The Litchfield County post., 1828-02-14

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gaze ia wisA caean hae3s aaa me- evea shens aaess
are Tree ssOm "A blsuss ia IhOss nssssEss whieh
ave led 10 a. saiack upOa as BAT warke eslslaa-
teas, and wOsshippag of military heroes. have a
Osiive aad direct Ieadescy influence The passions
nd excite thirst OE that pursuit secures to 90
1aay Of its followers q renowned name-ihe name Of
herO This is the spirit which has Cor 50 many CEN
iuries deluged the earth with blOOd-which has ever
6liedW with widows and orphans II was not thirst
for conquest simply, which induced this apparent thirst
for bloOdit ambition to secure warriors name
to he called in history hero Will this spirit Ope-
rate differently when acting upon a citizen of a repub-
c,than when cherished by princes and their SUBJ
jects Is there danger of making war SO popular
in this country that any enterprise, however I'M
righteous, will be engaged in with delight by ten thou
sands of our young Hotspurs If this Republic ever
loses the liberty which was purchased by our revolu-
tIonary fathers, it will its overthrow and
thirst for military glory. No other can rob us
of our brth-rgh g. this 1t this account that
opposed to military festivals and celebrations
Our fathers needed nothing of this display induce
them TO arise and assert their rights and their Virtu.
Gus sons, with no other knowledge of war than ma
tive adherence Off, would with equal zeal and brave
ry know how to maintain them. There is also in
these celebrations an mpious worshippng the crea-
ture, direct and open insult t., the Creator This
laudny OF man to the skiesthis arcribng to an arm
| offesh deeds which Almighty arm enabled him to
accomplish IN Imitation Of eastern slaves ia in the
highest degree disgusting and prOfane. We cannot
read these accounts OF serve adulaton with any de-
gree of patience; much more have we no taste to OK.
! tend the circulation of such fooleries.
| The following bIasphemous toast was given at the
| dinner above mentioned, by pr0iane fellow who does
not know John the Baptist from John the Evangelist.
| This efusion being quoted by the Jackson men as
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| men.
by Isaac T. Preston, ESQ!!-Gentcmen,
will give you text from the 10th Chapt. of John the
Baptist. Verify, verify say unto you, he that en-
tereth not by the door into the sheepfd but ciimbeth
up other way, the is thief and a robEer !;
but he that entereth in by the duor the shepherd of
! the Sheep"
'Verily' we do not envy such fellows their wisdom,
patriotism, or morality.
The Baltimore papers are dressed in mourning, in
consequence of the death Of Archbishop Marechal,
| the Roman Catholic prc!ate of that city, native Of
France, worshpper of the Virgin Mary and de-
vout believer in the supremacy and Instability of his
holiness, the pope His eminent learning, pety and
humility arc commended in terms ofthe most impas-
| stoned eulogy. But modest orbituary of New
England divine, is considered by certain class OF ed
itors proof positive that apriest-rdden people,
bent on monarchy and union of church and State.
Reasoning from analogy, and the sentiments daily in
culcaed from very many presses, we should suppose
that one half ofhe editors in country would
slider the permanency OF our republican institutions
cure and our happiness complete, were our religious
institutions annihiated and theatres, crcuses and
temples to the "goddess fortune" erected in every
city, village, and hamlet in our land. When they
speak OF the former their "boDcs seem to have burn
ed within them, for having kept silence long upon
sUbjec Of such vast importance, and they thunder
out whole columns Of anathemas against the 'bgotry,
superstition. and madness Of the present age" When
they speak Of the latter their words are smooth as OIL
and virtue, happiness and prosperity are described
their train A son of "hoy mother Rome,' cath
OIic priest however, is an exception with these level
ers-there s and ever has been "pety and hUmili-
w., an absractedness from national politics, about this
order of relisonistE which peculiarly recommends it
self to Republicans, and euloges may be published
upon them without any danger to our liberties What
dangerous thing liberty this Professionalism and
how blind were our puritan fathers that they did not
see the evil, and srangle it at its birth! How cougen-
al to the spirit of freedom 10 the Romish religion -
Let us turn Catholics, yield bibles, schools,
yea, souls the safe keeping Of the pope,
kiss his toe, and our repubcansm shall bc as brilliant
and as permanent as the
Several writer's on Scripture prophecy, fix the Pc
Rod Of the fall Of the Ottoman power between 1886
and 1837-and four fix upon 1874. Unqnestionably
subjects of such Importance the rise and fall Of
the Mahommedan power, of which Turkey is the re-
pository and the Grand Sultan the head, spoken
of in the inspired writings. No the least acquain-
ted with the subject doubt this bat whether exact
dates be fixed for the fulfment of these prophe-
cies is very doubtful. II no doubt fact that the
Turkish empire is "tottering to its fall" and very pos
sble those mighty commissions which to complete
its overthrow, and Of which the battle at Navarino
was but type, may occur than 1886.
The political aspect Of the Eastern world porteDds
great and important events, which may burst upon
the world Immediately, g. they may, in the providence
of God, be delayed till about the year 1874. One
thing certain, when they do take place. the struggle
will be long, violent, and bloody.
An article from Niles Register. lately copied into
our paper, says, ALREADY the farmers stand with
wheted knives to kill of these useful animals" ui=
Sheep A Correspondent Of the Hampshire Gazette
says that many Of the farmers in that part ofhe
try bordering upon the tennessee River have actually
began the work Of death among this innocent bu, un.
profitable species Of stock. zone man in Livingston
Co. who went from Northampton, was butchering his
flock at the rate nf fifty per day. He gaze the meat
to his hogs" We doubt both the policy and the me-
cessiy Of this measure. PROFESSIONALLY the raising
Of wool is profitable many other branches Of
agriculture have formerly been. Had oil the grazing
Of sheep, however, been turned to the grazing Of neat
cattle and daries, beef butter and cheese would have
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