New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-01

Rev. DR. H. W. Bellows argued that there need be
no fear for the nations safety.
LESSONS or THE HOUR.
~, Pr Henry Hayd Bceche al Plymouth Church BToo@'g
A very large audience was gathered III
Plymouth Church yesterday, at the al al IhahAS~'
inc services The table on the platform ornamented
Win sbeaf OF wheat and on the opposite side Of the
rlottorm was a pyramid Of apples, grapes, and other
frs surmounted by handsome bouquet OF rare flowers
After The usual collection for the poor had been taEen
Mr. Beeher proceeded at once and almost abruptly with
bis Sermon OF rather address for he took no text HIS
rmalks were frequently Gpplauded. They were IL sub
stance follows:
In tine momeutary disturbance which just nov alarms
the timid and nfames the partisan, men are liable to
forget 10 overlook the whole field viewing only small
portion thereof and draw argures from circumstances
that appear only in spots 1t is now nearly i years
since the war closed Let consider the facts OF the
events which have occurred during that period ana use
instead Of an IDEAL moral standard and see what might
have been expected Of people, judged by human ma
tue in the condition in which people were nj the
close OF the war; then we shall be able toudge whether
this should be fast day a day OF thanksgiving Tue
revolution Of i've broke the external allegiance o, inc
United States % Great Britain without making any
change in their mat rial economy; their laws remained
the same; their general policy remained the sam
Under a different name their civil governmcl
carried out the principles OF liberty embodied III the
British Constitution How 70 fedcrate the l5 states
into one was the great diculy-the chief difficulty
But this did not touch the vital sources OF
their prosperity and only left us TO so forward
along the lines already marked out. The war OF
1861 was the most cOuhrmatory Gnd IeVOiuuol|y
OF any war that existed II was coriFmatoiy OF
the North and revolutionary OF the South It's eect on
the North cannot be stated in detail even IN outline IN
the space allowed It changed no Institution as
TURNED no aog of law or government interrupted no in
dusty changed the citizens in no respect II imp0Eef
isbed no state II confirmed the principles Of the fathers
who founded the Government and testified to their doc
time Of the rights OF man. lt ratified ana hinhea our
history and sent our people forward with new impetus
No practice OF industry changed but every element
in our civil and social life was made clearer ana
stronger Inventions multiplied, factories increased on
every hand and enabled cotton men az least 70 pe
tie British IN their own markes WHINE the pas1 ~
years 10000 miles Of railroads have been established
colleges have been endowed debts hquidaed, mortgages
raid and churches and schools have been Ut up an aohg
the line Of advancing civilization The last 20 years
fou 1870 10 1876 have been marvel in the history Oh
The human race The hearts and brains Of men have
been stimulated by the discussions which have gone on
The fundamental questions Of manhood and Of human
society and have brought forth an abundant harvest o
thought Skill industry happiness, nnd picty.
Now turn TO tho South II is hardly possible ior us 10
conceive OF the results OF the on the Confederate
States especially those lying along the ocean border ana
the Gulf II took from hands of proud and impeious
men their whole political control During tue hrs' oo
years Of our history, during the founding OF the Govern
IaeDt and the formulating Of It's principles inc N0tn
and especially NewI.ugand bore rule. Then the South
assumed control and for 90 years or more the national
polcy WAS dictated by the South The North was busy
with busiuess-the South with government We ~ofAed
they ruled At the close Of the war the Sonth had no
innueace in the Government. For five years It's men hd
not been in Congress- and when they did enter II they
were not the men o. oid-mpenous, brilliant, Wiiliui
united selfish for their interests They came as the
stranger comes-impOverished worn. wasted, having
inst escaped from the fire The rens had fallen from
their hands aud they who once drove this chariot
Of a continent now hung behind, walking
The war brought into citizenship a million OF
eolored voters. and the old element at the south
was swamped by this and, to them, odOus eompan
ioDship There could be greater trial Of humiliation
than Ike Wade Hampton 70 canvass Tor votes
among his formersayes The question before had been
whether they were Iaen or monkeys POhilCs was inc
nerve system Of The southern ge91e1ea' inere SoMd
holders to go to the polls WITH heiI e&.laVes-aho
,I ,cns INF their property, but their property
on two legs was voting against the masters FOR years
large mutitodes Of men were dsiiahchIseu ana theh
ihey moved under shadow TO the polls. - ,,
Ste Sron fis there was at the same time an equally
shs n"rai equality Of citizens is not hard 20
those who have always believed IN democratic equat
In the soth he slaves outside VI MANHOOD ana VI
ctizership Tie law was the Roman lawotDat sbIes
were Rot human beings, but chatels FOR ~ ysaas g
business Of Minister'S college prOIessoiS' Ph s 10
political economy and scientific men IN tue oOut was 70
prove the inferiority OF the African. lhey o9mu
back almost TO his DarwDian ancestors. 1he IcSV
ton Of the war advanced the negro 70 an elua ,no
with his white neighbOr. These thihss e"liio 10
be Appreciated by description, Dnt mus tb ~
measured by actual experience. Is IL not WVIol
there mas been SO little outbreak that the south mas Yeen
10 Quieti More significant the change ia lhe Sloio
Industrial system OF the South. Ihe rcn Dccie H.,
ershed. Their slaves were no longer oWneu W e ~
After the war neither slaves nor plantations WEI .
source Of wealth Those who owned the Plaii.'',i
would not work them and those who would @ork tncn
did not own them Hence there was a land lock Free
labor principle, antagonislc ana
II lie the necessity Of every TO support himself In
necessity with Il the Divine Dloasn an
nOyerhangs the future Of the South for IN the future
South which may look down upon the hOrth arc
challenge competition in every element OF elv and socl
prosperity. Il viii be brought about BY the Necessity M
WORK he who his bread by the sweat OF us DO
as new Influences getting mold on him and eontrolih
hln- He society by new standard, by Sal
md industry Formerly horses, dances, DC. were ths
themes OF discussion aud the occupation OF Southern ger
tlemen; they are learning that IL IL the marx OF
gentleman pay his board and to work with that nece
NY from which no man can escape. And so the south
burnt its Old property and stood barren ground nc
nan exempt from work. Work is doing for the South
Eradnaly aud silently what work did Tor the North In
us gone By. he who works condescends 70 men OF low