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 RE^O, MARK AND LEARh% 
 ^' From an unparallalcd Sermon, 
 SyEujAH pAntiByD.D. 
 Of Btfield, Massachusctta, (United States.) 
 
 h wJr"f of thl'ft"^'" ^f' "^"'- ' ''''' '^' ^^'*'" P«l'""l Difcourfe 
 w wortnyot theitudyandimitatonofevervMinift,.r »..^ '^^wuric 
 nioft P.0U8 regard of all Hi« Maje/ly', SuMcaT Ev.'rv T ""A^* 
 
 /ry«^««/ of iht prefent unnatural War wirh S/r -^ rr ^'"'' 
 gy of expreffion--ifperfpicuity of ftvle-^?)/^^^ ^^*""" 
 
 thj8 Sermon caims t le fuffmo-.. of— r ,"""'" ouDjcw, then 
 Conaituti„n.-.na^dy,Sf Old 7 l' .'^t ^T' '^'^'^^i 
 
 (OTtf it iaJ at tie several BpnkftnrA, ^- J -r x/r ii.r n 
 
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 DISCOURSE, &c. 
 Matt. xxvi. 52. 
 Put up Mgain thy Stuord into hU plact ; Fof ail tL'y, tvho take tie 
 Sword, ihill PERISH <wUh the Sword. ' 
 I HE Gofpel does not allow men to iiuiiilge themfclrci in refent- 
 JJ ment or revenge. »• Venjfeance i» mine, faith the Lord, and I 
 '"" repay it." Hence wars and fightings come from the lufts of 
 nien. It is, therefore, juft and proper, thdt ihcy, who tuie the 
 Tword, (hould pert/b with the fword, " be driven back, ordcftroycd." 
 Ihe phrafe whs proverbial among the Jewi, and implied a dcnuncia- 
 tion of divine ju.igmeiitB. 
 
 Thr Deity maiiifclled his injtntte wifdom, when be cornhjiied phy- 
 fical evil with naoral punifhment with guilt, mifery with crimes. The 
 fete of nations has illullratcd this principle. Babylon finned and Cy- 
 rus. •' dryed up' the Euphrates} the city was taken. The Jews Cru- 
 cified the Son of God ; the Romans ravaged their country, at^d fcat- 
 trcd the people ovsr the world. Thty took the Roman fword, to 
 flay the Rcdccn.-r, God took the Roman fword to punifh them. 
 Such i» the general courfe of .divine Providence. They, who arejiifi 
 to vjurp thefwo'd, and declare wir againjl their peaceful neighbours, are 
 
 teneral.y the moji dijlingmjhsd fujerers. Or, the nation waging an of- 
 enrtve war, is doomed to endure great judo-ments. 
 
 What is an ofFenfive war ? 
 
 What judgments may fuch a people expcA ; 
 
 A, nation ib guilty of an offenftve war, when thty tail the fword ; 
 whea they arc theory? to march their armies pi iViTw^",*;, ••he firft 
 to commence the drcidful combat Such a nation of aggrejfart aTC 
 rcfponfible for every life, which is loft in either country. livery man, 
 who falls in the war, by the fword or difcafc, is a murdtrtd man.— 
 The Ltgifl itors, who declared the war, mult anfwcr at the bar of 
 Almighty judice for every life, which is fp.crined, for every tear of 
 the widow, for every figh of the orphan. The aiTailrg armies, ia 
 fuch a war, are fo many legoni of murderers. All the citizens, wh» 
 are, in any way aftn-e, are murderers. All thofe, who pray for 
 iha fuccefs of fuch a war, mingle impiety with blood, like the Jews, 
 who prayed, " Ltt tkis man's b!ood be on u« and our children." 
 His blood was on thera j his blood // on their children. All the 
 people, who approve this war though they remain by tlicir firc-Adet» 
 are murderers in their hearts. But forthefe men, the «ar itfelf had 
 not exifted, not ore life had been loft. All the wat'.rsof the faiidu. 
 . ary will not wafh away their guilt of blood. 
 
 Efpecially do thofe take the fword, who declare an offcnfivc war, 
 without an imperious ncctflity, any vident provocation. 
 
 Efcn our government thcmfclves being judges, the mod violent 
 provoMtions are no jml caufe of war, when they proceed from a fa- 
 vorite nation, a nation of athcifts, drunk with blood, and frantic wttk 
 
" they perpetually violate an cxTfthll t"'^'.""'' Ambtffador.. . 
 ^« are a(ham.d to nam, ft • thef. th^ ^' "" " '» ™"'= »""'ty. till 
 
 hope of rehcf.but thc^infof Jhdlld aTi, *^"'' "^ " '^'■'^"«'''' "» 
 orwh.fperi„g indignation. Our Go v,/^^^^^ "ufeof war.or 
 
 hinSr""""'' ""^ "«^ "'^ deiroyer7 of th. ; ^ ^^ ?'"'' ''^ ""^^ 
 mT'/ nP'''^"''y' »« « colony oTcoL^^- f T """■^' ^'^ '" ^^'^"^ 
 What (hall we fay^hen. if thc7d/c , " wL 1 "? !i"'" \°^'"y B^^X' 
 from whom we h,ve received few nr ! e u ?""^ '""^'»^'' nation. 
 -^^W.pe.d,and^S^:^^:-;tSp;-^^^^ 
 
 '^ar. when the Englifh canCt'^b. '/ l F'''''°" • t« ^^"ntinue the 
 cept to fecure a /ly1„„ arC\,hirh K /'^ i° '"'" °"'- '''"•^•". tx- 
 ra.fe army after army! to "rf^criil ! '^T'""'^ '^'^' ^"'>' to 
 » Poffible. to f f.en t^helo., "f inf' ^'^^'1 '''.^ Englifh do al^hich 
 "3. which they h,ve takef bv thn^ 7' by kindnef, to the prifon- 
 th^^m to their Lilie, withont^a ranf "^^ "f '''"'^'^'^'' ^^'^''""ff 
 5° carry on fuch a warrafte "u, o, Iv °'r' "a^ ^l''*""' '^'''^ ^«1«ft? 
 » 't not the lawlcf, attick of r .t^^ T^.r '""'^ ''^« b"" ^mUedj ' 
 «;-iId Arabs, a hceSsl^^ Vn"all t^"'''*'-*','^ ^^-ff pHlagi 
 
 theydecI.ret'Xlt^^::ro:\f^'^!^'«^''^ 
 -/- However injuredrn^ne bnt . ' I?'^'"''^'*^ ^'°^'^''^^'y ^^M' 
 "cnce an attack from which no fi!fA^ '"'"' "^ ''^*^"'' »'°»'d corn- 
 ed- What wife man doe^ nl ^ ' «^^^^^^^^^ P-^^bly be gain! 
 r'o..8 conflagration, enraged by^a 1 th' JinS r"! T "' '''"^^ « f«- 
 
 advantaet ? Hav. not the goven, mS T' P'^^"'' °"^ ^^'""X 
 part of ,hc n.tion ? Hav! not h r r'?." ^^^^J*^"" of the be J 
 
 cou.tiy > ,-],ve not their .n^mi ^rUw^ ' -f^f,^ the refourcec of tl^. 
 >^/r,ca,difc«uraged indultry^h ft' C >'ke the fcorching windsof 
 ^^public enterpriz.. and c'jv S^'L'tid'::^:,^^''^^''^ '^' '^''\ 
 Wou.d not moft of ih-.f., who yet t S K """«"« P^^erty \ 
 'n the bott .01 of thf ocJn ,hl ^ ^ abundance, rather fi k it 
 
 Who .,,,,rf,,p,,;>::/r^rfTK;?'''r'"'r"'' •'"'"' •' 
 
 tli<^olEct,3„, ih, „,„ I „„,„,„°' , "."" • ■?." 'hty not chieS, 
 

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 a/oL fiie. S' ' ?'■",-''«'''« the maft when the H.ip in finking , or 
 mind t!?. ^" \.^* "'"'^" "P"" ^^''""^ «'«■• J'^ve made w,r mm. 
 
 Tkich nfe Ll , .V r ' r^'" '^°'^= '^'"■^^"' '"f^°fp''«b!e province., 
 moft « wh I '^ '^ "'* ^° 'mFrcgnably fortiHcl. that wh'Ie for all 
 rTaed to hl't ^'"■: '''' ""t'^, terror, of all our armic, ha., been k , 
 £lc cottaJe LLT • ""' " fi;'g'^/-t,.f-, not a n.,lc town, not a (in- 
 Jcar n ff: 1 " ?'"r'' ""^''^ '' '^'' ^°P^ ^^ ^"<^^e''« •' What 
 
 JnTr cpl:?d1or^L?a^^^ ^ ^"^ ^•''^" '"^^^ P^^^ -- 
 
 th.^nn*'! °"! °^T t^«'"'^"'J^"« armic,% deliberately collcftod froni 
 itlZ ' "'".V*'*^^''^ '^"i« "f »J' o.n general, to command^ 
 
 a fecondarmy h.8 ftnred the fame f,ne. or been ll.ughtered like cat. 
 
 wTcked en, 1 'f''^''t-i ' ^"''""S ''^ "'^'^^ to abandon f.ich a 
 Tdele t*d IV 7 " ' '^ •'^ "■':?^' "^'*='" P'"«e^'i"g a ^ew miles ,nlo 
 ftorm. r.; TP' '".'^""."S ^"''ff"*"' ^"'^ '"'"g^--. "d frofl. and 
 thofTji ! r:r'\^T/'^'''' ^"'""y- ^'^^^' march, hnving con.raded 
 whr , ft?: "''^'^V'" P'"^^-'^ ^^t.l to a la-jrc portion of their, , 
 creSr.l^ ^™y^",''^^" killed or m,de pr-f'^rs, and if we may 
 InTlirT' ft^the General ha, been bRrbaroufly buich -red. 
 
 fo..rt .f M' V ' '"^ '^y f^*^""^^ ^'th the fword. Bear wiinefs y= 
 
 (e watel I'/r^?"'- l^'^l''^ ofQ„e.,(lown.y.: fields of Plattitu./h. 
 
 the f vo d l]f;"'.'^/' '^''^' "^'" '^^^ '^^ f^-^d have p^nf^edhi 
 me iworcl, and tht jiidgn-.ents of God. 
 
 ton ml!.? ^T" '*'"' ".^^ "'''"" ^^'^ ^^"^^ '^'^ '■-^'■<J !" « wicked.wan- 
 
 ff/errctLiC"' ^° •""''""'= '^"^ ''" ^^ "-'^^^^^^^ ^^^ 
 
 .<, JI'k '^'''^''^'"." °/ ""«"' ^"'l rtJ'>'"o"s principles is the froft of old 
 Tr\t\^"l?T^:' and falK.f..n.*..v.,.a^ent. Th.fe pr ncipl.« 
 aie the life blood, the fi„eSavock, death, aod conflagration wt.e the v. 
 When thefe are lofl, all areWitntffingafyftcmatic procefa <,f wickcdncf., 
 at the mercy of the winds ahVhe war. proceed, the country will gradu- 
 
 prey ana iport of avarice and ambition. o . 
 
 Where are Babylon and N.»evch, Tvr..^ apd Carthatre their fn> n '.^ 
 . c^.f-. their tnumph..t armies? Whii; they ;y:;^.:a;d ^^he 
 
laws of moral re Ait „,^f , , },ev rr nr IU1 ;n«f 
 
 They became corrupt ; thcv^ "f. d 7 ' /'''^ ""'' '''""'='''I«- 
 
 ^^f «Jor7 departed. The^etdl^^^^^^^^ of ,„oraIi,y a„,I pi,t 
 
 cnmc, rcarcdy'to be credited. "fw'^h eh ' rI'^"'*^""' " ^n. 
 t leatrc, vraj one of the rnmcL] ,. r e\ • Tf." ""P"'« ^'a* the 
 
 »-« permitted fuch born le'^.S, ^"d? T'"'."' "^""'^ ''""^ 
 «l:ke .nfringed upon nature a' f;,,;,,^ ,^'^;'f';'5"^7-f«7.which 
 ofa peopl., once fo great, and t\Zll)!!r ^^'''"f'''^'*^^ '»'e degradation 
 "mphfor thcnorthefnpe,X'' q„ K TI"^P'■?^"^^ •■*" "'"^ '^J' 
 
 the altar, of ambitio,, X ^ tV '",.7"'.^':"'='^'"' "" 
 
 being ofFcfive a:id unnerTfT.!! P';",^"« ^'^^^are. This war. 
 
 mcnrofrdi,i.uspHnr,;^"^^7' ''"f^"'^^^^^^ '-olve. the ab,«do„: 
 draw., downfall the evd vr -chT ''^""''^ '' '^'' ^'^^' '^"'f'^^^^ 
 of -en ; 'thi, w,r o v^Ts Akin" " "'"^'^' ""P^'n-P'^d rac 
 
 The Chief Ma<n-nare2;^',"'''^'. '''"■■ P"<:^f"l neighbor., 
 f- country, the gS.n "n^^^^^ "^^'^ ^ '""^^ the Father of 
 terpnTe,. !e hi, forfak^.i, , ^''''''ff' ^''^ P«^^^ of its ufefultn- 
 of i.ia office b,V fake'hil' T ?' ^-I'lf'. °'^^-^' ^^^ ^^- E'" X 
 •lotion, the rich ^e ward o'fiddit v io f P •""* "^^"''^'^ ''"^^^*'' 
 
 »-fuI tone, of reproof, 'l^b.f^, ^'!'''"^' '"'^ ^'''^"S^J to the 
 
 HeiBtheangclof,.;.^;^,;'^^"' '':'f^l^» of bitter rfproaches. 
 
 tf^e people, extirig.i.T, ,^' fj 'V'"!'.'" '^ ^'"^ ^'>«= ""'-■heft comfort, of 
 
 dcfolation and mTcry. ^ '''' '^"■" °^ '^'''''^^> fiHiug the land with 
 
 -•- of men, thdr de 'th ^ 'ut^ ' ^ ^^"^-. ^he diliafe.. th'e 
 t« come ? Not unlike this I ^ "''--[^^ «''=^-pun,fhment in the world 
 '•"g o„ a wicked war! He et's m^ :!f;.Hrrt M,,i,t.ate, carry, 
 
 ttefs . h^ r... „..^:- , . . '.^" '^> Mikinpr „, poverty and dif- 
 
 be fees myriada bleeding a- 
 
 he hears the widow'* 
 
 / woik, the fruit of 
 
 thou torn with an- 
 
 up to the throne o*' 
 
 ^Tiek.the.rphan'^cr/. a'III ". 
 
 Would not r^ ,ft of'i, r '"!'''''*'^ ''^'^ ^^"^ 
 in th h of tbof^, w^., vet r-'"^' 
 
 They ic„. ,hJ7„.2'l'; btfk ?oi 7 ""^ /'"'"'" '''' ''"- 
 
c afK of mtn «re petfcA ; tl,e v.liant, the patriotic, the viftorinu* ne o. 
 pc cf il.e navy, -arc rn«()« to fin." Tl.cy .u Kd into th, vi jinc« 
 o ttrnptat..!,. Ii .Hhard for thtm to leave .».. ir favorit. calling, 
 fihcre they furpaf. al other people of the wc.IJ ; it i» liard for then, 
 toadop hahn. entMcly new ; it is hard for them to ahandon thcfe 
 »ofts,«l^retl,cy have gathered u..n.din^ i«ureU. although their fouls 
 oaihe the prefent war, and deleft the meafures, which They are modi 
 to ncconpliih. ' 
 
 Wepaf* hy the Generals of our feces in filencc-PIanfs of later 
 gtow.h, moQly crcaturcB of " the power, which he," they are nei. 
 ther reltrau.ed by moral principle, ,u,r liifcouraged bv the wickednc f. 
 «.f their ctufe ; neither anxio«« whe.hcr tl.ey car.y havock and ruin 
 into peaceful provinces, or facrifice their own armies. By inquitoin 
 laws the poor are deprived of their ufeful employment, their d^bts ac 
 cumulate, and to avoid the caverns of a prilon, and to ^ain a pittance 
 cf bread for .her famihcs. theyycrr. th.mfevts to the rendezvous 
 of t recruiting officer, whtie they are moJ, to f.n. Cor,trr.aori and 
 venders for the fupport of the armies, deprived of other refourccs, 
 are made to .In. 1 he o je A cf the war bdng wrong, eve y meafurr, 
 however innocent in itftM, becou.es wrong, which is intended to pro! 
 mote the war. 1 hus iniquity is poured forth as a flood, from the 
 palate to the ccttrfe ; eve.y perfon enpaged in this war, from the 
 Prtfidcnt noting in Inxuiy, to the poor foldier dying in the for ft, a- 
 bandons the pru,c.ples of Hflitudo. gives himfdf up to the devious 
 direaion of p.ffion and inierell. ; the gulf of crimes, he ftrew, with 
 ■rtificial fl.wers ; every thing isfohjcftcd to the -Von arm of pf^wer : 
 erery thing i. eon.rouUd by the fury of a dominant, tremendous 
 faftion. 00 a wide fpreading hce ntioufnefs . f morals i. one of the 
 .mmediate and irev.tatJe eflcas of this ;^•ar. I„ the fi, ft onlet, mor- 
 al principle was fet at defiance ; th .vs of God and hopes of maa 
 T'^T Ju'^tT.^' Vice thre./.ff her veil, nnd crimes were 
 decked with higheft honors. This war not only tolcratescrimes.but 
 calls for them, demands them. Crin.es are the food of its life.the a.m. 
 ahtiftrenpth. 1 his war is a monfter,which every hour gormandizes, 
 thoufandcrimei^and yet cries, -give.giv.." In it. hirtlfit demanded 
 the Tiolation of all good faith, perjury of ofRce.the facrifice of neutral 
 n«F«i"al«ty. The firft moment, in which the dragon moved.piracy and 
 murder were legalifed; havock death, aud conflagration wue the vi- 
 and. cf her firft repaft. Witneffing a fyftematic procef, ,,f wickedncf., 
 by the higheft authority, ,f the w«r proceed, the country will gradu- 
 ally loft Its nice fenfe of right and wrong ; the moral fenfc will be- 
 C(B>e torpid ; crimes will ctafe t* aisrm j vice will lofe its horrors ; 
 unive.fal licentioufnefs will cover the land with mifery. Then will the 
 people "Poftatize from their religion ; the temples of God v;iU be de. 
 lolBte, will fal m ruins. When religion is rejcfted, fcience will de. 
 
r'P^^icd, th. unit is anoiScd .r ^^"'r"'"^"'' '^«= " OrW'"^,5 
 c.in. Sume oihcr cauf. of war muft nn u *'('''* ^^"^^Y Corf,, 
 fc mrn happnu to ilnke the ]Zc:^l t"'''^' ^'^<= '"iprcfTmcnt of 
 
 "; r°f ■""»". »Wch had notion al' '"'«< ""mberlo , „. 
 
 of ll« number j b,„ .i,;, ga„', ,'''"="•>'' ""'X one. or , fa,|l' ". 
 
 l.^.r.I.and -h, plot CiJ^A "''" "fS'^'t JclJ^^i " 
 
 " I^ fli.r. not fome chofcn S. fol TJ^''* ^^ abominable > 
 off" nv.„, ,,^ with nncornmon ';^' [°7 ^^^^^^^ 
 
 SrcatneA to his country's rmn"'^v' ' ^^ '^""^''. wbo owe I " 
 
 r^ further from their .houihe rf"'"" L"°''""tf '" ^^^ul'lZl 
 iom'ri ';'i^"'- '^ "their M.t 'T V*^'^''>^ ^'->" 
 ""• T'^^^^'^'^r evidence. I^ Ve^^^ thr" °^ ?^-- 
 
 vcry year, the very laft ftflioB ' 
 
 X^ 
 
f^^io AfCiijVji 
 
 H i 
 
 H 
 
 »■ '.uru ;f 
 
 <i > 
 
 i'r 
 
 ofourStiite LcT.'fljture, t!ic S 
 
 tiing 
 
 <ha piou (T ilie I'-cfulciit a >ii (he Fn-iuh 1 
 
 Senate, tlif Senate, thofe coortftnt.al 
 
 fufcd.ihty did nfiifc to aj .pt a y ncalurc to af( 
 ftoHKn wtrr i.n hoanl du' Ln .-lifh 
 
 H'pe.or, the SenaU le. 
 iirtain how ma 
 
 igufJeJ l.y iht n.iulc (if Kii.rJ 
 
 navy. Yei, whtn ihry Wfrc r#. 
 
 |.rJennivcs, they refHftd, and I 
 
 to rv ulc to take iti.y mcilur, to alcotain uhat fc 
 
 lavf (oi« 
 
 amen arc im« 
 
 en CHri) on tl,c wari 
 
 n 
 
 in 
 
 IliiUtd 
 
 prefTcd into twrciKn frrvue. Do thcfr Riil 
 
 defence .,f ,.ur Ica.ru. ? Tl.cy refufc lo iearu .[./ir uim,', TlhTv a 
 
 bandonihemtoiuir fat.. Th.y I., d nt .,■ f.e them forever ii 
 
 «ha.ns, than to lol. tbiir piclest I'ur car. vi..,r on ih. war 
 
 ^ Doeiyour Pre Went w«|t., war f-om hia hum,...e n^o■\vc of reffiln. 
 
 A*^ , n-V 'u ?^''V^'" ''■'' ''*= ""^ '"^'-•^P' '■•« . fter.f t!K. liriii.'h 
 Amb..flador berurethc v.-ar? If he ,5 .'o hua:aM...hy doc he co-.t.ra.e 
 tUe Jam of oppr.ffioo on ihe il-.vf 8,« hich blatktii hi.^ If 1<), > If 1,^ j, 
 ol.unat.e.vrhydoeshe noter.ecn.r hh own la*-.ira:„rt furthc impor- 
 latloHS of fli.cl into the country ? Ifhe be fo huaia.e.wltr does hii 
 houfc nng w.ih juy j.t the fuccefs of the CorHcan Molcch I ei 
 
 fcim, in the ovtiflawir.gi of his hurr.aniiy.rcpair to his !.ordf« of fl.nes. 
 open the do^.s of the r huis, and bid them ^o free ; let h.. iron trapd 
 wipe aw..T their tears, rcilorc them to ti.eir nniye to.utry ; mothc.s 
 to their ch.Lren. and children to their honn» ; Kt him J.i f ,n c ten. 
 Jer moment, while the ice is melting roimd his heart, exprcfionc 
 fentimeni of aorror, or i.:tcr one word of nvcfion. ut ,hc ,ivc,. c.f 
 Wood, n.ed ly h,s fnend, Nrpoleou ; let hii,. lift one fi-.^rr to -e- 
 Levc a hundred mduou people, groaning under the iron flrptre .>f 
 Europe, or fr,.m .113 marble eye drr.p ore tear over half a mi.hon 
 tr..op8. froaen , arvcd, or fluin in Ruffin, and we whl admit that uof, 
 Cb y. he m.y be i.ncere in hi. doleful himentntinns over cr Teamen. 
 When the Lons of Africa Hiall nu.fe the lambs. „nd aid the Ihep- 
 herds ID def-nJi.^r the fold of their flock ; when the wild A rabr of 
 the dcleri niall wuliout itward 6d\uA the Caravans of Mecca and 
 Datnafcus, tl.en, and not till then, flull we bei;eve, that the people 
 of Virginia ana the vrcRern furca lymp.tL.e wiih the meritorious 
 feamen of Ivew-En-land and re«l!y detire to fr.ed their own blo.d ia 
 Cctcnce of oi:r rights. 
 
 Why will they not frankly avow the truth, and exdaim.Wt fte— 
 
 *• Pride in ikar port, d.Jjance hi their ty^ 
 
 " Wtfce the lords ofJ:umjn lind pa/s Ly." 
 
 « Thefe are loyal Br itains ; thefe our fc ul. ahhor ; our hr^rtt 
 
 .. r-'i."-*-'''* '' ^^''' ""^ ^"'*' intellcaual grandeur, fuoh worth, Aich 
 
 Chiiftian mngnanimiiy. Their Bible focietief. their Mifi-mary 
 
 i i:*.'^''''"' P'''V'°"'"'^ ^y »^^ '^'^'•'P'. the rohlei and p.intr* of the 
 k.„pdom ; their comcmpt of our m.fttrs, tie f^irc cf .heir deeds, 
 the fplenaor of their renown, toiment the heart - But on ihecon- 
 ** untni u a nation, wuom the Purtans prom ui cc to heathtiAs, co- 
 «♦ yered w.ih crimes, wading in bh.cd. ftetr. d in guilt, and totton i. 
 " the neart.^ T hffc ate our peop'c, their lattles we ftghl." ^ 
 «oe« .he po.i«n cf jnunotidity awd infideLiy deluge ihc laud. 
 
f» 
 
 ft -.r.« broM fuimph^Btly nfkc.l, « Wl.cnec om KVfnch in" Unu'e 
 a:-;u. .rmn ^ cornux >n on^m, ito:n famsM^fa uflaoijna^eorrcli^rion?" 
 i .' lijcti a va-^nrir har->n,u=, it m^y aa ImjmDh.u.'ly be H.ifw-r k 
 t^at French ..-flur c. rdL on iU/m,,^ j.oj:^/, ^^, .,„ con^e-.blitj; 
 nf cl.aiaarr, on uo.ty of opinio.,, <>„ mutual contempt of Chritti. 
 a.my. hero is a bond of m.ion infi:mely Uron^er than faoK-iiers of 
 on«m. or fame.ufs of (Hng-.ug.. Time will not «',.akca it ; injuries 
 w.li not devolve it ; ir.ffr,.^ but a ra ,ioal chan c in ihccharaa.-r ot 
 our i;ovtniinei.t, can da'lalvc th^ fatal cham. 
 
 II. A fecon ! calar )f y of a xviciced oftViifive wir ir-, it feparafs 
 
 tbe bcil pt^,,plc ■.i\ i\w. .'.ation tVam tdcir ,;.,vt.,»u?..t =,nrl compels 
 
 tlvm hy thea,vful mandite of confcioce, lo rife invincible iieaiiiH 
 
 tne ffieafu-e ^ Can it br. f.ippofcd tliat g,,.,,! mc., acquainted with the 
 
 lu.'j .1. wuLx' aci.O:nplict8 li) a ufek-n, nnreafonablc war > Ifa- 
 
 sr t'oudl rnai anr found aAivc i.. fuch a cv'ife, is it not ti.e triumph 
 
 ui tt.nptatio.i,or the wa,,c of cxa i.iMarion ? Stillagr-at portion of 
 
 t;ie \,'.l.' and (rood will underUaii.! the fuhjca,Ar,ll abhor the dcfi-rn 
 
 ^vill raue ihtu vo,ce, and by all leg d means, xviii iiif<:ourace and%. 
 
 r.(t a warnfw.ckedncl.% coveritif the hud with the mantle of dark. 
 
 iiek. In fuoh cale, <hdr is a fair probability, that the b.-ftofficcra, 
 
 the bcft civihans, vvul not fupport the governme it. lie wliofe anv 
 
 na hoft, and whofc head i« a f.nate, is not in their tanks, is not in 
 
 thesr councils. 
 
 The people know that a la^v of man cannot change the na'urc of 
 thm^n. Ifa wi^kedcon^refsmakca law that yau may murder 
 your frienc)*, and y iw i.ei)rhbori, and b.trn the vil!,^rc you inhabit, 
 will this law change thefe crimes into ducifs? Will vou march fe- 
 v.'ral hundred miles, to a province of peac-ful ftrani^era, alter the na- 
 lure of the adiou ? Have our rules any more right to -mthorize yo« 
 t« murder a citizen of Canada or Florida, than r,f M^fTachufetts > 
 IVisre thin Js your co.nmifilon to daw youi fword, to fijiU a ftran«r't 
 tlood ? P.uf. and conliler before it be too lare. Is' not the land 
 i-Ircady accurfed, which haa opened its mouth to receive a brother'! 
 bioou ? ihofeweftem ihites have been violent for this abominable 
 war of murder, to thofe dates which have thirllc 1 for blood. God hag 
 given tJR-m blood to drink ; their men have f^Ucti ; the r *• lamen- 
 tations are deep and loud." 
 
 Even thofe who voluntarily euljfl, under fuch wicked banners, nc 
 stffardy feci the torpor of a Lad caufc. I.^fidels and favages hare a 
 hivr written on their hearts ; they have a fcnfe of right and vfroni?. 
 When they take the fword of an offenfive war, guilt enfeebles the-r 
 tourage ; gu.lt Mreakens t^.c ftr .kc of their arm ; g„ilt (1; .kes thei'r 
 irm ; guilt (hakes then- heans with horror on the hill of battl- 
 Shouidtheyevenenirpat^:'.!! their ffloral p.inciplc, ; fuoulJ ihev 
 wantonly travcrfc the fjrelt to hunt np a vitlim of murder, they ecr'- 
 ta.nly cannot Icel that invincible flrrngrh, that holy indi<rnation. 
 that fearltfs courage, that fire«f foul, which are pledge, of "viaory. 
 Ihcjrar.atlsifurc; they cakuUte , ihey dwell on the probable 
 
 i 
 
 I 
 
ich in' iif:rt('e 
 orrdit/ion?" 
 be a.ifw.T.-iJ, 
 coii^emaliiy 
 3t of Chrilti. 
 1 fanitiitfs ()( 
 1 it ; injuries 
 charaftvT at 
 
 , it feparatcs 
 
 J, 
 
 »n(l oainpels 
 :iblc ugaiii.l 
 ted with the 
 war? If a- 
 tlie triumpH 
 t portion of 
 
 the dcfitfri, 
 raije and re. 
 tie of dark. 
 i-ft officers, 
 
 whofe arnn 
 :s, it not in 
 
 s nature of 
 ay murder 
 'u inhabit, 
 march fc- 
 ter the na- 
 :hon'ze yon 
 iclmfetts ? 
 I ftranger't 
 ; the land 
 J brothci'i 
 ibominable 
 i. God ha» 
 r " lamen- 
 
 »iiners, nc- 
 jes hare a 
 lid wrong, 
 bles their 
 ikes their 
 ^'f hattJc. 
 JuIJ ihcy 
 . they ecr- 
 Jignation, 
 i" viftory. 
 probiibl<* 
 
 IT 
 
 «onftqii«ncts ; they arc nl-^vmcd at t>.f poi^hU: faf.m^ci cl their r:^. 
 pedition ; f£:\r and terpi.lation fteal into tn;.:r h-nrts i ihcir aiiatH. 
 is fecblr, and cautious, and indecifivt;, end inffTcttml. ^ 
 - On the other han^, they who k:,o«r th:^t t'atr arc unritghteouUy 
 alTuiled, arcin(lant!y cli-aerired ; ev:ry power of their m-ncl», Cfcrj 
 fibre of their bodies arc rnuled to refe.UtncHt, revenge a.id tury. 
 They arc fwtftc-r thno cagl.-^ ; tbey arc Itronger than lions. Uy^t 
 can chr^fc a thnufand, and tv/o can put ten thouland to flight. 1 nis 
 . advantage is loll by t^kin'^ lb: fword of offennve war. Ev.n its war. 
 rJor« are as des 1 men. So far from havimr the naiton engag«d m tac 
 contcll.onlv the moil feeble the moll wicked arc voluntary in their 
 aid. The moll opulcrt refourc^rs of every kind are witholden. rtc 
 hie hands guide the temncfl. Men of intclleft anH eloquence raifc 
 a > voice to excite the people to hnvc a>,d blood. JJ;'""=» ^f 
 country, all igtorporand fi^ence, and nunr.bcr -nd mtdkau.l death, 
 Itve the low voice of fuUcn difcontent, or the mg* "f a demagog.ir 
 i,*.chafi of office.the tin-cats ol f.)rne iv.crcenary penf.oner of govern- 
 fnciit, uf the more awful groa-., of an ex.^inng amy. MeiM^tj uic 
 c!l intco-rity, men who have moil to lofe. msn gtn.-ra.Iy. wno havt 
 thetciT^neoftheleirned.nndthepen of the rr.dy wn.er. men 
 whof.- hearts gW with ho'v benevolence, whofe hp« h^vt been touch- 
 Td ;.th a cLlfiom the divine altar will powerfully -^^-^ ^^ 
 country from fuch a vroili,^ate w-ufa^e ; th-y wtd ''^^^J' J^^^; 
 . Ulcnts to extinguin> the ur.hrdlowed flame, wh.cn ,« co..f«m.ng te 
 bnd. Snrr.e f.nfe .f ri^^ht is inmrefrcd on -he pu.i.c mmd. If n t 
 thecrcaterpart. Hill Mponderoir. minor. .y are mipired with t.nti- 
 menu of pvL/ofw film, andjuilice.- /i'ne m.i <5<=^-":f J-J^'. 
 cd war rule-, not in a h.uf., v.-hi. h is united, bnt m a Y'^^^JZ, 
 ded a>.ahft i:felf, it mur., it wi'l. " .rli" nllr.der. .nycu th M o.. 
 be doomed to th. mi. of Ar.tiChrill I. it ilr^nge ,len, t t o 
 fuldiers have peridied wi'h tH. Tvavd ? b U tlra.ge. -Lac ^^^f^^ 
 grace, and de'aih. have Ralkcd thr.uv;h al! our camps ? i;> \^ ^^ 
 ^..t ireneral dUlrei.. d^funion, and revolt, J,"^'^^^'^".}" J. 7,^' ' ,! 
 fonndaii m,« of the community ? Will U he llr»ngr, .f F*-*^'!' "«' Jj^ 
 mine, civil war, fl.v.rv, r.-d luio. (ho-ild be at tnc d< or ? Uh cur 
 G.^d, vilt tht.o not fcatter ihofo, who dehghl in war . 
 
 III. A wicked, oftVnfive war may be e.pcded to dra«^ dow« 
 
 uncommon judiimcot of God on the land. ,. .^ , .,,. „f 
 
 When our lluhrs wer. prot.f;in? a.-gle», C'alt;vat,nv''e ..U of 
 
 peace, and rendering j..tti.c to all natio,.., ";»'' ^'f '' g^^J J,! 
 
 Lrb made the counuy nch, «nd he added no y,rr.«-. J e mor 
 
 alcuhureofthc people w^. greatly »^^-^"'f,^ ' ""=^. ^tX of 
 were profperous and ha,>py ; our merchant., i.ke the '^^ .Un^d.^ t 
 heaven. (h;)we,ed their bUCigs on the count- y; ^"^^\'-^"*^'^;fX 
 l.ge., and benevolent Societies, wne mutipucu.ine.t, p t - - ^- 
 V land. Miii«na.ies like b.nds of ang'e , went lorth '" -^«'> ^^;« 
 
 ilOK 
 
 churtf 
 
 for.ncd in the new 
 
 and pura 
 
 were 
 noraU were p»om«ud i p.'£J»!> 
 
 ftttiemtnts ; rch^-ious « 
 
 •ider 
 
 the *v ik.tr liCi* were 
 
''Ujfht the fonj- offal,,,:.. , f ,. . 
 
 . -In one wi.ktd hour, ,11 tSi-f, .n J. • 
 
 -leonunced; ..W.nont^;,^^ ..e p.^Z 
 
 c a t.d t., olced on the hill „f battle 'ThL\ .'r ^'T"" "^""^ "^"^^ t« 
 N.thmg bu, the defence of Hfc of kn. , ' ""^'"'^ °^'''-* '»"'1- 
 
 •".'' P'-'Y' 3»d ^'cvp teais J .Jn^T •T'"''^^ °'' before the Lord 
 ^;^^'^^^^-tU.Lr6of rZ't' ^^^- '- --Pinioned ni°a" 
 r. I,.fs v,o Wh«vc created a war „„,i' " '^' ""•• K"'er3 u-rth 
 
 ^) . fla r,h.. n^ i, .,„,,,. ^ J; " ^^J an enemy i. a dia.nt coun- 
 'o>, as rh:. ! Hi, .^ . ^ [ <'"t God be avcng.don fncUa na 
 
 ^•■^J-;^^^tcl.3, and p..r,,/^;:;,^ ^7" 'he- on the hdl an.] n the 
 '^ ^"'' ■"■-'^' -^ H,e ^.., ,,,/,. "'"S'^'' «"'J ti.e d.leafc of the fd^ier 
 
 '■". e .hr... hsv. hen. wiM„.fred in t i'' '''"'' ""P""")'. A) 
 
 ^^ t t... ., ,„ ,y he .'v.,e(C, , r ^ f "''''^ o^ p!t<ndtr anrl M.-o^ _ 
 
 ^a^^: r ' - ^^- 'u. tc':' "V :''^'^">- ^^^- 
 
 '^^"^ hter wih not !.e ,1. vid,^ o K d^r '^"^ ^'^'^'^ -^ - 
 
 ";■• :;,A.-- 1..,.„ fil,'fi; J 'r^',„:'-^ -i; be f„^,;-,„,,. ,;,, „„. 
 
 I.e v,;.,,,,, „;,„ ,^.^ ; ,.':/:"'" '"" f'" of ,v„ o,,™|, , 
 n^adepnr.n.rs. Put rr.k M * *"''"'' "^-^y ''ad been fl J 
 
 1 
 
 I -) 
 
Cfndljr 
 
 1 
 
 I^ 
 
 an e cHlntiai -,. 
 
 Dgl 
 
 (J u filler 
 
 
 t!i- Ru! rof Fran 
 x'©rt"ii-a! r>n.^ 
 
 "•> o"r h.rhor.^ fi :;'!:? !!^';:' :^r- ^' ^■^'^ ^-^ ^ - G-..ni»nJ bar 
 he 
 
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 end, aiij tJtcfc U j::;.ii to li 
 
 Vpn .- r.an . f An.- rica." " U rx)\ 
 
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H 
 Tlii'e UPrrsc rif5MS Hit/.* us how fcrious r.re the t!ti^iei< '^f tte 
 Conff.'t r.tcd dav. Tkis day ou^iit not to pafi by «s a rtli'^ioin 
 fnrmalily. We have finn.'d ; thecuK.i'-y hai finned, and God ,» 
 CO nia;^ ajfainll us in his judgment?. Tlitfc are rf<ti''j;ts ior deep hu- 
 miiiatrin aiAJ fervent prayer. Had we not been excc^diiv^ly wi^k- 
 eJ, G )d wiuld not haw rsifed iip fuch men to rrtle the nation. Let 
 us pray, that th* a;^'?nt-« in tliif* war may ft-e ihvir f.illy aid their 
 wickedncfs. Tho' thev llyie rheii-cniel ardor pntriotifm, and their 
 Wind ferocity crufay^e, p[ood names will nol altar the n^t \ire of thiiijjs. 
 The zeal of ihe foldier in fuch a wic'xed canfc is not true roarajre ; 
 !t is not the fpirit of Divid rmrrhin;; ag;\'n!t the giant of Gath ; it 
 is the fury of th- alTafTm ; the nudoefs of Phanoh rul'hincr into th- 
 fea,of the wild Arab airaidtMiir his ^ji-a cful ncigl-.hor. Co-.ir gc rcfis 
 «'ny'f//7«V/, as irs neceffary b;ife. Heiceif onr armirg fall on th<* 
 field of invafion, they are like Ahab blecdingr in the field of Naboth; 
 ihey ave Wf»lvcs fLi!!in<T in ti>e f >ld of the flif^h-jrJ, wIj > m;'.»ifnlly 
 defends his flock. G >d f.nbid, that ih-,; r)P» of i'Je.v-England fliould 
 cnlift in this war of arhcif'Ti ;<g,«i.;il chrillianity ; this war of vice a* 
 gain!) virtue : thi? war of Anti-Ciniil agj^ipft the prince of peace. 
 
 Ntv^.T did the voice dnd the echo more ptrfeftly correspond than 
 p?.fSnT evcntt and the p:<ges of prophecy. Titi^ impion« war place* 
 li» in the ranks of Anti-Cinill. Like the hatdihond of Kcfypt''' ni- 
 kfi, it makes our con itry the theat'e of divi ;e jii Ijimcnts, and our 
 people the viclimi of Almighty vcn;r-aHce ; it drag! onr full b'lni 
 to the file of b:ittleSj and is covering the land with mourning. Who 
 d C3 not tre;nhle for his countiy ? I^ct us ail (land between the 
 p>rch and tho altar, and cry day and nigWt. " Oh Lord favc tltinc 
 hcritijre froai rc;proach." 
 
 'Y>, roncUidc, hive not the iienpl; of the TTrited f'tt'es re^fon to 
 ejtpecl: the moft dread, 'ul conf^qii'.'ucrs froc« the prtfc;it afpcft of 
 their alfairs ? I'h .' our goveri'in'.en', icn the pcopVs riiih foiw-ud 
 with tlic torch of war bla/.tncr in tli;ir hand-!, KXw. En^lifii are de- 
 termine 1 to give tr.e contelt evfy fenture of mildntfs and umanity, 
 vhich the nature of the cafe adoiits. Hviue thty • ffer to confii uo 
 a U.-nited comm^ice with tlti* roumrv. D it our fj'-'l 
 mavk the ten»;)cr of tlie njai, !ik; a lionf^fs beravc ! ^'li 
 fraatic for blo^id, and m.^d for fear of difappointment, confidcra thit 
 aneiv provocaiiQn of war. Amonjj many otiif-r tiiln^rs equally wife 
 he aharjjes her xvith intnvlurinir tTt'i h.-r " mode of wart<ire, a fyf- 
 tem equally diftinguifhd by tlie defn-mity of in features, and the 
 depravity of its char»Aer, havinjj fi)r its oWjed to d'fTilve the tics of 
 allegiance and the fentirncnts of loyilty, in the adverfary ration, 
 and to deduce and foperate its component parts." V/li >fe is this 
 
 magillratt?, 
 nrr wl/e 01, 
 
 lOUi^Bi ana 
 
 {\ 
 
 orrti-. 
 
 .•oicc 
 
 I 
 
 s this the snail wiio 
 
 fef 
 
 I !1'.3 LIIU 
 
 {tn 
 
 CCIiC- 
 
 >al into a peaceful province of a foreicrn power, cxhotting the people 
 io remain inadlive, »phile he butchered their neighbours, their ma- 
 giili^tes, their armie«, and all who obeyed the laws of their King 
 and Country I" Is thit th« raau who o(de:rcd no msrcy to be fhowR 
 
 ?• 
 
to the wbito men feund near a «ttiv<: nf the l«n<l, who flinuld be figh. 
 tinjj; for tho Jear iabcti'anre of his falhcis, liis, cottage, Ria wife and 
 hii clsilrtn ? Is this the man whooxnrtrd tlie proviiiLe to defcrt itt 
 Ivgititnate fovcreigu, who promifcd the ptopb fecmity u^n^.tr the 
 ioidg oi his trt-mbling bannnr thrcatcnii'cr to LOOK tbcni dovkii on 
 the earth, if they difrtgardi-d the tliundirs of his proclamation ? 1< 
 thie the very man, who virtually, preached infurrtftion, tical(5a, and 
 rcbrlhon, entreat njj the citirtna of Car.ada to perjure their foulh, 
 and violate their oatht of a!h-giance, who now has the tffror.tciy to' 
 talk about "depravity," and "loyalty," and "allegiance," and 
 " morality/' and " demoraliziukj and diforgamzing coMtrivancei," 
 a^d « phrillian world," and " treachery," and " religion ?" Had he 
 I'urgottcn that hit great Napoleon, even in time of peace, deH^natej 
 fuuthern ports for exchifive favour* ? But :hi8 is France, and the fa- 
 vor is {h'jwn to the S«mi ,• thig alters the natuie of the afSion ! 
 Therefore, «n thisfubjt^t, we ftiidl hear no awkward drains of " mo- 
 rality," no hypocritical tant, no whiropering moans of *« rtligion." 
 Though our government have not been able to kindle the fires of 
 Mofcow on the plains of Abram. nor pave the roads of Canada with 
 the bones of the people ; though they have been foiled in every ex- 
 pedition, as completely, as if they had attrmptcd to tstingui/h the 
 fun, (hining in its ftre ngih ; this; only provokes them to put the 
 country in greater jeopardy ; while the Enghlh, with unparalleled 
 matjaatiimity, cannot be piovoked to make inroads upon our towns. 
 Why clfe had they not the winter pirt comedown upon yournorthcrn 
 frontier 1 ke a ftoroi of hail, while one third fiik dead, and one 
 third employed as nurfes, as joiners to tr.ake coffins, or fextons to dig 
 graves. On (he one fide is n furprizing nhidlance to fhed blor.d ; 
 on the other, the fpirit of sfTauIt, of malice, and icveiigc. What 
 have th'8 country to expeft from h'im, who renders to every many 
 according to his tvotis J 
 
 Let every man who fanflinns this war by his f'.iffragc or influence, 
 reuiember that he 's labouring to cover hirfclf and his country with 
 blood. The blood of the flam will cry from the gn^und againft 
 him ; God miiy give him blod to drink ; his fons may fall in the 
 high placfft or his wife btcomr a widow When proceeding to cleft 
 fupporters of this war, recollefl that you are virtnally digging the 
 graves of your children, the graves of y «r neighbours, tiie grave 
 of your country. Though a facrcd confcie' ce will now treat the ad- 
 monition with fcorn ; yet the hour is not remote, when thele event! 
 will appear in a vety ft rious light. 
 
 If you approve t! is war, yon 'b far chain rotirfclfto that infidel 
 power, which is doomed to endure thoft fuffcrings, which have never 
 been known, fince there was a nation on the earth, and you muft 
 drink with hrr the cup of hi r plagues. Our public wofs began with 
 our union to her ; as this has been ftrriigthcd our troubles havr_ in* 
 ereafed. From commrrcinl embar-afmr nts, they have proceeded tQ 
 blood J and unlcfs Nc.v- England wrcncli hsrfdf from tliig fital alli- 
 
v7u no ^l! ' ,7' ^^7 ■'°"''^''' ^''' y-^^Mfiro^ t.u, ruin, w' Id 
 
 nuc^ .. mthhcro.v.toftcyuu. r^na t!irov*r thctiflv., from tlil 
 fuma.it of a TOlcan, ir.to the b! z .Rr c.at.-r ? 5.„.^ L . ii 
 
 Jh^'ZZ^'V ^ '^'1 ^' '"'^ ^^'•' J-'-' ^^'^ ^P'^'tatc armies 
 
 u.t .r.,vc n n.ger ,o pro^notc tins wicked war The • wh uke 
 
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 Anthony H. Mfii.i.AND,/,;V./Y 
 
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