Year: 1863




government were legion, II shall be cast
out, and if. as anciently, it were permit
ted to enter into the swine, l nave no
doubt but that Tor very shame they would
all rush into the STA, but | have never
seen the swine yet 81 exceeding swInIsh |
that | could deSire for them any such Gle
monial profession No, our government
shall yet liSe il shall Yet be delivered
from the body of death that clings TO 1t,
the day of its redemption draweth nigh
the morning cUmeth."


argue that tie morning cometh, not
only from the signs of the past, but OF our
present history. Why! the twilight is al |


.ost here. The darkest hour is passed |
already. The rebellion is now dying and |
rumor has it that they are considering |
the propriety of calling out several thou
sand negroes Inappropriate watchers) TO |
amuSe it amid its last agonies and see it |
decently buried. Ii they do this, I-have |
no doubt they will make short work of it: !
soon roll the reeking mass OF corruption !
into the grave, seal the tomb and write |
over it: death is an eternal Sleep The |
power, the spirit of the rebellion is brok
en-. It's glory. if it ever had any, lis de-
parted" And although there is a great
deal of opposition to the government in
the North, yet this is waning. 1t made
its grand debut some weeks since in New
York City and came out" so much q at
the little end of the horn " that il has
scarcely peeped since. That riot was the
first and last offspring of the Southern
rebellion. The mother looked for it long
and rejoiced greatly at its birth, but its
race was short its history may be written
thus: Blptised in blood died in infancy,
, and went to perdition. And the enact
ated parent, hopeless and forlorn and
wrapped about with the weeds Of her
mourning, is fast travelling the same road
and will soon meet her darling i'll the
same home.


Tie n..,,,;,g coa,eth! The gray light Is
already sIreaking up the horizonl


Again. | argue, that the morning COM
eth. because 1 believe our canse is just
and right, and that there is a just God
to defend that cause. II our Gov
ernment be Us | have represented ii
and as is generally conceded by all. eX
cept those who place negro slavery above
everything in the universe, that it ought
TO be defended, and God will bless us in
It's defense, as he already has blessed us.
And if slavery, for the support of which
! the rebellion was projected, be not among
the divinest of all institutions, then is
I the rebellion the blackest of all crimes,
and the retribution of the Great Eternal
will seal ITS DOOM After examining all
| theories as to the origin of the war, they
all seem to resolve themselves into this
1 That slavery lies at the foundation of the
whole strife. 1t could not exist in the
same government, by the side of freedom
without collision. Slavery is the corner
stone, the presiding deity of the South
ern Confederacy. The authors of the re-


bellion had determined to place slavery
above everything dear to the American
heart. The wisdom, presage, glory of the
past, all were TO be sunk down beneath
/ the black waves of this cess pool of moral
iniquity, and to make way for a pirate
/ crew to sail over our buried hopes. 1t
had come TO this: that slavery must be
! fully engrafted ubon the organic law of
the government, all its grasping demands
met, or they had sworn to raze the gov
ernment to its very foundations. The
election of Il President supposed to be
unfavorable to the peculiar institution,
( only a pretext, the occasion, the break
/ ing out of disease which had long been
| silently progressing disease that can
/ not be cured with herb tea and homeo-
| pathic doses, but will require strong pills
/ of lead administered in proper doses, Civ
en- in quick and constant doses until
/ there are sure signs of cOnvalescence. In
| this way we may reach the seat of the
disease, remove the cause of trouble and
hasten the approach OF health and hap
piness. And when this consummation
shall be secured, the night of death will
close over the system of slavery; its days
are already las the shadow that declin-


eth," and it will soon be numbered among
the things that were but are not. At the


grave,


Few and short will be prayers,


And wen speak not word of sorrow"


but we'll look up to the glorious sun, as,
fresh from the womb of the morning, it


rolls up undimmed a day of national


peace and honor. All the signs of the
times are hopeful and indicitive of such
a bright morning, on the one hand, such
a night on the other. Before that time
shall come we may even yet suffer some


losses and defeats.


We see good and evil together every
| where in the natural world. Light min


giles with shade, night succeeds day, fair
weather brings the storm. We have seen


the fountains gushing pure from the


earth, but the viper had infused Its dead
| Iy venom. In the most beautiful lawn
the serpent coils his snaky length; thorns
and thistles grow up by the side OF the
most delicate flowers and choice exotics.
So it is in the moral and political world.
| In our government the highest freedom
| has spru ng up by the side of the vllest
oppression. Heaven even had her Luci-
| fer; Eden had her Tempter Rome had
| her Cataline; France had her RObespierre;
alas for u.s. America has her Davis and


his confederates. The doom of LucifeT


has been sealed; the head of the tempter


has been bruised Catalme and Robes


pierre have met their fates and the red
| bolt has been lifted that shall dash


in pieces this latter day treason. God


grant that, ere the swift avenging blow
shall fell them TO utter ruin, they may
profit by the example of their illustrlOus
predecessors. If there is any mercy in
the sweet heavens for them, / hope 1t
may be extended to them; If there is any
chance for them to get to heaven, trust


they may get there soon. l do not know
but the prayer of a certain pious old dea-
con might be more appropriate. Amen


her had joined the church who had
already broken up several churches. He


had not been in long when he began to


stir up the secession spirit. The minister
came to the deacon to know what he


should do. 81 have been praying" said


the deacon, ''that the Lord would send
him to hell" The minister looked at


him in grave astonishment. Il haye" /"


said he, ''and for this reason: | think he


would break up the establishment in less


than six months" And when the au-
thors of this rebellion shall have met


their doom, whatever it may be, and


one after another being called away; and


when the spirit of treason they have
walked shall be made to bite the dust;and


the storm of war shall have cleared up in


our political horizon, and the gray light
of morning shall fall upon u.s. bowling to-