. Patriotic addresses in America and England, from 1850 to 1885, on slavery, the Civil War, and the development of civil liberty in the United States . ctivity during so long a life,—these all grew out of themagnificent forces of the man himself. CONCLUSION. 161 And the man himself, therefore, is what the presentvolume, in spite of its limited scope, will help to and biographies of him are but partialside - lights. Real knowledge of him can be had onlyfrom his own utterances, where the living flame of hisgenius burns imperishably. He held no office; he boreno professional lab
. Patriotic addresses in America and England, from 1850 to 1885, on slavery, the Civil War, and the development of civil liberty in the United States . ctivity during so long a life,—these all grew out of themagnificent forces of the man himself. CONCLUSION. 161 And the man himself, therefore, is what the presentvolume, in spite of its limited scope, will help to and biographies of him are but partialside - lights. Real knowledge of him can be had onlyfrom his own utterances, where the living flame of hisgenius burns imperishably. He held no office; he boreno professional label; he wore no sectarian badge orparty collar; he was neither President, nor General, norDoctor of Divinity; but above all rank, beyond all title,stands and will stand, the unadorned, yet unforgottenname of Henry Ward Beecher. These preliminary pages are concluded, with a clearsense of their imperfections, but in the hope that theymay aid the reader of the following Addresses toappreciate the noble consistency of the life whose powermen hold in wonder and admiration. John R. Howard. PATRIOTIC ADDRESSES BY HENRY WARD BEECHER FREEDOM AND SLAVERY. cz —? SHALL WE COMPROMISE? Mr. Clays Compromise has been violently resisted bythe South, and but coldly looked upon in the North. It is not that both sides are infatuated and refuse a rea-sonable settlement. But the skill of Mr. Clay has evidentlynot touched the seat of disease. He either has not per-ceived, or has not thought it expedient to meet the realissue now before the people of the United States. Thestruggle going on is a struggle whose depths lie in theorganization of society, in the North and South respect-ively; whose causes were planted in the are two incompatible and mutually destructive prin-ciples wrought together in the government of this , like Esau and Jacob, they have striven togetherin the womb. Now they are born, and that feud has begunwhich shall drive the one or the other to the
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