Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph

When God is marching before the Nations in a movement so sublime as that which engages the attention of the world at this time, it is not surprising that the effects should be to harmonize in some directions the feelings and sentiments of those who have been found arrayed in opposition to one another in the past.

The theme, we are told by the New York Independent, that glowed and fired the hearts of all, at the recent anniversaries in that city, was the war. There was a kind Spirit everywhere apparent, and a great advance towards harmony of ideas in respect to duty upon the great subject of our age and Nation.

And yet there was some little humor observable, which it is due to the special relish, that some of us have, to give it a passing notice. The New York Tract Society had asked Dr. Pearson to speak,—a Southerner, and supposed to be judicious and conservative. No one, however, has ever asked of the Managers more than he boldly demanded. He called upon them to unmuzzle the Nassau street printing presses, to expose the iniquity of Southern laws, and to help form a public sentiment in the nation for their correction.

This advice from their own speaker, on their own platform, was of course trying to the nerves, but on the whole, they stood the fire bravely. The revered and excellent presiding officer flinched a little, and fidgetted in his chair. He even turned his back upon the speaker, but this was not very surprising, or discouraging. Men for the first time under fire in battle are known to be a little flustered, who in the end prove brave soldiers.

These men have not been accustomed to so strong meat, and it must of course lie a little heavy at first upon their stomachs. But use will soon quiet their qualms, invigorate the digestive organs, and prevent future uneasiness. Next year, the chairman will be able to hold his head up straight while men declare the duty of the American church to respect the rights of every man, black or white, for whom Christ died.