Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-06-12
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I T. he Gay Oh tntS TCttiU1!iUu ~ dPPIOdSile
Ling. The u7ice Of fty brather's 6loaa crieth
!. fran tie gr0uad, and thu ART noro cursed
from rhe earth, zvbich hath opened her mouth
/ 10 receipe thy brotder's blood. A marx IS
ser upon thee by thy God; not for safety,
but for destrucsioa. Disease, his aOeag-
ing angel, is preparing to hurry thee to the
bed of death. With what agonies wilt
thou there recall thy malice, thy revenge,
and the murder of thy friend. With what
eestacy will thy soul cling to this world,
and with what horror will it quake at the
approach OF eternity Alone, naked,
! arenchsd in gait, thou wilt ascend to God.
From him what reception wilt thou meet !?
From his voice what language wilt thou
hear? 6 Depart, ya0u cursed int eoer!ast-
ing fire" And 10! the melancholy world
of sin and suffering unfolds to receive thee.
Mark, in the entrance, the man whom thou
hast plundersd of life, and happiness, and
Heaven, already waiting to pour on thy de-
voted head, for the infinite wrongs which
thou hast done him, the wrath aad ven-.
geance of eternity.
AT the close Of this awful survey, cast
thine eyes once more around thee, and see
myself, and thy brother duelilsts. the ex-
amples, the patrons, and the sole causes,
of all succeeding duelling. Were the ex-
listing advocate. of this practice to cease.
from upholding It; were they to join their
efforts to the common efforts OF man, and
hunt it out of the, world; it would never
return. On thee, therefore, and thy COM
panions, the innumerable and immense
evils of future duelling are justly charg.
ed. To you, band of enemies to ths
peace aud safety of man, a host OF. 9erobo-
ans, z0ho not only sin, but make israel to
SIN through thousand generations, will
succeeding ages impute their guilt, and
their suflerings. Your effcacious and bale
fal examples, will max thousands of child
less parents, distracted widows, and desc
late orphans after you are laid In the grave.
You invite ,posterity to wress the right of
deciding private. controversies out of the
hands of public justice and to make force
aud skill the only umpires between man
and man. VOW entail perpetual contempt
on the laws of God; kindle the flames of
civil discerd and summon from his native
abyss anarchy, the worst Of fends. to lay
waste all the happiness, and all the hopes
of mankind.
AT the great and hnal day, your country
will rise up in Judgment against you, to ac-
cuse you as the .destroyers of her peace,
| and the murderers Of her children. Against
you will rise up in Judgment all the victims
OF your revenge, and all the wretched fa.
| miles, whom you have plunged in hopeless
misery. The prowling Arab and the re-.
morseless savage, will there draw nigh,
aud whiten their crimes by comparison
with yours. They indeed, were muder-
ers, but they were never digni6ed with
the name, nor blessed with the privileges
Of christians. They were born in blood,
and educated to slaue liter. They were
TAUGHT roma their infancy, that to fight,
and to kill, was lawful, honorable and viz
,uous. You were born in the mansion of
knowledge, humanity and religion. At
the moment of your birth, you were Offer
ed up to God, baptized in the name of the
Father, Of the Son, andof the Holy Ghost.
| You were handled on the knee, and edu-
Gated in the school of piety. From the
house of'God you have gone to the field Of
lblood, and from the faos of the cross, to
| the murder ofyour friends. You have cut
| off life in the blossom, and shortened, to the
wretched objects Of your wrath, the day of
repentance and salvation. The beams of the
Sunofrighteousness shining with life.givinp
influence on them, you have intercepted; the
smile of mercy, the CLEAN of hope, the
dawn of immortality, you have overcast
for ever. Youhave glutted the grave with
uatimely slaughter, and helped TO people
the world of perdition. Crimsoned with
| guilt, aud drunk with blood, Niineveh viii
ascend from the tomb, triumph over your
ruin, and smile to see her own eternal DIES.