Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-12-04

Yes when l remember that CUhlANl
burst fromthe trammels of youthful diff
fdence, and gave the first flashes of that
eloquenee which has dazzled the world,
in society like this, feel warranted in
expressing the most sanguine hopes re-
speeding the destiny of the Forum.
l look forward to the stations my fancy
supposes we may some Of US occupy,
at the bar, in the councils, and in the
pulpit.
At the bar, see some OF our associates.
who already fill conspicuous places there,
or who hope, ere long, to fill them, con-
tending perhaps against the proud az
gressor on the poor mans rights--or
defending the character of the innocen,
from the rude, assassin-like assault Of
defamation; or, it may be, pleading the
cause of the widow and the fatherless,
O who would grudge the toll of years,
it necessary, to give efficacy hoe Z. Me-
thinks hear the lucid argument, de-
monstrating the truth; the imprisoned
tone, deno,ing noble earnestness md zeal,
and all the artillery OF eloquencehrought
to bear, for the protection of the dis
tressed. And when the orator has finish
ed his harangue, and gained his cause,
and the astonished hearers wondering
where such eloquence could be acquired,
how would we cxult, could we answer
in the Forum
/ see others. who, fitted by the Forum
tor the ascent, have climbed to an elevat-
ed station in our national councils, and
now stand forward to assert the rights of
their constituents. Prompt and decided,
and ever ready by solid argument aud
persuasive cloquence to convince Others.
| hear them speaking in the capitol to
delighted thousands, while every thought
seems fixed, and every mind attentive,
to receive and retain the weighy SEN
fences as they fall. And may we not
hope that the Edwardsville Forum shall
receive the honor Of having infused at
least the rndiments of oratory in some,
who may hereafter occupy a station as
important as that from which the honor
ed citizen Of an adjoining state has lately
retired, and possibly, niche in the tenn
pie Of Fame, as high as the one from
which that parsonage will never be re-
moved?
But bark Me,hinks hear Write,
FIELD or CHALMERs-asc ended from
the forum to the sacred desk--urging
on the fallen human race, the Wisdom
and the necessity Of seeking restoration
TO the favor of an offended Deity.
Now, the glories Of creation are his
theme. He rises from the little oib, on
which We tread--soars through the vas,
in6nily Of space--lraverser the fields Of
ether, until the myriads Of stars, and
moons, and suns, which here pres cnt an
endless variety to our view, appear but an
item in the boundless plan u And when
the mind is lost in the feeble attempt to
comprehend such plumbers and such
magnitude, he ,f.rangcly seeks relief in
the contemplation Of Him whose mighty
mind conceived, whose omnipotentpow-
er created them! A
Led by the word OF truth, he pierces
the abodcs of bliss. The music of the
s,,Lo eaa,s IN .cco,,,L;.., .v;,I,
sp''e'eo :eeha W aeeo'"i'a''' hi'i "i'''
s}np"In'ou ,a a,S,n oy, mm ,s, ''e song
tails, dwell on his descriptive tongue
But oh what glory breaks on the rap
lrawn hy ,he vivid ora,nr saa,na IN h; l.
~, ,ren, ,hr,,e .nd sn,;,;n,r III, iau..
;reeable m ,he hannv sn;r;,s whom he
has reaeen,ed, f' -
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