The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-29

| huH+Niu"S iot HOiC vi suCCeSS, lie, very
wisely wheeled about, and succeeded in
making safe and honorable retreat.
Waterloo.
Waterloo may, with much propriety,
be termed the Vesuvius Of the moral
world, where the volcanic figures of UNI
holy ambition burst forth on the eighteenth
of June, eighteeth-hundred and fourteen,
in the most DESTRUCTIVE eruption. Contem-
plate for few moments, this awfully SUBJ
lime event. Here was posted veteran
army of nnety-Gvethousand or more brave
men. The nobility-lhe chivalry-,he
pride-the valor of England was there,
marshalled in the order of battle, under
the command of her most experienced and
renowned general. All seemed invinci-
bile in courage, and invulnerable in strength.
But there was one who dared to attack
this impregnable phalanx. He approach
es-he is the incarnation of ambition and
prowess-ho is the prince of WARRIORS
See his intrepid hosts are thckening on
the ensanguined lield-his mighty legions
concentrated there. The combatanis are
about equal in number, so that at least a
hundred and fifty thousand men have here
assembled to murder and be murdered.
Awful sight 4! Horrid thought! In the
distance third appearance, meets the
eye. On close examination, we find that
these are no inconsiderablc parts of this
.assemblagc, but an important member of
each conteuding army is there, which
members are looked TO by their respective
commanders in chief, as the mariner looks
to his life-boat when his vessel is endan-
rcrad, Butcher was depended on by Wei
iugtou, for essential service in the great
impending conflict, and Bonapartc relied
on Grouchcy to prevent him from render
ing that looked for aid The dreadful
preparations are completed, Solemn are
the few intervening moments of suspense.
The political dosilnies Of Europe are TO
be decided by the issue of the contest.
Thousands Of brave men are surveying
their own CORY beds, and thousands with
all the tenderness and anxiety of husbands
and fathers. are thinking for the last time
of wives and orphans. Hark the ihun-
der Of war is heard The voice of Napo-
leon has again reused into terrific action.
all the mighty elements of war-6crce
ana bloody is the confict--a hundred
thousand instruments of death are scienti-
ideally and skilfully welded in the work
Of destruction, The cannon--the rifle
the bayonct-thc swou!--al are spread
ing carnage over the fatal field. Dread
ful is the havoc of human life. Thou
sands arc falling, mangled. bleeding,
grooming, dying, on the theatre Of battle.
The combat deepens." The old guard,
the last hope of the hitherto conquering
chcltain, arc ordered to make the despe-
rate effort; In the attempt to deploy
from this purpose, the most of them are
cut down; confusion ensues. The con-
qucror orders his victorious lines to adj
yancc-,hc slaughter is terrible--thc VIC
tory is complele-the route becomes pc
ncral-while the Prussian army which
had arrived in time, by their influence to
give prcpondcrenca to the scale Of victory
but were comparatively fresh--werc
ordered to pursue the discounted and re-
treating foe, and carry out TO its utmos,
extent Of capacity, the work of ba,chery
aud destruction, until nature, as il asham-
ed and sickeaed at the horrors Of the
scene, threw over the whole the mantle
of midnight But the spectacle of NOR
ming who shall descrbe.-W words
shall tell of the dead--thc dyiug,-Thc
wounded still lying in their blood-their
wounds undressed, and without friendly
hand to moisten their parchcd lips with
water, or a friendly ear to listen 10 their
agonsing groans.--Oh who can look at
one view upon the thousands slain--upon
thousands dying and manged--and bleed
, inr thousands-and not feel oil that is
human within him stir with horror. The
! political consequences of this battle were
, immense and important; but the moral
Q consequences were far more tremendous.
/ Thousands and tens Of thousands Of i'm.
/. mortal souls hurried 10 the bar ofs(sod,
: and the re,ribu,ions Of eternity. Theligh,
i of tho Judgment mus, reveal the rest; hui
!, permit me to ask. can woman do noehiWg
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