The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-10-27

The blade! Burn cities-deporuIa,e viii
aees-waste planialions-iake the bread
from famishing chidren-drive weeping
Steal books steal pictures steal precious
plates God is asleep! There is no he'll,
neither is there judgment y
Aud as gazed, 81 cried out, ''Merciful
Heaven, are these men or are they devils ?
hell on earth ? or rather, has not the veil
been removed which hide the unseen from
this visible world Am mol looking upon
fiends already damned %
And The voice said "Lislen yet again,
while the ungodly priests are speaking y
And listened, and heard "A new CON-
mandmeni give unto you, that he hale one
another. Turn yosr plow-share into swords
and pruning hooks into spears. Thou Sd al,
hate Thy neighbors. Do not unto others -as
you would have them do unto you. Ac-
cursed be the Peace makers. Christ was
the Prince of War. Thou shalt lie thou
shalt steal, thou shalt bear false witness
against thy neighbor thou shalt kill =
Glory 10 John Brown Glory TO the new
Saviour Hosannahs 20 Tue new Redeem>
err
But could endure the impious blasphe
my no longer, Turning away, nehsId
! fitting about, beneath the uncean birds,
yet over the heads OF the demoniac crowd,
phantom figure with long grizzly beard
aud rope about his neck.
And the voice said The phantom hat
thou sees is the spirit which bege,s the
dola.ry. the blasphemy. the fraud, the ra-
pine, aud The crime hIch thou hast Wit
messed"
And as looked, beheId many familiar
faces. thongh they seemed disturbed with
evil passions. such as avarice, haired, re-
yenge, Sc Que whom | saw was dimpu-
i've in statute and appearance, bat he held
/ big book under his arm, and on the cover
OF the book was inscribed, $1,000 per
mum AyaIce was bis passion. and he
had battered his soul for gold. And | be-
/ held an elderly man with marked features
and lin eamentf, and irohgray hair, who
with strong speech was goading the irant'c
multitude 10 yet greater excuses. He had
banered his soul al the shrine OF ambition.
And yet another. younger 10 appearance,
with beard prematurely white, who had
sold himself for naught aud VINO pursued
The grizzly phantom, grasping and cluiching
al what a. al last shadowy aud unreal
And many bsheld who looked SAD and
gave sigus of remorse. and who seemed
anxious to escape from The damued beings
who surround@d them.
And the voice SAID ''Look now to the
right, and see that which is 10 be seen"
And | looked, and 10 great assem-
blage OF men, many of whom had scrolls
IN their hands, and many were bearing ban
ners. On the scrolls, some were inscribed,
10 golden letters The CONSTITUTIONS" oth>
ers, "Christ's sermon on the Mount" 9TH
ers, "The Golden Rule" On the banners
read, Constitutional Libeuy The Union
as onr fathers made it !" BLESSED are the
Peace-makers." Compromise--agree with
thine adversary while thou art in the way
with him." observed that The eyes of the
assemblage we're Turned toward heaven aud
looking up saw against The sky bright
cross, bearing The inscription which greet
ed the eyes OF the first Christian emperor ol
Rome 'By this sign shalt thou ConquerN
And thought beheId the heavens open
ing, and the sprii descending like a dove,
The shades OF departed statesmen and pa
trioIs, and of murdered mAiyrs were how
erng III the air. There were Washington,
Webster, Clay, Jackson, and Douglas and
as they gaZed upon the left, their couute-
nances evinced sorrow and Indignation
There, 100, were twelve innocent men slain
by the monster Mcneil aud Mumford, who
was hanged by Butler, the beast, and Boil
meyer, with that smile Hpon his face, which
he wore when dying. And looked again
to the left, aud saw that as often as any
one sough, 20 get ont of the internal circle
it's denizens yelled after him with bit er i'm
precautions of sTrailor," "Disloyal," anC
similar epithets; OF rushed alter with sword:
or drove him back with bayonets 1e
many escaped, with great Joy a, their de-
lverence, and met with glad welcome from
the rapidly increasing hosts on The right
And from The lef, they incessanily called
and begged for deserters from the right
But few responded, and they only wheI
promised an enormous price. And thes'
crawIed upon their bellies through mre anC
filth, from one assemblage 10 the other.--
And noticed that their faces Instantly be
came black, their feet closen, and ihei
tongues iorked and fiery.
And the voice said "What thou behold
f es, at The North, is but counterpart Q
what might show thee al the South Ther
marcheth a specter host, and there curd.etl
pool of blood and demons ale there cry
, ing for carnage and for vengeance sa'
] there, too, is a great host. like unto iha
+! which thou seesi on the right, begging 70
Union, for Peace, for Compromise, for Con
siitution. But look yet again, aud tho