The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-13
lcpntinued FROM drst paqe. J

1t is, omphaticallys gas was asserted by
Burke, q nation's cheapest defence.-
From evil educing god, 1T has reduced
and, mitigated the horrors of hOrrid war.
The vHoly Crusades' drafted the i'm
mntable code of honorable chivAiry.-
The pea Of the Roman historian, con-
temning all things chat smacked OF sFn-l
niClfaith." has commended To the pro-
| fession of arms the example OF the noble
l Regufus, and taught them 10 regard
honor more sacred than life ITSELF Sell I
| diers taken captive in war, are now no Z
longer confined within death-breeding
| prison walls. Entire French armies
were paroied-set free oil their words OF
honor. The philanthropic pen has made
the readiness of the sanitary train cor
dition precedent to the movenento of an
army. 1t has registered the lives Of all
the great and good of by-gone times,
f"where every day we may turn the leai
to read them" ttf
The custodian of its own treasures, 1t
is every day adding triumph to tri'
uniph, and carving out anew, or rescn-
ing from oblivion, the last OF the Jew
lost arts.
Things unpleasant to the sight touched
by it, at once become things of beauty
forever. At its bidding heaven aspiring
mountains have been levelled, the ster-
lie desert made to produce Abundant
fruits. of the choicest favor, Its lpse
;. dirt converts the oak leviathan into
thick-dotted villages, the gloomy forest
into sweet smiling plain. Traced along
, paper, cities, consumed. lat once srring
up--Phonix- like-frorn their ashes.
I The evidences Of the most ravaging and
desolating wars by II are soon lerased.---
Z 1T refinesn mans crude nature, a nd
I, makes angels of ladies, God bless them)
\ '.Heaven's last; best gift TO man,
! So uneTring is lie in its calculations,
we are confident Ihat had golden ring,
: 1T creations, dawn, been immoyably
J, suspended in the orbit through which
! the earth might then have scarcely pass
), ed, it would, since then, have continued
4 its revolutions, and left that ring I'M
! touched. Bold and, defiant, set modest
= aud conident-fut,nen eripnt coeto-it
! Esnatches from the clouds Jeve's dread
!, llixhtnIng, bottles, flames, and renders II
d an harmless and useless thing. Its ems
ployment leadss man to the highest
round in the ladder of usefulness and
= fame. Those who. are the most moved
y by its heavenly influence lave ever been
,. the real bepeiactors of the human race,
!, To weigh the Influence OF the sword
81 against THAT OF the pen, is to weigh
Z ounces against pounds, mole hills
y against mountains, The soul CT man,
- purified and ennobled 10y its mighty in
y fluence, no longer delighted with the
y Indispensable gl5fies of this great ano
~ massive globe, ten thousand times
~ swifter than an arrow of light, speeds
creation over, reads the benutie, Of thu
golden sun, the planets, all the infinite
. hosts of Hoaven,i Surveys the "walll
n that close the universe with crystal in,
7, ..listens at the gates of Haven withou
as reproof," and returns to find this eartt
mere atom of CREATIONS power. No OBJ
~ ject teo minute for its notice, no plac'
ny too exalted for its touch, the Apocalyp
ne tic pen has described to US the ineffa bl
10 beauties and grandeur of that "city no
10 made with hands.Dnf9 rt7iat,2 ANt
" The annihilator of time and space, /
r has subjected earth, sea, and sky Z
& mans sovereign will and pleasure, an,
'u entitled him to his place, "a little below
y, the angels" -alone made him not tn
meanest emblem of the Almighty
power.
as But. Honorable Judges, it is to tn
ut Scriptures that we would point you 70
IN q living. still more conclusive arRuiGen
10 OF the mightier influence of the pen,-
O. The Universal world, taught by IL ON
iei simple language, nlnde plain the go:
% for The canning Of Chri -. Ills cunning
,s Ioret,ld by the prophets pen, He cam
~ not, as tho Jews had expectei, ~ a greii
- earthly potentato, his Immediate ap
p-Oacli made known by lsels,ltis, will
|
B SHa ifst haaXsu saeia Ps sHFsysgc
l. the truthful fact that:
a. "A single, silent star "'a
h, Came wand'fing from afar, Ntt
a. Gliding unchecked and calm along the II
fl quid sky; ,iri leltof Dib f8s
~ The Eastern Sages leading on, fe-u ,f.i
AS at kingly throne, .t,,.. .,.,.,,,
i, 10 lay their gold and odors sweet
III Rcfore his .nfant feet.r
q, Well knowing that the zen was migh'
ad Ter than the sword, and approaching IN
Is same, we find him, at an early age, !
tile temple puzzling tire learned doctors
The pen has taught us that the sp' {
ON shalt be turned into q pruning ho"l
ne. ane the sword into the harmless pougl
Of share of peace. 1t mas ltaugntus q at a
iii wars shall cease among men, and That
great millennium of love and peace
yet TO dawn.
no Honorable Judges, our learned oppoi
,s.. ents have told you that ''the influence
n. the sword is mighty, unmeasureu, az
- not to be told" Not TO be tuidf Wh
its influence is simply self diminishii
ers and suicidal. 1t often wars upon ilsel
the Not unfrequently ii ousands OF swor.
are revolt, and fight against that side
Il which they had once cDntended.' But 9
pens influence, who can comprehend
,rs: Its alphabet, who can ,t,uf. ~ is sc
Bee increasing. 1t declares war, u oeclaf
are peace. Its christiakizing influence
last teaching the nations OF the ear
that, "'rhe drying up siAgle tear
ICES NOR of honest fame than shedding sc
OH of gale." 1t will, one day, bury I
use. sword as an unholy thing, and write
epitaph: ..., t..s a....lh. Us.
~. ~ "Here lies the Sword; ta