The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-01-05
CHRONICLES OF THE WAR

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10. And it came to pass in the days
Of Abraham, of the house Of Lincoln,
the ruler of the Puritans, the people of
God,
IL. That one Jefferson, whose sur.
name vas Davis, the high priest of Beel.
zebub the ruler of Tartarus, made war
on the people Of God in the land Of Dix
lie, wherein are raised turpentinc, trea-
son and cotton.
IL. And JEFF. raised seven thousand
of his brave men, and hailed iron, lead
and fire on Fort Sumter, in the com.
mand of one Robert, whose surname is
Anderson, and seventy veteran Puri.
tans.
13. And Jefferson ceased not, day
and night, to oppress the army Of the
Lord, insomuch that Anderson surren.
dered the fort, and lowered the Aag Of
his country.
IA. And Jefferson made great ban
quet, and his wives and his concubines
drank wine in the vessels made Of gold
stolen from the treasury by Floyd, un.
der Old Buck, the bachelor.
Is. Moreover, his seven thousand
soldiers rejoiced with great joy, and
cried with loud voice for the space of
three days, Great is King Cotton, who
hath delivered our enemies, the Black
Abolitionists, into our hands, and blessed
be his father and mother, Sambo and
Dinah, who reared our King.
16. And it came to pass, when Abra
ham heard the rejoicing, he called Sew
ard, and said, What meaneth the re
joicirg?
II. And Seward answered and sale
unto him, Live forever, Father Abra
ham the Philistines be upon us.
l9. And Abraham wept, and cover
cd himself with sackcloth and ashes
and prayed nightly to God.
10, And the Lord answered and sal,
unto him, Fear not, Abraham, for | hav
' raised thee up to deliver my people.
90 Issue thy proclamation, and cal
out five and seventy thousand men
peyadventure Jefferson will repent.
81. And Abraham hearkened unit
the Lord. Selah
%. And Jefferson hardened Iii:
heart, and sliffsned his neck, and boastct
and said, What do these Yankees ?
One of US can whip ten AbOlitionists
and ten of the chivalry can put a thous
and Yankees to flight.
%. And it repented the Lord tha
he had made Jefferson, of the house o
Davis.
"a. Aud the Lord said unto Abrl
ham, Issue thy proclamation, and ca
out three hundred thousand men, and
will punish Jefferson for his sins, where
in he hath sinued against II eaven.
25. And Abraham obeyed God
Seah
&c. And the Philistnes pitched bat
tie against the Puritans at Bull Run
and Jeffarson slew of the army of Abra
ham two and twenty hundred.
27. And discom 6ted the army of th
= Lord, and took forty and four hundre
=. prisoners, and wagons not few an
routed the army of Abraham.
' And Abraham wept bitterly, an
prayed nightly to God, and said, Sure
ly, o God, thou hast forsaken thy ser
want Abraham, aud destroyed thy pee
pie.
, 90. And, the Lord answered Abru
ham and said, Fear not, my servant, fo
, l have raised thee up to deliver N
. people.
80. AndI will punish the arroganc
of Jefferson, and the naughty shall b
laid low.
81. Issue thy proclamation again
and call out six hundred thousand mer
and I will sweep the land Of Dixie wit
the bosom of destruction.
32' And it shall come to pass tina
Richmond and Charleston, the beaut
of the Southern COnfederacy, shall b
as Sodom and Gomorrah.
33. They shall not be dwelt in fror
), generation to generation neither shaI
the sIave-owner pitch his tent therein
but the wild beasts of Florida shall Ii
=, there owls shall build their nests i
their pleasant palaces, and satyrs sha
+ dance there, and their time is near a
n hand, and their days shall not bo pre-
-. longed.
"a. For the Lord thy God will bav
mercy on Abraham, and will yet choos
Israel, aud they shall cleave to the hOus
Of Abraham.
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