The Placer herald., 1863-06-27

the evolves in sleeps clothing" You have not
only dragged the blessed gospel of peace down
into pool Of blood but you have impaled
humanity as In hell. Under your preaching. the
ror popuIi is not the Del, but the vor "diab-
o!o'' The besotted throngs who have drank of
your spirit are nearer devils than men. The
sword OF the spirit" in your hands, is 4 Vulcan
s!edge hammer. breaking humanity to pieces on
the anvil OF death. Hammer AWAY. We grim
and CHASTITY Titans Hammer. but beware The
time is at hand when the returning reason of the
people will pound you to dust on the invisible
anvils of truth When the people return to
drink OF the pure fountain OF gospel peace and
love what will become of your occupation Of
''war and murder?" Who will hear you preach
then! Remember the Punishment of Tantalus
Remember Milo, who WAS wedgcd to death trying
to split an oak! You have driven u black wedge
into the proud oak of your country Remember
Milo! You have betrayed the kim gdOm OF heav-
en- " into the war and carnage Of this world"
Remember Judas 1scariot! Under the ministra-
ton OF abolition preachers, both Church and
State are demoralized and destroyed In your
day and mine, the Church will not recover
from the ruin and shame you hive brought upon
tour country fear, never! Nations may die;
Out not often is there any resurrection for them.
10 find our glory, must we turn our eyes back
wards to the past! Can we only say Of our
country rs Lucan, iu his Pharsaia. said of Pom
pey-" Nfdf mdgn, nOminis um6ra"-it stands.
the shddoC of . mighty name. If it had died.
like some ancient States. OF old age, there would
be some poetry in the thought. Or if it had
perlshed in honnrable &Ar. for the glorious prin-
clple OF self-gOvernment and constitutional lib
erty. we could be consoed But to be strbbed to
the heart in vulgar and brutal quarrel about
the negroes, is more than human nature can
endure. Did ever a nation die so ingloriously
before? To see proud and prosperous country
assIssinated, in its glorious youth, by IL rob OF
abolition preachers and colporteurs. The thought
is enough to drive man mad! Are you sure the
people Will not 'ke up some day in their wrath
and drive You and your bloody affairs into the
Sea! Will not the ruin you have invoked upon
others fall upon your own heads 1t is the eter-
nal law of Justice. You have profaned your
own altars expect not the people to respect
them as holy. In becoming ministers Of war
and carnage you have ceased to be ministers Of
the gospel OF Christ. DO you say am hard upon
you! Who have you spared in your impllcable
rage? Ought l. or any other man who respects
himself to respect you! You have respected
neither humanity, religion, nor the round rules
of morality and manners. Did you not once
hold prayer-meetings to deity an assassin? Do
you not still minister at the bloody nltars of
your newly canonized saint, Oss.watomie' He
WIS bur- liar and murderer. Are his uvOwed
disciples fit associates for gentlemen and Chris
tians? One Of you once said John Brown has
Christ has the cross" Who would own such
nan for friend? Gentlemen, either you will be
slenced by the overpowering Indignation Of an
outraged people, or you will he allowed to 20
until you have turned our country into IN Afri-
can jungle.
Your obedient servant.
Z. CHAUNcEY BURR.