Year: 1866

ing and rocking In every timber and plank congress
had girded tho ship with constitutional omendmens ana
cast anchors OUT TO hold OIL from lee shore Az tns
yuncture there was treachery The Captain had eII ne
helm and the OF Office holders elected ana nrcd 70
stand by the Union and the principles OF Abraham
Lincoln attempting to take another boat and leave
me oia Union to It's ae wne roey fisa - ar.
was the duty OF every Christian and loyal ctzen 10 pre-


vent their purposes and stand by tho Union as framed
for freedom and by principles OF the war For OK


cept they did this and destroyed the plots OF design
ing enemies they could not be saved. he would
Christian minister and the Christian member in
regard 10 the political affairs OF the nation, and these
few not by way OF apology but by way OF assurance
rbrs,ionty was an acknowledged power on the
earth and Of greatest influence where there the
highest civilization. 1t was accepted by philosophers
essential element in the progress OF human freedom
The ghest nations in point Of intelligence and power
acknowledged the God of Christianity, and none more
emphaticaly than their own The glory and honor Of
all their victories ascrbed by the people to the
God of the Bible, and in their they had hum
bled themselves before him Cooper Institute and Wall
had resounded with the doxology sent upward
from twenty thousand voices Then should not the
Christian minister and the church also have part in such
Christians? And II, was acknowledged, christianity
and its God had much TO do with natons' victories
had not the minister the rght-nay, was II not his duty
to proclaim in the times OF national peril what
were the principles Of Christianity they related to
national governments That party knew its internal
falschood and rottenness which feared to submit the
criticism OF its politics and principles to tho Christian
ministry and Christian church, and which made TRADES
against political preaching The dangers to which the
had brought us For like Sampson after carrying OF
the wallis OF brass and Staying the Philistnes we were
falling asleep In the lap OF aduerous South and
having the locks OF strength cut off, and ourselves
bound hand and foot by our exulting enemies
treachery and all the glories Of our victories dur
ing the four years OF the war; and all the
benefits actual and prospective they had gained for the
they now permitted themselves to lose by the ballot
what they had gained by the pon Of the bayonet We
we're In danger Of being msled by the entangements
which bad men had purposoy involved these issues IN


Wha, sensible mind was not disguised with the ever;
.ts,rysx sg s'it states he Flag sJeferson wash


ngton, &C. Any hypocrite could ring the changes
these as fuently and enthusiastically as loyal man.
States, he Union and constitution to every village
he passed through that evidence Of pure devo
Loyalty and modesty abided by the constitution and did
not deport himself as though the constitution belonged
him, and he greater than It, The issue OF the present
whether the reconstruction of the dismembered
States should be done in harmony with those acts and
principles which governed their course in the prosecu
ton OF the war; and which gave freedom to millions and
vndicated tho right OF loyal to rule this country in
the Senate and the field, and peremptoriy declared
that the Interpretation Of the constitution and all
amendments toi, should proceed from the and the
party who abored and sacrificed to sustain that consti
tuition in the hour of its fearful PERIL should it rest
with those who attempted to destroy that constitution
with treason fire, sword and invasion, and DO recon-
strucied by the very men who first dsmem-
bercd them. 1t said that the rebel
lions states lost no rights by their rebellion
and were therefore, now invested with al the preroga





ness of that brazenaced assertion was only equaled by
its impudence For any man to say that after such
bloody and desperate conflict they had passed through
was to offer insult to the dead So, then, they had
buried half million OF our and spent So O0 000
all for fun-just little trial OF skill. They should
tax themselves for to to their debt and
should for their sons still the South had lost
rights Then the South lost rights by the rebellion
tho war and all legislation upon It were wrong and
should be Of effect But the South did lose rights and
Of them she would regain again. The South


left empty seats in Congress had the loyal members no
anA thn Tn.r vrv1
gone And when at last the armies Of the South
conquered in DETAIL and sent their homes prisoners
Of parole 70 stay there until provision should be
made by legislation to determine their status,
there no loss Of rghsP Their States dsorganzed,
their all rebel and for the confede
racy and against the United States. When these
deposed and they lost the government Of their choice,
was there no loss Of rights' Then who shall govern
themY The same power that conquered them-loyaliss
Who now should dctatef The loyal power that raised
armies, built and equipped navies; who fought the
SOUTH conquered it's armies and deposcd its rebel Cover
ners; the Congress OF the United Saies the highest
power Of the land. And the duty Of that
Congress- was not finished until II had ned
OF the South In this contest there we're but two parties
was question between right and wrong. The attempt
impertinence that nsnlted his past ic and 70 the ntei
gent loyalty OF tho persons whom he hoped TO influence
by his letter In one party he saw S mass , Of de- ,


rebels and treason, and murmured at no sacrifices
made. On the other side he saw a mongrel
The base Of II was that party which In the North op
posed from the beginning the for the Union 1t set


itself against the government and laid obstacles in tho
way Of every step took to prosecute the It
conraband information 10 the rebels and had spies and
traitors In every corps OF the Northern army He
in that party as ne candidate for high Office, the
man who was the avowed advocate Of un.
lawful wholesale Sabbath breaking and rum selling.
and VINO uttered his voice in the midst Of the war
against the Union cause, calling Lincoln and his sol
dicrs the usurpcr and his mlnons" and whose heart
beat all that terrific conflict generous whole
trorous man OF the North who wished success to tho
rebellous south He saw the rebel chief Of Port Pillow
with blood red hands which refused the soap OF
many washngs and against which ther spectre haunted
damned spot He saw he murdcrers Of Memphis and


forth as 20 baltic again He saw also an old man With
white neckerchief, who not always there, and by
his side younger man, and there drawn after them
sought power; he had lost 1t with loyal men and
he was where he is to get II again. That young
him fast enough, therefore hc there He saw this
party OF blghted treason, MURDER rebellion bad faith
unfranchsed rebels, dishonesty and disappointed amb
tion led by man second TO no monarch In point Of
position but who oraeful Of the respect due the
enlightened people he represents, and under pretence
decaimng at every village station q route OF hun
dreds Of miles undertaken for this very purpose under the
himsy pretence Of visiting the dead IN Indecent basphe
these Northern States by even a barroom decaimcr.
He maligned and raduccd the Congress whose laws he
the servant elected 10 execute and openly nsulted
the loyal millions who elected Abraham Lincoln 10
oce. and offered objectionable insult TO this repub
Hc Dy htyHng REPRESENTATIVES, OI tno people ~


rump Congress-, and insult flung down in the face Of
the whole people BY the use Of this term, the
dssracc Of which would stick 70 him 70 his everlasting
disgrace In the name OF outraged humanity In the
Of truth, In the Of the insutcd loyalty Of
this nation he impeached Andrew johnson OF reachery
dshonor fasehood and profane violation Of constitu
tonal trusts committed 70 his o1icial tAt this
time two or three gentlemen In the gallery got up and
left the church On seeing them rise 70 20 out tho
speaker paused In bis discourse and while all eyes in the
church were turned on them he remarked that
privilege accorded this country 70 every person.
after their departure resumed his discourse These
had sought 10 desert the ship they to
guide and What then tho way
Of safety and what the duty Of the Christian
and loyal ctzenf II 10 stay in the snip and tho
gained could not bring the country through in
safety there hope left for this nation. II
necessary account political preroRatves the gift Of
God and 20 use them a. in his sight noble, loyal
sousherner fsndsr., We: asked BY . good and