The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-03-07
NO.. +.

I have hren marShaileu and great Dat
lstles fought; the earth has been turn
! cd from its prlmeval peace AMI pnrl-
Ity into one mi Gh'y selnirher, and
the sky has been rent with the Voice
OF mourning in order to arreaSe the
lust Of conquest ard To extend the
physical boundaries of a country to a
/ in"nntain, n river, or nm invisible,
tair-drawn liue which is disputed by
armed force; bit one drop of blood
! from the veins of john Hampden or
| Jnsrph Warren; one handful of dust
from the graves Of Saratoga or Cam
Eden. one ex pirins sigh from the lips
| ssE saf sxasiis a,s ksireia;; one relic
from the plains Of old Platea or Ma
f|ratAan; II, .,nora- valuable and more
glorious in the cause OF human pro-
gress, and more acceptable in the
presence otinfnite Justice and eternal
right than all the wars of invasion
and snhjuyation with which the
world has rcSnundpd from lSSuS TO
Aust.rlitz. bow bcfnre the shrine
wL;ch liberty has erected to the
names of Washington and of AlGcr-
non Sidney, of the elder Brn'ns and
of Thomas Jefferson. | invoke their
memories and the guidance of their
spirits while denounce a measure
,nL;.h s,rr.,,l.r. hack to the hands
81 unw.r 81, those GRAND achiey-
,,,.!, :, .L.,,rsa of hnmon fr.el,m
n.L;,I, L.r. r.,I.r.l their names
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SONS ""'c'' ''''' o. ":'''H," WV p",'
are oe'h! reI'Fo""ce'' ~ '"e l''e''"'
Inc 'nnr"ef""S roar o' e"''''"", Inv 't
'"hS',''a'S CRASH % ""' - ""' l'J Wy
l"''"' "rl',"',"S ,; 1 nur cornIry 80
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'''S ''"' r'', ~" u;',,uv :. ha;,n
''Sr, '''e','I' ,,l nha, wan has d,re
,,,,' ~. :. ,;;;r.r a,,;n I So. noth;no
.,,,r - ~ ~. c,l,m;,;rs which now AS,
.n;I a.. i.,t;n, +, which WE usuire
W., ,rn tr.,Iin, over nuaiu the foot
stan. ~. ,.u.r,Ii,ns which have
,,. M,,,,;o, ,rl ,.h,ngc
,E,,'.,nJ,, ,r H.. w,rLI STABILITY
,,I ,,,.,,,,no,c. :, n. w,rls ,f I'm.
man hands !, the utopian dream of
abstract surcnla,lon. The different
forms which governments have as
sumpl ~ rr,]rr,u society from chaos
cnnst;tnt. no exc,n,ion to this re-
n,rL On tb. cuntrary all history
stands as an awful witness to the fact
that y, Government has ever vet
hcr, established which has been ex-
cmnt from the fierce blasts of human
paSsion and human ambition.
d.. ;o,.,,,;,;,r u,1 t.mnestuous
s,rny.Ins Jo not necessarily roll
L,ck ward nr even check the wheels
81 n,,,,r.,s Great u,inci,lps arc
;,,,,o,t,l Th.v cannot d,c The
t.,,,. j., ,,h;.h ,b.v ar. enc.s.1 NAV
''' ~ IT, :" ~ I 'I,a,, .. Ins,. L,,l;L.,ho
;,'.r,,"J snnl ,rnth nnts on new
',i,r;a. !, nysrv nLns. of her exist.
enc. Our cour,e is onward. like the
,,;,,Ltr r;v.r to tha oc.,n If d.s,i-
hal;.ra n tho .,.ady advance
l,;.'', ;v;l;,,,;n, ~ ,ho
''''',' ,, """ ~, ~ '''''' ,.:",'.', ,,,,,.a- or
" WV ~ -, ". ,,sa. u," ;'.,,I ,b,r tho, of
H. 49, "n - ,,.oa ThI ,r;n;,v which
, ,ra.;'la. " ,yar NV hol;ef !. conuose,I
s. ,L,.a, h,nIr,;1.nv or Cod Iib-
" 1850 T oI,,r;,r a,I ;,st;ce With
,' ,;;,, ,,,a,a tIa An.r;can ueo,le
,I,,u,h ussailr I'd by those naininl con-
WILSON'S which no nation ever esca-
ped, though drSolated and heavy in
heart, anil weeping over departed
yIorirs AMI invs, may yet look of
across the dark and angry face of the
waters, and in the distance behold
the star of peace and honor, and
around it clustering the heavenly
constellation of individual and ma
tinnal happiness. But if this people
rr(nse from this time forward, to be
led by these PRINCIPLES, an abyss of
horror awaits onr speedy entrance, as
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