Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-10-01
INCIDENT OF BRANDYWlNE.

Of the Revolution. II isa d''col''s" de'
Iliy,rcd on the eve of the battle Of Bran
DIVINE. hy Rev. Joab Tronte, to large
por,ion of thu American soldiers. in the
rresrnce Of General Washington, General
Wayne and other officers Of the army:
Revolutionary Sermon.
"rhey tha,.akc the sword shall perish BY the
! sword"
SOLDIERS AND CouHrRrMEs We
have met this evening, pefhnrs for the
last tmr. We have shared the toll oil
march, the peril Of the fsh:, and the dis
NAV of the retreat, alike we have en-
dntcd tho cold and hunger. the con'ume'y
Of the eternal foe, and the courage of The
foreign oprressot. We have sat, night
after night, beside the campfire; wa
have together, heard the roll Of the rev'l'ls
which called us to duty. or the beat OF the
tattoo, which gave the signal for the
hardy slrep of the soldier, with the earth
for his bed, and the knapssck for his pill.
low. ..........
And now, soldiers, and brethren, we
have me, in this peaceful valley on the
eve Of battle, while the sun light is diving
away beyond yonder heights the sunlight
that Tomorrow morn will glimmer on
scenes Of blood. We have met. amid the
whitening tents OF our encamrment: IN
the time Of terror and gloom have gath
cred ,ore,her,-God grant that it may not
be the last time.
1t is a solemn moment. Brethren, does
not the soemn voice Of nature seem to
echo the sympathies Of the hour! The
flag Of our country droops heavily from
Wonder statI-the breeze has died away
along the green plain Of Chadd's Ford
the plain that spreads before us. glitter.
| ing in sunligh,; the heights of Brandy
wine, arise gloouy and grand beyond the
waters Of yonder stream all nature holds
a pause Of solemn silence, IN the eve OF
uproar, and bloodshed, and strife Of to-
morrow.
"rh.y .l.u, take tle sword shall perish b, the
sword"
And have they not taken the sword?
Let the desola,e plain. the b'ood'sod'
den valley, the burnt farmhouse blacksn'
ins in the sun, the sacked village, and the
ruvasel town, answer; let the whitened
bones OF the butchered farmer, s'fewn
along the fields Of his homestead, answer !;
let the starving mother, with the oaoe
clinginr to the withered breast that can
afford no snstenance, let her answer with
the death rattle minsling with the m''r'
,nuring tones lha, marked the last s,rug-
gle Of her lie; let the mother and babe
answer.
1t was but day past, and our land
slept in the quiet Of peace. War was not
here. Fraud, and woe, and want dwelt
no. among us. From the eternal soli
tude Of the green woods arose the blue
smoke of the settlers cabin, and golden
fields Of corn looked from amid the waste
Of the wilderness, and the glad music o!
human voices awose the silencs Of the
forest.
Now, God Of mercy behold the change.
Under the shadow Of pretext, under the
sancti,y Of the name Of God, invoking the
Redeemer to their aid, do these foreign
hireines slay our people! They wrong
our towns-,hey darken our plains, and
now they encompass our posts on the
lonely plain Of Chaid's Ford.
Brethren, think me no, unworthy OF
belief when tell you tha, the doom OF
the British is very near. Think me not
vain when / tell you tina, beyond the
cloud that now enslirouds us. see gath.
ering thick aud fast, the darker cloud and
thicker storm Of Divine retrbution!
They muy conquer us Tomorrow
Night and wrong may prevail, and wo
may be driven from the field but the
hour OF Gods own vengeance will come !!
Aye, il in the vast soliiudes OF eternal
space, there throbs the being Of on awful
God, quick to avense and sure to punish
guilt, then will the man called George
Brunswick, called King feel in his brain
and heart the vengeance Of the eternal Je.
hovah! A blight will ligh, upon his life
"a wi,Ie,ed brain and al accursed intel.
lcc,: o blight will be upon his children
aud his people. Grea, Col, how dread
the punishment.
a crowded populaee, peoplins the
dense towns where the man Of money
,hriyes, while the laborer s,srves; want
s,riding among the people in all forms OF
terror; al ignoran. and God.def.ing
priesthood chuckling over the niseries Of
millions; q proud and mercless nobility
adding wrong to wrong, aud heaping in
sui, upon robbery and fraud ; royalty cor
.. "a IN. raru hnntl and nriainrrArx