The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-05-08
Commentary on Passing
Events.

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mcntary or passing events, in which
VIC said, that TO tear up railroads,
burn bridges, and leave thousands
Of wido VS., and tens of thousands
of fatAerlc3s children, md reduce
farm houses, cities, mud villages, to
ashes, would be too great a price
10 pay for the emancipation of the
slaves. That price has now been
paid, but still the blacks are in
slavery, and hate the Northerns.
and the merciless freedom offered to
them.
Mr.. Adams, the American am.
bassador to the Court Of st. James,
has been waited upon by a humber
Of men, including the Rev. DR.. Car.
Isle, of religious fame, to con-
! grntulate him on the success of the
American Government, in its eff
forts to free the negro. Now, the
song of the churches is:
"Qlory be to Lovejoyl for we
have succeeded in reversing the
laws of nature. Let the English,
Irish, Germans, Dutch, and Scotch,
perish who cares, so long as we,
the Abolitionists Of America, can
confscate the property Of nine
millions Of men, and set four mil
lions OF blacks free, without havil g
fret provided for them q home,
protection, or shelter. Uallelujah q!
l~Iallelnjah! Glory be to Lovejoy
and Sumner"
Well, the Internal game Is being
played out. The sun is darkened
with the smoke of gunpowdcr;
rivers are swollen with the fresh
and warm blood Of the sons of the
Anglo.Suxon race; foreats are hewn
TO pieces c~itiea, towns, villages,
and farm-houses, are being reduced
to ciuders; railroads and bridges
are being destroyed /; a beautiful,
fertile, and rich section Of the
globe is hcing MANFRED by Gods
image; and TIE earth trembles un-
der the feet Of 4 cayalcadc, which
has reversed the language of the
Gath Psalm, and thus instead of
saying: Lift up your heads, 0
gates, and the King of glory shall
come ill.," the cry is: "woc-woc-
woe to the inhabitors oftllc cart )"
hurl men into eternity--let them
I've given over to the wrath to
come" Bullets give no warning,
neither do they provide a place for
repentance, or to speak more elias
sically, provide room for Il change
of mind, We still firmly believe
in, and clcave to the Bible, but we
dare Motive cannot-writc our
opinion OF such mel as Dr.. Carlisle,
Henry Ward Deechor, DR.. Chcevcr.
or their adhercnts. We have done
with the so-calIed Protestant
churches. We have thought
enough, read enough, and written
enough, to satisfy us, at our time
OF life, that if the blacks are hu.
man beings, the bulk Of the white.
are human devils.
The present war was proclaimed
10 restore the Union of all thu
States, order, and peace but now
we are told, that it was begun il
order to abolish slavery, By fire
SworG, and death. How strange i
is, that during our horrible conflict
the poor blacks have, III the bulk
remained faithful TO their owners
and have expressed their dread anC
horror of the Northern soldiers
, and the false and murderous free
dom offered to them. But what i
to be the end Of this maddenins
conflict? We go back to the war!
ofGrcece, Rome, Germany, France
and England, and rans9ck thu
pages OF history, but we can nut
no parallel to the present confic
in America not one! 1t is plail
to ia, that there arc men in on.
own town, as well as in ever,
Town and village in tho Northorl
Stltcs Of America, who are full,
prepared to destroy everything tina
} benefits man, in order to graft.
their own passions, and saturat
the earth in blood. The devil trav
elcd to and fro in the earth, in tn
DAYS Of job, and that was, as w