Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-10-30

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"They that take the sword sha, perish by the
sword -
SOLDIERS AND CoUNrRyMsN: We have
met ms evening perhaps for the last
lime We have shared the toll of the
march, the peril OF the hight, the dismay
oil the retreat-al;ke we have endured
cold and hunger, the contumslv of The
internal foe, and outrage Of the foreign
oppressor. We have sat, night after
night, beside tae same camp fire. shared
the same rough soldiers fare; we have
together heard the roll oi tne rcveilIe.
which cal ed US to duty, or the b at of
the tattoo, which gave the signal for the
hardy sleep of The soldier, wuh the
earth for hIs Oej, an the knapsacx for
his pillow.
And now, soldiers and brethren, we
have met in the peaceful valley, on the
eve oil battle. while the sunlight is DIV
ing away behind yonder heights, the
sunlight that, to morrow morn, will
giimner on scenes of blood We have
met, amid the whitening tents OF our
cncanPine a.; in times OF terror and OF
gloom, have we gathered 'ogether-
God grant ii may not be for the Iasl
Time.
Ii Is a solemn moment. Brethren.
does not the solemn voice of nature
seem to echo the sympathies of The hour
The nag OF our country droops heavily
from yondcr staff, the breeze has died
away along the green pain OF Chadd' $
Ford-the plain that spreads before US
glItierlng in sunlight, the heig Is OF
the Brandywine arise gloomy aid grand
beyond the waters Of Wonder stream
and all nature holds pause of solemn
silence, on the eve OF tho uoroar Of the
hloodshed and strife Of tomorrow.
They that take the Slcord shall I.eriM
By the ssc0rd."
And have they not taken the sword
Let the desolaled plain, the blood. soden.
ed valley. the burned farmhouse. black
eDing In The sun, the sacked village. and
the rayaged town answeI-let the viii
tening bones OF the butchered farmer.
strewn along The fields Of his homestead.
answer-let the STRIVING mother, with
the babe clingiog to the withered breast,
that can afford no sustenance, let her
answer, with the death rattle mlngIine
with the murmuring tunes. that mark
the last struggle fnr Iife-let the diving
mother and her babe answer.
u was but day past AMI eur land
slept IN the quiet Of peace. War was
not here-wrong was not here. Fraud,
and woe, and misery, aud want dwell
not among us. From the eternal soil.
iude Of the green woods, arose the blue
smoke OF the settlers cabin, and golden
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waste Of the wilderness, and the glad
music Of human voices awoke the ST.
leDce of the forest.
Nov! God of mercy behold the
change! Under the shadow Of a pre-.
text, under the sanclity of the name Of
God. invoking the Redeemer to their
aid, do these foreign bireIings STAY our
people! They throng our towns, they
daIken our plains, and now they encom-
pass our posts on the lonely PLAIN of
Chadd's Ford.
"They that take the sword shall per.
ish by the sword!"
Brethren, think me not unworthy of
belief, when tell you that the doom of
the British Is near! Think me not vain
when ! tell you, that beyond the cloud
that now ensh rouds US, see gathering,
thick and fast, the darker cloud and the
blacker storm Of divine retribu;ion!
They may conquer US on the morrow.
Might and wrong may prevail, and we
may be driven from this feld-but the
hour OF Gods own vengeance wilt come!
aye, II IN the vast solitude Of eternal
space, IT ia the heart of the boundless
universe, there throbs the being of an
awful God, quick TO avenge, and sure 10
punish guilt, then will the man George
OF Brunswick, called King, feel in his
brain and IN his heart, the vengeance Of
the Eternal JehoYahl A blight will be
upon his lile--a withered brain, an ae.
cursed intellect; a blight will be upon
his children and upon his people,
Great Cod how dread the punishment
crowded pOpulsce, peopling the
dense towns where the man Of money
thrives while the labOrer starves; want
stfiding among the people in all its
forms OF terror, an ignorant and God
oeiying priesthood chuckling over the
miserIes Of millions; a proud and mor
CHESS nobility, adding wrong TO wrong.
sno neaPing insult upon robbery and |
traudi royalty corrupt 10 the very beart
- aristocracy rotten TO the core. crime
and want linked hand in hand and
tempting men 70 deeds Of woe add death
these are a part Of the doom and ,be
fsiribaiion that shall come upon the