The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-03-07


They may conquer Us Tomorrow. Might
and wrong may prevail and we may be
driven from lbis field bul The hour Of Gods
own vengeance will come!
Aye, if in the vast solitude Of eternal
space, if in the heart of the boundess uni
verse, thero throbs the being Of an awful
God, quick to avenge and sure to punish
guilt then will the man George Brunswick,
called King, feel in his b;ain and heart, the
vengeance Of the eternal Jehovah! A blight
oiil be upon his lfe--a wiiheied brain and
an accursed Intellect; blight will be upnn
his children and Oh his people. Great God
how dread the punishment
A crowded populace, peoPling the dense
towns where the man of money thrivss
while the laborer starves; want siridiug a.
mong the people in all its forms OF terror;
an ignorant and God defying priesthood
chuckIing over The mlseries of millions: u
proud and merciless nobility adding wrong
10 worng, and hesping insult upon robbery
and fraud, royalty corrupt TO the very hearl
and aristoclacy rotten to The core, crime and
want linked hand in hand, and tempting
men to deeds of woe and death-th>ss are
part OF the doom. and reiribution ,hs, is tr
come upon theEnslsh throne and he Eng
Iish people!
SSoiders-I look around upon your ia
,niliar faces with strange interest! To-
morrow morning we will go forth to the
ba,tle-fOr need tell you that your nn-
worthy minister will march forth TO balte!
Need | exbori you 10 Gghi the good fght,,o
'lfght for your homesteads for your wives &
childreo!
q My friends, | nigh, urge you to fgh. by
the calling memories of Brush wrongs. -
: Wallonl migh, tell you OF your fq,he
: butchered in the silence of The night on sht
1 plains of TreAIor, | might picture his grey
2 hairs dsbbed in blood. | might ring hi
I lealh shrek ia your ears. SAelmire-
: might tell you Of a bucheIed NO her, and
/ sister outraged, the lonely farmhouse, tn,
nIgi,t assault, the roof in flames. the shoul.
If The troopers as they despatched their vic
uims. he cries for mercy and The pleading,
4 Il innocence for ply. mish, pain! lbl.
al again, in The vivid colors OF The terrible
resIily,i thoughsyouG &C olyage ueaded sucl
wild excitement.
But know you are strong in the mighl
of The Lord. You will march forth to bat
lie or tho morrow with light hearts snd lie,
'ermined spIFis, through the solemn duty
-'he duty of aVengiOs the dead--mGy res
heavy on yoar souls.
Aud in lhe hour OF battle whsn all around
in darkness lit by The lurid canon glare, ,and
he piercing muskel flash, when The
wounded slrew the gronnd and tho dead
liter y0ur path, then Geme ember soldiers,
that God is with you, The eternal Coz
lights for you-hs rldss on lho 5aiiIe.clou,
he sweeps onward with tie march of thu
hurricane charge.-Gol The awful and in
finite, fights for yoo, and you will triumph
They that take The sword, shall! perish
by tho sword
Il You have taken the sword, bu! not in
he spirit Of wrong or ravage. You hsv'
taken the sword for truth and juSuce lnC
bright, and to you the promise is--be o
good cheer, FOR your foes have taken tn
Il 4word in defiance of all Ina, men hold dea
F IA blaophemy OF GOd-they shall perish b
{ Tho sword.
t And now, brelhern and soldiors,I b! 80
IT all fare well. May o. US may fall in th
: battle Tomorrow. God test the souls {
! The fallen many Of ul may live TO tell Ia
,! story OF the fight tomorrow, and IN n
{ memory of al! will ever test Sai linger II
e quiet scene Of This su,umnai night.
n SoIemn twilight advances over the vale
9 he woods on the opposite heights fh
" heir long shadow over the green of II
y meadows; around Us are The tents OF Il
continental host. the suppressed hustle
'h The camp, the hurried tramp Of the soIdie
to and fro among The tents, The stiffness a
e. awe that marks the eve Of battle.
sh When we meet again may the shade
allI of ,,,,l;ob, bo N,nn o,or ,,aooaf,,l I,.J