The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-05-03


rysst ssirns = Alas, Troy thought so osrc,yet
'hr land pi Pt'em lives only IN soog--21e6es
tteufhtto occc. yet her hundred gates have
efupo'Saland her yery tombs ire but as the
dust uSy Aer, destined 10 conn mors,t .---st,
thrngn' f'rfmyra; where is she $50 thoup ht
the 1ouuliiss oi Dcmosbencs and The Spar.
'"h' !e' i.ennidas is trampled by the tiinid
Save and A,hcns insulied by the mindless
oromant he days OF their glory arc as if
they had never been, and the island that WAS
fSen sFetk, iude and mel elected in the bar.
ren noeesnsnow rivals the wealth of their com.
mefcc' nc Biory OF their arms, The lame az
iheir pn'osophy, he eioquenoc OF their SEM
ate, hcx hcxinsp'ra,ion ot their Bards Whn
shall saythen. contemplating tho past, that
rpg'and proud and po,en, as she appcais.
NAY not one day be wha, Athens IL. and The
young America yet soar to be what Athens
was ltDPiy when the European column shall
have mouldcred, and the night ef harbarisni
obscnred ussvciy RUNS, thut mighty Con,is
neci maxemrrSc from the horison, TO rule
NJ TkQ9le sovereign OF tho ascendant!
ouch,sir, issbc natural progress of hannah
operations, and such the unsubstun,ial mock.
cry OF human pride. Blu, should apoIopis1
Tor this digfcssiup--thc tombs arc q, best a
sad, although an Instructive subject. Al all
events, they are i'll suited 10 such an hour AS
this. / shall endeavor 10 atone for it,by turnA
ing to q theme, which tombs canno, inu,n.
nor revolutions alter: Ii is the custom OK
your Board, and noble one II is, 10 deck the
cup Of the gay with the garland of the great,
and surely, even in the eyes OF It's Deity, his
grape is not less lovely when glowing beneath
the foliage of The palm tree and tho myrtle.
Allow me to add one flower to the haplet,
which, though IL sprung in America, is no
exotic--yirluc has planted il, and il is na,ur.
allied every where.
No matter wba, moy DO the birth place os
such man us WASHINGTON. No climate
can claim, no country Gun appropriate hin--A
the boon OF Providence TO the human tace--I
his fame is eternity, and his residence creM
i,on. Though 1t was the defeat of our arfas,
and the disgrace of our policy, l almost bless
the convulsiun in which he hud his origin II
the heavens thuDdcred and the earth rocked,'
yet, when the storm passed, how pure waa
the climate that II cleaied---hUw bright In tho
brow ot the hrnamen' was The plapnIt II re-
vealed TO Us ! In the production oil WasbDga
ton u does really appear, is II nature was tna
seavorng 10 Improve upon hcIsciL and that
all the virtues OF the ancient world were but
so many studies preparatory TO Tho patriot ot
the new.-lDdisidual instances no doubt thcfv
wcrc--splcndid exemplitications Of some sina
gle qualification. Caesar wan mcfcilulssss
Scipio was con,inent--H Hannibal was patient
--~tvs-i vas acsefycd for Washipeion ia
blend them all in one, and like The lovely
chief d'Gnure Of the Grccian artist, TO exhibit
in one glow Of associated beauty, the pride OK
every model, and the Perfection OF every
master. AS general lie maisballcd tho
peasant into veteran, and supplied by disriA
pine the absence of experience. AS Il siaicss
man, he enlarged The policy bf the Csbince
into the mos, comprehensive system OF gcn-
cral advantage aud such was the wisdom Uf
his views, and the philosophy Of his councils,
that 10 the Soldier aud the Statesman he als
most added the character Of tho Ssgc. A.
conqucror, he was untain,cd with The ctimc
OF blood--a rcyolu,ioniSs, he was free from
any stain OF treason for aggression com.
meDced the contest, and a county called him
TO The command. Liberty unshca,bed biz.
sword---.neccssi,y stained victory returned
It.. II hc had paused here, history migks
doubt what station TO assign hin, /; whether at
the head of her Citizens or her Soidcrs---her
Heroes or her Patriots. But the lag. glorious
act crowned his career, and banisbcs bcsitas
ZION. Who, like Washington, after having
freed County, resigned her Crown, and res
/ tied TO Couage ralber than reign in Cspa
itol Immortal man He took from the Bate
tie its crimc,and from the conquest It's chains
---hc left the victorious glory Of hi, self de-
NAL, and TUNED upon tho vanquished only re-
tribuiion Of his mercy Happy, proud AmeA
fca ! The ligh,nings Of Heaven could not
resist your Ssgc--,hc temptation OF Earth
could not corrupt your soldier.
:" give you, sir, the memory Of George
Washington"
Mr.. Philips, VIC understand, is a native OF sli.
go, and is but twenty-cigh years Of age.