Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-02-09

the besom of destruction.
80. And it shall come to pass that
Richmond and Charleston, the beauty of
the Southern Confederacy, shall be as
ISodom and Gomorrah.
! 33. They shall not be dwelt in from
generation to generation; neither shall
the slave owner pitch his tent therein !;
but the wild beasts of Florida shall dwell
there the.owls shall build their nests
in their pleasant palaces; and satyrs
shall dance there and their time is near
lat hand, and their days shall not be
prolonged.
"a. For the Lord thy God will have
mercy on Abraham, and will yet choose
Israel, and they shall cleave to the
house Of Abraham.
35. And my servants shall take them
captive whose captives they were, and
they shall rule over their oppressors, the
E. E. VS. of Dixie.
SO. And thou, Abraham, shalt use
this power against Jeff, the arch traitor
Of Dixie, and say,
81. How hath the oppressor ceased
the golden cities ceased The Lord
hath broken the staff Of Jeff and the
scepters of his rulers.
38. He who smote the people in
wrath with continued stroke !; he that
ruled in anger, is prosecuted, and none
hindereth !; the whole earth is at rest !;
my people break forth into singing.
SO. Yea, the palmetto trees and ce-
dar rejoice, saying, Since thou Jeff art
laid low, no feller is come up against US.
40. He'll from beneath is moved for
thee, to meet thee at thy coming; it
stirreth up the dead for thee.
Al. All these shall speak and say
unto thee, Art thou, Jeff, become weak
as we? thy pomp is brought down.
AZ. How art thou fallen from heav-
en-, 0 Lucifer son of the morning =
How art thou cut down to the ground
which did weaken this nation
43. For thou hast said in thine heart,
I will call the roll Of my slaves on Bun
ker hill | will exalt my throne above
the stars and stripes;
A. [ will be like the most High
yet thou, Jeff, shalt be brought down
to hell, to the bottomless pit.
As. They that see thee shall mar
rowly look upon thee, saying, Is this
the man that made the earth tremble ?
that did shake this government?
46. That made the world as will
derness. and destroyed the cities there
of? that opened not the house of his
/ prisoners, but starved them unto death?
that worshipped King Cotton.
AZ. Moreover, the Lord said unto
Abraham, issue thy proclamation Of con-
fscation, and | will take my servants
from hard bondage wherein they have
been made to serve. and they shall guard
their masters with bayonets.
! 4S. And I will make the garden Of
Eden and the Eden of earth bowling
wilderness, a waste desert; I will sweep
the land of Dixie with the bosom of de
struction.
40. Moreover, I will cut off the son
and nephew of Jeff, so that they will not
rise up and fill the world again with to-
ries. And Abraham rejoiced.
so. Moreover, one Richard, of the
house of Yates. Governor of Illinois tel
egrapbed to Abraham, saying, Issue your
proclamation of confscation; moreover,
call out million of men.
81. And Abraham answered Richard,
and said, Dick, hold still and see the sal
walton of the Lord And Dick said, The
will of the Lord be done.
50. And the army of God smote the
Philistines with continual stroke, and
took the forts which Buchanan, the bach
elor patriarch, had stolen and given into
the hands Of jeff
So And the army of the Lord took
Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, and Fort
Columbus, and put to flight the Philis-
tines at Shiloh, and slew ten thousand,
and made a new river through the tim
ber, and took Island No. 10, and twenty
and two thousand stand Of arms, and OF
prisoners not few.
| 54. And one Ulysses, of the house OF
Grant, besieged Vicksburg, and sorely
oppressed the army Of jeff in command
of one Pemberton, the High Priest,
| SIS. Insomuch that the soldiers and cit
izens prayed to the High Priest, and
said. Give us meat. that we perish not ;
and Pemberton said unto them, Bring
hither your beasts of burden, moreover
60 ye out and catch rats.
Sc. And the soldiers did bring their
poor mules and slew them in the presence
of Pemberton, and the people did eat
rats, mule meat, and hard tack.
81. And the Lord granted Grant sue
cess, and the brave Illinois boys blew uI
the forts, and on the fourth day of July
which is the seventh month, in the yeal
1863, the city was surrendered to Grant
with thirty-and three Thousand prisoners
, and forty and four thousand stand O
| arms, aud cotton bales not few.
IS. And Butler took New Orleans anc
Farragut took the coast, and the Abeli