The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-21

both sides-men of high honor and stern in.
tegrity whose positions have been taken bv
the force of conviction honestly entertained.
Who can arraign them? Not l. On one side
have my relatives, on the other nv friends.
who shall say which is right but their own
conscience. One of the federal officers has
been my friend for years; if he lives. a deed
OF ignominy will never stain his armor: if he
dies, the light of no truer soul will 90 ont
than that which warns the heart of Col Rem
Grover. Brave and chivalrous as a paladin
he is kind and gentle as a woman. The quail
tiles of the ancient and modern world are
mixed in his Characteristic knightly courtesy
OF the Templar, with the love of improvement
which has webbed our country with the trail
OF the steam engine and the march of civil
lization."
81 should love to know the man, said Zera
with a sigh of regret. Everything generous
and noble appealed to the heart of the Young
girl with quick vitalic sympathy. @Yes, l
should love to know him."
81 wish you did, my dear; there bre,tbes
no truer gentleman" And the old colonel fell
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thoughts of friends and country
To mind like his, this civil war was full of
gravest apprehensions. No matter which
side triumphed, the seeds of death were strewn
over the land; and it might, nay would, so he
thought, wipe from the face of the continent
the heritage of unrestricted liberty that the
revolution gave us. The war of sections could
in
denied the possibility; and although the con-
met OF arms might be stopped, embittered
animosities would continue and would wreck
every attempta at peaceable solution.
While indulging in these reflections the |
carriage reached the door. Dismissing the |
domestlcs, who had crowded around them for
news, with the intelligence that nothing def
mite was known as yet, they entered the house.
Everything seems to be going in favor of
the Confederates, colonel; don't you think sop
Zera ventured to inquire.
Eyes, my dear. it looks so now. They are
fighting CALAMITY for their independence. I
wish they may get it."
"And don't you think they will?"
cit is difficult to tell The warts ASSUMING
proportions now which no one ever dreamed
1t could possibly attain when it commenced.
1t is difficult to speak confidently of the result
until this campaign is over and that of next
year has commenced"
"And even then it may be doubtful"
Certainly! no one can tell with any de-
gree OF assurance these things are wisely
bid In futurity; man, in his puny strength,
cannot penetrate or override the designs Of
The Creator :! God works these things out.
bis ends are not unfrequently ACCOMPLISHED
through the passions and struggles of His I
creatures. 1t is true that in such contests as '
nat which now desolates our country, we all i
iaye our preferences side or that we c
'ray may be triumphant-this is human ma {
ure, ana 1t is right, but God alone turns the I
Gales, as He rules the destinies of nations. t
"But do you believe that God does turn n
he scales in favor of one or the other side ?" P
''Assuredly, my child" j.
"Then, why does He not indicate His will a
efore so much desolation is wroughtPo
"That we cannot tell we must rest salts c.
ed In the assurance that He doeth all things el
ell and that He has some wise purpose to ST
III every event that affects our
yes. He will manifest His pleasure at the p
roper time" II
" What teaches you this, Colonel Taylor
jence, faith religion or what ?"
"All of these combined, nv child teach "
'edience to Gods law and trust in His DUR.
'ses I; but there is another principle that in al
fences my faith in this doctrine over and
ove these, or rather which, by the aid of al
tural science, enables me to place my trust en-
this belief" br
'And that is-?" oh
Reason The sense of first cauee or5
process of natural ratiocination." ut
81 believe 1 understand you and vet I Sh
mot conceive how, unaided by what YOU gr
IN revelation, you can acquire sufficient hi
amlses to base your reasoning upon" roo
$ 1t is not difficult, my child but your
igion and mine are different You believe III.
a first cause; so do 1 but here the Calvin Lee
lc and the Magian theory widely diverge.
e doctrine of Zoriaster finds in the subtle no,
OF our weak and crooked understanding eff
'nues which please the fancy and impose ma,
e; but its hieroglyphical imagery-even its nit
red fire, which you worship as the symbol on
the creator, to my mind, furnishes no ex- still
pie OF that broad Christian principle which REQ
be right must be reasonable God has asst
en- us understandings, and aside from reye- y
on, we ought to be able to trace the foot. Tin
ats OF the Deity. In our religion think los,
can. believe we can discover by reason to
y that He controls all things for good. He ate,
res to His finite subjects free-will and free am,
ncy; but He SO shapes the affairs of men sid,
good will come of them" wo,
II L could only believe so. sir. EN-,
uld be much happier; but when w.
tell me that Good Being controls hu- viii
events, and see the worse triumphant oall
prevailing our righteousness, what am I frie,
hink?" -
What does your own religion teach Won. wee
child?"
Free agency, and-Fate!" coll
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