The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-11-10
PRICE OF CONQUEST.

In the remoler periods Of the world.
when might was right. and The power 81
the strong man was increased by the
weak. who gave in their adherence and
fealiy for projections; and thence became
the instruments Of their masters IN op-
preston, il was indeed the greatest need
Of praise 10 be great warrior. While
brute fsrce vas recognized as the only
true glory. and intellect was content 10
be despised while IL sought through
prieslrraft the means ii ruling rulers, as
eribing what are now The c0mm0nesl ieats
Of ART TO the miraculous inieF2osilion Of
false gods, religion was the pander and
ally of tyranny. The ps,cnlale and priest.
or rather The warrior and the prisst--ior
both were poienisles--comhlned To assist
each other IN enslaving the world. Even
when The priests and warriors were al va
rance. the former took especial care 10
do no discredii Id the profession Of arms.
but to ascrlhe The yicinries which their arts
accomplished. 10 their gods. They at
rayed one warrior agains, another. but
still supported, as in unison with their
plan OF dominion, the bloody trade Of
war.
A brighter day dawned with the ad.
vent Of The Pence Ut Prace'--,hr great
teacher of gond will To pen. StiIl. IN the
earlier days Il Christianity, after the lly-
ing example Of IFS founder was iaken from
the earth. the passions and cruelty of
man wrested the peaceable doctrines Of
the gospel. Bloody wars were waged
| under the very banner Of the crOss.--
The sword bore N its hIlt the emblem of
the passion of the Saviour Mans de-
vices, aud mans corruption lnvades the
prerincls Of the church. Wars we're IN.
! deI,aken for His sake, who. when smii-
ten on one cheek turned the other, As
, the price Of the aid " temporal power
the clergy ministered Ia mems vices. pas.
sious, and lust of dominion. |, 10 mo-,
one denomination slone that has thus
sold itself.
Until the latter days Of Christianity,
its spIrii was misunderstood, or by 50.
phisIry made no test Of national acts,
even when its obligations upon ,ndivid.
uals were preached. II not practically re.
cugnized War. still continued unjer
clerical silence. Il nnt approval. Murder.
! which in insulated Instances was visited
! with the thunders of the Church as we'll
as The penalties Of the law, was CONSIDER
ed legallzed BY wholesale commission Of
H. Now. the unanimous verdict of the
civilized world is agalns, offensive war,
bot snphistry still defects tie ruth De-
claraIIons u war are prefaced with mani.
festues throwing the fault Of aggression
upon the other parry. That both cannot
be guilty Of the first blow is evideni--al-
though both are accused.
As the price of the military glory of
Napoleon, the arch-conqueror of mo-
dern times, it is estimated in Paris pa.
per thai his wars we're the means Of death
To six million human beings in ten years.
This is SIX bundled thousand YEARLY. fif.
~ thousand monthly, and over eleven
thousand FIVE hundred weekly. This
daily average Of more than SIXTEEN hun
dred deaths Tor ten years--lo say nothing
oi his carrier feais--made Napoleon glo-
riOus. What an altar TO vanity. lust Of
dnmlnion, pride Of power. and human
folly, would the collected bones oC the
murdered make! What comment does
this form. upnn the boosted civilization Of
the eighteenth century! Even now the
inhabitants III one Of the most fertile aud
dehghllui countries IN EUROPE, are vast
ing themselves in The wrangles Of TWO Of
The Royal family. Boston Be. Gas.