The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-05-30

never lost note to settle and question
of disputed .orri'ory Ia mid air Hear
u the nigh, ~,nds sigh, which have
tainted beneath the burdens they have
borne from scenes uf human Buichcry
Hear II whisper the summer trcc1es
"h'-h 20 ont wooing the blushing
t'oseri u every zone, Aud sing the
saine sus,2o of love over boundaries which
! alone make enemies of nations Bend
your ear TO the lily and the rose. and
hear ii there for the gentle spiri, of
tie human flowers is the breath Of au-
gels and il comes up from every daisy
thai lifis It's yellow petal. 10 the stars !;
aud pleads the divinity of this lesson, --
Read it. for j, is the autograph Of every
( sunbeam, written at dawn and dcwy eve
on every inch OF the frmamen, above
Every rain drop distilled from the Ocean
that patters against your window. or
g,i'iers on the rose beneath, is sent to
you with this special message flovc.
Then there are other voices, which
| couE up W whispered wailings. rs
from land u spirits. signing. Hear
II Almost every inch Of ground in
Europe is blnshins with the blood Of
some Murdered Abel, which smells
rank 10 heaven and cries TO God
against the Cain-like profanity Of the
man who Stays his brother. The bones
o! fathers, sons, husband. and brothers,
which were gathered up from the plains
OF Waterloo, and burned and ground to
lime and sold to the farmer by the cask
to manure his iield,--thcsc ha,oc voices
which plead like angels ttumpct-iong
ued against the deep damna,ion Of their
taken off" Mountains in.erposcd made
them enemies and they rushed into
deadly combat and cleft each others
hearts to gain the Immortality Of human
glory which was promised them for
aping fends. Like kindred drops they
had mingled into one, were it not for
this blood phantom which summoned
them to the field Bu, they mingled at
lat, the Brit,on, and the Gaal and the
| Austrian mingled their blood in one
huge drausht for the thirsty earth,
which blushed as she drank i, in, he.
cause she knew il was human. The
ponderous millstones mingled their
bones in one common dust and the farm
cr mingled their obstinate na,ionali,ics
n, every handful Of the pulvcriscd hu-
maui'y which hc scattered upon his field.
Costly dust Gods images ground Ia
powder. lie peaceful by the tender
blade of the growing corn for ye have
half attained the honor of resurrection
% be ruiscl from the battle field even
10 this base use. Lie still and slumbcr
in peace IL, the winds of heaven weep
sw.ciiy over yon, and the evening re
phyrs whisper rs they pass by, that God,
angels and men had rather ye should
bear spears Of grass, and blades of corn,
than mnrderous spears Of steel, and
blades and bayoncts to butcher men,
/ Sleep on let no malignant, spirit breathe
! on you but lei Ter the angel whose care
il shall be TO wake you to "A new exist
ance, keep watch over your desecraied
dust, and point mankind to your lowly
bed (; and then TO that eternal truth
written in characters Of living light a.
cross the heavens
Godhah made IF one blood al nations
cfmen'
Christians look upward. Do you
| see that hand writing on the wall of
heaven: Can you not read it? Is it
not fairly writ Come, all yc Bclshaz
zcrs Of the earth - come look there for
ye can read it without Daniel. The
Son Of God himself has translated it in
to the language Of the human heart, and
every thing that can sing Of love, or
love to sing has sent that trnth to the
soul music Of its exisiancc. Ay. read
il and ,rcmLle for it is The I" .Nene Ie-
kei, tpharsin," Of your wanton empire
over the d,siinies Of men. Has il made
you tremble on your thrones TO recog-
nize the political existence Of one small
nation what will ye do when all nations
Of men shall rise up in the nigh, and
majesty Of their hcavcn-created broth
crhood. and summon you TO recognize
the blood Of their sanguini,y'
One Nood and one Jrotherhood : was
the capital idea proclaimed by the great
Apostle to the Geniiics, in the ears Of
the coid-hearted skelaics, and philoso.
piers and reyilersof Athens. The silence
Of centuries has stilled those inspired
lips, and sealed the ears Of that cavil.
in5 audience. The corroding breath Of
time has melted away the marble tenn
pie Of mems hands, TO which The bold
seUer-fortL Of strange doctrines pointed
the multitude when he uttered the sub
/ line revelations Of the unity Of human
ity. Bu, ,hn, great truth lives on, beat.
ing its strong and laien, life.beats in the
great heart OF human nature sending
/ out into the minutea veins OF the body
corporate Of mankind the vital currents
Of common sympathy. !, lives on, in
every line Of natures music warbled by
brook, or bird. or breeze pearling with
heavens own smile Of love, every rain
drop and every dew-drop that dis'ils up
on the jus, and the unjust. ], lives on
every inch of sca and dry land, and
in the green, giaidening sylsbles of Gcd's
lcnevolenoe. Every tree and plant, aud
ha,l~ ,6 ey.rn thzt s.rxt.{uiIv ct.-,,s AZ.