Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-07-24
- HYDE PARK, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, JULY "a 1867

of the North, as his enemies called him,
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. fought his
last battle and saved the cause Of the
Protestants from going out in darkness
1t was OH the 9th of November. 1852,
a foggy morning. Recall the time and the
scene Two years before, in 1850, there
was but one town in all Germany in which
there was liberty of conscience. Magde-
burg alore resisted Tilley. the brutal
commander of the Imperial and papaI
forces, striving to subdue the Protestant
hcresy by force of arms When the cause
Was at the lowest ebb, the King Of Sweden
appeared an actor in the drama. He
marched to victory, passing beyond the
Main to Munich, sweeping down Ill op-
position, astonishing the Emperor and
winning the admiration of the world.
There were few hearth stones in New
England then. At Plymouth We're Gov
ernor Bradford aud Captain Standish lay
ing the formations of an empire on those
principles for which men had fought in
every part Of Central Europe; for which
Gustavus had left his LOVING wife and
child, his throne his home, his throne, to
maintain. Men and women kissed his
feet in attcstation of their love for him.
No for the cause, rather. He was the
friend of the poor, and, under God, their
hope and confidence. ..r...... s..
10 Lulzen he had hastened to meet
Ferdinand's best generals Wallenstcip.
the commander; Pafeuheim and Piccolo.
mini, his lieutenants. From the wall Of
yonder castle on our right hand, over
looking the town of Weseufels, the bann-
ers of Sweden we're deserted approaching,
aud from thence Walenstein rode out to
from his lines on the night of the 9th,
and here reaching southwark over the lev
cl plain. the two armies lay through that
toggy morning What scene is that
where the King, with premonition that
this is to be his last battle, kncels before
the whole army and supplicates the throne
of Heaven, while from those scrried ranks
rises the sublime hymn of the great re-
former, "A steadfast fortres is our God y
Pass over the strife to the evening hour,
behold the field lighted by the flames Of
burning Lutzen. thousands of dying and
dead, the "Snow Kings" corpse lying be
meath heap of slain, the Imis scrial troops
in fight, their cannon abandoned. the
victory won. At that twilight hour it
was decided for all time that men should
think as they pleased on matters between
themselves and God. Beneath that
group of poplars, standing ike Sentinels
upon the plain, is the spot where one Of
the noblest characters in history gave up
his life for human freedom. There is the
"Sweedes stoue," granite boulder, q
fitting monument for one SO strong heart
ed as Gustavus Adolphus. t
This plain has been bloody theatre
Go west short distance and you come to
the spot where Frederick the Great won
the victory of Rossbach with $4,000
Prussiaus against G0,0O0 French and
Austrians under Soubierc. If VIC walk
southwark beyoud the stone which marks
the spot where Gustayus Adolph fell,
we shall be upon the ground occupied by
Napoleon and the allies in the battle of
the % of May, 1873: Or going south
ward to the village OF jena, we may sur
vey the ground where Prussia received the
most disastrous of all her defeats. Every
foot OF this region has beeu' tfaiipled DIP.
on by men in arms You may draw lines
iu all directions and say; "Herc stood the
front rank Of Gustavus, there the Duke Of
SAKE Wcimar pressed down upon the ene-
my be e Pa1cnheim was mortally wound
ed wonder rode WulleDstcin unharmed
amid shower af bullets" Then passing
over one hundred years we may set up the
stakes where Fredcricks cavalry, in solid
! tiass, cut down the three lines Of Austri.
ans. gaining for Prussia aremarKable vic
tory /; yohder, Half century later, stood
Napoleon. and farther ont upon the plain,
Blucher Frederick William and .Alexan-
der. s.ai a0l @ es
, ffp 11d ERRURT. stI
But enough of war; We pass on our
, way through Wcimar, once the Atheus Of
, Germany, where Goethe. Schiller, Wieland
} aud Herder made illustrious the ducal
, court. They are names kept in remem-
: brance in the Father labd." We look
!, out upon lovely scenery, green meadows
fertile fields, red with acres Of poppies il
6 bloom as If the blood of the countless slair
! had been caught from the ground, reap
pesribg in the living plant AT the sta
tions girls offer us cherries. In the potato
1 fields wc see long line Of women in shor
Q petticoats--thirty women welding TIN
!. hoe, and among these weaker vessels