The late CalaInity--Its Moral,
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10 the Editor of the Erening Post;


The terrible catastrophe of the Princeton, with
which the public mind is at this moment SO deep
ly impressed is one of those occasions which
should be seized to grave in with the deep I'M
preston something good. Such visitations are
not sent us by chance, and though am not one
of those interpreters who are constantly irtterng
down Gods providence into series OF petty con-
tvances, vet cannot help remarking here that
dreadful lesson has been given to people who
wanted one, and at the time when they wantedlt
most.


These Legislators whose vaporlng speeches
about Oregon have been uttered at the hazard,
and apparently with wish to produce a war, never
dreamed probably that the path Of carnage would
come near them; they thought ofpopularity and
applause and votes to be acquired; ana never
thought at all of the bloody quarterback. the
groans of the dying, and the wall of the wldow
and orphan. They have never seen and heard
these things, and when they raise their voices
again to invoke war, let them bear IN nina .iia'
they are invoking a thousand repetltlons, or ten,
ortwenty thousand of the tragedy of the Prince
ton-not among their friends and intlmates,
perhaps, but among men whose blood Is as red,
whose pangs are as real, whose wives and child
Zen are as DEAR and more dependent, and whose
souls too are as precious before God. how many
hearts Go you suppose are now throo6ing WIN
anguishing suspense till the names are known OF
those six sailors, who were joined In this caami-
ty To.morrow's news will tell them, bringing re-
hef to many, but desolation to few Here is
the matter to reflect upon the dead can be buried
and commended to Heavens mercy, and then oar
m,nds naturally find repose; but we must give more
thought to the living. Consider deeply and real,
ne you can, the sufierings that women ana
children must endure and ask If the man mas
the heart of man who would not hate the iight
ne had Willingly had any share IN bringing
such evils upon the earth. Not but that we hius'
night In case of need, for il is unhapplly put 700
much proved that passive submission ieaos 10
Greater evils than resistance; but we should hrss


u all resist the devil, who paints war 20 US IN
CANDY coors, and inspires mob orators with IN. u
sane commonplace about glory. Before we oegn nl
= - destroy human life with gunpowder' we mus.
hgat the war.demon, the warsplrlt; we mus.
make war on the causes of war, we must exert


ourselves for life and DEATH to resist, oovia'o OF
elade its possibility, trample out its sparks, ana
s4ence its exciters. But if all honorable means
aa, and the dogs of war must be let loose 'hei,
pooaoly 1t will be found they owe tnelr hof[sa
.sest to these exciters who now so reaoy 70 DC
Nsif lackals. Think of the Princeton, ana you
"u know what to think of them, lREaGCs'