Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-10-19

the punishment!
y c'owded populace, 3eopling the dense
towns where the man of money thrives while
the laborer starves want slriding among the
people IN all lis forms of terror an ignorant
aud God-de(ymg priesthood chuckling over
the nurseries, of millions proud aud merci-
less nobility adding wrong to wrong, and
heapirg insult upon robbery and fraud roy
atty corrupt TO the very heart, aristocracy rot
ten TO The core; crime and want linked hand
IN hand, and tempting men to deeds of woe
and dcath-lhesc are n part of the doom and
the re'rbntion that shall come upon the Eng
lish ',-gnnc and the English people
S,i't;is--I look around upon Your familiar
/ faces with strange interest Tomorrow
morning we will all go forth to bat,e-for
need Tell you that Your unworthy minister
will march with you, invoking Gods aid in
the fight ?-we will march forth to battle
Need eXhort you to fight the good fight 10
! fight for your homes,eaGs, and for your wives
and children.
My friends, might urge YOU to fight. by
the calling memories of British wrong. Wal
toni might tell you of your butchered ia
iher in the silence of midnight on the plains
of Trenton; ! might picture his grey hairs
dabbled in blood, might ring his dcath-shriek
III your ears. SheImire, might tell you of a
mother buchered, and sister outraged-the
lonely farmhouse, the night assault, the roof
IN flames, the shouts of the troopers, as they
despatched Their victim, the cries Tor mercy.
the pleadngs OF innocence for pity. might
pant this all again. in the terrible colors of
the vivid reality,if tho't your courage need
. ed such wild excitement
But know you are strong in the might of
the Lord You will march forth to battle OH
the morrow with light hearts and determined
spirits, though the solemn duty-the duty of
avenging the dead-may rest heavy on your
souls.
And in the hour Of battle, when all around
is darkness, lit by The lurid cannon glare, and
the piercing musket FASH when the wounded
strew the ground, and the dead litter vour
path, then remember soldiers, that God is with
you. The eternal God fights for vou-he
rides OF the battle cloud, he sweeps onward
with the march of the hurricane charge-God.
the Awful and the Infinite, fights for YOU, and
you will triumph.
''They that take the sword shall perish by
the sword"
You have taken tho sword, but not in the
spirit OF wrong and ravage. You have taken
the sword for your homes, for your wives, for
! your little ones. You have taken ,he sword
Tor truYi for Justice and right, and TO Won the
! promise IS, be OF good cheer, for Your foes
have taken the sword in defiance of all that
man holds dear, in blasphcmy of God-lhev
( shall perish by the Scord.
! And now, brethren and soldiers, bid YOU
all farewell. Many of us may fall in the fght
of to-mouow--God rest the souls of the fall
len-many of us may live to tell the story of
the fight tomorrow, and in the memory of all
/ will and linnor Al, r a.:
autumna night.
Solemn twilight advances over the valley :;
the woods on the opposite heights fling their
! long shadows over the green of the meadow
around us are the tents of the continental host,
the suppressed hustle OF the camp, the hurried
tramp of the soldiers to and fro among the
tents, the stiffness and silence that marks the
eve Of battle.
| Wien we meet again, may the long sha-
dows of twilight be flung over a peaceful
land
God in heaven grant it.
Let lis pray.
PRAYER OF THE REVOLUTION
Great Father, we bow before thee. We in
woke thy blessing, we deprecate thy wrath.
we return thee thanks for the past, we ask thy
aid for the future. For we are in times of
trouble. oh! Lord, and sore beset by foes.
merciless and Implying the sword CLEANS
over our land, and the dust of the soil is dam
pened with the blood of our neighbors and
friends
On! God OF mercy, we pray thy blessing
on the American arms Make the man of our
hearts strong in thy wisdom bless, we be-
seech thee, with renew'd life and strength. our
hope, and Thy instrument, even GEORGE
Observation-Disclosures thy counsels on the
Honorable, the Continental Congress visit
the tents of our host, comfort the soldier in
! his wounds and affections, nerve him for the
fight, prepare him for the hour of death
And in the hour of defeat, oh God of
Hosts, do thou he our stay, and i'll the hour of
triumph he thou our guide.
| Teach us to be merciful Though the me-
mory oil calling wrongs be at our hearts.
Knocking Tor Abundance, that they may fill us
with the desire of revenge, yet let us, oh
Lord, spare the vanquished, though they never
spared us, i'll their hour Of butchery and blood
shed. And, in the hour of death, do thou
guide lis into the abode prepared for the blest;
so shall we return thanks unto thee, through
+ Christ our redecmer.-GoD PROSPER THE
CAUsE.-.4mcn.
/ ASTONISHING EFFECT or GuAYo.-At the recent
exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural So
cIeiy In Boston, the Transcript says, that a pro-
/ ininent object o! attention, the produce Of
two seed OF S,ceet earn, planted by J. f.. Tesche-
tnacher In tie Public Garden, Charles street. on
/ the 18th of May last. in poor, san6y soH One
without any manure-product, one stalk. one ear
weight ] lb. The other, MANFRED with Guano
produced eipht OOOd errS and four or five use