The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-03
From De Pittsburgh pa Gaselle.

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come. We wear our own hair, eat with
our own grinders, and are not ashamed 10
show our unwrinkled phlzzes. If we do
not " flourish in Immortal you'll" We are
not yet gone down into the valley aud sha
dow ofyears, 80 far as 10 he shut Out from the
sunshine of merry feelings. We preserve,
III It's singular purity, and without pnrcn-
thesis, the celIbdey IN which "A bcnifcent
nature formed III. We enjoy, without
control, The oddities by which she has dis.
tnGnIshed Us, and rejoice in the fruition of
an independence, which neither rldirule nor
taxes shall evertake from us.
Ii Is 10 celebrate the continuance of our
peculiar freedom, that we are now met to-
gether refund the festive board. The poll
teal Jubilee which IS this day held, by those
who seek out so many excuses for cunvl-
Vitality, is but IA mere accident Ia us. We
do not feast on the milk and honey Of the
land, and pour out bumpers Vt rosy wine,
with The only purpose Of proving our pat
rloilsm, aud our devotion 10 parchment
constitutions. II has so fallen out, thnt the
day set apart for our unmarried rejoicings,
Is the day ON which our country was ditor-
ced from her i'll natured spouse-no matter
whether male or fcmale.and we have
CHANGED to dove-ta our festivities with
hers, merely because fortune has deerced
mat they sh"ala come pat 10 our purposes.
II would be Inconsistent with the natural
privileges of which we boast, to eat or
drunk more soraciously or sumptuously
to-day, than ON any other day ofthe year,
only To remind each other Of our former
subsection, and To erince our gratitude for
a. ,ap,t, -, tt.,, T,,,n, I.,.,I,, n..
sary OF freedom is that of our birth. While
others, elate with the eXhilirating gas Of
political independence, pledge the wine cup
10 the cXecratlun Ofthelr qnvIdam masters,
and 10 the happincss which the great gnIpIi
OF their separation secures for themselves,
we only renew the recollection OF a liberty
that was never withheld from ns, but which
united with our spirits at the Commence
ment of our national bring. The glass,
whose animating soul is translated into our
material ~tabernacles, and looks ont 50 10y
ously at oW visual loop holes, although 1t
receive no additional sweetness from the
remembrance OF .he gall with which ii
might once have been imbncd, is mol less
pure III lis spirit, and eulIsening in its mia
encc, because we never drank from it the
quasia of slavery. 1t is now still mere
welcome to our hands. and grateful 10 our
hearts, than whilom it was, when, in the
tervency of our Joyful majority, we cnt"i-
ned it with mingled Wrcatbs Of poppies and
sun flowers, the Gnclasslcll modern sntsii-
tntes for the Bacchanallan ivy, aud the
myrtle Of Nenus. We rejoice to day, with
a rejoicing which is Increased by no retro
spective feelings Of triumph toward our
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of %ecstacy from M artificial mineral foun
tain, but from the clear and living source
Could we break the thick lee, which the
frost of yeas has tftown oVer tie stream
of human life, and hook, with "A steady eye,
uponthe obiectstlIa are there, what whlm
steal sensations would be associated with
our contemplation We should hchold,
scattered below the waters, the ruins Of
schemes, winch, since thp days of the first
bachelor, have been contIived against sin
Gle happiness. We should survey, llk-
the pions .Enras, in the Abyss of fades,
the melancholy termination of iuiquitous
designs-the wrecks of all the hopes and
plots of those, who, while on earth, were
The torlncniGrs OF all who would not give
up their liberty and purse, In be dealt with
as The Law directs. The patches and ring
let's of affected beauties, would be seen,
heapcd in more ludiorous confusion, than
they ever displayed upon the toilet. The
lace, hoops, and head dresses of cOqnrttcs
lures, which they spread for the hearts
of our predecessors, would meet our astO.
nishcd optics, and, in tiIeir fantastIc frag-
meuis, exhibit the vanity and nelarIOa5 de-
signs OF those whom they Unce decorated.
Visiting cards aud bali tickets might be
observed, inscribed with the names Of the
naughty bellies, who once, Ia all the pcril-
nacity of malicious affection, aimed tllelr
attractions at lie yotarics of coHbac@
termiurd on reducing them To lho Ns8-
tlon Of mafrimony. Fans and smelling
bottlts, billet dpnX and rouge, would he
prcsrnLt to our sight, and lensthen ont the
catalogue of articles, by which the llbcr.
tirs Of bachelors were endangered While
the obsliantr wrinkle of ancient maidens,
aad The smiles and q, rs Of misses IN ,l"Ir
teens, would float, in all her lct''y, like
feathers, On the surface al TIE wave, or
p.nk, in the sadness Of CAVITY 10 the bot
tom.
After having thus contemplated the yes
tigrs fall tflat Wa The prlia Of youthful
f|emininr8, and their strongest h"p"-al
that vas the desperate resort, or indr5sni
sable defect of anIi1iat'd coqn'try, nov
much may we mol r~ejoicc that our seueta-
Tile ]forrrunntrs escaped the conspiracies
that were FORMED against their peace, and,
With uudauutsd intrrpidliy, maintained
siAg,larily Of purpose. The political re-
solhiions Of empires may attract our alien
ton, and, as We trace their progress on The
map oi history, our aslonlsImrl I may be
excited al the rapidity Of their course, aud
the magnitude of their effects. But The fall
of princes and the elevation of dtmagoguts
have enongh 10 admire aud celebrate thcn
and the glory, lost ar Nun on iie sec.saw
Of ambition. Is MINGLED in j. attraciiun,
With the nausea that comra upon us, lr"n'
The puddlcs OF corruption and sltmg-tFlldn5
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