The mountain Democrat., 1863-07-04

cHlPtcu HoH Tue aTOlrary uOmlnatl0n OF
Britain, as they had from the invasion of
Egypt, Babylon, Syria, or Rome. But
;hey, for their wick edntSs, were permitted
to he sconrged by the latter and We, for
our wickedne<s, are ScOurgtd bv tyrants
as cruel and umplacablr as those. Our
case, however, is peculiarly distinguished
from theirs Their enemies were stran
gers, unenlightrncd, aud bound to them
by no ties of gratitude or consangnnity
Our enemies, on the contrary, call them.
selves hriStanS. They are Of a nation
and people bound to us by the strongest
ties. \ people, by whose side we have
fought and blrd whose E0Hef We hare
contributed to raise who owe much If
their wealth to our ministry, and whose
grandeur has, been augmented by our ex
,rtiunS.
You may he told that your forts have
been taken; your country ravaged; and
that your armies have rrtrratrd and
that, therefore, God j. not with YOU. II
is true, that some fo' Is have rern taken,
that Onr country hath been ravaged, aud
that our Maker is diSplra>rd with Us
But il is ais" true, that the King oi II av-
en- Is not, like the king OF Britain, ifnpla-
cable. II We turn from our sins, lie Will
tu'n from His anger. Then will our arms
b" crowned with success, and the pride
aud power of our epcmicS, like the ar,o
carcr and pride Of \cbuchadnc zzrr. will
vaui,i away. Let a general reformation
~ manners take T,lacr - let universal
charity, ,uhlic >pint. md private virtue
he inrulcaird. encouraged, ana p"ar''>ed.
/ Utit. in prrIaIIng tor Il vigorous def, nee
! Of your country, aS ii all depended on
Your nNn rX. .rti'n-. Aud when YOU
have done ali hing, then r'ly upon the
good Prn,iicncc a. Almighty God for
>'rre-S, in fptl cuHtGcnrr that without
hi, blessing, all our ctfrrs will inevitably
! tail.
Cease, then, to desire the nr>h.p
of E.vlt, AND remember her task masters
and "pprr>>lrn. No longer hesitate about
rejecting all drtendcrce on a king who
~l.l Iule ynn with a rad Of iron irerdon
i ruW il your pow cr - value the heavenly
gift r, IN, rHber. that if you dare To nee.
i.ct or dc>pl>c it, y"u offer an insult To
the Divine bcetoWor- nor Srai, Of keep
; ing 1t. Ait r the ARMIES of Rome had
b cn repeatedly defeated 10y Hannibal,
that ini erlai CITY W.S bVSicgrd bv this
brave ard cXt,rIcUccd general, at the
IA al of a hII,ucruu> and victorious army.
Bat. 50 Tar wrIr hcr giuTiOnS citizens
from hcn= di>maI e.i hy the loss Of so
manv battles, aud If ali their country
So confident were they IN their own virtue
aud the protection "f Heaven, that the
vr'y land on whirh the Carthaginian>
Wcrr encamicd. was sod at public auc
liou for NOR, than tno usual price. These
h,roi: ci;iLruS diSdiIiHpd t. receive his
Irutectl"u-, or to regard his proc ANA
tons. They Invoked the protector Of
the Supreme Beng they bravev de.
fcudrd their city with undauuted courage
they rcprlicd the ucmy and recovered
their country. Bu-i., then. We dcgcne
rate spirits, who give all over for lost, be
cIu>. y"ur ,ncmIvs li;. rcmarchcd through
thr'e or tour COUNTIES in thus and a neigh
t,Iius Stat I've vino ba,tiv hv to have
the yoke of slavery fixed on Your ne rs,
aui to swear that you and your children
shall bc slaves forever.
Rouse, brave citizens! Do YOUR duty
Ike men; and he I'cI >nadrd that Divine
Providence will not permit this western
world to hr invol> ed in the horrors Of
slavery. Con>iicr. that frou the earliest
ages "f the world, religion, liberty, and
reason have been bcndiug their course
towards the setting sun. Th~ holy Cos
pvl> are Vet Ia br preached in the>r west
rn regtnnS; and VIZ have the highest
reason {" b,lieve that the Almighty will
not suffer slavery and the gospel to go
hahd ia hnud. II cannot, it will not hc
But it there hc ANY among US. dead
to all Srn>' ot honour, and love of tn, ir
country; if Il at t. all the calls Of liberty,
vutur, aud reI ION 4; if iorgrtiul Of the
maSranimily Of their ancestors, aud the
happneS> of their children; if Meth r
the examples nor the Succ, - Of other na.
tiou>--the dictates # reason and Of IA,
tte; or tnr great duties they owe to
their G"d, themselves, and th' ir pnSttrity,
nave any effect u,'ou Inem-,f neither the
j. jurlcS they have received, the p,izc
they arr cnutending fnr,s the future bless
irg> or curses of thrir ciillr n-tht ap.
p,aus- or the rcprnach of all manAind-
the app nbatiun or tli>p'ca>ure Of the
Great Judgc-or the happiness or mSrry
cons a mt upon their conduct, in this
and a iutnrr state. can move them -
tueu let them he assured, that they de-
>r,ve to he slaves, and are entitled TO no
tli.g but anguish afid tiihulati0n. Let
them arlsh from their remembrance the
reputation, til f'ech"m aud the happi-
Ness they have inherited from their fore
fathers. Let them forget every dutv, hn-
man and divine RENE mhcr not that they
have children: aud beware how they cal
to mind Justice" the Supreme Being :
let them gp mo capti = itv, like the ilnla-
trouS aud disnhciivut Jews; and be a
rrprnach and a hv. ~ orh among the ma.
tion> But We think better things of vnn,
we believe and ar. persuaded that you
will do your dntv lik.. 'nrn and cnterfnlly
refer vOnr cause To the Great and Right.
enus Judge. II success crown your rf-
forts, all the blessings of frecmen will be
yunr reward. If you fall in the contest,
you will be happy with God in Heaven.
CLOSING SCENES OF LIFE-The last
words Of Thomas jefferson were:
resign my soul to my God, and my
daughter To my country"
John Adams, near his end, reused by
the firing of cannon, and being told the
people were rejoicing for the fourth Of
July, said:
ut is great and clorion< dav"-and
expired with the words Independence
for ever" trembling on his lips.
When the noise of the firing began at
midnight, the dying Monroe opened his
eyes inqniringly, and when the cauSe was
communicated to him. a smile Of inteli
gence indicated that he understood what