Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-07-07
NO.. 6.
HISTORY RE.ppon,71m-======- -

.ss RE-PRODUCING rrSE
'lof' 'ine prior to the opening os .,e'.
anpalgn OF Wellington, in his ;nr.s.., s''As- :.
SPAN IN 1872, member of the Cbnro, 's'on 90 - u
r -, -, mus addressed British coupreo..;e.
mere is a limit, my bretbre, - -.
14!s 1nere IS an hour in opnross:o ai@n SUI
'uIiou 4I springs from despair Thana, "nen res
tho do.s lolais as well as the material
OF evil there are Iimits - 70
u1s'oe VI hstons as well as the cp;It - 'ne IN
uas. There is a time when saiis oi lndlvid-
ueiuue ana hypocrisy to deceive. 81 Seases TO
CEASES 10 oVeraWe, and Oppression will ILL Power
ger oe Dorhe. 10 that hour to that oroI. ~ Lon-
uoui siule ana. nature are approacbino my
;t, - is Iull aud there IS dron which
WIZ make IL overflow. Unmarked as r. N sv AtoA 40
amid the blaze of military glory the droad ne,
yct "rlting On the wall the sentanca 20 "..o ~.
uoun t.e hour is steadily approacbing -" Us
evil Will be overcome with coed and -t. "uen W
me Dioou OF an injured world win collect a. th
nsart, ana by one c0nvulsive effnrt -fLN - W
the load that has oppressed il. Il = suioN on
tha1 the oppressed can longer beekon- 'tba
pfoach OF power which comes only to load 4h
si.u heavier chains; it is impossible fbat tha
nasions Oh europe, Graded In ciyilixatiorssnS
'aPIiSeu WIN the liberty of the children of cd
can iohS continue to bend their freaIorn hs'
before the feet of foreign don,inafon o. - ''ees s
snoy can soften the stream of knowled0e rbi.h
nas ! so long animated their soil, to terminate -
lase ~ tne deep stagnation OF military despotism
Even Inc oppressor bleeds in the 6our tbst =.
sriumpns; ms people are goaded to exert;ons
wnicn tney loathe the laurels are wet viii 80
tsars OF tEose who have been bereayed of .t.
chlloren. For years, our own attention hos ha
nxed on that great and guilty country ubi.h Is.
oeen fertile IN nothing but revolution. and go
Whlcn, amid the clouds that cover it We bs-a
seen that dark and shapeless form arise which
IlRe Inc visions that appalled, the King of Rabv
ION. 'hath Its legs of iron and its arms of brass,
ct, while our eye strains to measure its diman
'lons, and our ear shrinks at the threatening og
Us Yolce, let us survey it with the searching ave
u me prophet, and we shall that its feet are
u 'oase and perishable clay Amid all the ter
ors OF ITS brightness, If has no foundation in the
moral STABILITY fJustice. 1t is irrsdiated by no
'eam from Heaven it is blessed by no PRAYER
y man IT ls Worshipped with no gratitude by
ne patT1oG neart. 1t may remain for the time
nat Is appointed it, but the awful hour is on the
7lng when the universe will resound with it's fall
nd the same sun which now measures out with
eluctance the length of its impious reign. will
ne day pour his undecaying beams amid its ru-
rs, and bring forth from the earth which it has
vershadowed the promises Of greater spring',
Allison, vol. 3, page 46.
Such are the feelings with which we NAV son.
'mplate the hideous tyranny with which Abrs-
am Lincoln weighs down his own people; and
lch the end which in the merciful dealings of a
Ise Providence we may confidently expect sooA
overtake the base wiekedness which he is at
'mpting against as.