The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

more cried out, “Look, my father, all heaven is
opening, and I see ten hundred thousand angels
rejoicing over us. Let us be glad, for we are dying
for the truth.” “Thou liest! thou liest!” again roared
the monk; “all hell is opening, and you see ten
hundred thousand devils thrusting you into eternal
fire.” Only eight days after this the wife of Ogier
and the other child were burned, and this once
happy family exterminated.
These were some of the things which were
done in the Netherlands for the purpose of
obliterating civil and religious freedom in this
dependency of Spain. It is no wonder that such
things bred revolt, and that the Hollanders, slow to
rise, but terrible and determined when at last they
did rise, should make one terrible effort to throw
off the accursed yoke. And it must ever be
remembered that the whole object of these wicked
proceedings was to extort money and property
unjustly from the people, and to bring about the
incorporation of a number of free and libertyloving
states into one compact and centrally
governed kingdom, to be farmed for the benefit of
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