Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1860-09-15
MISCRLEANsR0US.
TEHlg leaS gkowN cossrIaAeY.
cHAbTER III.-THE nEs1srNo SPIRIT.

4 cuAkrEE u1.-rHE RESISTING SPIRIT.
Il! Theidiligent readers of our first two chap
tiers will find no difficulty in comprehending
githe title of our present essay. If, as We.
;tlave d deavored to show, the originator of
]. .-Abolitfonisra be an internal spiTit--a mnfig-
lthant demo and if Secessionism be of the
same paternity, as we strongly suspect it to
i'be-tllen it must folio that the Resisting
iiForce lis divine. The One Spirit, or spirit
.iof unity or union. which resists the twin
ilmonstars OF Fanaticism and Fire Eatin is,
5ll@ithotst doubt, an enanation from Heaven.
:ThO same super human Intelligence, which,
fIin the :heroie age of the Republic, descended
ii;upoa Washington and his compatriots. still
lnbidesl with those VIII. heed the Farewell
IiiiiAdlress Of Washington.
II In other words, the Night and Majesty of
1.-THE RilIer of the Universe is on our side.--
"Thc deep conviction of this, in the very soul
tof i,R,inianism, is the sec ct of that cool
.courag}s, that '.never-tire" patience. with
which, the Old Dominion punishe= traitors
'from the North, and expostulates with those
lin thoESouth.
i. III! that belieoct1 shall not make haste"
This il the counsel to moderation, or conser-
.vatlsnS sounding in our ears, from celestial
voice 70 which Virginia has been accustomed
to listGn, from the settlement at jamestown,
down TO the present day. Gle Mat hastetA
p0ith lbs feet, sinnetls,' is another admonition
from the skies, which Tuckahoe lads, for
seven generations, have been taught by their
angelic mothers. "Thcy shut not be 0shana-
Fe7 that scaH .tor me, is another deeply sig
.nifca4t utterance from those Oracles which
are ''Taost surely Jelieoe2 0n1ong u.s." ere
{siSt the Dc0a and he aeiU fire from, you''-is
"a command, with promise annexed-of
ich we have had some remarkable cxcm-
;plfcalions, connected with this Harpers
Ferryiconspiracy. The carcasses, that fell in
the Shenandoah and the Potomac last Octo-
ber-hnd those now. roaming as fugitives
from Jefferson justice, are admirable attes-
ftants TO the truth of Holy Writ, that ross-
/ taneeEwill put to flight the devil and all his
impsi The Quaker boys, with rifles in hand,
/: asSempieu at itarpef S leFTy -'sOns OF pence
though they be-wero ready, at the first
/. alarn,i to fly to the defence of the soil, many
! hours before the Marines came; and, as one
! after another of the '..tlantic" conspirators
bit the dust, or sunk ike lead IN The rlpids,
it seemed like ful6lment, before our eyes,
: of th$ primeval prophecy, that SHE seed Of
the .e@nata Should byltise tie seypents head
soRle of our readers may be inpatient for
the CORRECTIONS of history, to which We drew
atten lion in our prospectus. The newspaper
reporters, at the time-and the calumniators
in C6ngrees afterwards swervcd far from
the tftuth in many things But, gentle rea-
der, learn patience from the old Common
wealth !; and heed the lesson: ''Nercr TTrc."
In TIE course of these chapters, you may
possibly wonder at the plain words Of Holy
Writ to wit; s.Hc that is first IN has o'en
causds seen,e0 just; bit Ats aeighJor coo'etd,
and geoycheth him.
"rruth crusb'd TO Garth, shall rise again;
The eternal years OF G"d are hers:
Hut Error, wounded, wrrthes IN rain;
Aud dies amid her worShippers."