The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-31
Selected Tor The HlilsaoEough Recorder.
LETTER III.
On the SEPARATIONS aud Effects Of Corst
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considered 90 the first display Of sIr
made in our world. Our first parent.
commenced their spostsey b. eayeIine
The lruu Of d" The tree &c know ledge
rhich had been expressly forbidden un-
der The highest penalty. Though they
xsIe ptrIniusd TO cal al every other tree
Of The garden. vet they put firth their
hands and psrlOok OF the forbidden fruit.
from Tie eoselous propensity Of erjoying
shat wss naI their own. aud the sInbI-
iOus desire OF being " like Gnd, knnw.
ing good aud esh." THIS co,eious and
smbIIious scI " brought death into the
world and ali our woes" and was the
prelude Of al ihuse desssisu0ns aud mi
series which sssIire aud aubitun have
snialled OF The inhabitants IL HE world.
The history al The void in onr point
of vies, 10 Lutte else than d.tail III the
operations OF cot elnu,ness and ambition.
and Of The direful tffrcis hey have pro-
dueed On The desiinies Of mankind. The
expressions which Babylon and Assyus
exercised over The Jews and neIshbdrins
nstons; the mad expedition ol Xer.es
against The Grecisns; The boundlrss am.
biliOn of Alexander the plunder aud
bGehrry Of the Roman leginn.; the CON.
teal between Rome and Carthage. know
BY the name ol The Pune war; The slaugh-
tr aud rsrsges pFOduced b. the jealousy I
and ambition Of CsssF and Pompey; the
dssol.nons and carnage prndured through
out Asia and Afrcs BY Mshomri and his
ferocious disciples; The eommogions. as.
destinations, murders and CONTESTS which
happened during The reign Of the R"u an
Emperoo; The eruption Of the Golhs and
Nsndsis, sho rushed like . i,rreni into
he Roman empire, and resperled neither
fsnk. sRs, nor sex, but Covered the earth
with efmsgs and hlOod: The rssases Of
Jsnshs hi'sn, the masI blondy conquer
% ,hsi ever lived. sho. in twenty Two
years. destroyed fifteen million. ol human
beings: lhe mad sxps dIIIons Of the Cru
ssden; the isrocIous wars OF the Turks
against Chnstaa nations: ali these scenes
Of misery snd distress, and thousands of
others. hare been The effects Of cuvetous-
pess and ambition. ..
10 Tho vars Of modern times, and 10
The numerous expeditions shieh have
been undertaken for thr purpose &c dis.
covering ac@~ eognsIes, The same cuvrt-
Gus principles have been manifest. No
soOner bad C0lDmbus discovered AmsrI-
ca. Ihsn the lore 81 gold began tn absorb
The whole slieLiiOn 81 hIs loIlnaers. No
desire 10 confer benefits 0n The natives.
seems ever 10 have entered their BREASTS;
but 90 Ihs cher hand ihsy displayed eve
~ sPsciss Of lHhumanliy and injustice.
aud inflicted every kind Of cruelty upon
The ud'aRs, Tor ibe pnrpnse Of ex,oriing
IRON them IheiE treasures Of gold. Their
sow.a both Of body and mind seemed 10
be directed 70 This object, as If the acqul- Q
sti'sa 0l gold had been the great objec, Of
human existence.
The conquest Of Mexico by cor.ez &c
aud h's follosers, impelled BY an insall- /
able luii Tor gold. pas accompanied - ah 1
horrsn aud slsughlers mnre rrval,ing .
'ssn sinosi any eGhsr scenes recorded 10
sse annals u History. IL
lie zane ssirocities we're committed )
sa The ZIP sditI0n Of PIzaro end his fol. }
nsers 10 The conquest Of Peru. In plum
aetl"s hs country. the bssesi uescbery,
S"a We most eOld- hooded eruellies we're
exercised. The emperor received then &
k.nuiy. and commanded his attendants 10
ousf no injury 70 The strangers; slisr all
'as alaans.s. .hsy deliberately slew four
vsepssnn Of his attendants, sho offered /,
as'1sslssanee. and ,ook The emperor pr \
soasr; saen hey speal lhe night in The
mos1 ex'rsEagsat exul,atiops over the T
us''u's Mty mad received. The empe- 3
Io,. to regain his liberty. promised them II
sola ssssss 'afhcIenI to Gil space iw en-.
q pg' sHseen vide and eight high. .
ne iS0sdia.sS despatched messengers n
throughout 'aay kingdom, collected ,hs . ?
sssssH' ana u'll bis promise; ailer " hich
,nsy eoodsmstdh him and burnt him alive Ie
The booty oessined by these sc,s az cru.
ely amounted TO more than five m,II,nn.
ei dollsrs. Such was The commencement,
and snen the progress b. winch ,le EN-.
pre- ef Peru was subjug..ed "a The dom.
700 Of SPAN. !. Vas comm. nc.d. pro
esssd. aud was finally sscompI,,h.s hv
ebs rsslns lust Of coveluusne,,'
sTssrs could be no end In the ,,I,.,
tIsds VI The operation Of cov.,Ousne... :. D
ssplsysd on the general theatre Of a., p
sstld. ~sss ss 20 descend to particulars. a
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