The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-19

OF changing his heart. and finally
saved his soul. That this same pas
sage, under similar circumstances,
should present itself to Lie, was
coincidence impressed upon my mind
that will last as long as life. In this
connection / will further say it is to
be lamentcd that men of the sword
are more frequently distinguished
for their prof'gacy than their piety;
they are more in the habit of impre-
eating curses on themselves and
others than importuning for blessings.
The nature of the soldiers occupation
tends to inspire him with degree of
hardihood, with d, fia,ce of danger
that often degenerates into forget
fulness, and even defiance. of his God.
His unsettled situa tion in life, his
want of the regular ordinances of
grace, his exposure to ensnaring
company and various other considera-
tlons have a natural tendency to
divert his attention from things divine
and eternal.
am satisfied I did not hear such
a sermon preached during my stay
in the army as l heard that day. l
think it was the last sermon preached
in that house during our stay in that
section. 1t was expected every day
that battle would take place there.
The few citizens remaining up to
that time moved off. and the doors of
the church were closed.
While waiting that day for the
congregation to assemble, the ser,
vice to begin, We took stroll down
by the battery. Here we found
Pete Moseley, who had killed Jim
Leech, (Joe's brother,) and who, by
some law or finding of the jury, or
some other means, was to serve a
term in the army. 1 never saw him
after that.
That ''man's inhumanity to man,
makes countless thousands MOURN"
was abundantly verified in the civil
war. During our stay at Camp
Spearmnn We had news daily y'from all
parts of the Confederacy. The ar
rival of almost every train brought
the intelligence Of a murderous bat
tie being fought-other wives made
widows and other children fatherless.
The crowning stroke of the extraor-
dinary campaign Of the winter and
spring of 1862, was the fall of New
Orleans, in which by the improvi-
dence of the Southern authorities and
false military policy, our armies
had been weakened and divided.
Coming in the long train of disasters
that were sweeping over the country
for which the Conscript law was
more or less responsible, we find the
Confederacy with scarcely more than
three entire States-Texas, Alabama
and Georgia Large portions of the
territory Of Virginia, North Carolina,
Florida, and all the islands on the
South Carolina coast were under
control of the Federals. They had
broken our line of defenses in Ten
nessee and held important positions
on the Upper Mississippi; and now,
by the capture of New Orleans they
bad secured the great Southern depot
of the trade of the immense central
valley of the continent.
These conquests of the Federal
arms, made in the winter and spring
of '62, were not without their effect
i'll Europe, and presented to the
Nations of that part of the world a
sombre picture of the Confederacy.
The dispatches of our ministers at
the courts Of England and France
declared that the prospect of recog-
milton, of which they had given such
.sanguine assurance, had been over.
ciouded by this succession of disas-
ters.
Mr.. Slidell wrote from Paris that
the French Government declared
that ''if New Orleans had not fallen
our recognition could not have been
much longer delayed" adding, "ever