Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-08-21
DALIAS. DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AUGUST 21, 1861

and money, secured the booty
Let the truth be proclaimed o The
world. These poor wretehes arS
obliged to fight or. starye, The
alternative before them is TO die by
penmy at home, or by the sword
abroad, Humanity drops a teal
here, upon thccontemplation oftheil
misiorlunes. a too long indulgcnt
South, tho associations OF whose peo-
pie clnng around the institutions OF
their country, has, perhaps, to n
culpable extent, connived ut these
outrages. But now, let our oppres.
sor, or rather his sapient Ahithop-
hu's, IN whose bands htWhgm p
only plant tool, rcmcmJyE hat
the mm or the party, "is doubly
urmed whose quarrel + in thcrjght
Let these hUrpies know, catering a:
they have boon. To tho worst pas,
sions of the race iOr Jheir own ng-
grandizcment, that old dame Justice
through she may seem 10 be Dardy
in her movements, does not glway )
sleep,
Turning our eyes away from tho
briefreview we have taken Of the
wrongs we have endured, and the
still more heavy woes with which
We are threatened, let us look up to
heaven, and place our confidence in
that great and glorious, being, who,
amid all the vicisitudes of earth isJ
sure to do right, whose prerogative
il is to being good out of seeming
evil. Let us solace our hearts in
view vf the fact, that Mt this hour
throughout the whole land, from the
city and the country, from the field
and the work shop, from the sane
tury and the halls Of legislation,
from our young men and maidens,
from old men and children, one long
and loud acclaim comes forth, us the
sound ofmany. waters, "Alleluiah! !!
Lord God Omnipotcnt reigneth"
1t is right brethen, we all know it
is right, to labor and pray for the
observation-disclosures of n big6 and hoIv
nurpose, The one without the other
would be presumption. Nehemiah
and his associates coming home
from painful captivity in Babylon,
built the walls of Jerusalem, holding
the trowel in one hand. and wea.
pons Of defense in the other. And
they praycd ali the time. Oliver
Cromwell. battling for freedom
from feudal oppression, exclaimed
at the hcMa IF lis army. "Soldiers
nut Won trust IN God. but keen vcur
powder drv. H,s let us keep our
powder dry = using uiltUe means
for defense. proper 10 be employed
nv a hMvet.anI virtuous noople.
for their homes and their
sacred honor.
We have good officers and brave
soldiers our statesmen are long
tried and faithful; our people arc
united, and every heart is warm
with sentiments of patriotic devo-
ton; but after all, the God of Moses
and Washington, is the rock of our
He is the great Arbiter
of human destiny; generals, soldi-
ers and statesmen are only instru-
nrents in his hand. We believe that
we are right, that truth and justice
and mercy are on our side sus-
tanned by consciousness Of this
sort, we breast the impendi gstorm
lnappalled by danger. and unflinch-
ng in our purpose to be free.
Some of our young men may fall
upon the high places of the field,
IN aching void may be produced
n the heart of many q wife, or
mother or sister but even no one
# these in so bi ,rious a cuuse is
x;ll,nu to Withhold tho sacrifice
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no ore w.h;te mon NV brow bnt
vb;Is 1.-Two w.nt 70 know that
nv countrv 10 Yr.e from tho DISGRACE
~ ,,t.u,,+ad u " ba thrown nnnn IT.
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