The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-08-22

Interesting fsevolu,,onary Relic.
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Interesting Revolutionary Relic.
WASHINGTON, dug. 10Th, 1857.
hR' EDlToRs VIII you please to oblige an
American wife and mother, by inserting. the en-
closed selection (Which clipped from the " Bati-
note Sun" when ! was ohild.)
The same spirit that actuated me then, prompts
me now 20 senditto you for publication in your
paper (Which read with much pleasure J aud NAV
you saccsed n your noble enterprise, shall ever.
be ny most sincere wish
. These following thoughts were suggested to my
mind upon reperusihg the enclosed article, which
you may publish if you deem them worthy.
Alas have we for whom this prayer was offered
IN the times that tried mems soulsn (and womens,
too,) ceased TO remember our rights as Amcyicsn
JrecaoeaF Asa woman, blush for " the son nasof
the sires of76.n
Are there none left who cherish the spirit thai
sustained them in those days Of uialS If not
then let the wives, mothers and daughters, of
America prove that they revere the memory of
toe women of the revolution, by minglng their
prayers and entreaties TO the God of Heaven. to
aVebge the foul wrong done here in Washington
CITY! FOR 'corse han British foreign hiyeli,,gs
arc az oan aerg doors, oa,' husbanas, fathers and
brothers, hare been btchcred, not by foreign hire.
t'n9s alone, bat By bYoth4r ta'yso,eai Oh women
OIL this mighty land. let US invoke the aid of that
1oo who has said thar they who take the sword
must perish by the sword"
AN AMERICAN WIFE AND MOTHER,
ihefe Wasrecenlly discovered among the papers
0! The late Major John Joab Shosfmyer. on ardent
patriot OF the Revolution the following Interesting
document IL is discourse delivered by die Rev.
Jacon trout, on the evening before the battle Of
DrandyWine, l. 9. on the l1th of September, l777.
II was pronounced before the main body of the
American army, in the presence Of Gen. VI ash
ington, Gen. Wayne, and other distinguished All
GERS OF the-arny.
REyoLUrioSARy SERMON.
lhey thai take the sword shall perish by the
sword"
SOLDIERS AND CoUNTRYaEs - We have met
TINS evening perhaps for the last time. We have
shared the ooil OF the march, the peril ofthe fight
and the diSnay Of the retreat alike we have en-
dured the cold aad hunger, the contumely of the
internM zoe, and the courage of tho foreign op-
prssor' We have sat, night after night, beside
the camp fire; we have together heard the ,oll
oi The reyeliie which called us to duty, or the beat
Of t'e tatoo, which gave the signal for the hardy
sleep OF The soldier with the earth Tor his bed
and the knapsack for his pillow
And now, soldiers and brothers we have met
in the peaceful valley on the eve of battle while
the sunlight is dying away beyond yonder heights,
ana the Sunlight that tomorrow morn win glim.
mer on scenes ofblood We have met. amid fh,
whitening tents OF our encampment; in the time
OF terror ana gloom have we gathered together
God grant i may not be 70! the last time.
~ ID solemn moment Brethren, does not the
solemn voice OF nature seern 10 echo the sympa.
thies Of the hour? The flag Of our country droans
heavily from yondcr siah--the breeze has died
away along HE green plaia OF CiIadd's Ford--Lhn-
plain that spreads before Is sttsring in sunlight
the heights of the DrandywiEe arise gloomy and
grand beyond thc waters Of yonder stream-all
nature holds pause OF solemn silence, on the eve
OF uproar and bloodshed and strife Of tomorrow.
They that take the sword shall perish by the
sword"
And have they not taken the swordy
Let the solated plain, the bood- -sodden val
lcyS, the burned farmhouse blackening ia Che
sun, the sacked village, and the ravaced town.
answer--let the whitening bones of the butchercd
farmer, strewn along the fields Of his HON, stead
answer--let the starving molhel, witt her babe
clinging 10 the withered breast that can afford no
sustenahce, let her answer with tho deatlratt,c
mrgling with the murmuring tones that marked
the last struggle OF her life let the dying mother
and her abe answcr.
1t was but day past and our land slept in the
quiet OF pcac' War was not here; wrong was
not here. Fraud aud woe, and misery and want,
dwelt not among us. From the eternal solitude
OF the green woods arose the blue smoke Of The
settlers cabin aud golden fields Of corn looked
forth from amid the waste OF the wilderness, and
the glad musc Of human voices aNokc the silence
OF the forest.
Now, God Of mercv, behold the chau.ci Under
the shadow OF pretcxt, under the sanctity of the
name Of God, invoking the Redeemcr TO their aid
do Hese tore5n hirclings sldy our people! They
tlfong our towns, they darkcn our plnins, and
now they encompass our posts on the lonely plain
OF Cbadd's Ford
They that take the sword shall perish by the
sword
Brethren, think me not unworthy Of belief when
tell y on that the doom Of the British is near
Think me not vain when ] tell you that beyond
the cloud that now enshrouds us | see gathering
thick and fss', the darker cloud and blacker
storm Of Divine rtributon!
They may conquer us tomorrow Might aud
wrong may prevail, and VIC may be driven from
this field; but the hour Of Gods own vengeance
win comet
Aye, If in the vast solitude of eternal space, If
in the heart Of the boundless universe, there
throbs the being Of an awful God, quick TO aycngv
aud sure TO punish guilt then win the man George
Brunswick, called King, feel in his brain and
heart the vengeance Of the eternal Jehovah
blight will be upon his lifc-a withered brain and
an accursed intellect; blight viii be on his chill
dren and on his people. Great God how dread
the punishmentl
A crowded populdce, peopling the dense towns
where tie man Of money thrives while the laborer
starVes; want striding among the people in all its
forms of terror; an ignorant and God-defying
priesthood chucklmg over the miseres Of millions
proud and mercless nobility adding wrong to
wrong, aud henping insat upon robbery and fraud I;
royalty corrupt to the very heart, and aristocracy
rotten to the core crime aud want linked hand
10 hand, and tempting men 20 deeds of woe aud
dcaih--those are a part Of the doom and rctrbu
ton that is to come upol the English throne and
che English people
Soldiers look around upon your G,nliliar faces
with strange interest Tomorrow morning We
viii go forth to the battle-for need tell you that
your unworthy minister will march forth to battle !
Need eShort you to fight the good Sight, to fight
Tor yoor homestcads for your wives and children?
Ny friends, I might urge you TO fight by the
CALLING memories Of British wrongs. Walton
MIGHT tell Won of vonr f,thar bntobared IN tho