Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-11-11

tUNe HNuhNV ~" tf'"''""' '" W''F'
MD, do these fOIuign hIrcllngs slaj
onr pcoplrl They wrong our towns
they daikcn or pIailn aId now tl'rj
encompass ouf posts on lliu Lonely
pIdn OF ChMdd's Fo,d.
.rhpy lhu take HE swoid shall per
i.h 10y The sword"
u Brethren, thibk me not unworthy
ofbcllef, when | tell you TINT tlic doom
Of Tho Ijh ishcf |, icbrl Think NJ
not vain, whom | toll you TINT beyond
the cloud that now cnslirolIds ~,
sec gathering, thick and Gs', The dar
kor cloud aud tho blicker storm Of q
Divine Rurlbulion.
They my conquer M on Tic NOR.
row! Might aud wrong m", prevail
and we may be driven nom this field
hut the hour OF Gods own vengeance
will come!
Aye, if in The vast solitudcs Dieter.
nal space, lin the heart OF the hound
less uniAerse, there lhrobs the being
AfMflwiul God, quick o avcnge, and
surg u punish guilt, then viii toe man
George Of Brunswick called King,
IN1 in his brain and in his hear, the
AeljgGnnee Of the Eternal Jehovah! A
blight will be upon his liIe-a wither-
cd, brain, an oc,u,s d intellect, a
bliAAwiIl be upon his children, aud
on his people. Cir at Go'! how
dread the punishment!
A crowded populacr, reopling the
dense towns where the man OF m .ncy
thrivcs, while tie lab"r,r sIary5.;
want sriding among the people IN ali
its forms of terror; and ignorant and
God. detying priesthood chucklng O.
yer the miserics Of millions aproud
and mcrciless nobility odding wrong
to wrong, and heaping insult uponrob
berry and fraud; royalty corrnpttoihe
very heart, ali>tocracy ! ten to the
core; cline and Want linked hand in
hand, end tempting men TO deeds Of
woe and deaih--thcse a'e a part Of
the doomand the retribution that shall
come upon the English thlonc--and
English people!
Soldiers loo k around Your Em.l
lar faces with asr ngc int rest! To-
morrow morning we will all 20 fortn to
battle = for need | tel you lllat your
unworthy minister will march with
you invoking Gods aid in the fight?
we will march t, rlhto battle! Need |
exhort you 10 fight for th" good fight,
to fight for your wve, and children?
Ny friends, :, mig t Il 60 you to
fight, by the calling memories # Bri-
Iish wrong! Waltol--lmig t tell you
Of your butcher. d iathsr in,he silencel
If midnight on the ploi sof Trenton
might picture his grey hairs dahbled
n blood, might ri 8 his death shrek
n your ears. Shelmire, ] might tell
you of mother butcheted and sis
er outraged-the lonely farmhouse
he night assault, the roof in flames,
he shouts Of the troopers, ast icy des-
patched their victim the cries former
y, the pleadings If innorelc" for pi-
y. | NIGH paint his all again, in
he terrible col,rs Of tile vivid reality,
RI thought your courage needed such
Wild excitemen'.
But know you are strong in the
night OF the Lord: You will 60 forth
O battle on the morrow with light
hearts and de ernincd spirits, though
he solemn duty the du'y oIayengng
he dead-may rest heavy on your
ouls.
And in the hour of battle, when all
,round is darkness, lit by the lurid
,annon glare and the piercing musket
lash, when the wounded strew the
ground, and the dead litter your path,
hen remember soldiers, that God is
With you. The eternal God fighs for
'ou--he rlkes Oh The hat le loud he
wee ps onward VIII t C march OF the
luricane chargv--God, the Awful &
infinite, tights for you, and you will
triumph.
And now, brethren AMI soldiers, |
nd youall farewell. Many ofus ma,
all IN the fight Of to-morrow-G.d
est the souls Of The fallen Of
IS may liveto tell the story Of the fight
i tomorrow and in the memory Of !.
u will ever rest and linger the quiet
Gene Of this autumnal night.
Solemn twilight advances over the q
alley; the woods on the opposite sum d
nit fling their long shadows over the S
nal1l Nrnn, ,d,eUu A