The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-03-19

A VISION OF THE FUTURE.
AM Allegory Cor the Times.

Oh, We Of little faith, withdraw fro n
the valley of despair Soar away up.
ward beyond the clouds of doubtful dis |
putation Sit upon the summit Oft
Hopes enchanted nfduntain, from whose
serene ominepcc survey the tumult up !
on the plain of coDtention. Behold
Soath'oa'd, ahdicdoclarc what thou
seestI 7af sf sfslas Asd Laa
"There are men as trees walking,
whose garments are rolled in blood.''
These are they that pulled [ down our.
Union altars, and defled our star-span-
gled banners and holy things, and pol
luted our temple ofipopular suffrage,
and laid impious and bloody hands up.
on he Constitutional ''Ark of the Cove
nant." They go about to erect altars
of incense upon every high hill and un-
der every green tree, and they consccrato
the altars to the worship of "strange
Gods" And they make unto them
selves idols, after the color of ebony
In the similitude of men make they
them. Male and female make they
thom, with babes aftertheir kind. More
over they set the images up, and chain
them fast unto thrones. And the thrones
OF the chained image are the sepulch res
ofLiberty, which was slain for sacri.
flee and offered to the idols as burnt.
offering. Likewise they pour out oi
their own blood as a libation before the
the thrones. And uponthe head of the
chained image is crown of whiteness
like unto cotton, aud in his hand
sceptre like unto the handle of a hoe
Thus they do upon every high hill anc
under every green tree, and the chic
priests cry aloud, saying: "These be tn,
Gods, oh ye rebels, and they bow dowr
to them and worship them.
After these things 1 beheld and say
mighty men of the South 60 forth t
the battle, and the chained imag
uinistercd unto them and fed them.
, Turn hither now, and view north,oard
and reveal thy vision. ,s.
> | perceive great army that goetl
, out valiantly to fight against the in
habitants of the South, whose gar
ments are rolled in blood, and behold
an iunumorable multitude, and there i
= tumult among the people of the Ian
Of the North, and much contention, yea
a very great breach. What causeth tn
, great strife between the dwellers in tn
t land of the North, that they should b
e angry one with another 1t is for thi
q reason, even this-that Of truth poi
. tion Of the assembly of the people hat
"gonea whoring after the strange Gods
that hath been set up in the land of III
South upon every high hill and undo
G every green tree. These cry mightil
!. and sir up seditlon, saying, care n,
: they whose garments are rolled in bloc
a ouf brethren-bone ofouF bone and fes
/. of our flesh TIowbeit ye are minded
II utterly destroy them from off the IA,
"a of the earth" Moreover they conti
n ued their parable, and complained bi
,e tCrly Of Father Abraham" the ruler
D the land for commandment had be,
II given, and "Liberty was proclair
IA cd throughout the land unto the inha
!. iants thereof andathe army was abo
,r to smite the id0latrnus "Bntternut
.E who worship strange gods, with the ed
.o Of the sword, and 10 pull down tn,
b,cS high places, and to render thoir grow
=, desoIntc and to break into pieces tn
bo chained images. 'f'aHp '011a4 5''
Lff Nevertheless there was a division
/, the assembly of the people, and tn
u who after the manner Of the faith
M worshipp6d the God oftho Unibn, r,
y, iIaheir garments and answered veheme
a ly, Saying .--"WOe, woe unto you, W
z lust aftcrt the chained7 image and foil
!. ~ wicked devices for ye have wrought
- abominOtion this day in tho sight of
:. tho people and have seluccd man
: Wherefore tho anger Of thA & ID Of {
~ fathers bdrnoth fierce against Colu
- bia this day q even the wrath nf the c
"a of Washington and tho God of JefTer,
- and the God,of Madison, which is
: Sod of the Union, whoni WI serve
~ Nov, therefore, be yc diligept and "
-" bone accord make haste to bcsceeh Fa
pa -er Abraham, to the end that he, m
'oEnl earnest snpplication unto our God
ion behalfefthe people, if psrchaucs
to wrath Of Almighty God may be tur
be asids bsOiO from America and shls
iaI displsasure from consuming tho JAM
Washiugton.ifi miols on Ndait.
of And il came to pass thato this nsaJ
on pleased the people, aud their hearts '