round, but the derrick had safely
passed over him, prostrating the fences, and endangering the
lives of the workmen.

This scene, which was soon almost forgotten, is recalled by the
fearful crisis that is now upon us. While we rejoice in our
recent victories, and believe that this wicked rebellion will
soon be subdued, we must rejoice with trembling, so long as
SLAVERY, the acknowledged _casus belli_, still remains. The
unsightly monster, in all its rottenness and deformity, is drawn
up from the hiding-place of ages, and it can no more be restored
to its former _status_, than, at the will of the workmen, our
old pump could be thrust back, when, suspended in the air, it
threatened their destruction. God forbid that our rulers should
desire it! What, then, is to be done? No giant mind has yet been
found to grapple successfully with this great evil--no body of
men who can concentrate a moral power sufficient to remove this
worn-out system, without endangering some interest of vital
importance to our beloved country.

Zion must now lengthen her cords and strengthen her stakes, for
the wisdom of the wise has become foolishness, that God alone
may be exalted. He will surely bring down every high thought,
and every vain imagination, and his own people must learn what
it is 'to receive the kingdom of God as little children.' How
shall liberty be proclaimed throughout the length and breadth of
the land, to all the inhabitants thereof, and, in obedience to
the will of God, this year become a year of jubilee to the poor
and oppressed of our nation? How shall the emancipation of
slavery conduce to the best interest of the master, no less than
to the happiness of the slave?

Probably some very simple solution will be given to this
question, in answer to the earnest cry of God's people. Should
it please him to hide this thought for the crisis from the wise
and prudent, and reveal it unto babes, God grant that it may be
in our hearts to respond, 'Even so, Father, for so it seemeth
good in thy sight.'

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The simple solution has already been begun by our Executive, in
recognizing the _principle_--its extraordinary advance among all classes
will soon fully develop it. In illustration of this we quote a letter
which the editor of the New Haven _Journal and Co