Litchfield enquirer., 1844-01-11
REVOLUTIONARY SERMON.


foreign oppressor We have SIT, night after night,
beside the camp FIRE; we have together heard the
roll Of the reyeille, which calls us TO duty or the,
beat Of the TATTOO, which gave the signal for the har
dy sleep Of the soldier, with the esrs Cor his bed,
and the knapsack for his pillow,
And now, soldiers and brethren, Wehaye met in
the peaceful valley on the eve Of battle, while the
sunlight is dying away behind sy6hdef heights, the
sunlight that to-morrow morn, VIII thinner ON
scenes of blood, We have met amid The whiten-
ing tents Of our encampment IN time Of terror and
Of gloom have we gathered together God grant it
! may not be for the last time.
II 10 solemn moment Brethren, does not the
solemn voice Of nature seem to echo the sympathes
Of the hour The flag Of our country droops heav-
lily from yonder staff the breeze has died away along
| the green plain of Chadd's Fofd--the plain that
spread before us glittering in the sunlight--the
heights Of the Brandywine arise gloomy and grand
beyond the waters Of yonder slream-all nature
holds pause Of solemn silence, on The eve Of the
| uproar Of the bioodshed and strife Of tomorrow
1 They that take the sword shall Perish with the
sword
And have they not taken the sword
Letthe desolated plain, the blood -sodden valley,
the burning house, blackening ia the sun, the
sacked village, and the rayagcd town. answer-let
the whitening bones Of the buiehered farmer
strewn along the fields of hs homestead, answer
lettha starving mother with herhahe clinging to
the witlered breast that can aliora no sustenance
let her answer, with the deathrattle minglng with
the mnrmurng tones, thar mark the last struggle
Itwas but day past and our land slept in the
quiet oipeacs. war was ny nere--vrong was not
nefe FRAUD ana Wo, ana misery ana want, dweIt
not among Us. From the eternal solitude Of the
green woods arose re bl1e smoke q me settlers
CABIN. ana golden heids OF corn iookea'iofth from
music Of human voices awcke tho silence Of the
forest.e
Now, God OF mercys behold the change: Under
the shadow Of protect. Under the sanity Of the
name of God, invoking the kedeelqef to their aid,
do these foreign hirelings clay our people, They
thrcng oiT towns, they darlseA euE plains a,d now
they encompass our posts On the appely plain Of
Chadds Ford. Y. a .s !. s.sst
" They that take the sword ahail perish by the
sword. n N VI. " Sy \. gsAsss s2l
Brethren, think me not unwo!thy Of belief when
tell you she doom oiLne BRUSH smear Think
me not VAN, whenl teL YOU that beyond the clouds
tbat now enshrouds us, see gathering, Thick and
fast, the darker cloud and the blacker storm Of Dir
vine retripuuon
they may conquer us tomorrow. Might and
wrong may prevail, ana we may De driven from TINS
held-out the hour OF Gods own vengeance will
come
Ay, IN the vast solitudes OF eternal space, If in
the ncart OF the nounaiess fherc throbs the
Deing oi an awui tsod, 70 ayenge, and sure TOD
punish guilt then Wall !he man George q Bruins.
wick, called King. feel in his brain and his heart
the vengeance OF the eternal Jehovah A blight
Will be upon MS iiie--a wtiiered BRAIN and accur-
sed intellect "a blight will PC upon his children,
a1a On nis people 1seattsod now dread the pun
isnment: .#
A crowded popuiace, peophng the dense towns
wnere the man Oh money tnrsves wnile the laborer
staryes want striding among the people IN all
It's forms OF terror an ignorant ana Gcd-defying
o.S over Ms ises l q millions
proud ana mefciiess nooiiiy adaing wrong 70
wrong, ana neapihg Insult upon ropoery ana iraud
royalty co,rupt % tne very nearl ,ne aristocracy
lotIen 70 the coIe cElme anu want nnked nana In
naho' ano tempting men 20 aeeos OF wo ana deaIn-
tnese are part o. the doom ana tne retr,outlon
tnat comes upon Ine Ehgiish throne ana the En-
glisn people!
scioierS-i icok around upon your mmlIar faces
VIZ, VIII a, strange ln.efss tomorrow morning we
VIII an 30 lortn 70 'ne pa..le-.oF neea tel you
that your unworthy minister will march with YOU,
ihv0king 1o1 arc IN tne hgnt-we Wal nafcn
Ioun 70 patIe: Neea exno,s vow 20 nghs, tnc
COCO ngn.' 20 ngnt iof your nomcsseaos' ios your
wives ana chii1fen
nay friends, might urge you 10 ngnt by the
gaining memories Of BRUSH wrong. mai.on-l
gnt Is.i Wv q youi iatnel . tne z.
Iencc o. sne hIgHt On inc P,ains irenton, m!gnt
PlctuEe nls glay nalls uaoDlcu ~ D'oSn mlsh1
ring ms Geatn snriek ~ your cass. one,n're-i
might teil YOU Of Dutcne.eo motneF, ana slster
outraged the lonely farmhouse, me hight assault
the rooh IN names the Shouts y s.e troopers az
they dspatcned !nelr vlcums' we cfies Ior mercy
inc PiSauIngs q mnocen:s lor ply.s !. gna PANT
tns an Y ING yislo coOIs ~ is
any = Inought your courage "ssueu sue" WHO
~ mt vo,, 49,. ..ro,~ !, N. ,,;.ht If The
Lord Won will march forth to battle on the NOR.