Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-09-30

And as | gazed cried out, "Mercirul
Heaven, are these men, or are they devils &?
a N | on earth? or rather, has not the
veil been removed which hide the unseen
from this visible world am not looking
upon iiends already damned 2"
And theYoice said Listen vet again
while the nngodly priests are speaking -
And ! listened, and heard "a new CON
mandment give unto you, that ye hate
one another Turn your plow-s hares into
swords, and pruuinghooks into spears -
Thou shalt hate thy neighbors. Do not
unto Others as you would have them do
unto YOU. Accursed be the peace-makers.
Christ was the Prince Of War. Thou shalt
lie; thou shalt steal, thou shalt bear false
witness against thy neignbor; thou shalt
kill ! Glory to John Brown Glory tothe
new Saviour. Hosannahs to the new Re
deemer."
But could endure the impious bias
phemy no longer Turning away, | be-
held, fitting about, beneath the unclean
birds, yet over the heads Of the demoniac
crowd, a phantom figure with a long griz-
ely beard and rope about his NECK.
And the voice said: 1.-The phantom
which thou seest is the spirit which be-
gets the idolatry, the blasphemy, the
fraud, the rapine, and the crime which
thou hast witnessed"
And as | looked, | beEeld many faml-
lar faces, though they seemed disturbed
with evil passions, such as avarice, be .red,
revenge, &c. One whom | saw was dim
nutive in statute and appearance, but he
held big book under his arm, and on the
cover Of the book was inscribed, $1,000
per annun. Avarice was his passion.
and he had bal tered his soul for gold
And beheld an elderly man with mark
ed features and lineaments, and iron-gray
hair, and look which betOkened intel
lectual power VINO with strong speech
was goading the frantic multitude to yet
greater eXcesses. He had bartered his
soul at the shrine of Ambition. And yet
another, younger in appearance, with
beard pTsmaturely white, who had sold
himself for naught, and who pursued the
grizzly phantom, graspng and clutching
at what was at last shadowy and unreal
And many heheld, who looked sad, and
grave signs Of remorse and who seemed
anxious to escape from the damned be-
ings who surrounded them.
And the voice said Look now to the
right, aud see that which is to be seen"
And looked, and 10 great assem-
blage of men, many of whom had scrolls
in their hands, and many we're hearing
banners. Of the scrolls; some were in
scribed, in golden letters: The Coust-
tuition !" others, Christs sermon on the
Mount" others, "The Golden Rule -
On the banners ! read, constitutional
Liberty; The Union as our fathers made
it )" Blessed are the Peace-makers. -
"Compromise- agree with thine adversary
while thou art 10 the way with him" Il
observed that the eyes of the assemblage
were turned toward heaven, and loolins =
up | saw against the sky a bright cross.
bearing the inscription which greeted the
eyes Of the first Christian emperor of
Rome BY THIS SIGN SHALT THOU Con
QUER." And | thought beheld the heav-
ems opening, and the spirit descending
like dove The shades of departed |
statesmen and patriots, aud of murdered |
martys were lowering in the air There
were Washington, and Webster, and Clay, |
and Jackson, and Douglas and as they
gazed upon the left, their countonances
eyinced sorrow and indignation. There,
too, were the twelve innocent men slain
10y the monster Mcneil, and Mumford,
who was hanged by Butler, the beast, and
Bollmeyer, with that sad smile upon his
face, which he wore when dying. And
looked again to the left, and saw that as
often as any one sought to get out Of the
internal circle, its denizens yelled after
him with bitter imprecations Of Traitor,
" Dsloyal," and similar epithets; or rush
ed after with swords, or drove him back
with bayonets. Yet many escaped, with
great joy at their deliverance, and met
with glad welcome from the rapidly in
creasing hosts on the right.
And from che left they necessarily call
ed and begged for deserters from the rgE t. .
But few responded, and they only when
promised an enormous price. And these
upon their bellies, through mre
and filth, from one assembage to the 9TH
err. And | noticed that their faces in
stantly became back, their feet oloyen,
and their tongues forked and fiery,
And the voice said What thou be-
holdest at the North, is hut a counterpart
OF what | might show Jhee at the South.
There marched specter host and there
curdeth pool of blood aud demons are
there crying for carnage and for vengeance
and there, too, is great host, like unto
that which thou seest on the right, beg
ging for Union, for Peace, for Compro-
mise, for Constitution. But look yet
again, aud thou wilt see the terrible judg-
meats which are in store for people who
violate the commands Of the Almighty y
Aud beheld brazen sky, and glaring
sun, and vegetation parched with drouth,
and springs whose fountains had failed
channels rocky and dry. Aud ] saw great
multitudes of men, women and children
hurrying with parched tongues and feeble
footsteps to the great lakes and rivers, TO
hppease the demands of thirst.
| looked again, and beheld another
curse, for behold the green fields were
smitten with frost in the summer time
and yielded not the harvests and tbe
cattle were dying by the wayside and the
faces OF mothers were wan and bony and
children we're crying FOR bread, and there
was famine in the land.
Aud beheld yet another curse. For
il grew dark, and heard the rushing of