The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-20

Hrst pulpit orators. His defamation is
graceful, and his pronunciation proc SO
to fault. All his words are monosy lla-
bles, for he says "per-fect ness" for per-
feotness, and ''com-fort" for comfort,
aud so throughout bis delivery. This
mannerism smacks considerably of af.
fectation, for was not impressed that
he talked 80. having heard him casually
in conversation.
At P. NJ, went to the Church of
the Disciples-a hinge pile of Vonitiun
spires, surrounding hugcr dome, that
GO Vered an i'm % ens eamphitheatricul pit,
TINT will seat, I am told, 5000 people,
all facing a small, semi-circular stage,
upon which ia seated tho minister, by O
table, with the organ behind him, and
his choir and congregation before him.
The ceiling is fiat. horseshoe shaped,
and from it the gas lights throw their
! hrilliancy upon the moving masses be-
low This immense pit was thoroughly
packed from stage to door, and the dis
| tlnguishcd orator on tho occasion WAS
the Rev. DR.. Hcpworth, whose elo
qucnce and popularity has built him
this, one Of the most capucious aud ex-
pensive churches in the city. On this
occasion, his theme WIS Charles Sum
ner, and his text Romans. xiv, 7-"For
mono OF us liveth to himself, aud no
man dieth to himself" H. wis not
long in introducing to his audience his
subject, for he so. ont by saying. Wien
IL strong oak falls III the forest it decays,
| others grow up around it, and it is not
missed; but when the branching elm,
that has grown where its shade cften
shelters tue weary traveller, is rprooted
by the storm, its loss is lamented ON ull
sides. So with Mr.. Sumner. He stood
out in bold relief from amongst his
peers, giant in intellect, IL model Of
Integrity, very paragon Of perfection.
lie called him the Moses OF our titnes !;
the defender of the "hlg of liberty AMI
the flag Of righteousness. When did
"our" ihg ever have religious signiti.
clnce? Ho next save landutory uar-
ration Of Mr.. Snnncr's life and scrvicce,
aud clearly proved him 10 have been IL
shint; especially as no ono was called
npon to prove hi nl sinner. Bnt when
| the Rev. Doctor came to that period in
his life where Brooks gave him the au-
gina-pectoris. or same other hard named
disease, he WINS theatricaly eloquent
His Imagination Was vivid, for, with its
eye" he could SEQ the learned scholar,
with thoughtful brow, poring over his
tones at his desk i'll the Senate cham
Der; and the same vivid Imagination de.
picted to its possessor one Brooks, an
assassin, eft representative of the land
Of barbarian, the duel, the cudgcl, "
creeping upon the profound book. worm
from behind, and with the blow of a
coward, telling him to the floor, and for
what? Simply because his country.
with all its feudalism, aristocracy and
ignorance, could not meet tho unan.
swerable arguments of Charles Sumner.
The Rev. Doctor asserted that from this
blow Sumner never BROOKS
killed Sumner, but, thank God, that
blow was the death knell to slavery.
too" When the Doctor asserted this,
he seemed to have given won't to gns that
had been pent up since 1856.
There is probably no man in New
Enslnnd. and perhaps never was one,
better known by the people Of these
United States, and by the South cspc-
cially. than Charles Sumner. That he
Was learned, no ono denied; that H.. wus
a man Of political integrity, was gene
| rally conceded; that ho Was fnnaticaI,
everybody knew; that he was cranky in
his latter years. most people thought;
hut that he was u maa M:eger uHo',
neither his own divorced wife nor Dr..
Hcnworth believed. To pronounce un
eulogy upon Mr.. Sumner was fit and
right, for he 'ras statesman, and
worthy the nations admiration. But
TO prostitute tho pulpit Sabbath night
by depicting. yes, wildly conjurirG up.
scenes that never transpircd, to nhim,
the popular mind and kindle anew the
fires of prejudice in the North against
the South. is contemplate in the cx-
trema, aud unworthy the man who
dared to utter them. Religion, in the
lnu Is Of such men, can never exercise
charity towards the rest Of mankind
aud will never advance n step toward.
healing tho ''chasn" that should ere
this hnge been brdgcd over. If DE-
Hrpworth is IN index of Northern phi
lnnthropy, there ia righteousness" il
tho tl,g but sca. cely semi civilization il
tho south; and yet this is II yloriou:
Union.
Thank 'ioL, man j, not 20 be juigcd b.
Or. mAn by m.! ana tho w,rll. wou!l dAmr
it,uif.
FRIEND.
4 Poor REWARD. When Mr.. Dawes
in his lato speech III Congress. statet
that a collector OF customs who wa