The New Doctrine of Intervention

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Excerpt from The New Doctrine of Intervention: Tried by the Teachings of Washington, An Address Delivered in the Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on Monday and Tuesday Evenings, the 23d and 24th of February, 1852The other ground on which the introduction of this subject into the pulpit may be vindicated, is, that the real question now before the American people, is the question of peace or war. The furor which gathers around the eloquent Magyar, and makes his convocations like a burning prairie, may hide the truth from some eyes, but no one who has his reason in full play, can fail to see that War, with its ensan guined horrors, is following in his train. If this be so, the right of the pulpit to take part in the discus sion is not to be gainsaid. Patriotism, piety, hu manity, forbid it to be silent. As individuals, we have the same stake in this question with our fellow citizens, and as ambassadors of the Prince of Peace, we Should incur the guilt of a ¿agrant disloyalty, could we see a course of measures in progress legiti mately tending to bring down this great calamity upon the country, without remonstrating against them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.