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Show Henry Ward Beecher. erty and ju tice, demands great consideration, according to circum ·tance . IIow to apply an acknowledged principle in practical life, is a task more difficult than the defence of the principle. It is harder to define what would be ju t in certain emergencies, than to establish the duty, claims, and authority of justice. Can any light be thrown upon this difficult path? Some light may be shed; but the difficulties of duty can never be removed except by the performance of duty. But, some things may be known beforehand, and guide to practical solutions. I shall proceed to show The Wrong Way and The Right 1Vay. 1. First, we have no right to treat the citizens of the South with acrimony and bitterness, bccau c they arc involved in a sy. tcm of wrong-doing. Wrong is to be exposed. But the sp1',.it of rebuke may be as wicked before God, as the spirit of the evil rebuked. Simplicity and firmness in truth are more powerful than any vehement bitterness. Speaking the truth in Jove, is the Apo tic's prescription. Some men so love that they will not speak painful truth, and some men utter truths so bitterly as to de troy Jove; and both are evil-doers. A malignant speech of Slavery will not do any good; and, most of all, it will not do those any good who mo t excite our sympathy- the children of l>ondngc. If we hope to amelio· rate the condition of the slave, the ilrst tcp must not be taken by setting the rna ter again t ltim. We may be sure that God will not employ mere wrath for wisdom; and that he will rai e up and send forth, when l1is day comes, fearless men, who hall speak the truth for ju ·ticc, in the spirit of loYe. T'herefore, it i a matter, not merely of political and secular wisdom, but of Christian con. cicnc , that tho e that have at h<'art the welfare of tlJC enslaved shouhl maintain a Christian SJ>il'it. This can l>e don • witl10ut •rivin<r liJ> 0 110 r .-. word of truth, Ol' one principle of l'ighteousJJl!:::lS. A uwtt uwy Henry Ward Beecher. be fral'l 'IF' and plain Rpoken, and yet give cvi<.lcnce of being sympatheti c, and kind-hearted, an<l loving. 2. The breeding of d i.~cout ·nt among the bondm n of onr land, is not the way to help th •m. 'Vlmtcver gloomy thoughts the sla,·e's own mind may brood, we arc not to carry disquiet to It i m from vi t.h out. ] C I could have my way, ev ry man on the globe should be a free man, and at once. But a. they cannot be, will not be, for ngcs, i. it be t that bitt r discont ent sl10ul<l be inspir ·d. ia them, or Chri tian qui 'tne. s and patient waiting? If r cstlcs. ue~. would l>ring fr •cdom, tltey should never rest. But I firmly b ·Iiev that moral goodnc:-:;s in the ~lave is the harl>iugcr of' lil>erty. The influence of national freedom will gradually reach the en.-Javt•<l. It will hereby inspire tlwt rc. tle, sne- s which preced<·:; d 'V<'lopm ·nt. Germination is the mo.t silent , but most di -turbing of all Wllural proc '.'. Hlaves arc bound to fed the universal Rtunmcr of civilization. In tltis way they must come to re:;tl e. ~ yearnings. vV e eannot help thai, and would not if we cou ld. I t i~ od's ign that Rpring has come to tl1 C'm. Th . oul is coming up. Tbrrc mu;o;t be room for it to grow. But this is a very difT''rcnt thing from surly <.li content, stirred up from without, and. l ·ft to rankle in their unf'nlightcn d natures. The time is rapidly coming when tho Southern ChriRtian will (' •d a new in. pinttion. vV C arc not far removed fi·om a ]'(·,·i\'al of' the doctrines of Chri~tian manl10od, and. the diYillt~ right of' men. \Vhcn this pent cost comes, the slaves will be , tirr d by their own ma tct·. \Ve must work upon th • master. l\Iake him di:contented with slavery, and l1e will f: peedily take car • of' the r est. Before this tim~ <'Om •;:;, any att<•m pt to excite dis ·on tent among the slaves w~ll work mis<'hicf to tltcniA, and not good. And my expcl'lenceand I have had some cxpcri t'nee in this matter- is, tlmt m<'ll who tamper with slaves and in<'ilc tltrm, arc not thornselves to L>e lrusteu. TIH·y ar · not horJ(':'L meu1 up](1ss ~h y 2:i |