Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-01-28

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! but apos'atizing angels, if any, will receiv
the spirits Of wholesale murderersl Tn,
1 traveller as he walks down tho lofty aisle OF
81. Paul, cannot fail to notice the monument,
: falgar. II is but recently we read with OUT
4 W eyes on a monument IN an nTihodoA
/, Church 40 the christian patriot and SOL
dier, who fell gloriously defending his coun-
d try in the Seminole war" That most wick
ed Of all wars
The example uf the Jews has long been
Il used to prove the righteousness Of war; but
$ why should we, living under the gospel dis
. pensation, 20 back to the types and shadows
!, Of a nation just emerging from the depths of
lJciatrous heathenism, for lessons Of human.
itv, when all the true men Of that nation were
pointing to a coming lime in which the
Prince Of Peace should reign and the nations
should learn war no more! Would the mil.
itary men Of the present day be willing to
adopt the military tactics and usases Of the
lavish nation! Go ask Gen. Scott on the
eve OF bombarding Vera Cruz, TO Law aside
his cannon balls and bomb-shelIs, and make
use OF the means employed by Caleb and
Joshua In taking the city Of Jericho, What
answer will you getl Away with such
nonsense, talk not to me in this refined age
OF gunpowdera and bomb-shells, Of encompass
Ing a city seven days with rams horns =
No, no. seven hours of bombarding will do
the work. ! will give the women and chill
dren eight hours 10 leave tue city, and if
they choose to remain with their hus-
bands, fathers, brothers and sons. why
let them meet the death they richly deserve /!
Tomorrow is the Christian Sabbath and
while we are throwing our bomb.shells, and
they ara destroying helpless women and chill.
dren, our deeds will be marked with pride
by our country! Honorable mention will
he made of us in the assemblies of the saints!
Prayers will ascend to the God Of battle for
the success Of our arms; aud That IA peace
honorable to our nation may be concluded ;
and that 1t may be the means of extending
the Gospel to the b%enighted Mexicans."
Alas, unhappy Mexico! once before hast
thou been conquered in the name Of Christi
anlty, and been made to drink the bitter
dregs Of suffering drained from the chalics Of
The Church in the very presence of the con.
secrated Host! Too long have attributes be.
to heather deities alone, been ascri.
bed to the true God. Who that is CONVEX.
SAINT with the wars Of the Crusaders of the
isabella Of Spain, the wild fanatic,
oliver Cromwell, or that between the Cath
olics and Hugueno,s does not know tina,
when excited by religious enthusiasm, its
fury knows no bounds. The cry of ..,he
sword of the Lord and Gideon or, q. Arise
Oh Lord and let thine enemies be scattered,
has overcome difficulties almost insurmoun.
table. The wild shouts Of God and our
native land" has urged on thousands TO VIC
tory and death.
All wars emanato from the dark passions
OF men. The same spirit that prompted Cath
arine Mediees after the fata! massacre of ST. /.
Bartholomew, 10 repair with her court in SOL
emn procession 10 Notre Dame, and chant a
grand lie Deum in praise to Almighty God
for his and her deliverance from their enc
mics, prompted The British nation the past
years, after numbering the unhappy Seiks, to
repair 10 the different churches and chanel,
throughout the kingdom and on their Blended
knees insult the Majesty on High by offering
him the bloody sacrifice due to Mars alone
The same spirit inspired an orthodox Cler.
gyman in Boston, after hearing Of a battle in
Mexico, TO publicly thank the Lord, that the
national feeling had been gratifed by the
news of victory and the same spirit led
Gen. Scott 10 ask Of this nation ia our recent
thanksgiving not to forget the success of our
army in Mexico.
In contrast with this how subiimelv great
appears the conduct OF Napoleon in PROMO
sing to erecta Temple, not to Christianity,
bat 10 Glory, on which shoyld be inscribed
on tablets of marble the names of those who
were present at the battles of Marengo, Aus
terlItz and JenO and on tablets of mossv
gold the names OF those who had fallen in
those memorable conflicts. Within were IN
be deposited the arms, statues, standards and
colors taken by the Grand Army. Every
year a great solemnity was to commemorate
these days. Before this immense pile could
the veterans Of France kneel and offer nm A.,
their hearts ablutions-here could ,hey re.
count the tolls and sufferings Of each cam
paign-as they gazed upon the bloody tro-
plies OF Hoilenlinden and Austerlitz, thew
could recall the time when their thunders
were music in their ears-in Imagination
they were again in the very heat of the con-
test urging on to the murderous charge, amid
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