The daily union., 1856-10-24

tmss designing shall have the emerity 10 assam our
homes the wtherng glance Of indignation will inumidae
the wretch who would profit by his brothers ruin.
We who exist in the present era which has produced
ch wonderful results from the growth Of science when
pourshed and cultivated by have our responsibilities
increased where much given, expectations are great Du-
ring Of the and beginning OF nineteenth
century many important events have occurred in science
pobly more than from ths advent OF Christianity to that
perod Revolutions and convulsions OF the greatest Inn
porance have transpred in all Of which man, SO dminu-
live in appearance but evidently Of much Importance has
been the exciting and moving power The revolution oi
the North American people stands prominent In It's I'M
porance and influence The exacons and prosecutions OF
the mother country became nolerabe men resolved 70
resist and assume responsibilities as nation cooly ana
deliberately unprepared except in mind, the long and
heart-rending struggle commemorative yeomanry OF
country uncultvated in the arts OF war, conending
with powerful navies and welappointed and disciplined
troops Faith hope and charity binding the energies oi
determined people struggling for independencefaith IN
the bse OF the righteousness of their cause hope that
Divine Providence would shield and protect the feeble
from the Overwhelming numbers they had to contend
with and charity 10 guide and control their actions -
with such controlling sentiments hardships atgues, and
suferngs were endured through years of constant STRIFE
with the great object always in view No meroenary mo-
tyes ueryed their arms struggle TO relieve peo-
nile from oppression and establish equal rights an object
m Ies mporance might have lost the Every nerve,
avery energy was strained TO its utmost tension pri-
yaton was too great hardship suffering too much to
be endured life itself was without value in the balance
when love of country in the opposite scale deter
minaton a fixed and wcll-baanced mind perVaded the
noo,Ia oil contrbuted according their position
and means Noble of other countries friends Of hu-
mapity having heard of our Efforts suterngs, and fixed
purpose cast their destnes in common cause; they
shared with us the hardships incidental to soldiers life
aggravated by hunger and thirst be endured in the de-
blitatng heat of and chilling blasts OF winter
disease sickness and death were liabilities equal to all
The love of independence and the prospect of establishing
home beyond the reach of the oppressor OF
the vengeance of yant where peace and plenty might
dwell in every cabin and the blessing of conscious rec
tude smooth the path to eternity was their only hope
As warning for all time and all nations the records Of
the days Of terror preserved as exhibited by France IN
her sangunnry and relentless revolution marked with
horrors only to be accomplished by mercurla and excl
table people, having received but understood the
timents and lessons of their eminent Talent and
knowledge uncontrolled and subdued assumed the
troll OF Millions Ihe nrst Violent DoWs aInihiiaeu ueii
guides panic and confusion commenced its work-de
structon indscrmnate all the uries let loose and pas
sion gorging its angry feelings in streams Of human
blood No serried columns to be seen wheeling into
line with banners lying and the war-cry OF God and t
erty ascending to the skies No, it was heaving roll
ing waowing mixed, and uncontrolled mass OF human
beings such only Paris could furnish; woman, gentle
woman, ravng maniac, thirsting for blood-yelng
screaming screeehing and tossing her arms to and fro
already stained with human gore eyebals protrudine
and garing wildly from their bloodstaned sockets witt
features distorted the breast heaving and gasping fol
BREATH and the swollen veins the temples struggling
control the heated fiery blood No distinction Of
known man. uncontrolled in bis rage, forming on,
frghdu disfgured mass reeking in blood with trophies
Of tn cir deeds eIungly held high to be gazed bleed
ing heads fresh from the guillone manged and dragged
through and the rolling, moving mass womens gar
men rent and disregarded their forms colored and mark
ed by mangled trophies tossed and dragged exutngy
over their persons To excel in atrocous deeds Of vic
ence and cruelty to insure the appreciation Of degra
ded nature expressed by howls and screams When rea
son loses her balance fear has not the power to excite
scpreservaton the unearhly yell and din OF the mass
assisted by the accumulation Of garing eyes, expanded
mouths and nostrils blood-staned and hands,
ing and wrngng to and fro parayEed the human mind
that lost her hold and resistance not known
there mind to excite to action despair yielded
ready victims and humanity erased from the human
breast This wreck Of vengeance and glut Of blood
subdued by being robbed of It's exciting object where
there resistance II labor without recompense
when life without value punishment was inflicted
and vengeance lost its object
Fair science durinu the
actively employed in mans behalf she has devised means
70 the ponderous ship at his will without the aid Of
wind tide she has scaled the mountain crossed the
valley and oontended with time and space Her iron
horse with his painting lungs and Gathering hoofs has
ascended the Aleghanies, penetrated their sides and
emerged painting and snortng in erultaon procIaming
peace good WILL and unity Of interests Man has by her
subdued the elements Of storms and empes and pleas
controlled the lightnings fluid and made 1t very
menia answering every beck slightest moton-so obe-
dent and well subdued that time and space are not con-
tons; from the dome Of St. Peters In Rome man may
with his fellow the dome Of the Capitol in
Washington, though face TO face while clouds sbad-
ows and darkness depress part Of the globe light
warmth, and consolation may be radiated in moment
from another thus extending the chain Of unity encom-
pass the human family.
HoRRrBLE oRuELTY-cH1LD BURNED DEAu-The Lock
port IN. ~ Journal of the nth instant says: