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THE ALLIS HOUSE, (formerly Union House,) Opposite N. Y. & N. H. Depot, in Union-st, New Haven, Conn. L. P, ALLIS, PROPRIETOR. - N. A. mosmanr, M. n, Homeopathic Physician Gr Surgeon. Office over C. T. Cornwall’s Store, first buil- ding east of Norwalk Hotel, N ORWALK, CONN. References .- igfgii g: Effigy.Ilfgfliogigfllficllifighigli Col- lege, New York city, or G. W. Swazey,_M. D., Springfield, Mass, 21 CYRUS NORTHROP. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Office opposite Congregational Church, - SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. JAMES G. EAREOUB, SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL D E‘ N '1' I S '1', Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut, Architecture. SIDNEY M. STONE, ARCHITECT, , Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail Drawings, and superintend the erection of public and private buildings. Office in Mar- ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52 ‘9 E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man— ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet .Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittamiia, Wooden and Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort- ment of House Keeping articles generally. “7 E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give 0 particular attention to sales by Auc; tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and Household Furniture : terms low. WM. c. STREET & co, Importers; wholesale and retail dealers in HARDWARE, IRON, Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple- ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, 850. o. s. Loonwoon, Fashionable Draper & Tailor, and GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING EMF 0 B I UM ! No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main—st, Norwalk, Ct. 0.3. GBUMAN, Dealer in Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, csnrnrmcs, Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeres, Satinetts, Vestings, and 'l‘ailor’s Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece or Package. Shootings, Shirtings, Jeans, ‘&c. At the lowest possible prices, NORWALK, CONN' S. E. OEMSTEAD 6!. 00., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c., 14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. mt :insuniuvcs company, Of Hartford, Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual. Gash Capital $1,000,000 Insure against loss and damage by Fire, on Terms adapted to the hazm‘dmnd consistent 'With the laws of compensation. G ORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent 1Y3 I. For Norwalk and vicinity. INSURANCE. THE subscriber having taken the agency of the New Englaml Fire and Marine In- Sumner Co. of Hartford, is prepared to insure all kinds of pi-Opei~ty against loss or damage by firs on as accommodating terms as any other unfunny.- q The New England Fire and Marine Insu- pance Company has been recently established with a. paid in capital of $200,000 and has a surplus Of $6,295.00. JOSEPH W. HUBBELL, cut for Norwalk and vicinity. t Ai Norwalk, . eh. 1st, 1861. f5 titanic. &r.---®5tshli5hrd in mun. I: RIES. JACOB TUBE & 50., \Vholesalc and Retail Dcalersiii READY MADE CLOTHING! and Gents’ Furnishing Goods of their own manufacture. REMOVAL. VI‘HE office of C. F. Moellcr’s Dyeing Es- tablishment has been R E M 0 V from Mr. John F. Bennett‘s, to Bunting’s Bakery, Main-st, where he will be glad to see all his Old customers as well * as many ED new ones as will favor him with a call. South N orwalk, Chas. R. Bennett; Winni- pauk, Jos. C. Randle Gutta Percha & India Rubber CEMENT ROOFING. I ‘HIS article has been thoroughly tested by builders, Architects, and others, and the experience of years has proved it to be the cheapest and most diu'able roofing in use. We call attention to the following facts : lst—It is fire and water proof. 2(l—From its great elasticity it is not inju- riously affected by extremes of heat and cold. Bil—It is adapted to all kinds of Roofs, whether steep or flat, and is not in want Of constant repairs, as is the case with metal and other roofs. 4LllT-Tllc cost is only about One-Half that Of Tin, and it is twice as durable. It is readily applied to Old Shingle Roofs, without removing the shingles, which is a great desideratum to parties who do not wish to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru- ined, while repairs are being made. Leaky Tin and Metal Roofs are readily re~ paired with Gutta Percha Cement, and prevented from further corrosion and leaking thereby insuring a perfectly water-tight roof for many years. , Specimens of the Rcofing can be seen by calling on the subscriber, at South N orwalk. All orders by letter will receive prompt at- tention. D. F. HUNT, South Norwalk. A. JACKSON 6!. 330. ‘ ‘7 OULD respectfully announce to the public and their old customers, that they have recently made extensive additions to their stock Of goods. We are now prepar- ed tO offer an assortment not to be surpassed in Fairfield County, in quality or price. We would call particular attention to our stock of Watches, which is 1211' cr than ever before.— ~ We have a fine lot Of adies’ Swiss Watches, in gold cases, at prices varying fronr $20 to $75, which we can recommend as being cor- rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s Watch- es, iu silver and gold cases, at any price from $5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in New York, and altogether for cash, so that our facilities for selling cheap could not be greater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and out, and comprises all Of the latest styles that are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO. E. QUINTABD a SONS, Cabinet Makers ; At their Old Established Ware Rooms, East Side the Bridge, OPPOSITE PH @NIX BL 0 UK. I I AVE now on hand the largest and best assortment of Cabinet ll‘uiruiturepliau‘s, Looking Glasses, Mattresses, etc., ever offered for sale. in this place, which we have just pur- chased for cash, at extremely low prices, and intend to sell accordingly. We also keep constantly on hand, Ready Made Col/ins of all sizes and descriptions, from the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever used. From our long experience in the Underta- king Business, wc are confident we can give perfect satisfaction to all who may need Opr services. . 67 Groceries Cheaper than ever I' O R G A 5 II ! THE subscriber would inform the public generall ,that he still continues to sell the best of ‘rocerics, Provisions, etc., at his old stand, NO. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as the cheapest. He Offers great inducements to cash buyers, as he has as iai‘geah assort- ment of groceries Of the best qualities as can be found at any store in the country. He would invite the special attention of all to his stock Of COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS, _ which are of the very best quality, and Wlll be sold cheap, The pulilic alrc inviltcd to call x n' 0 nd' we or ticmse ves. ande .3 ml at Jud” A. MOREHOUSE. SOUTH NORWALK Ladies and Gents’ Boot w Shoe Store. ' ‘HE subscriber having taken the business .I. and stand of Stevens «S1: Ti'iitrzpn, is1 pre- ed to su ) 1 every artic e to e cunt in a hill class England Shoo Estubhslmwnt, for la- dies, gentlemen, or children’s wear. Our goods are manufactured expressly for our own sales, and warrant all work sold by us. Always on hand, or made to order at short notice, Genls’ Patent Leather Boots, Shoes, (B0. ,- Ladz'os’ Gaiters, (£30., (fl-c. ; Children’s Gaiters, and Shoes, (fzc., (£30., (fa). Rubber goods ; a large stock kept constantly on hand. Repairing done neatly and 6.13le- onlly. HARVEY STEVEN S. ' South Norwalk (No. 3, Ely’s Block), April 7, 1860. FURNITURE! HE subscriber is now prepared to OIICI‘ to the public, at his old stand, as good an assortment of Cabinet I'urniture as can be found in Fairficld County, and at lower prices, FOR CASH, than the same quality Of goods can be obtained at any other Establishment. _ . The stock consxsts in part of Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and Quartettc Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus, Sofas, 'l‘cte-a-tete Lounges ; illahog- an and Cane seat Chairs; Gilt and Mahogany Frame Look- ing Glasses, &c., &c. OOFFIN WAREROOMS ,- where may be found a full assorti‘nent of Cof- fins, which will finished in the best possible manner, and at short notice. 03's?” A hearse will be furnished when de- sired. A. RENOUD. Westport, May 1st, 1858. Hardware and Cutlery. Mechanic‘s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns, Pistols, Iron and Steel, Window Glass, Paints and Oils. M. C. STREET &. 00. have in store and are constantly receiving direct from the manufacturers, a large supply of Foreign and Domestic Goods, under the above denominations,wl1ich makes their assortment of articles suited to this market, equal to any in the State, and which will be sold either wholesale or retail on as favorable terms as can be purchased in New York, WILLI M C. STREET, A. H. w LCOXSON. Fancy Goods, file. A fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket Cutlery, and a new lot Of Rodgcr’s Scis- sors, just received and warranted to be a first rate article. Clocks of all kinds. We have also the agency of Mcrrill’s Oriental Pumade, something new, and needs only to be tried to SUGARS and Molasses at right prices at OLMSTEAD & CO’S. ”‘5 ”' _, ’lated Wares was never better than at pres- ' HARDWARE 8!. PAINT STDRE, M a i n S t r e e t, Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery, MARVIN a Pnowrrr, Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware, Guile"); Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang- ings, Window Shades, Joe. TIMBER! LUMBER! Lath, Lime, Brick, Cement, Paints, Oils, Glass, BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, 650.. &C., AT TH J N e‘v Lulnber Iran-d, NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE, SOUTH NORWALK. Our Stock is new, bought for (Josh, and will be sold low. TOLLES & ELY. South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1800. tf42 Building Raising and Moving. HE Subscriber would give notice that he is fully prepared to raise or move any Buildings, either of Wood, Brick, or Stone. He has all of the necessary tools, and feels qualified by experience to conduct the busi- ness in a proper manner. Orders left at the Gazette Office, or with the Subscriber, will receive prompt attention. GEORGE PERRY. References .' Wm. K. James, Wm. S. Lockwood, Geo. G. Bishop, S. d: L. Curtis, Timothy B. Fitch, (Steam Mill,)JosephW.Hubbcll, James Mitch- ell, Hill & Hubbcll, Jonathan Camp, C. J. Gruman. 311115 Mr. J. Hessian, Professoroflilusic Is now prepared to re- new his course of instruc- tion to all those who may desire his services. Instructions given on the Piano Forte, Organ or Melodcon. Pianos tuned and repaired. l1 orders left at his residence, Main—st, and store of A. H. Camp, No. 17 Main-st, Norwalk, will be promptly attended to. 1y32 NORWAlLK Steam Sawing and Plaining M I I: In . THE subscriber has fitted up and is now prepared to execute all orders for Pla- ning; Scroll and other Sawing ; manufacture of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., &e., in the best and most expeditious manner, and at satis- factory prices. Orders by mail promptlyiat- tended to. ly17 TIMOTHY B. FITC . I-Ionsc 8o Sign Painting, GILDING, GLAZING, &c.. ac, SOUTH NORWALK. HE subscriber will execute all orders in Plain or Ornamental Painting in the most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable prices. Also, For Sale, his present residence (with his business if desired), comprising aliouse nearly new, with garden, trees, slirubbery, &c., and ashop thereon. Terms easy. Ap- ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &. Smith’s Carriage Factory, to GEORGE across. May 7th, 180.0. 1,le J.N.LOCKWO0D& 00, \Vest Side of the Bridge, LYNES’ NE‘V BLOC , EEP constantly on hand, a large and varied assortment of Ladies’, Gents’,and Children’s GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &c., all made under our own pcrsonpl supcyvis- ion, Of the best material, ‘and in the most workmunlike-manner. Our assortment of Ladies’ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both in extent and quality—a finer assortment than can be found at any similar establishment in the County. In Gent’s Boots, Gaiters, Shoes, etc., we have a larger and better assortment, we are confident, than was ever before offer- ed iii Norwalk. We are rcpared to manu- facture, to measure any or icle'z‘n our line,and at the shortest notice, Misses’ and Children’s Shoes, Rubbers, etc., in endless variety. A fine article of Slippers for Gents’ wear. REPAIRING—in all its branches—done neatly, quickly, and cheaply. E. T. Whitney 6L Go.’s Photographic and Fine Art GALLERY, Nonwntk, Conn. ATE E. B. Thompson’s. E T. Whitney would inform the citizens of Norwalk that he has established himself in the Gazette Building, and will furnish them with Photo— graps, Ambrotypcs, and all kinds. 9f HOWTBS taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life size; colored or plain; in the hirliest st 1e of the. art. , E. T. WH TN E . D. B. Woonnunv. tf29 Wagon'and Carriage BUILDING AND REPAIRING, N New Canaan, at the old stand of the subscriber. Every description of Wagons made to order, and ten per cent. cheaper than any other shop in the County. All kinds of Farm produce, and Oak‘, Ash, and Hickory Plank taken in exchange for work. tf29 E. L. ARNOLD. ALBERT KGBPEE, MERCHANT TAILOR, DJOINING Store Of Knapp & Lynes, Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. The public are respectfully invited to call and examine the large and varied assortment of READY MADE CLOTHING, French Cloths, Cassi- meres and Vestings, also agencral assortment of Gentlcmcn’s Furnishing Goods, consisting, in part, Of Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Shirts, Col— lars, Cravats, Handkerchiefs,Suspenders, &c. Cloths, Cassimercs and Vestings b the yard or pattern, and out fine of charge. articular attention paid to Children's Garments. For Sale. A very desirable small Farm, on the turn- pike to N. Y., and about 10 minutes’ drive from the N. Y. & N. H. Depot. Said farm contains about 14 acres has all kinds of Fruit in full bearing; large Barn and Car- riage House in good repair, and a very con- venient House. Terms reasonable. Apply to T. B. Griffith, SO. Norwalk. Also, a House and Lot on Flax Hill—terms reasonable. Also, House and Store in South Norwalk, The undersi and attends to the purchase and sale of Rea Estate, on reason- able terms. tf‘34 T. B. GRIFFITH. ROOFING. VI‘I-IE subscriber is prepared to furnish par- ties, building, with Warren’s sbperior FELZ AND CEMENT ROOFING. This article Of Roofing is in use upon the Norwalk Lock Compan ’s Building, and at Lounsbury, Bissell &' CO 5, where it gives en- tire satisfiiction, and is believed to be the cheapest as well as the best roofing in use—— All orders will receive prompt attention. - C. F. LOOMIS. SUPERIOR Machine for Cutting Hay, Straw and Stalks, for sale at the New Hardware Store of'MARVIN & PROWITT Main Street. Martin's Oriental Pomade. NEW lot, just received, also a fine lot Of Pefumery, by 3 going glowspsp‘u, granted to gum allows soil autumn, (neutral guirlligmu. Quantum, goblin, guardian, HI NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, [Published in accordance with a unani- mous request of the Congregation.) A SERMON Delivered on. Fast Day in. the Prosbylerian Church of Poundrzdge. N. Y., by Rev. T. D. Littlewoorl. of the ill. E. Ohm-ch. "Ann Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mispeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord. And they gathered together to Mispeli, and fasted on that day, and said then, ‘we have sinned, we have sinned against the Lord.’ And the child- ren of Israel said to Samuel, ‘cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us that he will save us out of the hands of the Philisfines.’ And Samuel took asncking lamb and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord ; and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him. And as Samuel was Offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel, but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines and dis- comfitcd them, and they were smitten before Israel.”—lst Samuel 7th chapter, 5th. 6th, Slh, 9th and 10th verses. We have selected these words, not for any coincidence between the present and the past, nor because we lay claim to any prophet’s vision, and intend to predict the speedy discomfiture of our adversa- ries; but because they evidently point out to us the propriety and efficacy of fasting and prayer upon such an occasion as the present. Samuel, the last in order of the Jud- ges and first in the succession of the Prophets, was presiding over Israel at this time, and the Israelites being en- dangered by the threatening hosts of the Philistiues, he, in the exercise of his ju- dicial authority, summons the people tea solemn convocation before the Lord. The day is appointed by him. to be a day of fasting and of penitence and of prayer, and the people gather themselves togeth- er in Mizpeh, before the Lord. An of- fering of expiation of the sins of the na- tion is being presented, and as the curling smoke from off the altar and the smell of the burnt sacrifices is ascending up to Heaven, lo 1 the Philistiucs drew near to: battle against Israel, but the Lord thun- dered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines a discomfited them, and they were smitten before Israel. Thus much in reference to the circum- stances Of the text. They may be said to faintly shadow out the circumstances Of the present. The Philistines are our brethren of the South. The President of these United States is our Samuel,wbo in the exercise of‘ his legitimate authority has convened us to a solemn fast. Our. Mizpeb is the house of God, and our 580‘. rifice that Of a humbled spirit, a broken and a contrite heart. And in the pres. entation to him of such an offering. we are encouraged to believe that we shall be accepted, because it is written “a bro- ken and a contrite heart, 0 God, thou wilt not despise.” We rejoice fervently, today, that such a Proclamation has been issued as that in compliance with which we are now convened. For we do believe that there is nothing so becoming to us at this present time, as a spirit of fasting, humiliation,peuiteiice and prayer to God. It may be that if we humbly and peniteutly iook to God for his for- giveness, and for his saving holp, in this our time of need, that be will undertake our cause, subdue our enemies, and hap- pily prevent the fruitful evils and dire calamities of war. Aquestion perhaps may have arisen in some minds, whether we have a right to implore divine blessing upon our arms? Whether God can be supposed to look with even toleratiou upon such a wicked act as that of war ? We grant, that abstractedly, war is a wicked thing. diabolical—"the son of hell—whom angry heavens do make their minister,” —-that “rash, fruitless war, from wanton glory waged, is only splen- did murder.” Yet we do not look' upon all war as being either wicked or- unjus- tifiable ; ' “War is honorable in those who do their nae tivc rights maintain ; In those whose swords in iron barrier are Between the lawless spoiler and the weak,” God has in fact in some instances appro- bated war. History, even inspired, has furnished as conclusively with evidence that neither are all wars unjust, nor to be looked upon as wicked, nor are we wrong in making our appeal to God for his interposition and blessing, We are only doing what God has in- structed us to do. In the days of Moses God distinctly enjoined war upon the Is- raelites. “The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Vex the Midiauites and smile. them,'areuge the children of Israel of the Midianites, afterwards thou shalt be gathered unto thy people.” They were eSpeCIally required to root out and de- stroy from ofl' the face of the earth all those nations that God has devoted to an anathema. Wise and valiant gen- erals were raised up by God to fight the battles of the Lord, such as Caleb, Josh- ua, Gideon, Jepthah, Samson, David and oth;rs, thus evidently showing, that all wars were not regarded by God as being wicked or unjust. The law of Moses written by the pen of inspiration, most evidently supposed that the chil- dren of Israel might make war and de- fend themselves ; and they were encour- aged by him when they should go out to battle, not to be afraid of their one- mies, for “when thou goest out to battle” —said Muses—“against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a peo- ple more than thou ;—-bc not afraid of them ;” and, why ? why not to be afraid of such overwhelming numbers? “for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”— “For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you to fight for you against your an- emies” Not only however has God in some in- stances Specially enjoined war, but in oth. er instances, where wars have arisen, he has approbated them on the ground of their justness or necessity. It was so in the case of David, when he made war against the Ammonites. because they had insulted his ambassadors whom he had sent to them, he made war upon them, not because he had to defend himself, but because it became necessary for him to sustain the honor and dignity of -his throne and gowrnnient, ahd God ap- probated it on that ground, and gave him the victory. It was so, too, in the case of the pious Kings of Judah, who often found them- bc appreciated. A. JACKSON 6’5 BRO. All the Old Stand in Main Street / s.~./‘\..¢.ap~ XI - A. JACKSON & BRO. 1 and injuries which they sustained. God also approbated them. So that we have satisfactory evidences to assure us, that all wars are not looked upon as sinful by God,and that we may therefore supplicate his blessing on our arms. Israel did so for it was the constant practice of the Israelites, before they went up to fight, "to ask counsel of the Lord,” and surely if Israel did it, we may do so too. I know the objection that some will urge to all that has been said. It will be said that we live under a different dis- pensafiou, that the law was a dispensa- tion of rigor, but that the gOSpel is a dis- pensation of grace, and that now the Old Testament is superseded by the New. As Moses, some will say, was directed to suffer many things because of the hard- ness Of' men’s hearts ; and because it was an age only of semi-enlightenment, so might wars be tolerable for' awhile, but it was designed to cease when Judaism ceased. I can however find no such in- timation in the word of God. Nowhere does the gospel seem to teach so extreme a doctrine as that of the absolute unlaw- fulness of all war, or that every teaching of the Old Testament on this subject is revoked. I do find, however, where the Saviour says, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy but fulfill. And I can also find where the Apostle says, that “All scriptures,” no matter whether Old or new, as I understand it, “is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproofs, for correction, and for instruction in rightcousness.” In that case the Old Testament being as much inspired as the New, is it not given to us for our instruction in righteousness? In what way, then, shall we desire in- struction from these historic narratives of war, unless we are to learnfrom them, that some wars are just and necessary, and that we have then a right to look to God fbr help. ‘ ' But perhaps some one will say—“we do not deny that some wars may be just and necessary, and hence may-be referred to God in prayer ; but this an unnatural and unjustifiable strife, .It is brother or- rayed against brother. In some instan- ces it is the father against the son, and the son against the father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother-in~law against the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in- law ; and a man’s foes have become they of his own household. Our adversaries are the descendants of those same patri- ot sires, who, side by side, struggled for liberty, the inheritance therefore of this large and wealthy domain belongs as much to them as to us. Why then should we quarrel with them if they claim to have their share? Shall we become fratriczdes 7 Shall the voice of our brothers’ blood cry out against us from the ground. And with our hands dripping- in gory blood,stretch- ed out to heaven, shall we dare to call on God to help ?” We cannot dwell on all the sophisms, here. We admit it to be true, this is not an ordinary confict, it is a fratrieidal strife—a strife the [nest un- natural. It is a strife of brethren, who are the descendants of the same illustrious ancestry, inheritors of the same glorious patrimony. Does that make treason any less? Does it not smell in the nostrils with a maker stench on that account ? What right has one brother in a familv to tyrannize over another, or to take away his possessions from him? And what right b no car brethren of the South to take away any portion of our inheritance from us i If their patrimony was one in common, and the North be- longs to the South as much as it belongs to us ; then by a parity of reasoning.the South belongs to the North just as much as to itself. And this was evidently the understanding of the framers of the Con- stitution. “One and undivided” it was then, and “one and undivided" it should remain, if possible throughout all time-— Secessionism was not contemplated by the framers of our legacy. They have therefore no more right to steal it away from us than Jacob bad, ' strictly speak- ing, to supplant his brother Esau in the Patriarchal blessing, or than those wick- ed husbandmen had to kill the heir in order that they might seize upon his in- heritance. Surely, then, there can be nothing so very unrighteous in our resistx ing such an act of gross usurpation and fraud, nor so very unnatural in the fact that he is our brother. Let us not for- get that it was unnatural for him to play the thief and to threaten us. But if we refer again t. the history of Jewish times we shall find that cars is not an isolated case, that Judah and Benjamin, both belonging to the tribes of Israel, and descendants of the Patriar- chal family, were involved in a civil war with each other. The men of Benjamin, certain wicked sons of Belial, lewd fel- lows Of the baser sort. had sinned griev- ously in the sight of Israel, wherefore the men of Isael resolved to make war upon their own brethren of the tribe of Benjamin and to punish them. "The children of Israel arose and went up to 'h - house of God and as! e l counsel of God whether they shoule go up against Beu- jamin their brother and who Of them should go up first. And the Lord in- structed them that they should go up against Benjamin and that Judah should go up first. Evidently they did not re- gard the unnaturalness of the strife as preventing them from appealing to God for help, but the more doubtful the issue appeared, and the more vehemently did they continue urging their request. And God evidenced his approval of their con- duct by giving them a glorious victory. Is it not then apparent that unnatural as a. civil war may seem to be and is, yet it may he sometimes a just and necessary one, a war righteous in its intentions, al- though abstractedly a wicked thing, and that at such times We may confidently plead our cause before God. But it has been said also that this is an unjustifiable, as well as an mankind strife. An eminent divine with blushing Archiepiscopal honors upon him, has boldly made the assertion that the North is responsible for this sanguinary thrife by its persistence in electing, and in retain- ing when elected,an obnoxious President. Admitt'lg for a moment, for the sake of argument, this to be the case, is it ajust- ly constituted :cams belli, or occasion of war ? Supposing that we had out of selves embroiledin war, to resentinults tenderness of_ hating for the South, polit- . v . .V r ”w. .~ »-'.‘."l";“v' 4 . . _n% 186]. what then ? Would they baVe been set Isfied with anything less than the election of a man after their own heart? But we are not willing to admit that we have been to blame in originating this sangui- nary strife by our Republican victory of last fall. It is a declaration as untrue as it is absurd, as false to history as it is to fact ; to admit it is to suppose a stream without a fountain, a consequent without a precedent, an effect without a cause. Secessionism was in the heart of the Southern chivalry not less than 40 years ago, and if you would find out the origin of this unnatural strife, you must search for it with them. ' Long before that sinful act, the election of a N orth- ern President, they had been preparing the way, by robbing the treasury, 'scat- tering the fleet, taking away our arms, and secretly plotting against the govern- ment. Their muttered threats and fierce bravadoes in the Halls of Congress and in the Senate Chamber had long portend- ed the bursting volcano which was to send its rushing tide of desolation across the land. And at last it came. In the roar of shot and shell that thundered and fell like hailstones around the walls of Sumter, and filled it with sheeted flames, to the imminent peril of the noble Au- dersou and his gallant men, War was proclaimed, and proclaimed by them, not us. And that very night, one leading member of the rebel Congress, seated in solemn conclave at Montgomery, boasted that “by the first of the then approaching May, the Confederate flag should wave over the Capitol at Washington; and that unless the North would yield toa dissolution of the Union, it should yet be planted on Faneuil Hall.” Do we hon- estly believe then after all this, that this war is unjustifiable? The grasping sm- bition which attempts one unlawful con- quest, if' not repressed would soon on- danger our whole possessions. The bands which have filched from our treasury, seized our vessels, taken violent posses- sion of our arsenals, maltreated our peaceful and law-abiding citiZens, torn into shreds our flag and dug it to the breeze, would soon, if unresisted, carry the sword of desolation through our land, bind us in abject chains of vessel- age, disiuherit us of our boasted liberties and, crushing out every spark of man- hood from our nature, reduce us to a state of chattelhood. Itc not be then that it is unjustifiable to de ud ourselves, resist these aggressions and maintain our liberty. We cannot believe that God has enjoined upon us any such peace pol- icy as this, for it would be neither scrip- tural nor logical. I know that War is always a dreadful thing. That, as was well and beautifully said by an eminent speaker some time ago, “it’s evils cannot be written, that it sweeps our race from of the earth as if Heaven bad repented making man, that its marchiug on. its mission of destruction through a. red sea of blood and tinges the fruits of earth with a sanguine hue ; spoiling the dance of youthful blood,and writing sorrow and grief prematurely upon the glad brow of childhood, drink- ing the life current of early manhood and bringing down the gray hairs of the aged with sorrow to the tomb, weaving the widow’s weeds with the bridal wreath, and filling our land like Ramah with wailing and lamentations, lighting up the darkness yvith the flames of happy homes and consuming like the locusts Of Egypt every living thing within its pathway, wrecking fortunes, blasting the fields of the liusbandman,depopulating towns and leaving cities 8. modern Herculuueum.”—-— I know that all these evils follow in its train, making it a. disgrace to civilization and a dreadful thing, yet, as he goes on to observe, “when that glorious edifice which protects and shelters all, is threat- ened with the fate of the Ephesian dome,’ then even grim visaged war becomes,with all its horrid aspects, invested with a sanctity that makes its justifiable. I do not think that we can make a better use of this house of Godto-day, than the one we are now doing, and I think we have a perfect right to do it, for if thy people, said Solomon, when dedicating the temple to the Lord, “if thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray toward the house that I have built for thy name, then hear then in Heaven their prayer and their supplies- tion and maintain their cause.” Having ;;thus demonstrated the pro priety of our calling upon God in prayer on an occasion like the present, we pause before we consider the efficacy of prayer under such circumstances, for our encour— agement to inquire how we may best hope to secure a. favorable answer to our prayers. The language of the proclamation in- structs us in this respect, we are to hum- ble ourselves before God in sorrowful rc- membrauce of our crimes as individuals and as a nation, and to pray for his mer- cy. We have sinned, we have sinned against the Lord was the cry of Israel in the text. The irresistible conviction which forces itself upon our minds today in the contemplation of our manifold dis- asters, is that we have sinned, and that the Lord is angry with us because we have not obeyed his voice, wherefore like Israel of old “the Lord bath watched upon the evil and brought this evil upon us.” It is the concurrent testimony of Scripture and experience that national calamities are the visitation of God’s chustening hand. He punishes them in this present world because nations are not like individuals, they cannot as an- tions be dealt with in the future. Indi- vidually we have sinned and have not obeyed his voice. Who of us here to-day can lay his hand upon his heart and say I am without sin ? Sinner, can you? You know you cannot, for you have openly and wickedly contemned the Lord your Maker. Fellow Christian,cau you’? . We are afraid you cannot, for your sins of emission and of commission cry out against you. Verily we have all been unprofitable servants,our person- al transgressions have been many—“we have sinned, we have sinned against the Lord.” We have sinned too in our so- cial relationships. Many a family has been “without a God in it” as a little girl once said of her own house where the name of God was never spoken.— Many a house/told has been without an al- tar iu it, although its inhabitants have called themselves by the name of the fol- lowers of Jesus Christ. Many a child has been sepulchered without the per- u. H . VOLUME XLIV--NUMBER. 41. -——-—-—a .—--—-— a relative and friend has gone into a ray- less eternity, unwarned, uninvited and unprayed for by us. Instead of going to our neighbors and friends &. relatives with tears of entreaty in our eyes and language of persuasion upon our lips, praying them in Christ’s stead be ye rec- onciled to God, we have manifested the greatest unconcern. The worst forms of heresy and of infidelity have been sufl‘ercd to grow up like pestilent and offensive weeds right under the very eaves of the Christian church,aye, and in some instan- ces to carry their sprawling ofi-shoots through some rotten crevice into the very Church itself. Dishonesty, drunkenness, desecration of God’s holy day, awful profanity, impiety of every kind, and a general indifference to religion have all been winked upon rather than reproved. 0 how our sins mount up before us as we begin to think on them. What a dark and fearful catalogue of guilt.’ Verily, we have sinned, we have sinned against the Lord. And as a. nation we have surely sinned and merited those chastise- ments which we have received, for we as ‘a nation have not obeyed the voice of the Lord. How has God prospered us as a. na: tion ? Truly he hath not dealt as with any people. We have increased in riches and in greatness, but instead of our exal- tation teaching us humility, it has made as arrogant ; instead of more largely consccratiug our gains to the service of God and to the promotion of his glory in the spread of Christianity in return for his goodness, we have either wasted them in luxurious display and self-gratifi- cation, or else we have boarded them up with miser’s stealth. Too much we fear has the passion for wealth absorbed every thought and en- ergy of our country until it has brought us almost to the verge of rain. The love .of money which is the root of all evil has been our bane. It has brooded like some foul demon over' our ballot-boxes. It has sat in secret places in our legislative halls. From the highest to the very lowest, with but few exceptions, we have bowed down before the golden calf— Moral principles have made a surrender to it. Commercial principles have been sacrificed to it. And so have 'legislative principles. Legislative enactments of the most unrigbteous character, in utter opposition to the letter and spirit of the word of God, have been passed. Mor- monism has been compromised with in- stead of being utterly routed out, and Slavery, although revolting to every en- lightened mind,bns had strong apologists, bold advocates, who have exhausted ev- ery argument in order to perpetuate the accursed institution, and it has been kept in being only by svaricious politicians of the North. Thank God, however, right is more powerful than might, and truth will prevail. Although Herculean bands may try to uphold this tottering institu- tion in its fall, the death-knell of slavery is doomed. Mark what we say. The sooner we place the issue fairly and squarely before us, and call this struggle one Of Freedom and Slavery, the little faith in any satisfactory settlement of ovr national difficulties unless it comes to this. Hail to that Chieftain of the Rocky Mountains who,in the magnanim- ity of an honest heart and a fearless na- ture, proclaimed freedom to the shoe. I would have that name placed high on the scroll of fame, side by side with that of the immortal Washington, one as the inaugurator of liberty to us, the other of freedom to the slave. And if that day shall ever dawn,that the seemingly timid, hesitative policy of our Administration shall cause him to quit the battle-field, it will be a dark day in my opinion for us. I know that of late a. shadow has fallen across his path But let us wait until the mists are cleared away. Great men are sometimes unfortunate and it may be nothing more with him. At all events let him be tried before he is condemned. 0, when shall we have done temporizing with slavery, and speaking of it with ba- ted breath. Cau we ask God to bless us while we obey not his voice in this res- pect, and put not away the stolen goods of Achnn from the camp? .It is on ac- count of this sin more than any other, I believe, that the land mourneth to-day. The Lord has watched over this evil that has been slowly coming upon us for years, waiting to avert it from us, but we would not obey his voice and now there- fore he hath brought it- upon us. The long festering political sore has at last discharged itself. And now our only hope of salvation is in humbling our- selves before the Lord, and in pouring out our souls before him in penitence and prayer. 0 let us then today abaso our- selves, let us repent as in dust and ashes, and let us call upon God to maintain our cause. We have every encouragement to do this, in the fact that the records of Scrip- ture history clearly prove to us the effica- cy of such offerings to God, as those acts of fasting, humiliation and prayer which are now enjoined upon us by our ‘ Chief Ruler. ' We have not time to do more than glance in a cursory manner at a few of the many confirmatory evidences of the truth of this proposition. If we turn then in the first place to the book of Ez- ra,we shall find that the Israelites having been carried into captivity into Babylon for their wickedness in disobeying God, were permitted by Artaxerxes the king of Babylon, such as were minded of their own free will, to go up to Jnrusalein.— While they were on their way, becoming alarmed on account of the vast treasures which they carried with them, lest they might become a. prey to their surrounding enemies, who would not scruplo to take it away from and to afflict them, seeing they Were Jews. Ezra appointed them a fast, that they might seek of God a right way for themselves, for their little ones and for their substance. So we fas- ted, says Ezra, and besought our God for them, “and he was entreated of us.” Again in the days of the prophet J o- nah we are told that when the Ninevrtes had heard his message, “Yet 40 days and Nineveh shall be overthrown”——they be- lieved God and proclaimed a fast—and the King of Nineveh arose from his throne and he laid his robe from him . and cov- ered him with sackcloth, and satin ashes and the whole people of 'Ningveh‘,‘ from the greatest of them even to the least of them put on sackcloth and humbleu m thing, nor drank water; And 1'50“ Nineveh cried mightily unto God, saying “who can tell if God Will turn and IQ? pent and turn away from hilfiel'ce 01.189? that we perish not ?” And what was the result? The efiicicacyof all the hu- miliation and fasting, and prayer b019,” God was made manifest in the “span - sion of the judgment which was pl'Onoung‘ ced upon Nineveh. For when Godsa'w their works that they turned from their evil way. “God repented, of the evil that he had said. he would do unto them, and he did it not.” ‘, ' ' ‘ In the days of J eliOSOphat the King, 'of' Judah it is said that the Amonites, the Moabites and the men of Mount sci: came up against the men of J udah, todo battle with them. Wherefore .wlie’u 'Jo- hosophat heard of it,. he set himaelf'toi seek the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. -And Judah gathered themselves together to or]: help of the Lord ; even out of all the ,citiesof' Judah they came to seek the Lord.— And J ehosophat stood in the congraga: tion of Judah and Jerusalem, in the. house of the Lord, and said, “O Lord" God of our fathers art not than God in heaven? And rulest than not over all the kingdoms of the heathen, and in thy: hand is there not power and might so that none is able to withstand, thee I?- Tho’ our God didst drive out the inhabb tents of this land before thy poople’Isi-n. el and gave it to the seed of Abraham, thy friend, forever. And they dwelt' therein and have builtthere a sanctuary for thy name, saying, ‘ ' ‘ ' -’ “If when evil comet-h upon us as I". sword, judgmeut, or pestilence or amiss we stand in this house and hetero thy: presence, and cry unto thee in our: mic. then thou wilt hear and help. Audio! behold the children of Ammo- andflo- ab and Mount Seir have come to cast-,ul. .out of thy possession which thou. but given us to inherit. 0 our God wilt thou not judge them 1 Our eyes are up- on thee ?” N ow mark again in this re- sult the efficacy of such an appeal to God. God heard them cry. God turned the Weapons of their enemies into weapons of destruction against themselves—so that they destroyed each other. Thus said the Lord, ye shall not need to fighti- .this battle, set yourselves, stand ye still and see the salvation of the Lord. And behold, the children of Ammon and Mo- ab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir utterly to slay and destroy them ; and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one help- ed to destroy another. And 10! when early in the morning Judah came toward the watch-tower in the wilderness, they. . looked into the multitude, and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth and none escaped.” ': Once more, and then we close. In the, days of Israel. as we have already. had occasion to remark, Judah and Benja- . min were engaged in civil war. Certain. wicked men among the Benjamites boll committed a wanton and cruel siu again“ an Israelite, and one of the tribe of Jib dab. Wherefore the men of Judah" de-C sooner we shall see the end, and I have @30de 0f the men 01' Benjamin “with?! should deliver up these children of Beli'al that were in Gibeah that. they might put them to death and remove the evil (roll them. But instead of doing 'this,the-mc¥nj of Benjamin gathered themselves in but.- tle against the children Of Israel. Tiled- ' the children of Israel, arose, questiouil’i’g whether they ought to go to war against their brother,and look, to God togivo them success, and they asked counsel“, the Lord, and said, "which Of us shallgo. V up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said ,Ju-A dub shall go up first. They went up therefore against the children of 30th- min, but instead of a victory they lost . that day twenty and two thousand men. Then the children of Israel went up again and wept before the Lord until even, and ‘ asked counsel of the Lord, saying, ‘sball' I go up again to battle against the chil- dren of Benjamin, my brother, and tin" Lord said go up against him. ' went up again and lost eighteen their!" and men. Then the children of Israel and all the people went up and came into the house i of the Lord' and wept, and sat there be- fore the Lord, and fasted that day with even, and offered burnt ofi‘cringa aud " pence offerings before the Lord, and the children of Israel inquired of the LOCI“ saying, shall I yet go out befdré my” brother or shaltI cease? Aud'tb‘oLord" said, go up, for tomorrow I will deliver ‘ them up into thy hands. And the W smote Benjamin on the morrow, by: lilo“? hand of Israel, and destroyed of tboiBem” jaminites that day twenty 3: five thou-n ‘ and an hundred men, and burned their cities to the gro‘und. Thus we buy. again another evidence of the efficacy of. fasting, humiliation and prayer. . .5: Have we not, then, strongiuducemolltl. to give ourselves to God in penitence and prayer, to-day. He has shown him,- / self to be ever, a prayer-hearing and. a, prayer-answering God. Especially hui be made manifest to us that he Will Do accessible at such a time as this, and ‘ that although war is always to bo ' deprecated, yet when it is ajust'au’d m essary one, if we commit our cannoltm Him, he will over-rule it for our good. , Let us see to it then that we diasom' to from this strife all unballowed motivell-P- Let us make it what we believeit lib-yet destined to become, a battle Of frcéaolj} and of humanity,land then we: nuts, peet God’s blessing. If our faith til“ fast which God hath choseufi-a fast to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo : the heavy burdens, and to let tho , l ’ ‘ Pressed go free—then. shall the -' ii ‘t ’ brenk forth upon us as thelmorniug, 'il’id savmg health for as shall spring forth ‘ speedily, then shall we call, and the Lord shall answer, we shall cry, and he ”shall. say, here I am. '-And the Lord ML; guide us continually, he shall satisfy our . Souls in drouth, he shall make fat on: ,, bones and. we shall become like a when.” ed garden, and like a spring of water ' Whose waters fail not.” ' . ' ——Hon. Reverdy Johnson has written very patriotic letter, declaring it the-duty OI? -lo al men of all parties to “rally around the ' a ministration—cheering,applaudin aiding them, to the fullest measure .of‘our a ility, ill lholr present mighty efi'orts'togcrusb the, —-iuur ow ee roxnises if a W“ or brigade. Of printcrg can be, ' t at he will shoulder his musket and march away to themselves before the neither . the war along with his brethren of the craft.
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