The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1865-10-20


tent, their great Masters decision
when suddenly, from beeting cliff,
far out IN the burning lake, arose q
blue, lambent fame which while thew
, gazed, took shape horrid shape ;
and stood before the assembled tiends.
1t was clad in vesture wet with
blood; the gore hung heavy from ita
matted locks, and the fcrcest fires Of
hell shot from.its burning eye balls
Even Satan started and turned pao
with fear, and hell shrank back with
horror.
"Ha! Yc fear me, then :" hissed
the horrid monster. "Well might ye
fear were | not friend and an ally.
1But thou knowest me not, 0 Satan,
for am an easth born spirit, and have
/ long hid myself--aye, for thousand
/ years now come to offer service
and allegiance, and to claim the offer.
cd prize, Fear not, but listen, and let
me be ruler of the Earth, for none
hath power like me in the dark do.
minioas. n taf .rr.t .'....e.l 90 .r.
! Moloch, Biliai, Mammon, and Apol.
! lyon promise much, but they shall be
my servants and subalterns. Their
power is weakness compared with
mino. U listen, till | tell thee of my
strength, and how | will WELD it. My
shapes and names are legion, and I
change them at will, SO that men shall
oftimes hug me 10 their bosoms as an
angel of light I will be the greatest
of all hypocrites and deceivers, be-
traying ever with a kiss protesting
love and kindness, when my only aim
is ruin | will be the patron and sole
support of the gambling den, and of
her "whose house inclineth unto death,
ard her paths unto tho dead" And
| will through her portals, bring the
very flower Of manhood, to blight and
shame and everlasting contempt.
On every foot Of earth and sea will
follow my victims. Where discord
and anarchy prevail, there will l be;
where cruelty is, there will come,
and burn out from the hearts Of men
every vestgo of mercy till they be-
come fends incarnatc, and devise un.
imaginable horrors. ! will stand be-
meath the gallows-tree, and even while
the death-rattle is in the throat of the
criminal, will drive men to robbery
and murder. will lie in wait in the
streets of cities, and plan tho mid
night fire and assassination. | will
plunge my victims into the prison and
hospitals l will steep them in power
ty and degradation to the very lips
| will cast forth their families TO want
and wintry winds, and the babe shall
perish in its mothers arms, with its
tears frozen to ice-drops upon her bo-
som. | will turn the dagger of tho
husband against the heart of his wife,
and her blood shall stain tho cradle
of his children. Stimulated and urg-
ed on BY mo, the father shall dance in
maniac glee over tho manglcd bodies
of his murdered babes, and laugh to
see their fair locks dabbled in blood;
the mother shall forget her sucking
child" slain by her hand, and mock |
at tho tender years and helplessness
Of her own offspring
On whatsoever hearth stonc my foot
shall be planted, tho gladstone fire
shall go out, to be lighted no more for
ever; and tho roof-tree shall fall, and
the voices of children be hushcd, ard !
all that men cluster around them, TO
mako their earthly homes 30 much
like heaven shall vanish like q wreath
Of smoke, and desoIation brood over
the ruins. / will pointtho sons knife
against tho fathers throat, and his
grey hair shall drip with gore. Where
war and vengeance are, | will rouse
their fury to ten.fold rage, and blot
from the soldiers breast the last YES.
tgo Of humanity. Tho inccndiary's
torch shall be my banner; the crack
ling flames Of burning villages, and
the shrek Of murdered innocence, the
music Of my march
Pestilcnce shall follow mo as u
shadow and | will open unto him the
gates Of q million dwellings, which
else had been secure. | will spread
famine and disease oven in lands of
plenty and health, and will scal up the
eyes of all my victims 30 that thoy
shall not sec nor know their next
plunge 10 into perdition. | will sweep
whole continents Of their inhabitants;
and givo woes and sorrows and
" wounds without cause" to the whole
race Of man. Yet, wbosoever is wound.
cd by mo, shall seek me as hid treas.
ures, to bo wounded yet again. | will
bind upon their brows tho iron crown
of suffering, burning with hell.6ro,
that shall scorch and scar and cat
into their brain and heart and soul, yet
shall thoy fall down and worship mo,
and for my sake, part with houses and
lands, and wife and children, and hope
and heaven. ....g ....
Let Jehovah send forth spirits, purc
as tho snow, flake; TO dwell In earthly
bodies | will seek them out, and kin.
dlo in their hearts an unquoncbable
fire that shall consume them; and tho
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