Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-09-14
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that lIithertr The French people i,avc been
the least religious Of ,ill the notions ol
Europe ia Il because the idea Of God -;
which arises from All the evidence Of VA
turs. and from the depEh of reaectinIt---
being the profoundest and weightest idea
Of which hnman intelligence is capable,
and tile French mind being the most rapid,
but tho most superficial. lightest, the most
j ,iarefeciivs Of III European races, This
mind has not lie force and severity ne
cessary to carry far and long4he greatest
conception Of the human understanding
lis j bechElss our gosernmentstla have al
wars taken upon themselves to think fot
uss - Believe for as, and prayfor US 2 l.
Is because We s.re and have been military
people. a-ssliiar nation led by kings. he.
.r5e5 and ambitious nc,s. from battle field
te batlle field. making conquests and ney-
or keeping them. ravaging. dazzling,
charming, and corrlipting Europe; AMI
bringing homo the manners, vices. brave,
", lighlness, and impiety ofthe camp to
The fireside of the people III
/ know not, but certain it is, that the
nation has al immense progress g make
IN serious thought il she wishes To- lte free.
II we'iookat the characters. compared
I as regards religious sentiments. VI the
great nations Of Europe, America, and
j even "A STA. tlre advantage is not for u lIss
Tie great men Of oar; country live and
die. forgetting completely the only idea
4for which it IS worth living and dying
they live and die looking Al the spectator
4 Or ut most At posteritY.
Opet, the historyof America, The his
tosy Of England, AID the history Of France
resa the grdas lives, the great deaths. the
great marty doma, the great words ct the
hour -when the ruling thought Of fife re-
yeais itself Id the last words Of dying
and compare .t i Isl.
NJ Washington and franklin fought. spoke.
suffercd, always in the name of God, fof
\ whom thew actsd ]; and the Liberator Of
America dad confding to God the liberty
: sfof the people and bis own soul,
SYDNEY, tho young narlyr.of pattiotisnlP
guilty Of nothing but Impotence, and
who died to expiate his countfy's dream
Of liberty. said 70 his jaiior ~ rejoice
that die Einnocent towards the king, but
ayicsim resigned tothe King on High, 70
10 whom all life isi due
The republicans of Cromwell only
sought the way Of God even Ia the field 81
battle. Their politics were their faith.
their reign a prayer, their death, psalm.
One hears, saes, feels that God was in all
The movements Of these great people. Y
But cross the sea, traverse La Mancha,
come 10 our times, open our annals, and
!. listen. to the last words Of the great politi-
II caliactors Of The drama of our liberty -
One would think that God was eelipsed
from the soul ,lthat.his name was unknown
in the language. History will have the
air Of an atheist when she recounts.t TO pos
terity these annihilations, rather than
death, OF celebrated men in the greatest
year of France !! The victims only have
4 God; The tributes and lictors have
none. H. IA
Look at llirabeau1on the bed Of death
II Clown me with flowers" said he, 4 IN
toxicate mo with perfumes, let me die q
A tho sound Of delicious masic = Not 3
+ word OF God or of his soul. Sensual
/ philosopher He desired only supreme
I senspalism, last yoluptuousness m his
i agony.
Contemplate Madam Roland. the
/ strong hearted woman Of the Revolution,
1 On HE cart that conveyed her to death.
She looked coutemptnously on the besot-
ted people who killed their prophets and
\ sybils. Not a glance towards heaven. ~
.H4- Only one word for tile earth she was quit
/. ling. 80. Liberty !"
Approach the dungeon door Of the
4 Guondins. TAeirslast nights i banquet;
i their only hymn, the Maraeillaise
n Follow Camille D esmoulins 10 his ex.
ecution, "A cool and indecent pleasantly
at the trial. aud long imprecaIion on the
road to the guillotine, were the last two
thoughts Of this dying man on his way to
1 the last tribunal.
Hear IDanton on the platform Of the
! scaffold al the distance Of q line from God
and Etern,ty. III have had good time
q Of III let me 70 to sleep" Then to tile
executioner, \. you will show my head to
the people--it is worth the trouble -
. His faith, annihiia:ion his last sigh,
vanity. Bshold the Frenchman Of this
latter age #4.
s What must one think of the religious
sentiments Of free people whose great
Gigures seem thus to march in procession
10 annihilation, and to whom that terrible
minister, death itself, recalls neither the
itllreatenings nor promises of God
The republic Of these men without 4
God has quickly been stranded The
liberty won BY So much heroism and s5
much genius, has not found in France i
conscience to sheiterit, 4 God to Iayenge
it. \ people tofdetend it against The athet
ism whieh has been called glory. All
ended in 4 soldier and some apostate re.
apublicans traRestied into coartiers. An
atlieistie republication cannot Be heroic.
When you terrify il, it bends; when You
woafd buy ii. it sells itself Who would
TAKE any heed This people ungrateful,
and God non existent p So finishes athe-
istic reyolutions.-s
.s MAoeors 1S,c ApBaarIs there any
thing that will prevent o. destroy the
naaggots IN cabbages. Last spring I