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VOL I 1
THE PATRIOT,
Js.prhili'd aiul pu!.!ix!iU weekly hy
r r..miA' srr.. ;.vr;;:.
At Two Dollars per ii n.i v rti, pay
nlile uitliin three months frpm tho
soficnis; and refining influt'nP1 "
nnle vvnrih utid virlue )iov forth
more hnppiiy t It an in the lilcnded no?
Ulvxieti mul ... ivarwllt of hcurt lhaf
Houim! t'ron h'l l.i actions.
The villnt inri ',vu, in thoie, Jy,
cofiUnion rexirt of all thole wbo
IihiI unnn their hand a !pinr( hftur:
receipt of th firt number, or Three t(J Chnrchill wa often . to bt
) lluri after the expiration of that onn (U se who gathereil toth'e joy '
t;no H'.J-i.- iu eirclpr in t lie sha of the venera-
ADVRfl I'HKMENTS the ocial glass minginl with the
Not exceeding 10 lines, neatly in- jntriimng rale and enlivenii jok
. , . , ii i Cbarle was erenerous. his wealth
serted three times forne dollar, and ,)im io( (ime a(1 mMOf (f(
23 cents for every uceeedin puhli- ;fi!ulge in whatever afforded him
cation; those of greater length In the satisfaction; a&d tns fondness for in
same proportion Letters to the Edi- tereoorse with oeiety, ,f hich he
. . , ., Was ire idot led, in tin manner,
to, muit he post paid. Bul , .mwtt danger then; and I re-
; " nml'tT nn emotion nf surprise came
CFrom the Ticnton Empormm ; (Ver me when, one day, nr. old white-
T QfiriAl r.I A haired man aid to him, in my hear-
1 lib bUUI th jng -Beware, youn man, of tbe .n?
flo, trom small errors flow je Rreatesl ilh. cTy aftt
Charles Churchill had genius. ': 8me twenty years afterwards, the
fortune hod op ned to him a libeidt traveller, who paused in the quiet
hand he was independent of the vjapet gfW an enfeebjed tottermt;
world so far as wealth could reuder manf 0j,j jn wr(,tchedness, hanging
him independent- but besidft all this, rtbout the bar room, and soliciting -4i
lit- posessed a k tid amiable temper, qUorofai who came in: he
that endeared him la every one He hardlv believf, if he had ever Wfrp
was an old schoolmate for years to- geen Charles Churchill, that Mat was
gether he was the arbiter of our lit- m. But a faint and meagr rgem
tie disputes the repository , of our se bhnee of what he was remained; yet
cr ts. the fneoU and contiaeni pi an jt wag ,ne game otigna whose pic
our parties. There was a sense of ture wa ,jrawn aoove
of mor- tj niinl ! A lioan Vila ruin.
h iiVr, of serupulons dtlicacj
p -w w r r w
I . M i
1 he innocent partners of his fall
were spared, however, the worst trial; f
a futal lever invaded t'e, settlement,
ud J pJ j ACli u rfbil 1 and henthree
rhildrcn j Were . amongt its victims.
They were 8I1 buried together in a re
tired corner of the churchvard:'' It
was on libeaufiful day, and Charles
Rtord ' ImostH maniac by the graves
of his household. Yet there was a
flash of htjharly power playing then
. ' .'i I r r r: e ? r .u h en,
th coffins wer lowered down, and he
took a last look nf oil nil that he
had lost" lie turned and pointed to the
A put "My Inst stafl'." said he, "is
broken: the social glass has cursed
me I am a miserable-man. "
But the glass was again in his hand
thai night. He flew to it now at an
antidote to memory and conscience.
All went. lie ro longer raised a
ha' d to stay the wreck of his estate,
arid bis creditors, like hungry wolves,
fell upon it it failedjo satisfy . them
--.'he" wuTTmpm
camp back to the village, he had lost
nM but the image of humanity. Sueh
is the termination of a career upon
which tliuiinands recklessly enter
heedless of danger, careless of conse
ijupnces.
I would have this siinp'e tale speak
'!n, as a voice from the grave of
early genius; from the wreck of for
' one. from tle ruin- of peace antl.vir
Mi I would have it address itself to
all ages and ranks and condition-.
Its lesson is brief- is interesting is
important. Hear it. readers! Re
I- . . . : ! I P . I.- 5?'- rVl.
hi tn in the opinion of his fellows, far meB. . i- a00iaipg. i0 avoid sin
above the common level; and the good g,iarity; the habit gradually coiled
old schoolmaster, so far from betrfg ru(j him, and he. was cmpletr
insensible to his merits, often curbed w,thin its power before he or bi
the out-bre.hkiugs of disorder "" friends were awareof it. He strov
others, by crying -for shame, fir, did jagain8( it awhile; but he had been
you ever see Charles Churchill be- awrtkened to his danger too late; the
have thins? . ' ( . dis-ase wa more powerful than her
He finished his education at a dis- it conquered: and he finally gave liim
tant college, and returned to the yif- aef p lo jt a gubdued and unresist
lage about the time of his majority ing victim.
A large party was' given at old Mr.i He had many friends, who looked
Churchill's on the occasion, and we unon tn(f j-irgf ymf,toms of his ap
all went to it. "He was still the sao e nroaeliiog ruin with heavy hearts:
kind companionable man, as we hadiQU( j( wag lv tne bosom of his young
Known bun a bniJinu we an rejoicca ttluj H(lttbe family that the wound
in the kind tortune toat nan resioreu
to our society so .fair an ornament .
But one was there-who engrossed more
attention thau our youn frind him
gelf it was a young lady from the
city, who had eome down to spend
the holidays with th family the
daughter of a Wealthy merchant, ar
old friend of the Cburchill's, aud it
vrii even rumored that she wns in
teinled for the future bride of Charles;
and never did I look up n two who
in fvery grace and accomplishment
seemed better fitted for each other.
In time a splendid mansion rose in
the midst of the clusteringheoch tree,.
,at the fopt of the hill just belo.
the old mansion house. , It was fin
is ii ea e i ecanujJiilllPJJLW
around it tastefully laid out and orna
mented with : shrubbery. Charles
passed the principal part, of the fol
lowing winter in theiityj-and earjy in
the spring: retuVhedittricbrfd?:
It was the same--the beautiful heir
of the Lushington family. The mea
flnre of his happiness seemed full; he
liad no wish ungratiiied; no regret to
haidslu
He used to ride hnvn in the freh
spring mornings to the village, to visit
hi; old compHiiions: there was nlway
n smile nn his lips, a flush of health
.nndjrij upon his cheek. He talkeo
in rajUures o f his fcitJiatioti;-.waiabjpj;
ped his beautiful wiTe even to idola
try, iind, if ever he wns enthusiastic
it. was when he talked of the plans
he had formed to make her happy;
nhe seemed the centre round which
--ivll the nattJe kindncM r his heart to Wran hi concerns in inci'nlie'a'nle
-nr-,Mh attracting 'star ijf -cT'Prv
affectionate bine: and never did thn
sunk the deepest. Mis wife watched
the progress of his error with all the
anxiety of love, which forgets its own
fortunes in solicitude for those of the
beluved one. Slie strove, day by day,
to win him bark from the paths of
folly to herself ail the allurements
of a quiet home, the soft blandish
meuts of affection, the claims of an
iufant fami y, were spread before him:
he was warned with tenderness of the
inevitable issue of the course lie Mas
pursuing. Poor Charles, he seemed
ensible of it all; he wept, he promis
ed amendment, and retured to the
social glass.
lie went down the loathsome jour
ney of degradation and ruin, step hv
siep. IT-bft-lttSsf-healil was the-first
consequence: imbecility of intellect
followed: the waste and mismanage
ment of property ensued II s'tran
quility o fm ind was destroyed; t br
native kindness of his temper vanish
ed; and deep despair and all the bit
terness of temper that springs from
the wreck of peace filled his mind;
his house was turned ioto a, broken
hearted wife and neglected children
filled up the luflnnehnly picture of
the dm kurd s home.
His line estate fell into ruin like
his mind: heavy claims were raised
agnist him in various quarters! many
4V8.resupp.osed -to be ef doubtful char-
te-; but there are mid-day, plunderers
always ready lo take advantage of
misfortune, us welTa midnight rob
hers who trespass on the lonely tra
veller. A few years were suiVieient
ware of the social glass." There is
danserjn indulgence.
KrKltSON A N 1) AD AMS., h
The following sketch of an apprnpri
ate and impressive address deliver
ed by Mr. Rush secretary of the
Freasnry, delivered to a meeting of
the Cit zcns of Washington, on the
11th inst
Mr. It usn said, that the resolu
tions having been moved und second
ed, he rose not to discuss theml hut
only to express his concurrence in
them. The occasion appeared to
him not to call for discussion, but ra
and
sup
I'be
ther to be one for interchanging
expressing feelings that might be
posed to pervade every bosom
purpose of the- meeting was, he said,
mst remakable, most solemn, fl bad
ere
assembled to commemorate th ftreat
m a . wm
annual festival omiio countri ren
dered more remarkable this ye-lyrom
being its fifiieth return At thavlime,
all, indeed, knew, that the greav
Au
thor of the Declaration of Inddpen
Si f I s 4
uence, anu no wno nau so tuny i par
ticipated lu'bat great act- he who by
common consent was pronounced its
profound, its luminous, its mostjeble
defender that these two great Icon
temporary patriots -"long hailetl as
-the "-rat-patr tarehs of the It nd--all
kiiew that their days had already
been lengthened to a period beyond
that usually allotted to human life.
But vho could have sup posed, . what
imagination eould have conceived,
that that festival day was heuce
forth to be consecrated afresb in our
eyes, by the fact of these twr renown
ed contemporaries simultaneously
surrendering up upon it their mortal
existence; surrendering it up at the
very moment when millions of their
countrymen were intermingling with
their celebraiioris a fervent and grate
ful homage to their, shinning worth,
(heir Revolutionary glories. It was
udeed most remarkable. There was
nothing with which to compare it; no
combination of future circumstances
would ever he likely to produce its
parallel. It wa an event to touch
the hearts of a whole People. History
woutd'cmbaltfi "I i.-i.l.liIwsJjiIeVt in e:il "t o
draw fprth the most eoninui, mot
wni miii ui imeresi, inai ine veni
ed sage of Monticelfo, conscious
h d is cl U t juiv -u ah h aiS wt
elevated,, strnirs of the patriotic
nluse. Jt was environed with mor l
beauty. It trreseutcd aspects af
fecting and ftufiil Il was but recent
lyjhat they had been told, within the
walls where they had now assembled -so
rccpnfly that the. echo of the
words seemed still opnn the ear
they hod been told, and the narrative
was full of interest, that the vencrat-
Ihat
wtll aV -
the birth day of his country, breathed :
out a wsh an anxious, natural wish.
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to live Until that day, and on that day "
to die. The wish wan heard- it was
consummated. . Here seemed enough
for history, enough for its fairest naee:
enough for individual glory. So wo
all felf; so the nation was preparing
to feel. . A coincidence so extraordi
nary struck upon the hearts f us nil
and our sense of grief was for the in
stant assuaged in the last solemn tri
umph which we had iee. lhe.hand nf ' .
Heaven dealout to this greai Patriot".
mi spirn nuu iingerea on uiini nis,
own favorite day; then, taken its
flight. But what intelligence is itL,
that has s. nee burst upon us? What
tidings have we from the retreats of
Quincy front the illustrious eontera
poaryr Does a double mourning
fttrikeatthe same instant open thb
land on tho very Jubilee? Yes, on
hat ever memorable day, the sage of
tj uinejf feels that bis term of life, too;
is approaching. Its declining flame
gmws uiui ii uicKcri ii is nearly
extinct. Suddenly he awakes, al-
&3fr:imtmr we- Vvelrti rearrifT x :$t&
starts at the sound of distant rejoic
ings; the bells of the temple of Uod
the shouts ttf his countrymen the
roar of artillery He inquires into
the cause Learning it, he exrtaiit.s
"'tis a gheat and glokious day '
and never speaks agh Jt is the ,
last patriotic ejaculation of bis sonl,
which takes its flight as the brilliant
sun of that day desci nds Let us re
peat, said Mr. R. nothing like tbil
has occurred hefre7 and it will not
be matched again. It is impossible!.
Itseemsa vision, uoder which the
People stand at gaze; something out
of the course of nature a drama of
solemn, heavenly, grandeur, which
the uplifted curtain of the Jubilee has
suddenly revealed to the wondering,
entranced, rivetted eyes of an aisem
hled nation. We should pronounce
it romantic, did we not believe it
providential. Heroes have died for'
their country upon the field of baitleVr.
and earned a lasting fame. Rut the
deaths we have just witnessed will
stand out in history, and stnnd alonc
I here is in them a calm, intellectual,
sublimity to the last pulsation of HIV,'"
mat wi i crown with the chanloii of
a nreeminent immortal It v: these lvo
venerated men. In their joint apo
theosis, hand in hand ascending, there
is someiinng mat rivals Tabled le
gendrrfar more lJan"f
its pious, impreisive. gorgeous fi . '
by- '." . ,-v
Adams nn d J e f r e r s o ii J e f r e r v
son and A AiJiifffpj
been so long, so intensely witjiin the V
range of our morahand political, hor- ".
izon so blended with alj oo'r kuow
ledge, all our recollections of ou ,
country, that they seemed almost a
part of it. They had lived through
uch long generations of men had
b?guo to live so long anterior 4n the
oldest of us now on the stageanterior
even to the foundation of the K( ub
lie itself fsMitidatioo9 which hey
laid that it scenm difficult, at least
in the firl't'momn'(4'"o1tfpheea'- r
to regard the Republic in. di.oj nflin
from their presence. But ihey have
passed away; not their immonnl part; ;
that will live forever. They-have '
palse dTii nn j , 1 a v j ng Jolii j?; : t p
the u tcckuf mi tibiWf ire-
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