the Lost nineteen years of his life
ne mad been present on very many occosious
on which the citizens of New York wore con
vcned to take into consideration the state of
the country, especially as affected by the rcl,.
tons SubslSting between the North and South
lie remembered Saving Union Committee
convened ut the Castle Garden some vrnr.,,,o
at which, however, he was not present. h,
cause the object was not peculiarly in ucnor
dance with his views. |. was after the ms.
sage OF the famous Fugitive Slave law, Which
at the time was supposed to be the medicine
1or all our ills. That WAS an extreme Of sub
bcrViency profoundly hu:niliating It was Il
time when the spirit of liberty seemed extinct,
hnd the spirit OF evil domination eliminated
That great wheel which God turns has m,i,
complete revolution. So great has been in,
chanSc that men scarcely know themselves
and can hardly maintain their identity if they
60 back fifteen or sixteen yer,s
But the change which had taken place in
individuals was certainly not sre,,cr IN Kind
than that which had bciallcn whole comm.
mites. Ideas arc changcl-chanpcd lust rs
blossoms change III the germ and grow into
green fruit, and rs the grrcn fruit changes in
to the ripe The country has chanucd It's
vlews-not one man. but millions of men =.
not only that, hut the change went ON hy -ca.
son, by the deep MORAL ins,ru,.ontnilI Chat
touched the very vials of life There has
come change in the public sentiment u,,on
points on winch they were least aerccd. and
now they are wllln" to stand before, God and
the nation and to swear tcaliy to the natural
rlght OF man without distinctions. artificial or
otnetw'se. And that sentiment, Gnd like, a
smlth thrust INTO the fires of wa! and brought
1T out hard rs steel, with an c,l-c that c,nno,
ne turned Applause 1t was impossible
that such war could take place on y scale
such as the world never saw cnu,llel imros.
slo!e that war running through more thup
four years, even in nation Of .,rh uburl.,,,r.
as this, should end where it stoned. lis No.
qucnces are still on the land
The battles that were tourht vcors o,,o ,r-
still working out their moral results and those
physical mischiefs which wars always ,riros
IN Its train have not yet spent themselves .
Inc ~no'c nation was guilty Of great sin,
than which none could be more atrocious cnn
nderlng our HISTORY and principles. the sin OF
slavery. The South was guilty us the holder.
ana the North was guilty as tho ahettor, and
both paid the due penalty. The work Of re-
construction is now before the country. All
men 1cel that this is a great work and vet we
all agree that legislative reconstruction alike
can never be relied on. We want tbc moral
and social element of reconstruction. Thc
nation IS never going to be reconstructed NV
an edict Sympathy, confidence, affection
the interplay of interest, mutual rcspctt. ot
last rcopcn'ng after long. long, intcr,nisson
into intermutunl life. This is the recons,rnc.
tion that is needed, when hearts beat toncth-
or again under the old flag TApplausc. l The
sympathy evoked by this meeting viii be !,
great remedial agency in the good work Of 70.
construction OF the country If Justice is to
DO done let it be done quickly, so that mercy
may enter upon its work. We should cxcr
clse Christian forbearancc and not treat t}nn
as the Priest or the Levite did the man wh,
went down oJcricho and fcllamoncthe thicvc,
pass them by without assistance, beoaus,
they are not particular class or section; bu
40 as the good Samaritan did, who in Dem
cratic sense regarded suffering human bciu:
as brother App'ausc] EIe believed in re
venge. 1t was mean man that would suffe
wrong and would not show any spirit rLouol
ter and applause But it must be done b
Christian retalintion--the returning of low
for hatred, Kindness for cruelty. NIassachu
setts was plucky old Statc-Capplausc1
though the very back bone of Purtanism wa
supposed to run through that State, am
slough her soldiers pcrishcd Mt Belle Isle am
10 other prisons, sho had built schools neo
those very points where five hundred or on
t1loueand boys, tho children of those WHO COR