Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-09-11

ne uretni on tbe oouthcfn tide Wss
worse than the ascent. A lfe,ziog wind
had hatdenrd the snow Into erus, 30 that
II frequently bore the soldiers Their bay
onc's were thrus, into II TO keep them from
vginc and the weary and worn creatures
wcrs compelled TO struggle every step to
proven, b.ing horne away over the prcci.
piec' that almost n omsntarily stopped their
passage. Yet even this preeauiioo was
oittn VOID. Whole eompshits would b..
cir to slide together and despite every effort
would sweep " th n Wild shrek over The
edge Of The prceipiee, and disappear IN the
un,rodIcn gulf below Men saw their
comrades, by whose side they had Tough, 10
many battle, shoe, one ahct another over
the dizzy virgo, striking with their bayo.
nets Ms they went 10 STAY their progress. -
The beast Of burden slipped from above nd
rolling down on the ranks below, sho, a.
way in Wild confusion, men and all, into
the chssm that yawncd a, their feet.
As they advanced, The enemy appeared
around on the procipces, pouring a scatter.
I'd vet destructive fire into the Struggling
multitude. Such sight these Alpine soil.
] 'uh't ut'tt sHW. wi WufEU uIUlN
ever mad before. In looking at this pass
the traveller canno, believe an army OF
twenty. -four thousand men were marched
over 1t through the fresh snow two feet
deep. For FIVE days they struggled amid
these gorges and over these ridges, and f.
naIIy reached the Rhine and Jlanz. For
months after, the vullurc and the eagle hov.
e'cd necessarily along the line of march,
anI 'he beasts Of prey were gorgcd ~ith
dead bodies. nrly eigh, thousand men
lay scattered along the glazer. and rocks
and pi,d in The abyss, and The bones of ma.
ny an nnburiod soldier NAV still be seen
bleaching in the ravincs ofihe Jeuser.
No christian Of phIlnnlhropis stood on a
battle field without mnrmurng over the raw
age. o. war, and asked himself when that
day wou' come when mrn would beat th,ir
swords into pruning hooks Yet the evil
is moi fell in o It's dreadful reality Thu
movements Of the armies--lhe tossing Of
,he'plnmes-,hs nnroling OF bunners--,hc
STIRRING strains Of martial music-,he char.
ainc Of squadron. md the might and mag
! ni6ccnec of grca, battle field, disturb The
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sympathy u he wishes the feelings Of
horror and disgust in their full strength
and his ,enr' to flow ,unres;rained, let him
90 into the solitude and lonlne.s Of nature,
and see where her poor bosom has been dis
figured by the blood OF her children. Let
him sec his fellow beings fall by thousand,
no, amid the upronr and cxci,cmcn, of bat
tie. but under eXbaustalon, heart sickness,
and despair. Let bin behold the rnnks ".
ing down, one inter another under the last
disc engagement, TO die, while their com
rodes march mourniully and silently by
There is cold bloodedncss, a sort OF saw
age malice tbout this that awakens all til,
iel'station Of the humrn bosom.
Ye, the Russian could do no better
The scourge Of nations had driven him in
to the strait The crime md judgment be
longed TO Bonaparle, who thus drecil,
and indirectly crowded his generation int
the grave. Suwarrow's act was that Of
brave and resolutc man. The nation mus
, submit 10 the ambition and tyranny Of
single man. or resist him with the loss @
life, blood, and all The horrors Of war.