The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-02-17
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ed crooked and dnrigbteous IN his prov
ideuee.. It Is another proof to the world
that, though handjoih in hand, the wicked
shall not go unpunished, and that there
is no darkness nor shadow Of death where
the workers Of iniquity may hide them
selves. .al.f 2a67 s.ffDrl 12E-''2s-'
Again. we have resson for thankful
ness because the late victories have done
much to disoOn!ft aald put to shame oa,r
bQsest enemy, the traitors at home. It is
passing strange that there should be trait,
orS to such a cause as ours. But the
revolutionary war had its Arnolds and to-
ries, and even the religion of Christ had
its Judas and betrayers of the Lord. Our
traitors demand peace, even at the secri>
fee Of the nations honor and all that is
great and holy. God knows We all want
peace. We sigh and pray for it every
hour, but not for such a peace as would
make demons smile, and bring upon us
the curses of the unborn. We want a
peace that will be worthy the precious
blood that is now flowing like water. What
they want is the cold peace Of the nations
GRAVE. like hyenas and FuItufes, they
love the peace atreigns over the gloom
and stillness of death. They hate THIS
war, because they hate the government
and love its enemies. When the enemy
gains temporary triumph they rejoice /;
when YOU are victorious they are full of
religious Wailings over the horrors Of waF.
The government whose free institutions
have made them all that they are, and un-
der whose protecting wings they have
been. .nouFished from the helplessness Of
infancy, they would utterly destroy, were
it in their power to. do so. They would
sell their own and the nations birthright
for mess of Pottage, aud if it were pos
sible, would extend and perpetuate that
"peeuliar institution" that has cursed and
blasted every land where it has been es-
tablished, and would prop up the old rot
ten castles of CHIYALRY AND PRIDE OF
BLOOD, that are already tumbling down
and will soon be only a Ridiculous, quixotic
dream Of the past. But I would not de-
grade my subject by giving prominence to
such base born creatures. Their day is
coming, and they will have their reward.
They will die and be forgotten, or remem-
bred only to be despised:
.r5-" "Shame and dishonor sit a-.-.I
.t On their graves ever, ,s-r-elr 5-ru
Blessings shall halloW it. ..--.-..
Never, no neverP'
But there is another class Of enemies,
whom your victories tend to disoomfit.
They are loud-mOuthed blowers, who lay
back and say, Go in, boys, thrash the. ras-
cally rebels, and WE attend to the GOv<
EMINENT CoNTRCTs. The war is the
DIANA by means of which they accumulate
wealth.. Therefore, thay love it and want
it to continue, They. can gamble in gold
and stocks and thus do what they can to
destroy the currency and credit of the
government, while they pocket the spoiIs
they can defraud the soldier and the gov
eminent by the most base and Fascally
operations in government contracts, al
without being themselves. in any danger
ofrebel bullets. They can roll in purple
and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every
day, and pocket their thousands or mil
lions, while the soldier every day expos
ing his life, rolls in rotten ''shoddy,"
SHORT shirts, and every kind of garment
full Of scantiness, rottenness OF. deceit.
These men who are growing fat on the
vitals Of the government, and the hunger,
and cold, and pain of the defFauded sol.
der will be sad at heart when this war
closes. But o, what reckoning. must
be theirs:
Course, curse the wretch, who from low
- grOFeling greed, .>"- 900 2l 1aEs.-
Would rob his country in her hour Of need:
By schemes nefariOus, and by tricks expert,
Her substance squander and her means per-
vert, .a z.--rr5f q. ..l
Defraud her soldiers in the food they eat, =
ClOthe them with garments rotten with. de-
f--L eeit, El a.--s. 1r- %. .r- -.f
Those high in power, who Of frauds would
Nor share the blame, although they share
the chink, f-,..-- . g.
Words are in vain, give justice ample scope
They stretch our patience, let them stretch a
.- rope E,ar I'd jrE .-l9-i. .r5I .-ese.si
Once MORE we have reason for thank
fulness in THE PROSPECT BEFORE US. The
clouds are, breaking, and the mists and
shadows arc passing away. 1 hear the
nearing music ofthe angels SINGING glory
TO- God in the highest, peace on earth and
good will to man. How beautiful upon
the mountains are the feet Of him that
bringeth good tidingsi--that publisheth
peace, that saith unto Zion, thy God
reigneth AT the end dsof a few more
marches and battles see the messenger
that will sound the recall of peace, the
long desired day when the rebels shall have
been vanquished auI their leaders punishr
ed according to their fearful crimes; when
YOUR swords shall be laid in their scahbards4
to rust, and your muskets. be turned oyerI
to lie under cob-webs in the dark arsenal.
Beyond that 1 see for this country, days
Of purity, strength and prosperity, thatIit
never before dreamed of. This rich and
sunny land will be peopled with new
race. Industry and enterprise will take.
the place Of dreamy Incidence. Instead
of the roar of battle and the groans aud
shrieksofthe wounded, there will be heard
the hum Of business, and sounds Of. joy,
Instead OF the thorn, shall come up the
myrtle tree, and the desert shall rejoice
ond the 9wiIdernes shall blossom as tie
rose. Instead Of the almost universal
ignorance and degradation that now pTe-e
walls in all'these -rebelliOus States, there
will be general intelligence, virtue and an
enlightened Christianity. In all your
long marches you have seen no SCHOOL
HOUSES in any of the rebel States, or, if
possibly you may have seen one, is was
like pale and wilted flower weeping in
its loneliness in a wilderness of brambles
and oversbadOWing weeds. But, when
this war shall have finished its appointed