Part 5 (2/2)
For look but around on this great land, which he has given you, and yon bright heavens, which he has spread over your favored heads, and say whether he ever intended those hty scenes to be the prison-house of slaves? -- the tre slaves of a small island beyond the sea? -- hewers of wood and drawers of water, planters of rice and pickers of cotton, for a foreign tyrant and his minions?
No, my friends, God never intended you for such dishonor -- and can you be so wicked as to bring it on yourselves?
I trust you will not Nay, the voices of your brave country your heroic sentiments, have already declared you a ”FREE AND INDEPENDENT PEOPLE!”
”And now lorious deed?
Are you willing this day, in the sight of heaven, to swear allegiance to the sovereignty of your country, and to place her in the highest rank of nations, by proclai her INDEPENDENT?”
In a moment the air resounded with ”Yes! yes! independence!
independence for ever! God save the independent states of Aiance was then tendered to the troops
The officers with great alacrity took it first, which highly pleased the common soldiers, who readily followed their patriotic exaovernor ordered a 'feu de joie'
Instantly at the welcoer warriors struck their fire-locks, loud ringing through all their ranks; and presenting their pieces, rent the air with fierce platoons; while the deep-throated cannon like surly bull-dogs, rolled their louder thunders along the field; thenwheels, they told to fancy's ear, ”Freedom's sons are we, and d--n the villains that wouldsqually -- the author sets out a vagrant hunting -- gets into hot water -- narrowly escapes with his life -- catches a host of vagabonds, but learns froh a rascal may do to stop a bullet, 'tis only the ood soldier
”The devil,” said George Whitefield, ”is fond of fishi+ng in ogue has always been so fond of war -- that sunshi+ne and basking tiues, which calls them out, thick as May-day sun calls out the rattle-snakes from their stony crannies
In times of peace, the waters are clear, so that if the sle-eyed justice, with her iron talons, is down upon him in a mohtway the eyes of justice are blinded -- thieves turn out in shoals: and devils, like hungry fishi+ng-hawks, are seen by the eye of faith, hovering over the wretched fry, screa for their prey
This was exactly the case in South Carolina The war had hardly raged there above a twelvemonth and a day, before the state of society seeh was every where seen rusting in the weedy furrows -- Grog shops and Nanny houses were springing up as thick as hops -- at the house of God you saw nobody -- but if there was a devil's house (a draht be sure to see THAT croith poor Lazarites, with red noses and black eyes, and the fences all strung along with starved tackies, in grape-vine bridles and sheep-skin saddles
In short, the whole country was fast overrunning with vagabonds, like ravening locusts, seeking where they ht, and whom they should devour
”Good heavens!” said Marion to reat alarm in his looks, ”what's to be done with these wretches, these vagrants? I am actually afraid we shall be ruined by therant is but the chrysalis or fly state of the gambler, the horse-thief, the money-coiner, and indeed of every other worthless creature that disturbs and endangers society”
”Why colonel,” replied I, ”there's a conceit in ht to bear, would, I think, soon settle the hash with these rascals”
”Aye,” replied he, ”well, pray give it to us, for I should be very fond to hear it”
”Why sir,” said I, ”give eant, and corporal, with a dozen privates, all of ood account of those villains, you ood suit of tar and feathers”
My de withas the brave lieutenant Jossilin, I set out fro Bluff, towards Sandhills The reader will please to take notice, that in our hurry we had not forgot to take with us a constable with a proper warrant
We had gone but a few aabonds!
profoundly engaged at all fours, in a log tippling shop, with cards as black as their own dirty hands, and a tickler of brandy before the each other, that they took no manner of notice of us, but continued their scoundrel work, eagerly stretched over the table, thwacking down their cards with filthy knuckles, and at every stroke bawling out, ”there's a good trick!”
”That's as good as he”
”And there's the best of the three -- huzza, d--n ain rab theht But soon as they had recovered the use of their tongues, they swore like troopers that they were the ”entlelad to hear that, gentleiously, and hope the istrate will confirm the handsome report you have made of yourselves”