The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-08
his native hills, ruthlefs tyrant has torn away,
and all their barren rudenets ftauds exoofed.

and all their barren rudenefs f1ands exoofed.
In viewing the original, maturity and declen.
hon OF ftates, great diverfity is perceived mark
ing thefe feveral fages of their exitence. Has
their ctablihment more Especially been the
contequence of oppreffion, and confirmed by
long and violent exertion ncorruptible honef
~, intrepid and dauntlefs valour, at frft form
among them the principal features of dftineti-
on. Thefe an extenhon and prevalence of COM
JHerce foften and wear down, and naturally O.
oerate cataftroohe, which although particular
casies may retard or entirely avert, is generally
certain and fatal. Adverting to this prog -fiDn.
an elegant poet thus elowingly pourtravsi it,
Each nob'er aim reprett by long controul,
Now links at lat, or feebly mans the foul;
While low delights fncceedng fan behind.
In forbid meannefs occupy the mind.
Goldfnth's Traveller
Striking exemoli6 ,ations are exhibited bv
Greece 'fter her contets with the Periian EN-
p're, and Greece at the battle of Chcronea !:
by Rome after the expr'fion Of her tyrsnts and
before her dominion had croHed the Alps and
me in the DAYS Of Jlgurth,, Of Cr,Tns, & Of
Ce'ar {: or 70 cite later example, bv Holland
after the adminitration Of an Ava had driven
her 10 defpsrate refiftancc, or when combating
the Illicit purpofes Of Lewis and of Charles |;
and Holland a. the prefeut period. Does rea-
Ton warrant the concIuiion, that our country
tkew'fe above all Others CHIN diftincfion for
the duration of thof. bleiiings fhe enioys !.
Or will not our patriotifm he iugulphed in the
attainment of wealth the fpirit of E-ventv fix
be f'nkto for'id torpitude? The heroes whof-
va'"ur achieved our emancipation, the FACES
who con'tru ted the ark of our liberties, ir,-x-
orahle tin- continually matches from us-the
laf hour a'molt hasd efpoiled US: even now feem
viii, ating on our ears the complaining tones
which told the fatal direptipn. Should w. not
with the interment Of thefe worthless, dread
the conignm-nt of freedom and happinefs to
earth; 'h'u' we not fear the ephemercal ex-
thence of dfinterefted patriotifm ? Monarch
its have ever 'riumphed in the unhappy termi
nation OF mott free governments. The mobi.
lily of Athenian> tribes, the tumuts of the f.
rum, they have d ,velt on with barbarous fatis-
tattIon. Forgetting Nero, Commodus, a
br'iianus, forg ting many whom the hiftory
OF later ages has damned forgetting manv
whom hiftorv u" fhall damn TO everlating fame. %
they have falfe'y Represented as ef1ential to r..
pnhl'can'fn, the Incident diforders of ilI.dipef-
ed fy'tems. Our cou ltrv, fellow citizens. bas
hitherto proclaimed the fl1sme and morti6ca.
ton of thefs pf.udo. politicians. In the pene-
raj wreck of humln dignity and human rights.
me forms the buovant fra ,ment to which fink.
ing liberty now clings. Shall we top to ina
CINE monitor attempting the fuhverfion of this
precious relic "Departed fDirits of the
m ghtv dead,' o may We inflfe into endlefs pc
nerations that devine en'hufqfn which has Gnh-
lined YOU to iea'hlefs fame Long NAV We
brood over purchafes your blood has f-aled
And sc Fwear, bv that fame blood we fwear.
to i've IN Full pofie of our birth rig hit. or in
the orivation to prove our ancefry TO prove
ourieives Americans in heart and in fenti.
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