Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-10-29
Ercm sae Philadelphia Saturday Courier
The March through the Wilderness.
From LlpPARD'< Lectures on the Ro
nance IF tho Revolu,iun.

There vas a day, my friends, when some
Italian peasants, toiiinS in the vineyards Of
| their cloudess cline. beneath the shadow of
/ these awful Alps, that rise &c 60 the very
| Heavens ran in terror 10 the village Priest,
| begging him TO pray for them, for the end OF
the world vas coming.
| The Priest calmly enquircd the cause Of
| all the clamor Soon the mystery was cx-
| plaiued. Lo~king up into the white ravines
, Of the Alps, the peasants had seen an army
coming down-emersing from tlat awful
wilderness of snow and ice, where the ava
iauche alone had spoken for ages-wi,h can
mons, and plnmes. and banners, and little
man in grey riding coat in their midst.
That little man was ma med Napoleon Bo-
| napartc-a YOUNG MAN, who one day was
| starving ia Paris for the want Of dinner,
and the next held France in the palm of his
hand
That was great deed, the crossing of tho
| Alps. BY the young man, Napoleon, but
will now tell you a nobler deed, done by the
Patriot, Benz DICT ARNOLD.
In April l775, that man Arnold stood he.
hind counter, mixing medicines, FASTING
labels on phials, and putting poisons in their
places. :,
In May, the Druggist Arnold stood beside
stout Ethan Allen, in the gate Of conquered
Ticondcrosa.
In September, the soldier Arnold was on
his way to Quebec, through an unirodden
deses, OF three hundred miles.
One night, the young Commander Wash
ipston safe in his tent at Cambridge, near
Boston, with his eye fixed on the map of Ca.
NADIA, and his finger laid on that spot mark
cd QUEBEc.
While thus employed a soldier stood by
his side.
"Give me two thousand men, General
said he, sand will take Quetec."
Washington answered this with look OF
incredulous surprise.
"Taree hundred miles Of untrodden will
derness are 10 be traverSed, ere you can OBJ
tain even a glimpse Of the rock OF Quebec
"Yet will go" was the firm response o.
the soldier.
"But there are rocks, and ravines, anc
dense forests, and unknown lakes. and i'm
passable eataracts in the way" answered
Washington; and then the cold Of winter
will come on; your provisions will fail
vour men will be starved or frozen to Death
Still that soldier was firm.
aGiye me two thousand men, and viii
gom
Do YOU mark the bold brow-the clear
dark eye-the determined lip of that soldier!
Do you behold the face Of Washington-ut
terly unlike your vulgar pictures OF the mar
each outline moulded by high resolve
the eye cleaning chivalry. the brow rasian
with the light Of geniusS
That soldier was Benedict Arnold.
Washington took him BY the hand, and
bade him go!
ayes, 60 through the wilderness. Attacl
and possess Quebec. Then the annexation
of Canada will he certain; the American
name will embrace Continent. Go! ant
God speed you on your journey"
Did that great truth ever strike yon p
Washington did not fight for Hall. Ameri
O.. or a Piece-America, but fcv The Cont
nent. the whole Continent. His army VIII
not called the American, but the CONTISEN
rAL army. The Congress vas not entitle
American, but CONTINENTAL. The yer
currency was CONTINENTAL. In one wort
Washington and his cOmpatriOts were i'm
stressed with the belief thai God had give
lhe whole Continent % the Free. Therefor
be gszeA upoa the map Of Canada. There
IGsss, psessiag AEaOld's ham, Be 4baAe biz
God speeai 's.s
And he did 50. Yes, look yonder on th