ffj;itl.M,wilnlaillliMlw.'i"'n'"
The Mtt 1 haVr t'. M.mc ii.splr.-.-, ,
My soul tin' tmn-lul 'r.in j!:n'r',. ..- "
mow Tin
iiu:tii IT M I U KOM .
TO THE M Ui'iUlS L i F.iltTTE.
We'll n-urcli the earth, and search the
To cull m gallant wreath fur thee :
Anil every field for freedom fought,
And every mountain height, w litre aught
Of Liberty can yet be liii4
Shall ,be our blooming harvest ground,
Laureii in garland bang upon
Thermopylx and Marathon
On Bannotkburn the thistle trrows
On Hunnrymead the wild roue blows
And on the baiik of Boyiie, its have
(ireen Krin' shatnrot k wil iy weaves;
Jti Fraiirr , in ninny rrai'CC we'll get
Tli VU'ir d b and rnigtiuni-tte,
'ru , i very consecrated spot
M ht re bii a niartyr'd Ilugtinot,
And cidl twn ,. from many a field.
And nmny a rocky bright,
Bay tlwt our vales atid mountains yield,
Where men have nv;t to liirht
lor law, ami liberty, and life,
Ami d'ed in frerdom'v holy strife,
llclow Atlantic sea brio
The vvt- of Krie ami ( hainphJn,
The sea grin and the roruN grow,
In rostral trophies round tiie shiin,
And we can add, to form thy crown,
Soiiv branches worthy thy renown.
Lin n.ay the chanlt-t flourish bright,
And borrow from the heaven its liht '
Ai i!h I rlo'c! bat chcln round
A ifii, vh-n n'h.-r s'.ir had set
V t! rjory tluili thy brow he hound,
"With glory shall thy he.d be croun'd,
With t lory Warlike, cinctured yet!
Tor earth, and air, and sky, and ca.
Shall yield a glorious wreath n thee.
MY ABSENT I.OVE.
For k'.x long mouths ttid fate onion
1 ahnuld from her 1 luve be parted ;
I w as i f course, like a true suain,
1'"1 with jrrief, quite briikendieartcd.
According to ettabljkh'd rule,
I raved tout eyes, and lijn Ike rubies,
And heart, in short, I pby'd the fool,
Like many other love-sick boobies.
Fortune at length more kind did prove,
(Irantr 1 from grief a short ccsvuioii ;
And swiftly on the w ingi of love,
1 homeward sped all expectation.
EagT fond raptures to renru
Tin thought e'en nou my brain amacs;
tiuiik to the well known p,t I thi,
And found mv b.ve as drunk a-. Males'
FO ll W tT' ( iaiiLISIs.
Extr. t i.f ctt,.r frum m y. V-dkrr, of
li.';ssitipi, to hi father, Frlii Walker, K.wj.
of axwo county, North.( arnhna, ih srriu.
live of tlie province of Tciss ; lifted
Xutch'7, Jlutr . 27, 1322.
DFR r sTHRR ! Mv la'e visit to Tex s,
you id", was ro undertaken without
du deliberation, nor without an impv.
tani object to mvsrlf ; .;nd it may, in the
end, he rrvj' ruble tn nunUn't. I
invi'rd -herr f uni j motive :t once l.tid-a-!..
,i ' vri-vlni;. The reut r.f r.tv
IT t' ''I it l'ft vet kiiown, hut I hop? iii
to ii 1 it thiouh Vol. Cbib.N. whot r
cotii(utiiril tne to Texas, and who h noit
at Mriro. and it yuttily ititcrctted with
Juc in ih' i ileipi ise-
Thi he Ui'iful country lu.nirs all power
of descripti.n, therefore I cannot .iy of
it as it t!eetves. Still it is not without
iis tiulu ; timber is, in some j l.iccs,
scarce ; ihi is the tae in piuiries, which
ore ontetimr bounded by the horizon
alone ; hut not generally so. The rum
Tuon prairies arc front one to two or three
miles w idet affording rood land, and knmc
placs excellent water. A long the streams,
which ate numerous, timber of cjood
quality, common to southern countries,
hbotmds ; such as oak hickory, ash, cher
ry, &c In the lower parts, next the
co.sst. there are creat (jtiantities of best
live oak, lit for shipbuilding, lakinj;
the rountrv peneraliy, between tlic larr
strr ,rrs, it miy wiih justice he said lobe
a-r-drs rf pood 1 tr.d, ir.terspcrserl rvith
pr ii'rs, the timber mostly Iving on smili
Mfe. 'tis. The Urge rivert are well tini-be"-.:.
' he valleys re some of them
Yv:i" 10 to IS miles wide, wfToniinj ood
!ard ; xvhile the higher hinds are f mod
erne soil, say second qualify, fit For the
cidii.r if cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco,
til. 1 I Mii"hr arid, co-.itr.ity to the produc-fii-n
of our hiyli lands in Mississippi and
I.outsi tu, suj-nr rane : nil if which nia
be i chimed lieic to the greatest perfec
tion. "I he wheat of this country ii no
where '.u-pased, in quality or prodm tion
the rtist. thwt formidable assailant, so
rnmm'.n in northern climates, is scanrlv
lttm n . or has not rt ht en disn.vei ed in
the st dl rxpeiien. i rf the sm dj f.un -ft:''ivhted
here. CcdTee, in the opinion
of well inf.irmcl men, who are acquaint
e.l with ii culture, may he pnrtVcd villi
n i'imkJ attcites here a, in the southern
provinces of. Mexico. Althoujjh this le
lii'liful country hi's every thing done for
it by nature that can be desired, in spread
ing a feast lor nil th.it lives, and allurd
ing the means preparatory to the im
provement of art and industry, yet man
has done little for himself, having never
felt the necessity of tilling the soil for
the necessary support of life, or with
views of acquiring wtalth. It now only
requires improvement, and wants every
thing that is derived from civilization and
industry, ta make it shine, for it is liter
ally a wilderness. I here is, however, a
tide of emigration flowing towards Texas,
which promises an increasing population.
Men of every description, with and with
out families, arc settling down, wherever
they like best. While the health and sa
lubrity of the climate is such, that men
of the most tender constitutions are able
to endure the hardships of living and
sleeping in the woods without onv other
shelter than the canopy that overspreads
the hemisphere ; and subsisting without
anv bread but what tlicy carry, and such)
meat as is taken in the woods, ol which
there is abundance.
The prim ip.il settlements are conduct-
ed tinder the patronage of Mr. Steplicn
F. Austin, late of St. Louis, Mississippi,
probably Missouri. The new govern
ment makes liberal donations of land to
Hrtn-il settlers ; allowing to each head of
a family, G4" acres ; to a feme covert, 320;
to each minor, 1 60 ; for each servant, 80 ;
wherever they wish to settle and im
proe. Thru a home is given to many a
poor family of the United States, as well
as an asylum for these of other nations.
The Flotidt treaty has deprived the Uni
ted States of an extensive and most agree
able territory, and of .m immense source
of revenue, in reding the right of Texas
to Sp.-in, as well as an extensive popula
tion ui'hin our limits, that would have
RTe'itlv increased our national strength.
' he effect and misfortune of that treaty
may be felt for centuties to come. The
wruhh of that country is incalculable.
Laving aside the metalic productions,
which, all Spanish America conceded,
ws of equal value in mines to any prov
ince of Spain north of the equator, (on
which account the Viceroy ordered all
mines to be shut on pain of death,! the
sales or the I.ir-d would have made the
government rich. Never was there a
treaty so prejudicial to government ; it
nin ui 14 lilt: nil u i ' , iim'-v j .i-,u ti - i iiu '11 i i
poormiubt here hive found a heme, the'wm 10 nool, tlm saying was o ten .
win ue lamented ny tnnse unoorn. i ne
T
weary a restincj plce ; the urn would j ov-"uu,u,',i-3 t :. H3-S3J, u umi am ui m,-, nun
here have employed their raf u to ad-'v"s habit of boasting of per- j by some indirect method, and in hn-
vant.urr ; and people jrercrul'v, ;f every ! fornunces of which he was suspected ; My rannot return it but with my bro
description. howeyrr oivcrsiiicd andva-jOl being incap.ibL', he was sure ol j tber's knowledge and approbalK.n."
riotis their emploi men's, even i i the : having said to him "lei's see yon do it." j The nephew's pistol was imnicdiuti lv
same neighborhood, mi-bt luve f.t ndj The impression lelt on mv mind by j at his breaM ; mv life," replied Mr.
what would at once intetest ml please ,h simple remark, has never been Fletcher, with perfect calmness, "is
hhroJUn?ernh?fnt,,U'" ""M 'Kldl ' o!u n ')rc ht f"iciM tcure in the ptotntio,, ,-f an Almigh-
pppv eoveinment. i to iny rtcollcCiion. tlurinc the common tv nower : nor will he suifer it to be the
J ,JtZZl,Z KTL8
amongst them, and give them land ; there-j
h establishing a strong, active militia,
forming a firm hairier atfuinst hostile In-
dins on the one hand, and lawless depre-
cum nn tne one nana, nu lawless ccpre-
d.itors on the other: at the same time
makinir i' the in'erest of all lo defend
their homes, and the government that
r--ve them. r I am not pleased with
, t . ,. . ,
uir '' j : Kovrniniria j n is a nmiicn
mc-nrrchv ; hut as Mexico has not bought
her indenetHlfnce at the expense of much
f iord, it m nerhir'S better the rh tni'P
f t;.d ht ttjiiud. Her fcelds, as vet,
li'-.c not ;li.e Colombia been stained
with the blood cf patriots, I mean t'uring
the L'c change ; her mothers ami widows
r...ve not wnnrssedtfie wm-r,cnri,i tf.eir,
sons jiiwi nusn. nus, or nearo tncir cnn
dren's cries. Sprinkled with tie hlood
.,r .i.:. . i i.. ....i r . .. t.; . . .
f.ow. fresh from ti e scaffolds, these! and aiJ sjvl" nV:natii-.g how rr.,ny clhrs j hell. The unhappy man turned pale,
these nl- nr, knov how to vdue civil !i!)-'she T ,ud -nJ ll0'v rosily she j and trembled with fear and rage he
rrtv in i's full extent. I think the policy m'ght be married, I am strongly urged ' Mill itwrntcncd his uncle with instant
of Mexico, at this time, is piarii. ally .to icpeat, " I.u's see ou do i'." J death. FIrtther, though thus mtna
Kood, but the great danger is in continu- When I see a ung man, v- hose fa- j ced, gave no alarm, sought for no w til
ing 'hc supreme powrr in one man too ther lus I dj..rtd hard to earn a com-! pn, and a'tcmptcdnot to escape; l.e
long. The love ed" power has a s'tong pctcticv, spending his time and money j calmly conversed with his profligate
influence on the mind of n-tm ; it knows ; Jisip uion, lolling about a tave.n, relation, and at length pen t iving him
no stopping place, hutw,, end in !espo.;5Mcjri JHi.kng and boasting hw to be tdfected, n.hlressed him in Ian
tism, unless checked aid fotmoied by; , , , r i . , , u i i i t i
WM.;nn.ftf1,KM,nvnmrM. 1 .t,.nt ! mucb ,Jt knowsof Firm u.K, in. ihati- guge truly parental, till he had fairly
operations of a wise government. I think
I hazard but little, on the scoie cf truth,
in saving thai Mexico, though now a lim
ited monarchy, will next le an aristocracy,
and next a democracy ; unless some ie
cond ft'Aivar should rise Up to p be liberty
to the people, unci break the flitusv shac
kles which now uphold the existing gov
cit.mcnt. This liolivar is only cxtcllcd
by the immo.tal Washington, and second
in military fame to him w ho rests beneath
the shades of Mount Vernon-
it ecms as if Providence dcri"t,s this
new world to outshine the balance- ,,f the
ffrth intvc ry respect. Her stuac.s. her
mount lins", her s r.i 1 , her men, her politics
nil, all are on the great scale nothing
sm?ll or tontrac ted about her whole con
struction. She is in truth, though voting,
ji;aiitic government, the spiic f whose
political fabric will be seen as a m'uror to
he civilized woild. Siiun'.ed, us she is.
between the Atlantic and Pacific a cans,
rmbtacing all the varieties of kuil fain!
t liir.ate, the products of which are useful
o nun or lo nations, therein yielding, in
a tnull span, all tha necessaries of life-
which lit other countries require the space
from the cquator to the poles to alTbrd.
With all these, and a thousand other ad
vantages, I repeat, that Mexico cannot
fail, under the influence ''of a vise and
liberal government, to become the great
est nation on earth. It must, it will be
so, as a natural coi.sequcnce of her ge?
graphical situation.
15ul tl return. Texas may be about as
large usine oi ten of the Atlantic states
-beginning at New-York, uiul ending at
Ccorgia, or Alabama. Yet it is but a
speck ia the great empire of Mexico.
The large rivers flowing through this
fertile region are fine and navigable;
wdiose margins and bottoms are covered
with the bes; timber, a soil uncqualed
even by the Mississippi bottoms, the cli
mate so salubrious and temperate, nei
ther too hot ixjr too cold, in different sea
sons, being constantly fanned by the sea
brec.es on onf side, and mountain winds
on the other ; io that all constitutions find
here the clinute that suits them best.
The high land'ialTord unbounded and nev
er failing nastiVe ; trr tlthest vegetation
is spread universally, covering the soil as
with a garmend, which, from its extent,
I cannot be txhusted in this age ; and at
jthis time plrntftilly stocked with wild
j game, sufTicieutlo afford the first settlers
j provisions of anijnal food foV a long time,
j or until they on, raise Mock. The vcg.
etatioti in the lil season resembles the
sea in gentle motion, with small but un
broken swells, waving with the wind in
succession, as far as can be discovered by
the natural eve. T his country, in my
conception, beats a striking resemblance,
in every point of view, to the country
around and about Jordan, where the Pa
triarchs lived in tents, muled their flocks,
and moved for pasturage, where pleasure
and convenience excited them.
In all my travels throughout that de
lightful region, I was constantly remind
ed of the promised land ; its soil, its
plains, and mountains, and many other
natural similarities, will bear comparison.
Whether I shall ever be pei milted to
enjoy this modern (Canaan, is a destiny to
me unknown ; but trust 1 have that faith
that will enable me, like Joshua, to cross
the Jordan of Texas, not with an atniy
for hostile purposes, but with a host of
friends, to inherit the l.md.
Ik'suMuVN.
m LICTkll.)
'..r'i' a1 a; a: rut: do it."
ilV. LJitor: NV hen 1 was a boy, and
. .. .1,. i i . r i
""ences of hU,
itorPcd payment call a meeting of his
editors, and assure thun there will
be no loss, that it is but a tcti.p'.ra-v
suspension, and he will whhout d.,ubt
suspension, and fie will wuriout ih,ul)t
soon be enabled to pa 20 sitllinjjs in
the pound, I cannot help t xiLimir.g,
. SJy five instead of twenty,' and " Let's
.. . . . , '
see you do it.
When I hear a miserable penurious
tnaracur complaining .t the hard;
i ... ...
times, boasting of the many
charitable
arts tie n; s (i- ne, anu driiarmg tl rost
h;rr an immense sum per .it.iiiim.-
' Ah! friend, (says I) boast le
act
more !" and " Let's see you do it."
y hen I he.r a voting ladv, who is
in fu. ,;,i , t ,
u t 'II i lllll , VUllV I t
mg an idea she is ten w.:rs voutu-er, !
ism or book kci ping, I vohii.t.u ilv ex- subdued him. He would not return
claim, young man " Itt's sre von do it.", his brother's draft, but t n gaged to pro
When I hear a young man w hose ! cure for the young man some "inimedi
general deportment dors not cxinrc at relief. lie then prayed with him,
much Christianity or religion, exhort-! and after fulfilling his promise ot as
ing to temperance, Godhnes and hro- Isistance, parttd wilh him, with much
therly 1 ne, thi .ks I to imself, fhow the j
sample, and " Let's see y-ni tlo it."
hen I sec a young m. n signing a
i.ote, promising u pay sixty days after
date, a larger amount than he is worth,
my dear sir, thinks I, I shall be ex
tremely glad at the expiration r f the
time, if ou'll " Let's see you do it."
When I hear a company of women
over a cup of tea, disseminating scan
dal, blaming their neighbors for the ve
ry faults dicy are guilty of in a grea
ter degree, and prescribing a correct
course cf conduct which they ought to
pursue, w;th deference they should he
told, Let's see you do it."
W hen I hear a pert young gentle
man sf t himself up for a critic, boldly
couileiiin what he has not the seose to
understand, and swear he can write
much better, I make no hesitation in
asking him, ' Let's sec you dolt."
When I hear a lawyer boasting how
successful he has Lten in recovering
damages for his client, or a niysiciau
how skilful in saving his patients (when
the contrary is well known of both of
them) gentlemen, says I, "Lei's see
you do it."
When an editor is so generous as to
offer to be the medium of conveying
our thoughts to the public, I then say
to him, as I now do to you, " Let's see
him do it."
This subject might be pursued much
farther; suffice to say, 7uorh are the
criterion to judge a man by, ami-not
ivorik. A great philosopher being
asked why we have two ears and but
one mouth? answered, "tint we may
hear much and speak little." And I
conceive the reason why we have two
hands and but one tongue, is, that we
may do much and boast little. Y.
vicat: or madf.lv and thk lu ti hisr.
Mr.' Fletcher had a very profligate
nephew, a military man, who had been
dismissed from the Sardink.ii service
for base and ungrntk'manly conduct.
He had engaged in two or three duels,
and dissipated his resources in a ca
reer of vice and extravagance. This
desperate youth wailed one d tv on his
eldest uncle, (ieniral de (ions, and
presented a loaded pistol ; threatening
to shoot him unless he would imm;-
I tiiately .advance him live hundred
crowns; the Ueneral, though a brave
man, well knew what a desperado he
bad to deal with, and gave a dm ft for
the money, at the sa'ue time txpostu
luting freely with him i n his conduit.
The young madman rode , if triumph
antly with his ill gotttn acqtis'uion. In
the evening, passing the door of bis
younger uncle, Mr. Fletcher, he de
termined to call on him, and bean
with informing him what (irnt nil de
(ions had d'ne, and as a pn.of, exhib
ited the draft under de (ioni' own
lata ant i .
and: .Mr. rletchcr took ilie droll
f loin his nephew, and I joked at it with ! Anerican cliurcli. Hut the laws ha'
astonishment then, alter some re
j marks, putting it into his poiket, said
It strikes me voung man, that von
tl. i tr
forfeit cf mv integiitv and your ra,h.- during our r.volutionarv sir,,,,'
r ephew the obs, n ation. th..t hia ur.de j members r, that Lnurtlinave bee n I .
!e Guns, tbc.uh an old soldier, w as j patriotic tl an tneir lellow Christian-.
more afraid i f death than his brother iot!ur den'mintions. Their prn-v;,
"Afraid of death !" rtj..;.ned Mr. j t rclore, :ue ent:th-.l t. nn.l wnl ;
".AtraiU oi
1'letther ; "do
twenty-five yea
Lord of life to I
' v. e ,
o, sir, it is loi
eats the minister i I tin-1 ch r;y.'
No, sir, it is for you to fear death, you hear" g of this interesting jttdi
j are a gamester and a cheat, yet "call ' determination, but that would not
it' . i
yourseii a genu
a gentleman :
. tiucer ot temalc tnno.cnn'.
i:.d still "hce
. sav vou are a gent.eman : i on
are a will
duellist, and lor this ou M!e yourseii j
a man cf honor! Look there, sir, the!
j broad rye cf Heaven is fnrd upon its
tremble in the presence of your Ma-
i r i ; , , t-.u , i,
) ' Irill III U lUUtNV III MH p'lll i i I-
dy, and lor ever punish vj'sr soul in
good advice on one side, and many f..ir
promises on the other. I he povvir of
courage, founded on piety and princi
ples, together with its influence in
overcoming the wildest and most des
perate prdTigacy, were never more fine
ly illustrated than by this anecdote. It
deserves to he put into the hands of
every self-styled 'man of honor,' to
show him how far superior is the cr ur
age that dares to die, though it dares
not to sin, to, the boasted prowess of
a man of the world. How utterly
contemptible does the desperation ol
the duellist appear, when contrasted
with the noble intrepidity of suih a
christian soldier as the humble Vicar
cf Madily.
t;ccu:siAsncAf. chahters.
A very important decision has late,
ly been made by the supreme court u
Pennsylvania, involving several point
of great importance to Ecclesiastic
Charters. Unhappily, protracted d'ul
sentions have existed in the corpora
tion of St. Mary's, a Kornan Caihol
Church of Philadelphia, aluost tl,
oldest at that place. It is compojtj
of eight lay and three clerical member
Iliese two brunches disagreeing, tl.
lay me.mbers, desirous of altering tl
charter, so as to exclude the cleric,
applied, as a majority of the member
to the supreme court, to sanction the
a'tirations. In our sister state, tl.
legislature neither grants nor amttv.
the ordinary charters of incorporation
but by a wiser course, those who ar
desirous of obtaining or changing or
are required to submit their articles :
the attorney general, and afterwards !
the supreme court ; and if they ea;
approve and certify, that the .char!:
or amendment contains nothing cm,
trary to law, the object sought for bt
comes established. In this manm
the case came before the court, wl,
decided, that the clerical part of tf
corporation, existing as a separate o
der of men, must be represented in trl
meeting which applies for the. alien
lions ; and il any one be excluded by
vote, the meeting is not lawful; ti
the excluded clergyman not attendir,
lor a lew meetings, did not forfeit h
corporate rights ; that the corporate-
could nut try nor degrade their past;
as being contrary to the basis of tl
Honian Catholic Church, any mor
than it could appoint him. It h;
been before determined by the san
court, that a Presbyterian roi.greg.-li.
cotdd not remove their minister, th
being the right of the Presbytery alor.t
with appeal to the synod, and tlicr.:
to the general assembly.
I5ut the most remarkable part eft'
decision is. that, which recognises t.
Pope, ns the foreign head of the churc
"S 'ltii thing was said," observed M
justice 'Filghinan, " in the argument
the d inner ol a fort inn head of
expre ssed no apprehension t-f any u
danger ; and it our Koman Cuihd
brethren do, in their const iences, lv
lieve, that the power of confining
withdrawing the sa red viidits .f t!
clergy, has been handed down, in sir
succession, from the holv Apostle S
Peter, to the present Pontiff Pins VN
the people of the LT. Stares of Ainer
ra have seen nothing in this beli-f. v
ther criminal or dangerous to i ivil 1 '
ertv. Neither has it been rem rkr,!
you think I have been i c"v l. rr(-,u'cl"'n as ('"'
be afraid of death now '. ght enlarge upon the trchs'
You are a se-1 acceptable to our general ready i
information the above sk!
prove
su!l.' 'n nt and satisfactory .
Federal Republic a". .
ixcj Li.i.scr. or
TRUE liLLlw'-O"
'IV.,.. -.it.
I Hi. ll.li.IUIl LIU3 n '-'fv'y
:ion
civcs an en:
delicacy to our manners, wi icii t-Ii
tion or nature may in.ni!", but canr;
vtr attain to. A sense of our Infirm
,4. ? .11 it l.lLUtllll.l liWlf.LS 111 til-'
est. A sense of divine presence mak
us decent and sincere. A sense of o.
corruption, natural and moral, mai
ns humble. A sense of divine got -
ncss ami iiurcv, makts us obliging ar
compassionate. A sense of o;ir in;
mortality makes us chcerbd and hr
py. True religion is a print iple
heavtnly peace and light within c;
which expands itself over the burn'
frame and conduct, ai.d sheds
sr.d Jauty cn ill -round us. At ti
m ithin ourselves, we catiiiot give i t
crs trouble; when the master is ('
the servants Codlikc, and ifmir re.'
vcrsation be on heaven, the graces r
heaven will dwell on our lips, and shir
forth in our actions. IMigion, wh
it is sincerely embraced, gives content
mint and patience to the sick, joy t
the penitent, strength to the wcli
sight to the blind, and life in dca'.i
itself.
The time which is redeemed rron
what is wrong is of little value, if nc
dedicated to what is right; and it i
not enough that the doctrines of th
Gospel furnish a subject for discussion
if they do not furnish a principle "
action,