Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-11-23

squa0rons INTO tne AIT. 10 1Shall they
come. oh master, shrieking fro11 red bat
tie field, to people thy dark dos;sions.
Scarcely, mid applause had The fierce Mo-
Loeb ended his speech, when Belial arose the
fairest seeming, but witbal n(5tssubtlest Of
of the fallen potcntates. Gaeful in form
and movement, and Of most pspsive aspect
eloquent in speech:
ITO make the worse appcaSA&
The better reason and perplex nd dash,
Maturest counsels for his thor!l were low
To vice industrious, but to nobld1leeds
Timorous and slothful-yet, he pleased the air.
And thus be spake: Let me, the spirit Of
Discord, rule the Earth. for without me, war
could never be. Twill spread all false reports.
and set every man against bis neighbor, and
darken the counsels Of the nations. till anar-
chy, and confusion, and hatred shall arise and
Gil the whole earth. viii point the tongue
Of the slanderer as serpent's tooth, and set
his heart on fire Of hell. will be the author
of all evil counsels. and false witnessiDgs, and
fraud and secret malignity till even good
men, prosecuted and torn, shall doubt and de-
ny that Jehovah reigns, and die Disappearing
to come and dwell forever with the damned.
Let the dominion OF the Earth be mine, oh
master, and thy realms shall be peopled with
the souls of men.
Then Mammon rose,
aThe meanest, and least erect
Of all the spirits. that fell from heaven"
who would not heed the glories DER his head
but on the golden payements at bis feet for
ever gazed,
Listen unto me, 0 Satan, for thou knowest
my power upon the souls of men. Give me
dominion over them and hell shall never be
empty / will make men lunatis and fools,
and send them through polar SHOWS and tor
rid burnings. to dig in the holes and corners
of the earth, mid savage beast, and men
more savage, for few handfuls Of yellow
dust So intent shall they be, sitting and
grasping the paltry orc, that they shall forget
the starry crowns that heaven offers them !;
and fever and famine shall come and sweep
them like chaf from the threshing floor, to
the great burning. Aud even before their
corpses are fairly stiffened, their companions
shall gather like vnltures, to fight and cash
each other for the gold which the dead hath
left |, too, will sharpen the assassn's knife,
and help on the robber and the burglar All
ties, however strong or holy. will break. and
teach men to come and worship me- though
the path to my altar shall be over bleeding
hearts, noble aspirations, and all els, that
gives charm to the life of man., At my
command, shall that glorious race, who were
created "erect. to look upon the stars blot
the divine signet Of high intelligence from
their brows. and fetter and confne their
mighty spirits till they become dwarfs, that
they may do my bidding. will whisper in
the ear Of the young maiden. in the pride Of
her beauty, and straight way shall she forget
her plighted VOWS to the youth who loves her
and leave him heartbroken to die and though
sickened with disgust, she shall go to the al
tar, and wed the grey haired wretch who hath
heaped up gold. Nay. men shall bow down
and do him reverence, and call him wise, and
good and great, though every piece of gold
he owns is stained with blood, or wrung from
the hand Of want by cruelty and oppression,
The possessor Of gold shall himself become
infatuated, and a. midnight shall steal from
his bed on tip-toe, and looking cautiously
around in fear of robbery, shall open his iron
chest and count over each glittering coin
and hug it to dis heart and worship it. Sc
shall he live curse to his fellows and tc
himself, and when the death angel comes, he
shall clutch the yellow dross in bis skinny
hands, and die, and come with all my vota.
ries, and make his bed in hell.
Thus spake Mammon, and as be paused
Satan "grinned horribly, CHASTITY smile
upon bis servant.
Then up rose the fierce Apollyon, the De
stroyer, and spake thus
o thou Arch-r ruler Of the damned, lister
unto me! The volcano, the avalanche, ths
earthquake, the pestence and famine are
mine. Be it mine to rule the Earth. | will
pour down boiling lava from the mountain
tops, burning up the fruits Of the earth, and
overwhelming the thronged cities. with al
their wealth and people in the twinkling of at
eye. will hurl the avalanche from the gla-
cier's crest, upon the slumbering village;
will dry up the springs and send hail and
blight and mildew upon the fields; and strong
men and women and tender children, shall &c
forth, and creeping under the lealess hedges
shall faint and die of famine. will send the
earthquake, and be shall smack bis numb
ling lips" when be swallows up city--and