Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-12-02
HONOR

'lVlI ulIZl Cii'lS over tuc tcpIeSS inrOnc WIN
awful grandeur, where S,riplim, though of
sublimest wing, never SaLed, where the ever
green hung in eternal verdurc on the ambro-
siIl trees that skirted along the dover of ON
nlscience and Otnhipresence where, with eli
fulgence indispensable, shone attributes UNI
PARALLEL. The sun that lit up the fires of the
blazing crbs which roll on with careering glo-
~ now, as sings the Royal Bard, Old Eternity
Mysterious Orb, was Time, but Of and last be-
meath the skies. But how shall we com
any OF these ncxhaustablc themes. When
honor, with unmeasured circles, had wrapped
the Universe in b%eaming glory OF unledged
magnanimity. But, alas! how soon appeared
the blackened tempest when dishonor first
waited his malignant vapors amongst the Hi
perarch,on Host, and the angry breath of God
blew them out of Heaven and tempestuous
storms pursued them down, down to the drea-
~ regions of night. Now the anaGactivc
chauldrons, urged by the curling fiambeau, as
II II would mount and cnvelope in devastation
inevitable the walled terraces of the bottom
less pit. Now in soul tumuliuous ranked
~ AS'NhHNb huiAliIi ny AIt lcIN StEtdll Ol per-
dition. But already had began the contest
b'tween two principles, the Celestial and the
internal worlds. Ia, complaints the | Am
and Satan the generalisimo and this domain
the seat OF war and the territory at issue. How
pusant the arms of the Internal when he set
adriit this vast Fiery Furnace b. a watery
dcluge OF wrath that poured upon it. When
the sun and moon stood aghast with fear that
next might meet their fate. And when he let
loose the furious element upon the devoted
plains and mounted in waiting folds of livid
lame and threatened to fire the armament
ominous OF that cataract of damnation that
should bolt from underneath the mount of
God, thick, as the SIP angled luminaries of the
skies ana blast them into hell. But how shall
we describe this terrible campaign. Were all
the golden tongues OF Rome TO raise and burst
the cerements OF the tombs and attempt the l.
ambics anew, could we unmask the unfath-
enable mysteries Of Heather Mythology and
horrors attendant on human immolition, and
the rum and carnage OF war, the harbingers of
flmlne ani pcstilence, of cities overwhelmed
by rocking earthquakes in one conglomerated
mass OF ruin. And could the skull. paved o.
cein raise Its raven wings and toll the iuner-
al knel !, and the sound ascend the azure skv
with glazing lightning speed, and its spiral
ounis Chamber up the eternal throne and
rom thence along the enlless range of worlds
where, rustlins In waycrins waves over the
mountain tops of glory. and keep the Uni
yar-a from, ...Al. - -
earth with accumulated force, and then from
pole TO pole, to that slippery edge and down
IT'S rugged declivities, and rumbling alonp
those rivers OF lire aud wailin3 fcnls and lost
spirits crying, "Oh! Injured honor, oh. your
adamantlne bars, crush down upon us with
their unwcildy mountain weight. Becaus,
we Kept thcfires and affairs that smoked for a.
Ses winch soon must end where ambition had
scrambled up the dangcrou 5 sleeps of Fame's
dread mountain top. Stepped in gore and
whitcned with skulls, 10 am%dlgamatc together
the nations OF the earth, to bring about that
which prophets in nightly visions saw. lepions
oil the CELESTIAL Host rising high their cHorns
notes IN songs immortal, comm ,morativc of
Tue mysterious incarnation. When the pIans
ol lhe uJdhead began TO deyelopc, when finite
minds were inadequate to perform the prodi.
gIous icat. For II all mankind were tn hear
one sufficient atoncment and look toward tho
rising arm OF justice and See il flame still
with unmitigated flash, and if all denomina.
ions ana powers ON the iowery plains were
TO be offered up by whole hccatombs. :, that
'la very atoms would crush down with the
weight ana look towards the throne still set
by the gliitcring sword of Justice waviny in
nuTTII circles and nu.xr.rin, ,.- -. o..
the lmpetuOslty oil u tornado pore down IYoou
the Son OF God, that would have plouohed
down the hills OF Heaven and p~reclpiE1teJ
uoWh mo the eddyIng whirl poo.s OF anuibila.
uol, and would have drank dry the surrins
waves oil the burning lake. No wonder If the
sun idsted TO wrap himself in his sable veil
on account OF the heart rcnding scenes Rni
who can relate the recovery of the houor}-
were the mountains plains, aud the valleys.
WINDS trees,and seas landscapes and thunder.
OOi'S' amaze Twin waters and with ovcrwhelm
ing tide OF water shake the towery forest anJ
sweep along the subtcrraneous caverns with
the swiitncss of the winged winds tilt :,
reached the empire OF old nign'. and echo;ng
amongst the shclvy rocks along the Siypia11
shore and then IN It's upward course mil +,
bounded from star To star with The npiditv nj
Il comet, buTying in its CdTecrinp course fla.
expected triumph u OF Honor. aud. a, il oassod
the angelic choir, they swelled still the exult-
lag OF its tiumphal prospect till il reached
the u%niveIsd palrcc, and ]circling round ,br
lofty dome, and u;tcriDg still win a dealcn.
ing roar oil artillery. Eternity Eternity. a.
lone was created for thee and have been fan.
ned by the SPICY bsec1es in toe heavenly shad.
cs long before The Glonnsd lncarnate desr"n.
ded IN riPid flight TO the Patmos isles In rnn,.
mCnlcdtc the tidings Of comingdays yyhrre no.
t~cntate5 severely rocked all ber 61a,fed ,nr,y.
er TO uproot and destroy from to-. l,c. Of IN.
earth the last vesiage Of honor. But ,rb.t
maniac absufdity TO dream Of obliyiati.o and
downing the impcrshable infinite. Thnr,h
nature was moulded into every variety of tSr.
turing instruments that Satanic fepJi.b nal.
tee could devils, but ~ appcas, as well migb,
ito volcanic fires OF Hell nsa and cnwran m.
Pro]'nonioieao JupitcIand tie mlddcn,dele.
tnent flash and fam along tho yaulted roofs