Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-10-21
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lion, tho Prince do Joinville, the Duke
de'Aumale, MN. Guizo,, Lacave, Lap
lagno, Mackau, (Minis,or Of Marino,) &c.
SHORT PATENT SERMON.
ny DOW, IN.
ON COWARDICE.
TKxr--He that fights and runs away,

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May live to fight another day.
NY hearers text from which
intend TO spin the yarn Of my present die
course, implies mere possibilities there
is nothing truly Indicative about il. In
the first place, man whose legs have
betrayed his frs, inclination and carried
his carcase far from the field Of danger,
may have the privilege Of living TO Sight
again, and, in the second place, he may
have the occasion 10 try the matter over
again, should he feel disposed; but there
is doubt loa6ng about my mind wheth.
|er he will or not. am inclined to be-
lieve that such fellow must lack the
pluck of pigeon, and would forever af.
ter keep his nose out OF the smell Of dan.
ger, if possible. should consider him
possible. should consider him to DO the
high wines, the very first runnings ot
cowardice--so much ola coward, that if
he were ugly featured, he would stand ia
deadly fear Of looking glasses, and pray
for divorce Of shadow and substanes.-s
Now, my friends, although .the spursup-
on my digits have been somewhat exten-
ded by old age, still am no Sighting
cock ,,neither by nature nor by instruction.:
am merely the guardian and shepherd
of flock. only tell the truth OF 40 in'
dividual, and this serves either as
wreath for his brow, or a rod to HE back
as the case may be-; but, for all this, il
my dander should happen to be raked up
by the comb of uncallcd forinsolencs, my
girt, like that ola grind stone, would hold
good even the axle. would let my an.
tagonisi know that there is as much var.
tue in my sparse, haxen locks, as ever
was wrapped up in the long raven tress-
: es Of Sampson. There would be no back
out with me, after my determination had
on e been screwd up to the fighting point.
Mol should, as Mr.. Campbell, the 20.
Ell says,
"As victor exult, or in death DO laid low,
Il With my head TO the field, and my tess,o
: the foe;"
and not think oftrying to savsmy bacon
by absquatilating, with my head bent for
home, and my heels 10 the foe. would
have satisfaction, any how you could fix
liz. III fell, would have the satisfaction
lot knowing that my conqueror might
live in dishonor, all covered with shame,
vile 'looked proudly to heaven from my
Ideath-bed of fame! But my dear friends
there is no use in fighting At all. The
beasts Of the forest fight for mastery o.
yer one another, but it was designed that
man should &c, his living by elbow grease,
'1by study and by wit; thai he should work
easy under the yoke Of fellowship, and
not get his legs over the traces, ut every
tancied insult but live with his fellow
men as peacefully as five peas in pod,
and journey on together through life,
crowned with the evergreen bays of mu.u.
al love. want to establish a sort OF
mllIenipm on small scale and see how
it works.. and mean TO push ahead inthe
good cause till all written libels, slandsrs
and challenges, are iransmogratied into
love letters bowie knives are beaten in.
to bucksaws, and playing cards are trans.
formed into psalm books. Then love and
harmony shall prevail among the dis
cordant creatures Of earth: the owl shall
no longer boot I the dead hour OF night;
the raven shall cease its croaking over
the worm-powdered bodies Of the slain,
and frogs shall sing Yankee Doodle
with all its variations, aud land tortoises
shall dance Virginia break down with
the scienceheeled EllsIer. Then, young
maidens shall drive hogs from the gardens
with pellets Of roses-od bachelods shall
lie down upon soft couches at night, and
find themselves married when they awake
in the morning-fr trees shall put forth
seal skins, the leaves Of the oak shall 30
treasury notes-and it shall blossom With
silver aud bear acorns Of gold. Oh! my
friends, won, this be a joyous time
Ave, il wiIl-for then Peace, that gay
plumaged bird of Paradise, will come
down from her celestial bowers in Eden q.
bove. and build her downy nest amid the
thorns and briars Of q conflicting world
Every heart shall then lie soaking IN the
cordial affection, and the bitter bile OF
envy, jealousy and spleen, shall spill il.
self on the ground, and disappear torsv.
or.
MY friends-I mean to see how aear
can come toward bringing this slAte Of
hinge about; but in the first place this
petty fighting business must Be done O.
way with. So long as we persist in
lighting with an individual with bloody
nteni, or in bungiug each others syess
merely for the fun ofthe thing, Why, them,
lauw $4,000 z l.. a. -. a.