St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-07-11

ilict. One spirit pcrvades the whole
community. Says spirited writer
Intelligence, property, numbers, all
, march one way. Since the landing
Of the Pilgrims, nothing has occurred
on the American Continent equal in
, grandeur and sublimity to this upris-
ing of the people"
The soldier should be man of un.
corruptible patriotism, a man of stcr.
ling integrity and honor, in whom the
highest style Of bravery is tempered
with humanity and the fear of God.
In the army, no countenance should
be given to profanity, Sabbath-break-
ing, gambling, drinking, lewdness, or
any of those practices which degrade
humanity and provoke the wrath OF
Heaven. The soldier, going forth to
battle, surely has reason to be
thoughtful and prayerfIl, to be truly
religious, and ever ready to die the
death of the righteous.
The idea that religious priuciple is
incompatible with martial heroism, is
most absurd. 1t is alike contrary to
reason and to fact. See that daring
youth afterwards the most warlikc
King of Israel, going forth single
handed to fight, in the presence of
two great armies, with Philistia' S
mightiest champion !! What is his
reply to the insolent speech of this
proud mortal! "Thou comcst to me
with a sword, and with spear, and
with shield but come to thee in
the name Of the Lord of hosts, the
God of the armies of Israel, vShom
thou hast defied. This day will. the
Lord deliver thee into my hand and
l will give the carcasses of the host
of the Philistines this day unit 0 the
fowls Of the air and to the wild beasts
of the earth, that all the cart h may
know that there is q God in Israel"
And so it was. See Hczekiah.. when
invaded by the formidable AMI SEEM
ingly overwhelming hosts of the
naughty King of Assyria, bowing
low before the throne of tn, Most
High,-hear him unfortunately cry
ing: "Oh Lord our God, save Us
from his hand, that all the kin gdoms
of the earth may know that thou art
the Lord, and thou only" This prayer
was granted, and the insolent BIAS
phemer, with all his hosts, utterl y con-
founded Look at the immortal Wash
ington. serious in conversation, wise
in counsel, strict in morals, iervcnt
in his supplications to heaven. for di-
rcctiOn and prosperity in con Quoting
the armies of bis country through the
revolutionary struggle, but absolute
ly firm in authority, aud to his enc
mics terrible in battle. See Have
lock, that veteran British General in
the East, BOW, like q minister Of the
gospel, exhorting and praying with
his thoroughly disciplined regiment,
and then rushing upon his foes with
an impetuosity and energy which it
was impossible to withstand.
But | know not that all history
furnishes more illustrious example
Of the fact we now have in view, than
is to be seen in the case of Oliver
Cromwell and his army,--who acted
such signal part in the civil war
which ragged in England two hundred
years ago. He commanded the Par
liamentary forces, in opposition to
those of the King, and fought to Sc
cure to his countrymen their right to
the enjoyment Of civil and religious
liberty. He was man openly re-
ligious, on all occasions acknowledge
ing the authority of the Divine oraclcs,
and his entire confidence in God. His
soldiers were selected from the mid
die class Of the people, with special
reference to good morals and entire
devotion to the cause in which he
was engaged. They were religious
army, in which there was much pray.
ing, exhorting, preaching and singing
of psalms but in which, at the same
time, the strictest military discipline
was regularly maintained Says a
celebrated historian: "That which
chiefly distinguished the army of
Cromwell from other armies, was the
austere morality and the fear of God
which pcrvaded all ranks. 1t is
acknowledged by the most jealous
royalists that in that singular camp
no oath was heard, no drunkenness or
gambling seen, and that, during the
long dominion Of the soldiery, the
property of the peaccablc citizen, and
the honor Of woman, were held sa.
cred"
| What would you expect of an army
thus constituted, thus acting on re-
ligious principle and in the fear of
God? should expect what the his
torian proceeds to state: "In war
this strange force was irresistible
The stubborn courage characteristic
Of the English people, was by the
system Of Cromwell at once regulated
and stimulated. Other leaders have
maintained orders as strict. Other
leaders have inspired their followers
with zeal as ardent. But in his camp
alone, the most rigid discipline was
found in company with the fierccst
enthusiasm. His troops moved to
victory with the precision of machines,
while burning with the fanaticism
of crusaders. From the time when
the army was remodeled to the time
when in was disbanded, II never found,
either in the British Islands or on the
Continent, an enemy who could stand
its onset. In England, Scotland, Ire
land, Flanders. the Puritan warriors,
often surrounded by difficulties, some.
times contending against threc-fold
odds, not only never failed to conquer,
but never failed to destroy and break
, in pieces whatever force was opposed
to them. They at length came to re-
gard the day Of battle as day Of
certain triumph, and marched against
the most renowned battallions of
Europe with dsdainful confidence"
: May such such strict morality, such
confidence in God, combined with the