Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-12-20

ana plan the midnight hre and assasslna-
ton. I will plunge my victims into the
prisons and poor-houses, sleeping them
in poverty and wretchedness 10 the very
lips. / will cast forth their families to
want and wintry winds, and the babe
shall perish in its mothers arms, with
its tears frozen in ice drops upon her
bosom. will point the. dagger of the
husband against the heart Of his wife,
and her blood shall stain the cradle of
his children. / will turn the sons knife
against the fathers throat, and his grey I,
hairs shall drip with gore! Where war
and vengeance are, there will | rouse
their fury to ten-fuld rage, and blot from
the soldiers heart the last vestige Of hu-
manity The incendiary's torch shall
be my banner, the cracking flames of
burning villages and the shrek Of muir
dereG innocence-4the music ofmy march.
81 will prepare the way for the pesti-
lence, and open to his ravages the gates
Of a million dwellings, which, without
my aid, he could never have entered. II
will spread famine and disease even in
lands of plenty and health; and will seal
up the eyes of all my victims so that they
shall not see nor know-and the next
plunge is into perdition.
81 will coil myself in the seeds and
fruits Of the earth,--in the grain sheaf,
and the hanging grape cluster. The
fierce five shall urge me (nothing loth)
from my hiding place, and shall think
that they thus triumph over me, but
from the bubbles of the mocking wine
cup, will sweep whole continents of
their inhabitants, and give 'woes and
sorrows and wounds without a cause
to the whole race Of man. Yet whoso-
ever is wounded by me, shall seek me
as hid treasures, to be wounded vel a.
gain Let Jehovah send forth from his
bosom, spirits as pure as the snowflake,
10 dwell in earthly bodies II will seek
them out, and plant within their hearts
: an unquenchabIe FIRE that shall consume
them; and the cherubim shall watch
, long for their return at heavens gate,
but they shall never again look upon
their Father in Heaven! The student
at his books, the mechanic at his toll,
the laborer athis plow, will | destroy and
none shall stay me. will coil myself
: in the brain of the sea captain, and seal
up his eyes; and his vessel and all on
board shall be engulphed, and the bones
of the mariner whiten the bottom of the
; ocean. will be the omnipresent curse
. of humanity None so high or so low
but he shall feel my bloody hand. I
will take the sons Of the kings, and the
: mighty men and the chief captains, and
: the great ones of the earth, and mangle
, them with dishonest wounds--strip them
5 tof wealth, fame, life itself, and fill their
e last hour with torture and when every
| nerve shrieks out with agony, / will o.
! pen to their startled gaze the horrors Of
e the pit in which plunge them forever /
e "Yet this is not all. ] know that ye
i will laugh (if fends can laugh) when |
e tell you that / will SO manage, that man
q kind shall all along thinkme their friend
! will cone unto them as an angel Of
1 light. The physician shall invoke my
$ aid in sickness, and men shall never be
Il so merry as in the presence oftheir dead
!, lest foe will be at the wedding feast,
d the source Of Joy; and at the funeral
e gathering, the solace Of their sorrow. ]
Z will fix nv burning eye upon men, and
let etfascinate them, aid bind them in indis.
soluble fetters yet shall they shout thai
At they are free, while they dance like man.
e lacs to the music Of their own chains
ID viii bind upon their brows the iron crown
le Of suffering. burning with hell-fre, tha
L shall scorch and scar their inmost sou
q and heart and brain yet shall they fal
2 down and worship me, and for my sakt
1t part with houses and lands and gold ans
silver and wife and children. and hop,
e. and heaven! He Ahat would shun m,
shall find his belrayerin bis own bosom
I; and where this sufices not 10 deslro,
q him, he shsll struggle alone against nil
OF lions, and every custom and usuage o
n the world, and every temtation that MAJ
ID can set before bis fellow, shall help M
toshis ruini Though it is.my mission 4
ne torture and destroy the whole race Q
d. Adam, yet will so mix with their bu
n siness, their pleasures, and their dali,
!; ;Ehabits, SO hattel and delude their stupi
w senses, that they shall pronounce me
nd Good Ckeatufe, nay Creature of God
U Yea the kings and governments Of tn
y earth shall declare my existence a put
n, IiIc Blessing, and pass laws for my pre-
ny teetion and that Of my eAissaries Will
I'VE walk the earth, decimating its inhat
III, itants, and tumbling them into hell Y.
ey shall The nations glory In the wisdom I
IS. their rulers, and turn deaf ear to Ii
ms wall anguishkhat fills the earth. AM
an Iexulting in the inspiration Of the pit. tng
dy to 'mockery all who shall oppose me-
Ige 0ftenlimes. too. win wrap myself j
Sc, the spotless robe of religion. and n
ere chosen stronghold shall be in the temp
vii! ofthe Most High and man shall dee
me Il sacrilece 10 molest me Id nv Wo