The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-12 00:00:00

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IND KPR DENA.
OIL MACKII RIM . ORATION. ,PROMPiIItOIIO
TAM kWMilt OF AU.I.Y.
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" Why was the soil pf ,our Whets imferpled with
their blued? Why. was costranguinitrruoely tress.'
pled in the dust, „mod ORS lakertinis severed by the
Weinid? Is there no glory bet opsummiest Sits
pio,perity b,t fraod? WasActquetire wireless, be.'
cause it pleaded for immesh'', mid had stroosiction'i
abandoned the loosinoms energy •f Iwu:ta Set gra.',
titode should ever he commensurate aids the misses'
which dem,od it. The meesery.ef the Kevolutioo
should be engraven on wee minds, not less for the
ovellefrms which it kat sieignested a ales for ter!'
I .positi e henefsto it item to. hoppill witeierred."ll 4
Aitsatiotr,startles at the -11 are conception of let wise
Fier, which would have been entailed • by•gesidoned"
Aepesnleisce aspen Britain. They.atesulempliked, met
in a casual or temporary scene, lot in vilify'
portion of her history. every, part of her domi-
nions. They are illusteated in II Government
which acknowledges no power superior to its
will; in the proverbial corruption and pro.
tlipcy of her liuleis; and in the political degrade-.
to of ite great holly of her subjects. They are
witnessed in the wars of pride yid conquest,
she is contitunigy waging. and in the consequent et-
actions *lnch are practised to support.them. They
are seen in the part she acted in the.grest straggle en
the Continent; in the corrodes% pauperism by which'
it his been followed ; and in the disgraceful system'
which she now upholds, whose fentiamental ohiect'
is the debasement of the species. They are Been in'
the slaughter • hich has ravaged the plains, and Mel:
soned the waters of 1144 ; and in the owlet besseg,
which bleach, unburied, on the 'bores ofirebs.--;
These are the evils which have ever been idenlided
with British supremacy and connection; cud this ie
the !pith, which. but far she gallautry and perse-
verance of our fathers, would hate incled.ud
tics iu the.cAtalogue of victims."
.110/iiltla TO OUR iseinutionAllT PATllselt.
" At. Z'a, like this, should never -be forgotten.
Genius should cast its talisman • o'er the creentewts
of the !float,' and Aall bask the dead its animate the
Nations, who had little.of our vistas, and
.aut not more entitled to repos/N.34*e been endued
imutoctslity by .its cousecratiog cud.. We- see
,Kume sets ivicg in architeotiare and ip.losig. NMI rhe
tome* of Apollo entihrieing the-ruins,. sad ihitilow-
ing the stemuly of G4lWale We saw France deify
Ike /door, sad eternise the wisdom of her ihtroes
and save; and' forgot the arrogance re welietewedi
to the Barak of Britoil'. Bet no generous strain.l
arose to tell the story of the emancipation of neri
et/entry. No living COMING *see oar tethers to our]
view, to remind us II the glories and perils of ailar
birth. No spealiteg reathle fought o'er again thel
fields of *sib, and aboard us the battles, I. which
our liberty was wen. The spirit of gratitude, bow.
etter, ip asieking (torn Ps trance*. The heart.melt-
perieclie fast epprovbiug, when the souring
Patriots of the Revolution will meet the eye, sad
hear the voice of their departed friends. The halcyon
hours are stow upon the wing, in which succeeding
Senates will be graced by the presence, and inspired
by the Counsels ttf tie glorious founders of our
liberty. Oh ! Who could behold their venerable
foinit, and not feel his spirit kindle•at the sight
-Who could perceive our Revolutionary Congress
Magnanimously reiolvilig the deed of freedom, mid
not feel in all its force she virtue, and freediim, and
hoidness of the scene Who could observe our
Leaders capturing the armies, and breaking the seep.
Ire of a-- King, and not determin to de.
fetid what their valour has bequeathed ? Who could
contemplate Washington, dedicating his laurel, on
the altar of his country, and not resolve to desert,
them by an imitation of his virtue? Perhaps, bad
this national oblation' bees sooner paid, no painful
recollection would now obtrude upon our joy ? Per.
hepi no he .releis cilomuy would have impugned the
motive and dt-st re) ed top peace of the faithful soldiers
of (reedit/ht. Perhaps no shameless opposition would
have infested oar Councils, nor degenerate servility
have ',leaded for the foe. They would have frowned
the daring sacrilege to silence. They would have
stood like present Gods, to guard the sanctity of
freedom."

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101140 A lITE.
" But, when private jealousy was merged in the
superior importance of national preservation, and
Fiance iMilatrti Rome, in the choice of a Dictator,
the laid the foundation of a system, of which no
parallel was found in the conquests of antiquity. The
acqvi.itiona of ages were surpassed by Bonaparte,
lin the limited compass of a single life. There was
grandeur in his projects, and a celerity in his move.
ments, which, while they excited, confounded
curiosity. Fortune appeared, not merely to Woof,
but to tear him. Like the lightning of Heaven, he
dazzled as be flew, and where he struck, destroyed.

• It will be trieleeied, that, agreeably to a 'solution of
Conotees, Colonel Trumbull. of Conoecticut. has node aken
the perform:tact of four grand nation/ paintings, of which the
sutuects are, the' Ikc.aution of Independence, the Cap.ere of
Ben:oyes% he Comore. of Corn.. allis, and the Resignation of
Geurrel Ihrsokieglea. Li bias been recently announced, in the
Public Pruitt.. that the fir,t of these paintings is so nearly core-
ple.ed. as to induce the eipectation of its appearance, during
.die next Session of Congre it. It isabe ead&steod, that Cu-
Inert Initiation has in heated an ieteolina to have them catlike-
ill in Europe, by artists of he first celebrity, should. he find
corresponding Midi, in the pimeto. of the Ptiblic. It is
hoped, that th, nieeideence of the People iyorrally, and par-
ticularly of the Corpora ' of the different -Cities in the Mum,
will be e‘tended,. to what the reptilians)w of the Anther war-
rants us .0 pronounce, exquisite ifeitlaieoll Of ttagise gesieseed
taste.
' t Bee the Debate in Congress relatite to the Petition of
t Eap!ding, oat: of the mein of Andre, ' '

Tice delineations of aid th. Fes orris of
history. e..ld no longer guide the tratetler, or in.
sre .ct the 'Misdeed, .Tee.popeloil Netherlands orris
AltritOrated uith Itl"Governesent, and the wraith
of noised ass sohjitoted to his bill: Italy 14
Spain massed 10 thoeircionlsikh his swept had drawn,
and Auetria sail Prussia (Ought henna,' MI *inner.
The grandeur of Switierhitid 'iritimied at kis tnichi,
and Germany beheld new system* ciessted;wird re. *
.vnieing in its orbit. Nor aid the'magnitude (OM,
empire *fie inconsistent with its safety. Sehiniasios
Thad ecyry where succeeded to tesistance, and a col•
viction of the inetHity wai fest impairing even the in.
.clinatien to revolt. The chain of suhordiostion use
esteo.tod neer all; sod though Britain peisisted Ia
he prosecution of the isiollict; yet a he period, is
Jr reitemitedteggrernies fmared • the field his
s
. -4010Milbli•bod sus Wks rid to
4zraretetibift. 01 f :•••
lght?
*MI de Ids 91,04 'erg 4fw shine t bereb:'.
log._ Atilt
_lin- lifter fide is /*papist (Merl& prokrita
Prof sTleSegit he by lest *this temerity, ell re hicli •
AO had attabeiplisheti by his steer, rod the' efirneetts.
Aire Iststien, what cisferierated nations shire ambit;
tistirect+.44heatilh victories' listioni no lowiror follow
.ta bit Ile, norAteitehing 91 sots treinlife it ids
sod•—t 11000 Ise appeared to thijistiCe, and has heels
ignorpiaitite• y`sectificed to (he-Demi of his !anomie!
—yet ,shat can .limit.the dottationlefitt; fame.? Ns.
hilly will learn • silk fadedrevien resessgtic .
:esisdiudes of Cis life, .and hilitertlfittt
at itself, ask raiders theetttioselleety
isidividuel and a 'orbit!'
, GAIN neuteetallt SATS truittaretto. '
4 On lb. condeet -.'autuir'wertind straggle,' thei.
it Would now hscrtle* es le letfietiate ; -bat thE mind{
while it would attempt sd analyse, is it once re-
pelted by the spfendoor of theme. We were sot
callod, et long and codifies intertils, to telibrate ad
exploit, which, like a military gleam shone Jot
moseept throogh contending clouds, and was de 'meal
eatingeiihed in accumulated gloom; no! tiiiiegh Of .
political horizon was long overcast, let Ott
.of hope which played upon its hoiom, wait lißtagir
owailtieed in the espeeded feleesS of 40twfbi
Is what manner thee shirt! -ear eghletrenventl be tile.
bearsed I Whatne can rest upon • single star, ion:
snoved./ey all die seabed's* of Seib irthement ? Shoot&
...recite the maidets'eftrete of the Modest 'nut,
which, gloriotis itself, see the Itathliner of glory ;
world not the pieasitig duty beleierrepted by the re.
oneetbrance or the tributeoltielt.iedue to Bainbridge?
fkkeold...we RIF to Decatur the tielleopood &imago
olilcb his aersicesitsve wifiliirostd not wostepliered
'be Spbviiitief isbillte :galbsosy end detouring'
Tones?,oL V.P.VdiI-ettet 111051.4.4. StiO kUtessiom
bedirected? we sadly lingeten- the woos of
Lawrence, and strew our garlands os his honoured
dust; or shall sae obey the semOons et that sacred
shade' which points in hump% to the sells of
Yolk, Shall we imbibe the erdoar, and enthusiasm
of Scott, and follow where he feeds, through ill the
mazes of destruction; or shalt we pause to content.
plate the civic crown, which blooms its deathless Ter.
derv, on the brow of Warrington Shell we tutu
wish rupture to the shores. of (Wei and admire Our
hero, is he aim, lake the Spirit of ilie,,.Lake, hues
'yessel to elessel, and reclaims by his valour, the fall-
ing fortune of the day ; or
.ehall our praises be en.
listed by the signal merit and pines bravery of Mace
&enough, his equal in virtoei his competitor im
fame? Shall we dwell on the actions,. and testify.
the claims of Sliebrick and M`Call ? Lot the bey
of Yetpirsisu passes in review, abd present* a scene
of danistlests courage and consummate skill, which
takes frogs victory its title to applbuse—corivoits loss
into gain, and captivity int, triumph? 'Shell we
advert to the dexterous and resolutw,slefences of
Baltimore and Stoningtoos? .I.(a ! the> thunders of
New Oilcans burst upon our ear., and attract our
notice to that wonderous spat, where succeeding coo
I umns perish as they move, and where BritaiN writes,
in tears, the Anal rein of her scheme. intlerdi there
is not an action which is not distinguished by the de-
votion of our champions. The ardour which slime.
lated Burrows, is equally apparent in the fall of Co-
vington; and the action at Plattsburgh, though more
conspicuous, is not more honourable than the minor
feats of Sandusky and Mobile. Our bottles differ;
only in degree; and if, of those battles, teeny are
compelled en remain untold, it is not because of
themselves they are destitete of interest, but because,
like lesser sties, their attraction is diminished by the
superior radiance of others. Such, and so 'sakes',
ever be the destiny of our country I"
carton elate AND FIIOBIOADF OF CDROM.
" No aid, however, which can be siren to free.
dom should ever be omitted ; and if, on beholding
the sorrows of a numerous portion of our rlce, we
discern an additional motive to prize the blessings we
enjoy, and to cling with ardour to the inestimable
institutions from which they flow, then, indeed,
should the condition of Earope be ever present to one
view, to impress, in its most striking form, the no
dices cause of:holism misery and degradation.
66 This cause, it requires bet little observation to
trace, to the strength and prevalence of arbitrary
power. When the overthrow of Bonaparte was 11.
nslly ejected, end a new order of affairs was about
to be established, the world was invited to rejoice its
the approaching dawn of millenial felicity. Confio
dente «as created by the protestations of the Allies,
and Philselltrapy pictured the fall realization of iii
dreams. Injustice and opprestioe seemed banished
from the earth, sod equity and concord substituted
in their room. Ptinres reposed on the affections of
their subjects, and nstions were happy under Rulers
of their choice. Departed Republics re-invested
with their rights, iltiinvined the hemisphere with iheic
termer The bytes et thsalmitieg uceadel

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