Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-03-27
Satan's Latest Mission.

Amid all the changes and revolutions
of the world, there is one thing that has
been permanent and Interchangeable; one
power whose sway has been constant and
invincible. From the time that Adam
and Eve walked together in the beau
teous bowers of Paradise, sin has held
its place upon the earth, and Satan has
been unclaimed and ever attempting to
enlarge the boundaries of his kingdom
and increase the number of his obedent
subjects. Himself the prince of dissim.
ulators, he has never appeared in pro
pria persona, and yet it is noticeable
fact that he has been constant even in
his dissimulations and that he appears
now in the same guise as then. When
he sought six thousand years ago to en-.
list the attention OF confding Mother
Eve, internal ingenuity and Satanic in
vention could discover no better form of
approach than in the shape of serpent.
The plot was successful, and not yet
have died away in the Internal regions
the echoes Of the shouts raised by bis
associate fiends when lie returned and
told them that sin and vice had triumph
ed over innocence and purity, and by
The aid Of Shiny serpent the conquest
had been complete. From that time to
this the ruling spirits in hell have heen
seeking for some other and better means
of approaching men, but they have con-
cluded that the first impulse was the
best, and that the artiice which was So
successful in Eden cannot be improved
upon even by fiendish ingenuity. And
so the Prince of Darkness has again laid
aside his horns and donned his tavorite
shape, and now as then he drags his sill
my length along, furnished with the dis
gushing scale and poisonous fangs of
copperhead.
Stealing forth from his internal dens
at moment seemingly propitious, when
the always weak faith of some, in God
and righteous government, was welI-nigh
exhausted, he thought to return to his
brother devils with another joyous tale
of the success Of his copperhead disguise.
First, be wound his strong coils through
New York, and the conquest seemed
complete. As confdingly as in the case
of Eve, did the Empire state seem to listen
his bland persuasions but no sooner
bad he began TO sound the rattle that
was to carry to his confederates holo-,
tho ,idings OF success, than his cry of
Joy died away in howl of pain, for they
who had seemed the most yielding turn
ed, and the records Of the late great In
ion meetings in New York show that bis
supposed friends are striving to crush him
70 the dust. Bafled, but resolute and
hopeful, he winds his way towards the
evel prairies Of the West but just as
he is again exulting in the prospect of
an easy victory, finds himself confronted
by an impenetrable wall of steel, which
ne can neither scale or crawl around
Again defeated, he turns back and col S
himself along toward New Hampshire,
hoping to find protecting shelter in the
,revices and Businesses of her granite
rocks. But the chill breezes that sweep
Town from those snow clad mountains
ire in striking contrast to the heat Of
hose Internal furnaces which have nour-
shed him with their genial heat ever
'ince the world begun, and he has hardly
strength to lift single hiss. But as a
asst effort he is preparing to make final
hrust at the vitals of Connecticut.
And now, men of Connecticut, it re-
mains with you to decide whether tbi;
econd mission of Satan incarnate shall
,e a success or failure. Your sister
tates have boldly repealed all his insid-
GUS advances and evaded all his deadly
trusts. They have dealt him many
determined blow, and single one in ad-
lition will lay low his aspiring head and
lrive the copperhead from our land. 1t
5 yours TO complete the conquest over
he political sin and Satan of the time,
md expectant millions turn anxiously to
you and urge you by common memories,
common privileges and common duties,
o show by your deeds and your votes,
'our loyalty to the country, and your
aith in the principles of the government.
Springfield Republican. :"
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