The Hillsborough recorder., 1864-04-27

"The angels, he cried, enthusiastically. l
g They are coming for me" He was ST.
lent for about a moment. and then he
sprang up with shoatof JOY. II can see
now he cried. "0h look look ! what
beautiful land il is. See how brightly the
SUN is shining see how
He tottered and was falling, when the
organist caught him in his arms. Poor hoy
il was the sun OF a better land that he SAW
shining. fr99Y
Two days after. the strains OF the great
organ rolled sweetly through the church
and the sad hearted Young ehoristess sang
through their tears Blind Willle's hlrgr."
which he had told them 10 sing ar his fa-
neral. The angels had came for him. aad
carried him home with them, anltit was.
ONLY a clump of clay that the Villagers lad
among the little mounds of the churchyard.
Willie was with the angels ;she had now
the crown and the harp which had been
promised him, and he was blind no longer,
for his eyes gazed upon the glory oil the
perfect day that shall never pass away.
From the Richmond Examiner of the 18th inst.
DURATION OF THE WAR. 81
From the belief that this war would NOT
begin, many have now passed to the persua-
sion that it will never rend, or al least not
In our time. But those few who consent TO
see things as they are. not as they wish or
fear them to be; those who are willing 10
apply the common process OF reasoning to
public facts instead ef dreaming over them;
neither doubted the beginning and nature of
this war, nor fear its continuation longer
than the present year. The causes which
produced il we're evident three wears ago !;
and the causes which will conclude the ac-
ten of the Northern States are now equal
ly patent. 1t is true that no cause but our
destruction can put an end to the rcsis~
tance of the South but the two beilise-
rents stand on different footing with re-
gard to the duration Of this war.
"The motives" said Swift u The 'unst
famous of political pamphlrs-. a'isSf nSy
engage State in war, take n Il. alse
or more OF these; either to check 'as ufer-
grown power Of some ambitious neghbor I; TO
recover what has. been unjastly taken frum
Tito revenge seme injury il has received !;
Or TO defend itself when II j. invsded. In
ali these cases, the writer's upon. politics
admit a war 70 be jutsls undertaken. The
last is what has been usually called pro aris
etfocis; where no expense or endeavor can
betwo grea., because ali We have j. al stake,
and consequently our utmost force must Be
exertea and the dispute IS determined eth
er 10 safety or utter destruction. Bul IN
the other eases. 4 believe, no monarch or
commonwealth lid ever engage beyond a
certain degree. 81
The last species of war enumerated by
Swift is our war. emphaticalIy war
pro aris a focis, in which" all we hate is at
stake" in which /" all our fhfce must be ex-
erted,n and which We must endure I'LL com
pleie success or utter destruction j. attain
ed. This is our case. Butsuch is NOT the
case of our enemy. Ills motive IS NOT even
one Of those JUST motives named by" wri.
tiers on politics." His motives.s ere anti
tion aud revenge. These are expensive
luxuries. A war conducted Tor the gfati-
fication Of those passions can only be con
tinued by vast expenditure uf money. Nv
money, and by money only. can the srmie
Of the United States be raised aud main
tanned for tie psposes before the" They
possessed vast resources and wealth 10 the
beginning of IL, sna have used then iexs.
rously. Bat there il a limit 20 every tbing
human, and the United States now behold.
the bottom Of their purse. The phliuso-
piers stone has not been found |; j. ia.
possible TO make money irdefinitsly By
printing promises to pay. However SLOW
srj carefully pot OF. the DAY will Away
csme when paper must be resYtsed uni'
metal or become non.extsni. fhaf d.
has al length arrived for the Uni. &,
Their liabilities are equal to the tt
Briisa. aad their assets long sln -