Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-03-03

CHRONICLES OF THE WAR,

Of the PuritanS the people VI God,
II That one Jrsf.rson. whose surname is
Davis. the high priest of Bye'zphnh. the ruler
Of Tarrarus made war on the people Of God
in the land Of Dixie. wherein are raised tur
pent'ne. treason and cotton
12, And Jrff raised seven thousand Of his
bray" men. and hailed ron lead and fire. on
Fort Sumter. in the command OF one Robert.
veteran Puri,ans.
13. And Jefferson ceased not, dav and
night, to Cypress the army Of the Lord, in.
somuch that Anderson surrendered the fort
and lowered the flag Of his country.
IA. And Jefferson made great banquet.
and his wives and his coucubinrs drank wire
in the vessels made of gold stolen from the
treasury by Floyd, under Old Buck the
bachelor
IS Moreover, his seven thousand soldiers
rrioiced with great joy, and cried with a loud
voice for the space of three days, Great is
King Gotten who hath delivered eur enemies,
thr Black AholtionSts into our hands and
blessed he h,s father and mother, Sambo and
Dinah, who reared our King.
16 And tcaine to pass, when Abraham
heard the rejoicing. he called Seward. and
said, What m"snrth the rejoicing?
IL And Seward answered and said unto
him, Live forever, Father Abraham the
Philsin.s be upon US
lS And Ahraham wept, and covered him
self with sackrloth and ashes, and prayed
nightly to God
10 And the Lord answered and said unto
him, Fear not, Abraham, for | have raised
| thee up 10 deliver my people
20 Issue thy proclamation, and call ou
! five and seventy thousand mua; peraaven
ture Jefferson Will repent.
Gl And Abraham hearkened unto tn,
Lord Sclah
22 A al JrfErrson hardened his heart ant
stiien 4 his neck, aud boastcd, and said
| What de- these Yankees One Of us car
whip ten Aboliteuists, and ten Of the chlv
airy can put Thousand Yankees to fight.
% And il repen,vd the Lord that he hat
mad, } JiftrS"n, of the hous. of Davis
"a Aud the Lord sad unto Ahraham, Is
SUE thy procan anat'on and call out thrr
hundred thousand men, aud will punisi
ned against Heaven.
20 And Abraham oheyed God Sclah
26 Ard IN. Phlistinrs pitched bath
against the Pur,anS at Bull Run and JET
terSon slew of the army Of Abraham two an,
twenty thousand,
~. Aud di>comfited the army Of tn
Lord, and took forty aud four Thousand pr,s
onrrs, ard wagons not a few and routed
the aray Of Ahrshan.
2S. Aud Ahrshs,p wcpt bitterly, an,
rra, I'd nightly to God, aud said, Surely.
Lord God, thou hast fnryaken thy servant
Abraham, and destroyed thy people.
% And the Lord answered Abraham
snd said, Fear not. my servant, for hav
raised thee up to deliver my people.
80. Aud will punish the arrogance G
j H'rSon. and 'he haughty shsi. be laid low
81. Issue Thy proclamation again, and cs
nut -,S hundred Thousand men, and | wi
Sw'ep the land q! Dixi. with the besom G
destruction.
80 Aud it shall come to pass that Rich
mrnd and Charleston, the beauty Of IN
Southern Confrderacy, shall be M Sodo,
aud Guinorral,
33 They shall not b. dwclt in from ger
era.Ion ,0 ge' e alton neither shall the slay
"wnrI purh his tent therein hni the wi
beasts oi Florida >hall l,' there owls Sha
uli thrIr nests in their pleasant palace
ana satyrs shall dance there, aud their TIN,
Is near ~ hand, aud their days shall not b
prolonged.
"a. Far the Lord thy God will have mere
on Abraham, aud VIII yet choos" I.rarl, AN
they shall clcayc 10 the house of Abraham
IS. Aud my servants shall take them cap
tive, whose captrves they were, aud the
stall rule over their oppresscrs, the +
VS. Of Dixie.
SO And thou, Abraham, shalt use tn
power against j fftr.on, the arch traitor
Drxie, and say,
81. How hath the oppressor ceased tn
ken the staff Of jeff and the sccptcrs Of hi
rulers.
3S. lie who smotc the people in wrat
with continued stroke he that ruled !
anger, is prosecuted, and none hindereth
the whole earth is at rest ; my people brea
forth into singing
80. Yea, the Palmetto trees and cedar
rejoice, saying, Since thou, jeff art laid lo'
no ielici is come up against us.
40 He'll from beneath is moved for the,
to me thee at thy coming; it S,irrcth u
the dead for thee.
Al. An these shall speak and say uni
;n-e, Art thor, jeff, become weak as We
thy p",np is brought down.
AZ How arr thou fallen from Heaven,
Lncicr, son of the morning! How art tho
cut down to the ground which did weak.
thi, nation
43 For ,hou hast said in thy heart, I vi
call the roll of my slaves on Bunker Hill;
VIII exalt my throne above the stars al
stripes;
A | will be like the Most lIigh We. tho,
jeff shalt be brought down to hell to tb
bottonlsss pits
as. They that see thee shall narrowly loo
upon thee, saying. is this the man that mad
the earth tremtle? that did shake this gov
erHment? #.
40. That made the world as n wilderness,
and destroyed the cites ;hrrroI ? that epene
not the house Of bis prisoners, but >,a,ve
them to death that worshipped King Cot
ton? ...
A. Moreover the Lord said unto Abr,
ham. Issue thy proclamation Of cnniiScsiiof
ana will take my servants from hard bond
age wherein they have been made to serve
and they shall guard their masters with by
on, t.. s- ..
45 And will make the garden Of Ele.
and the Eden OF Earth howlng wiiernes,
a waste desert; will sweep the Land 9
Dixie with the besom OF destruction.
40 Moreover, | will cut of The son In
nephew OF jeff, so that they will not rise u
and Rll the world again with tories. An
Abraham r,jaced.
so Moreover, one Richard, Of the hons
Of Yates, Governor of Illinois, telegraphe
to Abraham, saying, Issue your proelama
ton OF coItiseation; moreover, call out
. million Of men.
81. And Abraham answered Richard. an
said, Dick. hold still and see The salvation c
God. Aud Dick said, The will Of the Lor
b done. ..a... ......... Wv. .
81 And the army Of God srnote the PHI
listines with continual stroke. and took tn
forts that old buchanan had stoluR and give
to J,tf ...
So And the army Of the Lord took Fol-
, Henry, Fort Donelson, Fort Columbus, All
puI 20 hisht the Pbis,ines AT Shloh, an
slew u thousand, and made new rive
through the timber and took Island No II
and two ana twenty Thousand stand OF arm.
Snd prisoners mt few.
81. And one Ulysses. Of the house