Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-06-24

The following article would never have ap-
peared before the public, were il not for the |
dastsrdIy attack OF some individuals on INV |
literary character. Il was delivered at an ex- |
hbition in West Alexandria on the 18th Of
Sept. 1913, and as there was only a short
space OF time allowed Tor the delivery of each
speech-namely twelve minutes. 1 was of
necessityobliged to be as oratoricsl aud ford
in point OF Imagery and sentiments as the
seriousness OF the subject would admit Of
In what perverted and mutilatcd form il
came before the public discriminating com
munity can at once perceive. by comparing
with The present one. the speech pslmed up
on the people as mine, & which was publish
ell in the Wheeling Times on the 2nd OF De-
cember lS45.
And now, MIR. Biitor, permit the TO make
lew remarks relative to the talents, moral
character, and standing, of the ILLUMINATE, y
who have undertaken the arrangement and
amendment OF speech purpurting TO be a
production OF mine, in making the obscrva-
tions, however, which l may have occasion
to make. wishit TO be literally understood
that they do not proceed from a spirit Of vim
dictiveness, or retaliation, but come from
heart justly incensed by an mprovoked, un-
merited, and malicious outrage-In consc-
quence Of which consider il my imperative
duty to inform the community that-tAis is
not an isolated deed, but the exciting cause
by its bringing to a focus that those organiza-
tons which have been in existence for years.
IN the exhibition Of all the contemplate and
neiarious articles and surmises that could
have been engendered in the hellish forge OF
phrensied envy and puerile malice. They
have never dared TO assail my character, be
cause there is more tangibility to call to an
account; and punish the imp acher of it than
there is in any mans public character "when
like moral pestilence before their breath,
the healthy blooms and shoots of social Joy
and happiness decoyed." And now a word
to you news mougers, and underling emissa-
ries OF Satan, and 10 you gulled and transport
ed leaders, who knowingly lent yourselves as
kind Of devilish toolism to blast the infiu.
ence OF those powers Of mind upon which,
God himself has indubitable claims. In con :
clusion, as duty | owe to myself my friends,
my country and my God. appeal 10 CEN
erous, enlightened and magnanimious, pub
lie, whether you will suffer society thus TO
become degenerate, and corrupt, and have
the inviolable right of yourselves and others
to be bssely and recklessly trampled upon.-
Now | ask by all that is sacred upon earth,
and lappoal with reverence to the high |
court Of heaven for restoration of these pub
lie rights on which you all have claim, and
which have been wantonly, recklessly, and
wrested from one.
WILLIAM THoRNBURGH.
TRIADELPHIA, VA.
HONOR OF GOD.
UnTivalled mystery Of the widest waive |
when the mind in balcony flight never scaled
where the emblazoned Promontories hang high
their dizzy cliffs over the topless Throne with
awful grandeur; where Sersphim, though of
the sublinest wing, never gazed; where the
evergreens hang in eternal verdure on the am
brosial trees that skirted the bowers of omni-
science and omnipnesence, when with efTul-
gence indispensable shone attributes unpar-
ralled-the same which lit up the fires OF the
blazing orbs which roll on with careering glo-
~. Now, as sings the rival Bard, from old
Eternity's mysterious orb was Time cut off
and cast beneath the skies. Bat how shall
we commence any OF these inexhaustibie
themes, when the Honor of God with un-
measured circles had wrapped the Universe
III beaming glory Of inimitable magnaniIhity.
But alnS how soon Appeared the hlackened
tempest, when DishonoT first waited his ma
iiguant vuPors emo1gst che Hievsfchisn Host
when the angry breath of God blew them out
OF Heaven aud tempesiuous storms blew them
down, down TO the dreary regions OF night
Now the boiling cauldrons' urged by the cur.
ling fambeanx as il il would mount up and
envelope IN devastation inevitable the walled
terraces OF the bottomless pit. Now in the
Arch-apostate's soul tumultuous ranked fell
revenge famed by the fiery streams of perdi.
ton and already had began the contest be-
tween tho two principles. the Honor of God
and Dishonor, and the Celestial and Internal
worlds the combatants, the Am aud Satan.
the generallissmos, and this domain the seat
OF war and territory al issue. How puissant
the arms Of the Infinite when he set adrift
this terra hrma by a watery del uge of wrath
that poured upon IL, when sun & moon stood
agh st with fear that next might be their fate
and when he let loose the furious element nm
the devoted plains and mounted in waited
lolds OF luIid fame, and threatened to fire the
kiTmament--ominous Of that cataract of
damnation that should bolt from underneath
The mount Of God, thick as the spangIed lu-
minafies Of The skies add blast them into he'll
But how shall we describe tia terrible cam.
Poigni Were all the golden tongues Of Greece
aud Rome to rise and burst the cerements Of
the tonab and attempt their chorismbian yeI.
ses again; could we unmask the un(athoma.
I bic reveres and vagaries Of Heather Mytho-
lo9y and Immolation's hOrrifc rites,--the "a.
Pune sud carnage OF earlh-devooring wars. the
/ ill-boding harbingers of fsmine and pestilence
sBd drove down TO the kh silly kingdoms of
the dead like..a rolling avalanche. aud cities o.
I Verwhelmed by rocking earthquakes in one
conglomented mass Of ruins, and could Inc
skull paved ocean rise with its raven wing.