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• Or/ruv. Fyom tlr Lfimhn hiUrur'j (iaztUe, \ VI.i:nirTOI!Y STANZAS. Oil, n t tliHt look to 1T1P, my love, (ill, n'i» *hat look to me; IooaS 1 may from otliersbcur, I’ut ncv‘i’ one from thcc? y meet thco in the }>Vittc‘nn" crovvcj, ^Vc nicrt as str:\ti^'cTS do ; The pail}' thnt r:\es iiiV iimiost soul Is uil unu;;i’l;cd bv yo.i. Last \rf ,i;tt a*? ncir W’C mec!, A throii}^ was — 1 heard >ou scoff i.t coniituiit love. Then tttni'.y pasbTn'.' by. ii i? oiiougli'—I do rcs'^n M/ cl;;iia «»ii love uiul lh«‘e , 2 wil! frr;;alie ‘Jic hope ihat Ijiig JJad i'cU on riuinory. Tiien look liot so, 1 v»iil forget Wliat oii'.e tliose I’oiid cM ssaitl- Tlu,- d'tid Will soon t -and 1 Hb'-Jl soon be M/iii IIk WXliK’lV. AH plrflMiro consists in Vnri ly-. Fioni ihc Loiulvin I.itcrary Ma^'.»2iiie. Tclu In i- c O'llaru iuriilj/. 3 vols. J J mo. In'sli iiC:tirs, to U;.y t!ic* ji.i'lcrn phrah;coioo;y. wliif*h .has tin;' 'V(.-st, ;u'c at !*. proiiiiiim, if w» i:iny j'ul.uc fi’oi): the dnn'iar.d in v.hirli tJiey ;u-r, Ijoth in the political and ii^orniy world. Xn the former, tliuy have l)o'u volcd a l;orc I’V e;oo{] authorities—\vr thouiii i)(Jst)rroy to think tlicnibo in tiic jaltrr ; nnd while st*cli novehs as t!ie a- novu ai c i;ivtn tis, we liave no dread of ^hat awlr.vard consr.rnniation. Thf'S(; Tales bv the 0‘IJara Family, ■fire Avrittcn hy I\Jv. IJanim, tl)e aiit.hor of Damon aiul Pythias, the Celt's Para- iliso, icc. assisted, we iinderi^tand, hy a lelation. He appears to know the af fairs of hio native land thorousfhly, and to have entered into all ils rircles. An anxiety to give his national character, in t!iC mn«5t approjiriritc costuine, has induced hin:, 1:1 some instanr(*s, toWrile So much alter the vernacuiar Jialert of his liero(-s, a:' soniev.Iiat to piizzle the Kngli.ih reader; hut tiiis is much better liian softenit^^ it do'vn so as to loac tiiO peruliaritos which fi.rrn l!jc j-iri^.riral charm of such n.u'rjtiv(“^. 'I'liere are threet'^.lcs—(Jrohuorc'Cor- noilus,) of t!ie IJill ilouk, the 3’ct( hes, and .hihn Doe. The first ii inh riur to tlic others. It is an uninixed picture of Irish low life ; no character in it hein«j of higher desrree than a sini^ farmer, flnd tiescei.flintr ao low as th(* l)e”;i;;ar.— c nrc not so absurd as to object to de scription of low life, but we cxpfct to sec ii rciif'veil by kiie .'vtlmixfifre of rc- ^iresentations of tin* other cla^sf s of so ciety. '^I'he str-ry is w Il fold, hut it would occupy too inucii of our ,.:.:ir- iverc we to ai.alyze it, 'Ihc rejder ^vill bt' iietti'r pltasi'd, and tin* [)0\Vi‘rH of the : • iior sliowii to more ai!v anl.ire, ■jf we exlJMol a vivici li'^'si’ribintj; a ronti.-st .1: tween a vi^iali j) n t_\ (/f mili- '.lii V, a!i(i a tiinrjitrious ci u^\d asseni'dcd 0 rosciie a (ouple of prisoner*;. '1‘he 'Tnoh bad succee !ed in a!)ii^in:i and di';- iuniin;; the snidier.-, and were :i'k)UI to di''nii>.s tin m unhun, wi.en—‘inave feih.ws.' cried tlif*'■(•rjewi'l, ‘lor ii.’-avi you arc to attempt au(i >;iccc(! in an nclion, such os Vi'U tridy sa\ we ha\e •never seen er[u;dlcd, atid s:;ei'f‘roMs i’c!- iiov. s, too, to ^ivo us life and lihertv hen we least expcctetl (ith( !-—hravi' r,-.eii, lisien to n,e. ^ uii ‘mv no hunu is intended o.' ; i;nl 1o' send n>' lo oi;r nr, 'rt' r> 'viiiiont o:ir sword's ( r cai !)inc-s. v.Tir.ld he th'- heavies! ;n_ii:rv }o'i ( onlii jnfliet : wo s’louM rii i,'' 'led and j ;in- jrl.ed for ccwardii'e . I • '.■.o'li ) in Piciifd in^to ti»e raaU ; i!v-c poor fcn.'-.v.> i;ed frp the t; ian"l‘-, and half In-.hr'i to ilcatli; in !'hort, you iniii v - if ) uu kc’']) o'l'' srn,5. I {:r0])0se a trealy. |}i^f•!iar^,.' f ur c.-rbinos with ynni’own b'lndv, and “tlien ie^ us have t'letn hack, when v.e 'aniiot further u>e tliein to yuui- annoy- y.'ice ; a:ni as for tl.e su.ird', we >:udl «.-ac!! us s" ear on 'lis own, \c': r >- tore them, in^'ta; tiv to put tiiem intn our sheathe';, an ! l ii'o oil'wifiiout dra'.\- inij tlirm ; iiy tli'' faith and iionour of r.oldit r^. and (jf n;ei), v. r iliall.’ “ ‘It ’ud he Uio bad o'l the pO'U’ cr lut e's not lo iislon lo 'uni,' said t!ie J( a- to his comj)ani(ins. “ ‘ I'ai'li, an’ if W(('!id,’ said anf’the!'. ‘An* they s(' niu'xh in arnest, an' V-roniis in’ so s&Id two or tlu'ec 1 ill.'re.. “ ‘ W'c pro no! yoin enemies,’ re^Mm- f>ri the sefir-i'iii, .‘er'',;: theri' \\a\e, * hn! 3^■i'lllsh soi(ii rs, iiilo you:’ CDun- ^’ V hiM'hiis, ' I ’y ihiin;-; a^ fjin '., a di- -pr^ealde duty ; !; 'iJe-, V(;!i I'.r'.’fc I'f-r.na u*-to yi;i) in uir: ‘ iluth- ur:c- vc r, aiid '(If clif r_v, f von if it \;a'; •''!!;• would bt iji);j'js‘)ibie. ’ **'An.di, WeMl j;!’ tnprn the arriiS,’ now b.irst from the whole crowd. “ ‘ Sfopj’saiil Pi('rco, adyanein':^; it is my Iufy, as this rescue has been un dertaken fur my atlvantat’ie, to see that no evil grows out of if to my unknown friends ; so let the carbines he discharg ed,’ hi-s commanls v ere obeyed ; and now, Serjeant, you will prove your sin cerity hy handiujj; us your cartridge- pouehcs ; the serjeant readily c(mipli- ed ; Pierce emptied them sejiarately, and returned them, together with the carbines and swords, wliich latler were, according to treaty, at once sheathed, while the dragoons remained still dis- mountel. 1 he ndlitnry j)arty, with many professions of thanks, then jrain- e 1 their saddles, superffuou'ily assisted by their new friends, who zealously o- pened to "iv(! fiee jiassa^e ; and their miserahie thioats were also opened for a ])ailiiiy; shout, when the serjeuiit, svlietdino; his troop aroutid, gave the word, ‘ Stildiers, fire !’—'I’lie |)i'>tols hidden in the liolsters had been, by one |(arty, for'^olten, am! were instantly dis- (diar^ed ; every bail took (dfect, and fif teen men I'rll. K(dh)\v me, nov lads !*—tlio ser- i''a!.t continu('d, dashing s{>urs into his h'-rsi', and |dimgii'.g f;i’wai’d amid the fhroiit!:, hi> h(n-s(“’.'. head pointed lowrds hir (jUi'i ters ; three lile clos(dy foliowed liijM, and In; and they cut t!irou»b the dense crowd, vho bat! not yet recov(>r- ed hi'cath or action from this sucUlen cbange of affairs ; hilt on the rtniaind(M of tlu- Irooj) they closed in an instant af ter, witb^rantic cries and gestures of desperatiOT and revenge. ‘‘The dragoons, thus surrounded, at first spurred and spurred to free them selves ; but the outward cirles of the country p'^oplc pressed on those with in, so th.at the horses stocid wedged and powerless. A second volley fiom tlie liolster pistols then immediately follow ed, with effect a« deadly as the former ; and louder and louder, and fiercer, grew the shouts and efforts for vengeance. The wretched people were unjirovided with any weapon exceijt sticks, but they were furious os bulls, and ferocious as tygers ; some grajipled the reins of the hor>-»es, and ethers dragged the ri ders to the grcund ; though cut and hackrd with the sabres that were still r-vaiiabie, and trodden and tramj)led un der the jirancing leet of tlx? afiViglUed animals, or tiiemselves treading anl:l lrani|j!ing on the bodies of their dead cnmpanions, they did not flinch a jot ; Ahiie their antagonists, unable to act in a party, evei’y nrjnrcnt found their sin gle bravery useless, or')vcrpowered by n'peated and ceaseless onstfs. One man amon;; the peasantry bounced on hi hind a dragoon, cla«pi-il him in his arms, and both tumbled to ibecai th ; in i on instant he was on Ids legs a^’ain, ' jump-ed on the breast of his piostrat :* enemy,, wrenched t!ic sword Iroin his grasp, fcrcrd it through his temjiles. and o)r'i;;i,:j. a shrill cry that was hearti ahov':' ail flio otlier cl iir.our, then wa\-j r.d it ;dfd’t, Ti’id witii tlie riili'd weapon j p;(^ce( ded ;o ii.flict deep red iiuiihcrini-1 inate wounds on men a;id i)t*ises, until -'ue wel'l-ainicil tuJi’"!' hrouglit iiim down, and Ik- was e-'Usliel beneath the boo'^s of the eliargers. A goaded horse, uiijd'ie to jdunge forward, reared u]) and I'rll on his Iiannches, and the ill-fat ed rider was inst.uitly deprived of lij'e hy tiie cro’>\d liiat, l>ounding info file air, ie;';:(!il and danceil upon hir.i. He w ho at the first commenrement of tlie affair had acteil as j(\ider. laid hoM of tme of ihe poles of tiie mo'k bier, aiid with i' mncl'. an!lO^■ed the soldif-rs ; a sabre !-c:h I'.cd him in the abdomen ; hf snatch- d a haiidivercheif from a woman's neckj iiound it lound the u;ha>tly wound, and darJirg I'urward on his r;ssau!ter, grap- nl'.il will! him till ihe dragoon was life less, fiTid tlio iiai'.dN,(,'r(ddef giving w.a\’, iii'- own inteslinei bui'st tVoin his bodv. uilh the eNt'i tion. N‘'.'iiik; all this'.veu! on, iiiintie wein> n ii:v,d fj/e fences^; eith' r siiieii! the road, and wifn terrilB- !n:!('iie:> cl fear and (‘ricouragenient, pra\fis fi)!'their enemies, elajiping of i;and‘. -!nd 1ea/i-ig (d’ their h.dr, added to the airead \' deafening \ ell of tlie com- h-.tant ’: ; m their shouts (>f savage onset or savage tiininph, and the groans or sliri' king (d'the wounded. “'I’iiis hh-M dy seen('was rnoctrd in littli' more til.ui a minute. In fact, the scfjeiuit and tlie l!n-ee men v.ho ha:l at fils! hrokiii through the c’'owd witii him. aiicr (i.scovei ing that they W’f-re :'.:d!(iping itioiie on tin ir roafl homeward, . {’arcely id tin'iO 1. t’ace about again to tlic- relit ! of tl) ir e!i veil roniradi.'S, and to re-apj)i'o.;( h the onluai'd lines of the inrnrii'fed cro'vil. when thes(! t,le\-cn Wi re ]cflu('( (l tfi (M.t. 3'roni th'nr ele- vati.'.n aho\'e llie he:iiis of il,p ;i.’‘j,aiianfs i!)ey \ve:'e then aide to lorin a pretty eorrect (ipini(-n ol' how matiei's stood*. 'I'iioy had not yc t fhscharged liieir pis- hut alier a iiionient's p: use of in- '!i^'‘r;;U!on. d.i\,l ‘v; an;!, as i?th. re cvc'v Am, tnio. The W.U...I rry tkU IV. | tl.e tMth of the »«mter WM« \et been heard arose, a I.und)er of v..ic( • slaves m.cnanied f:mn the uoikshops ('•xrhdn.ing tt)gethei, i.s the dragoons anil door-j)ONts of t.ieir niu^steis, to followed i?p tluir vtdlt y with a furit.n.s and fight the battles of freedom. I uo up ttieir voiu y chai'ge^—‘Alake wa} , bo} s, and h-tihem ill !’—’riie crowd accordingly divided. This was what I In: seriC.int hatl wi-hed and tempted ; he fell back with his little party, and cried out, “ ‘Fly,’comrades 1 retreat, retreat I’ • , “1'he single survivornisl.ed, pah an.i onr greal p'racfieul le ..sou ol pa.riuti>m hlood.v, through the human i;ap, escap- i at home; out olthe exploits anti :-aori ices i:tg nianv mi.ssiles aimed at liiia by tiie of v.hjch our own country is i.ie theatre; nut n-ean that these exam])les are to des- Jrov tiie interest with which we reail :lie history' or-mcient times ; they poss- ;i)!y ii.ci-eaM- th.vt inti rest, by the singu lar con! r;;s-, ihty exhibit. Jjut they do vrrn us, ifwe need tl.e warning, to seek ballled people, ami ‘ A wav, serjeant, away i’ he sliont- etl, striking, for' one pusii at life, tlie sidf s of bis snort ing rleed. ‘“Where are tiie rest?’ aski|d the -serjeant,- ‘“'riiey caidt hidp it,’ an- wered ti'.e n'iscuetl, and, till that moiuent, de->pair- int; man, s])urrii'g jjast them; — *nor wc oitlM-r—on, on !’ Is it so?’ resinned th.e serjeant ; ‘let us ride then !’—and all insiantly out of the ciiaracters of our own falliers. "j'hein we know, the high-souled, natur al, unallecletl, i iuz> n heroes. t; linow what happy firei^ides tliey lelt lor the ciieerlcss camp. \\ e know with whaf U _ _ _ _ j , ‘whv (it) they lair beldnd i pi.eifie habits tliey Jared the perils ol l!ie liehl. 'rhei’C is no mystery, no ro- nninc(“, ho madnes.', under the name ol chi\ alrv. :d)out them. It is all resolute, manlv re'-^istance, for conscience anil lib erty’s sake, not im:rely of an cver- . wdudming power, hut of all t!ie force of' gallopjjed o(T at their lioix's’ utmost long-rooted hahit'^, azid native love of .speetl, a mingled roar of ili'^ajiptiint- onler and peace. mi'ut, rage and triumj.h, folhnviim-theiii Above all, their hlood calls tons from for t!i(; short time tiiey rt-maincd in tlie soil which wc tread ; it heats in our vt;in' ; it cries lo us, uot merely in the fin'illing worils of one ol the tirst vic tims in l!nse;u:se—“ My sons, scxirn to be slaves;”—but it cries wifli a still more moving tloquence—“My sens, l’or2;et not your fathers. ” Fast, tdi, tiio fast, w itii all oar efVorts to prevent if, ll’.tir preciuus luemories are dying a- uay. NotwithstniKling our numerotis \'-|.lten memoriaN, nnich t'f wd’.ai is k!.>nvn of those eventful times tlweils *'',it in t' e l ecoliei'iim of a few rc\ ' ;ed suivivtps, ;iiul \'i;h them is rap: My jierishmg, iniretM;'th\’ 'o.i i irn ’;iev;ddi r.xfract fron\ Mr. flration, dclivcf- fd ill fjoiiconl Masi. on the I'.'Ui of -\jjril. “'riiere is not a people on e.u lh s j abje’i, as to think tbit ealioi al couile- ‘.y I'Oijuires them to hndi up tiie tale ol ll'ie i;h;rious exploits o! ilieir l';>i hers ami eunntrymen. France is al | 'vith Austria and Prus,-ia ; iint sne due> no! demolish her beautiud hrich;';-.-., b.e.iiscd with the names id' 'iie ba'.!!e i!v.ids, where Najiolron anii.hii.nt I ih.t ir ar mies ; nor tear thiwi the eoiuno^, nml- ten out of the accumiated lie-j.s td th.eirj ma'i.v ])ru!e!it c. nnscis eo:;ceiM‘d captive artillery. lhi'.rhuit! is at peact |p,.r|i. \eu I're.'s ; how many h.eait- witb France and Sj.Mii., hut i!.;e,; sin-1 g,;. ^ j,,o-.in’s uttered wi.e-. libc'; t v w-;,^ suppress the names-d''I'rai.di?,:!. .Mid tbe jj,.,,', . i,,v,v manv iirave a;di heroic Nile; does she overthrew the lowers peilormed wiien tne !.alter, not lilenbeini castle, eternal nio;,'i,111-its ef, I;.,;,-id, was tlie iiron/'ed lee.ed d' the disasters of Fia-.f’e ; d... ■, she tear | ,:ajini;—are aire. v h.^t ano down f rom iho rafters of ner eh.ipeU, t ,• ., -ol len in the ■n aves of tlu ir ;ml hors 1 where they have for-ages waved nvtri- j j!,,,,; i:,,lo do w'e—;.lrliOU;;h we h.-v. umph, consecrated to the (k)d of hattles, ncrn.iiied to hohl ronver-.e witli the banners ofCrcssy and A.gii.-onrt ?—■ 1 ve!e rable rer.inrmtsofth'it dav—how Xo; she IS wiser ; wiser tlid i s::y siie j do v/e know of their dark aud anx- is truer, juster to the^ meni.iry oi her fa- j hours: of liieir secret nK'ditutions; tiiers and the so.rit id her children. I i;e L,f f!ie iinrried and perilous I'vents of national char.;.‘ter, in some of its most the m .mentoiis strei^jile ! And while important elements, must be ft-rmed, hj,ev are droojiin- ar,>und us like the elevated and sfrength-ned, fr(>m tdrj ■ p.autumn, while sc;„re a week materi.nls wd'.ich ni.Moiy ]o ^._ni^. I i'-'! p;;ss«'s tl.ai. does not call av.'ay some great ohjeetion wiiich hus i) en urged ' ,>-,-,1)1,or of the veteran rank>, a'hW.dy atthepoii.lof thel.uyorat, atlhemoiith uiinncd, shall we m..ke lo tifnit of the cannon, o% toe [ .uti^.ms ol arhi-r},, (],)v/n the traditions of their ihu trary power in Kuroi)'e, ag.dnst revoiu-1 rhildrei. ; to pas:; th- torch of tionary and popuLr gevcr!unent:s_ is, |j.,e,dved in ; II thi that they want a )ii.r!,oi ic.d w cnkintllijig, bright alone, they .say, can impa.t ^■lah!hty naming, to those who stand ncxi te and legality to puhiK'inslitutior..^. J^ut L, hue; so that when we shah certainly the hi,tonc.d b:,.is is of much come to lie gatliered to the dust where •:reater moment to t! e spirM, tiuM. to f,„, tne inrt'lul.ons c-t a peon.t*; im, 1;.; (ne ^ ;uk! our gi'andsou5, ‘*lf we did not re;;s(n.‘, that ihe spMit iKe.i ol a oat/en I ^vo ha\o not Nouanilcred youi !.s ..,r-nore impoitai.t lieoi its insti’u- inheritance of derv' ' inv's i)t ai'iy mome;T. J.' t iho sp'rit he sound and true, a::d il w i!! si;o;i(‘ri;r l.nier find an^'nedy f'.;r d-/r."j .vo instiiu- tions. lint though their;: I iiiiio sshouM lOVOitAXcr. or roivKU,\' iti'.ViKWKli?;. Vrom the Nci-lli .\iiiorican Tttvie\r. .‘iirjia.ss, in theoret.e berutv, liie fabU'd [jc:rfectinn of Utopia or Ahantis, wiili- ’I'o a cid/ca t.f the United States, il is . . in the hir;hcsi dei;rce amusin.ij to oI)scrvc out a free snirit.the peo; le wdl 0. slaves; I,^ ... i ,• • . i - i , ■ I r 1 ■ ! d'.e spcv,iiIutions into w hich ourhrcthrei), they will be slaves ol Ihe most desui 'ii- . , • , o bie kind—pretended frecuien. And hnw is th.e spirit of a pe-.j-)]e to be formed and animatcti and ciii.-ered, but out. of the stoi'idiouso id’ il.s hisi.n ic recollections ! Are we to be elere.allv ringing the.changes upon Marathon and 'rherniojiyla'; and going back to read in obscure texts of Greek and L.atin of tlie great examjilars of patriotic virtue ? ,I think God, that^we can fiiid’ 4iiem nearer home, in our own eounlrv,_oii Mtr own soil ;~that sirains id’tin,' no on tlie (yilicr side of the water, allow ihemselves lo be drawn, when fhey tuucli on t!ie jioliiics of .\n\erica. Sixteen years only liuve passed away, since the Edinburgh Reviewers, profossiii;^^ u kind ly ititerest. in our affairs, lamented, in terms trulv bewuiling, the sclf-dcsirovim-- ^ . O tendency of w hat tliey were jileused to consider our iK-con'rived and disjointed poIiiic;d fabric, and ventured most lu- i^iibiioiis j)rcdiction:> of its jircmatiire blest sentiment that (.ve-r swelled tlie dissolmion. They were constrained lo ".ill il an ‘al'-.'iurdiity,’ and iicmoaninjj its iid.ieretil aptness to ‘dismend)ernu;nl and luir.,’ iliey, in a very Kolemn manner, ad vised the ‘ American ret’orniers lo flunk t.'f ip'adually dissolving their • Uitc (^ov- t.'rnnit Ills, and i-ealiy incorpori-.iinf' them- sch.'s into one pc.ojde, and one name.’ In lime of peace, they tliou.^lil il m;,:dii lie possible to keep tlie e;o\ernuietit lo- brcast uf man, are breathing to tis out of every page of our country’s hi‘tor\-, in the nativv cloqucnee of our lu.ithei' tunguc ;—that the colonial and th'.'pio- ’viiuual couneils of America, exhibit to us models of t!ie spirit and character, wliich gave Cljxeee and IJouie their name and their praise among the nations. Here Ave (>ui;'!it to go for our instruc tions ;—the lesson is phnin, it i« applieu- ble. When ’vc go tn ancient history, '.\o are bew ildered with the diiferen'ce j’ ‘\.onld ofmannors and institulions. Wo are jand ‘ tlie whole w dliug to jiay (lur f 1 diute of 2j)plnuse to j h itinr of ihe eoiistitmion would be in the memory of Leonid-s, w ho fell nob-1 (huu;er d'la!linf- to i/iecis.” .pii ly for l.is coin,try, in the iWo of lin-1 trulyi’ A,id l,„w " foe. But wh.cti we trace him to hisi home, we are confoui-ded at the reflec tion, that the fame Spartan heroism to wd'.ich be sacrificed himself at I’hermo- pyl.ie, woulfl have led him to tear his on ly ehihl, if it happen^'d to be a sickly bahe—the very object f'or wdiich ail find is kind and good in man rises u|) to plead—from the bosom of its mother, and carry it out to he eat'en by the wolves of I’ayjietus. W c feel a glow' of admi ration at the heroism displayed at M.u-a- the. ominoiis piedictions hcen veriilrd.- We have i;one on ^adiei ing sln nmh evcrj day, new slates have Ijeen taken into the Union, oiir niiml)cis have increased with a rapidity niiexun.pltd, and the most sanguine patriot ol iI '* Ilcvoluiion, in tiic brijdilest \isions of his counfry’.s lis-inq- i;!ory, coidtl ne\cr have anticipated a Msccess so ucc.iiicd, Oi' u prosperity 5.0 nn- I hccked, as this w hole natii.-n has eniovetl thon, hy the ten thou.sand champions of I lip to tl.e present moment. We hau* invaded Grcycc ; but v q cannct; lor-et |h,u wur, nnder circiuusi.;uicc3 of hit^h party excitement aud pccuilar 1, ..5 ia;^^cs, but no siiock has been feh luive the piiiari of government hxn ved in ihe slightest dejrroe. Su far shakini; the frame of il.e coimtu- !'^ this war contributed, more 1!^,^.^] ihing; else has done, to test its and conaolidate its parts; ihe mind was brought lo act Jn a comj,' cause ; u national feeling v ;>s ^ and local partialities were s\vallo-.ve,i7 in the }j;rcator interests of ihe vVl! The burden of expcij.e was ch.>nf. -,' borne; and, in sliort, the eiuire 1 ol the government of the Uiilicd S;... has- pro\cd the apprehensionsofit.il informed friends abroad, and the ta-.. l)rophccies of its ctiemles, to have bcc eipially without foundation. T!u- Ldmburgh Ilo\ic.vc'rs huvc 5; ways been unlucky prophets: ihe Qj! ime.'in Siljyl was not more oracuiar tl^ were these gentlemen in the first y..., of their labors ; they hrouglit not on!, Great Britain, but Bonaparte, and allEii rope, within ihe field of their visicn iliey cast !)roud horoscopes for dei-jciii; the secret desiinie.8 that av.aiud the rjl tiuns, and. revealed their discoveries wul due condescension and solemnity. p;J no wonder, iherefure, ihat sixieoji veaJ ago, those pohiical seers should turn lij e>e of iorc.si;,dit on Am.-i iva, i,;).! l)e -m much deei'ived as in ca‘;e> of moJ nu t'.l nearer iiome. The;, h..\f at ici. ' l, clu-ed tlu'ir book of Oi’atdes, niid I .0 .search for know led.'fe, like ihe liie world, in liie lessons of ev.jcyit'nrp il’f wisdom ofcauliuii, and the pl.uii id' liisiory. ^ I'ul what shall w’e s.-y of tIi-« I’uf't Luurcaie ofUiujland r He cjiiilnueJ t(j dream dreams and ;,ce sij^dits, to in. due ominous [ircsagcs, and to srutterLiJ poi tru'.o’.is forebodings about .\nu-iic3t \M 111 a •, I mi c b pc rti n ac i ty as e v e i-; and \t i jJ as much apparent ignorancc of ihc prir,.f eiples.of our govc.-nment, and the oigii-J i.-'ali.iii of uur society. A tuelvc-nuinihl has ivai just elapsed, .since the sagaciiijil politician suggested several iinporlancl I hanges in our eonsiiiullon, v/idiouti iiich he is convinced the v. iiolo sysieial of American R'*piihlics umsi conic 101| ^pecd.y eiul, and the people be left in al dcplorahle state of menial a:u! moral dc-F •;iad.t'iou. And wl.at do oar reautrsl irnag-ine these reforms to b'.. '.vliicli arel •o icscue oar icp'.iblic..n insUtuiiur.jl from perils so ‘direatening ? No otiitT,! indeed, tlian a gradation of ranks, hered-F iiary titles and wealth, and a Church ts*| labiishmentl These are tl.e solutary ap-l liendages tfiat Mr. Southey, in Ids wis-j dom recomiTiends as liie nccc«.sary safe-r ;-uurd to our liberty, j'iglits, moral.', ar.]! . eligion, which be says are fast dt cayii;:^,! and fears will soon be extinct. Hii mod esty, il may be presumed, picvLulcJ lusl adding one thing more as rcqnisite toj the good government, virtue and happi*j ness, uf iiie:.e United Stales, and tliatisj u Poet Laureate. The following incident, cohnecctcd with the battle of Bunker’s liill. is},dvt‘t in a northern jiapei-, on the autlMrit;'. in the words, of the late vencraiiic dIo-I nel Prescott, w ho acted a vc; > inriorunfj part on that memoraiiie Duv: L “The first man who fell in tl'.c of liuriker Hill was kiiiod !)v a cannoul ball, w hich struck his hc.uh I h’ 'ij near me, Mi at my c lollies v.’crc ; I witii his b'lootl and brains, which fd'f in som.-; degree with a hani.ltd ° I iVcsh t’ar'Ii. 'I'lie ^ ight was so sliocki.'?, | lo many of the men, that they !'-’U posts and ran lo vi.-whiin. ilii m baek, but in vain. 1 then ■ :^^^-‘‘^'- hiln to be biirieil instanlly; h‘ wlu^ from iiis Hppearaticc ijui'^eo to ..'i a .'.uballern on'icer, carue u]), . n- itii;' his arms around n.e. exi huinc.. •• i'‘'v'ar (.’olomd, art' y'ou jpii'tg , iilm w iliioni sending for a luiiu'^-'’'.'*";* liaxine; prayi rs;” 1 replied, l!ie lirsi man thal iias bi en kilie^k onlvone liiat will be buriid to-o^V put'him out of sight, that tlu: , be ke])i i.i their phices. (iod on!; u hi) or bow many of us w ill V'i it is over. 'I'o your post, iny low, and do your duty.” .Vio^lfian rf Jhicient Holland has given notice in the I’arliameni, of his intention j a bill to do away w it!’, fm fcitiiiT^ corruption of blood. 'I'hus. afi enligiilcned efibrt is inakiug i'‘ ^ rious dei,arlmi'n;s of the jirius-i -i.’ which must cM'hluatc, if ihe amelioration of ib.e state fd ' iri t!;;'.t conn?: urorovcd as it iuj,'
The Journal (Salisbury, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 12, 1825, edition 1
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