The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-09-22
Representative MEN-BErcHEn AND

REPRESENTATIVE EMEN-BEEcHEnA AND
PALMER As sure as there is q truth
in the principles OF natural laws, there
is D difference between the people OF
the North aud the South-between the
Puritan and the Cavalier. That differ.
ente is not traceable to accidental
causes. the circumstance OF place, OF
condition or of time, but is based
upon well-dn6ned chronological laws.
1t comes not of education, but it ia
born and bred in the bones. It owes
its origin not to the rugged bleak ess
Of Plymouth Rock and the shady
slopes of tue james. but it reaches
back to the shores of England, where
for centuries the difference has existed
-som.times i'll open antugorism, some
times i'll mutual isolation, but never
in corsiial fellowship.
1t II the same in America ROW tnut it
WAS IN England 900 years ago Tue
same characteristics attach to the Two
people now that attached TO them III
the days of Cron we'll. The one cold,
ohlegmatic; the other warm, frank,
impulsive. The one in business
shrcwd, close, over reaching; the other
reckless. liberal and easily over.
reached. In religion, the Que iutolc-
rablc. austere aud nnben,ling in ont
ward forms; the other liberal, cheerful
and careless Of worldly rcpu,e.
Both races have their representative
men, and it is in their Representative
men that tho characteristics If tn.
two are most sharpeiy defined. The
same prominence of character that
distinguishes them from their com.
patrlots, uG,ords distinguishing trait
of ethno!ogical character. Iu Ecnry
Ward Beechcr, of Brooklyn, and Rev.
Mr.. Palmer, Of New Orleans, we have
the representative men Of the people
happily set forth, and their distin-
gushing characteristics strongly de-
fined. Both of these are eminent
men; both are gifted beyond the ordl
nary lot Of men; both are able liviues;
grand teachers Of religion and revered
by their people. Tue one Puritan, the
other Cavalier. The one representing
Northern morals and Northern sentl-
ment, the other Southern.
They have both been prominently
before the world. They begun work
together. They were classmates iu
college from Massachusetts,
Palmer from the South. Beecher pll-
ant. insinuating, hypocritical, gradu-
ated with honor. Palmer was expelled
for refusing to betray his friends aud
the secret Of their society Beecher
went forth conquererand to conquer.
His religion was OF men, and it capti-
vated men. He became patron of
social aud political isms. For Kausas
he had Bowie knives and Sharp's rifles.
For the rebellious South he had hang
ing, fire and birthstone. He prostl-
tuted his pulpit by incediary ha-
rangues, and he prostitnted his Office
by marrying debauchee to the wife
of another.
DIR. Palmer went forth in moro
humble role. He preached the reli-
gion of Christ. His ministry is
grateful and graceful tribute to the
truth of the religion he preached.
When the war came he visited tue
army, not TO excite his struggling
compatrots to deeds of vengeful
slaughter, but to comfort the sick and
the dying. After the war was done
he returned to his pulpit, and there
he labors to day, his fame bright AS
the morning star, aud his purity uu-
stained. Aud B.echer, where is he?
Precisely where all this Puritan guild
will be when stripped of the gllJed
robes of hypocricy with which it j.
ciad.-AAanha CommommeuIA