The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-26

''' governments, mnst beg merely 1
tenteast the condition of South Amrric;
a. II VAS I'll very lately, with that of tn
hal1y country tu which have been refer
ring. Ihes" southern settlements had TN
fasantage at hciug earlier established. an,
'ohowed nom the first by the fostering car
o' the parent state they We're placed in
hnre fertile soil, and more propiii0us eli
mate but they Were governed by non
resident despots, and given OVER Ia bisntte,
] priests and cowardly fasorites and wan
ting Freedom, all the blessings olnatut. srr.
turned Ia curses, Their treasures were ex.
hansted--the population withered aud
shrnnk under them-kofh races were de
graded by their mixture--and they b.,
came nj last among the governing rlasses
degenerate and corrupted mass, which
moaldered away, aud Dissolved in its owl
raitenness-tlIl it f-riilizcd The soil over
winch II was scattered, fur that risirg and
slofions haISrst of liberty which now co
'ered II with the beauty of lis promis.. -
In the north, tie Tot Of Our IMMIGRANT eoun
tfynen was cast in more ungenial segions i;
and their first struggles either totally neg
ieelsi, or but coldIy Supported by the
mother country hut carrying with them
That innate love of freedom, W ti,-h, trust,
VIII run forever in the blood of all Brlt6ns,
they surmounted all difficulties aud even
under the colonial, and not always equiIa
bic government of England, they made
very considerable advances in wealth and
civilization and, ever since they have been
left To build for themselves on this firm
foundation, have So multiplied aud inoreas
Ell III the land, and advanced with such mi
racnlous rapidity in wealth, population,
industry, aud power, az moi only IL put Ia
shame the stationary communities Of Eu
rope, but even To make her statsts aud po
lllicaf economists revise and remodel their
systems, To corr, spond With their unnatnI III
andesc.ssl>e prosperity. Such, my Lord,
are thd scrN ices whr'h | conceive America
IL have rendered To the cause al liberty =
and though they are, MS apprehend, truly
lncaiculable IN value and amount, il is plea
sing To think ttey have been rendered, not
only without sacrifice or effect On her palt,
but almost without her consciousness or
corporation. They have flowed like n
healing virtue, Crou. her existence and her
example. She has only had 10 be free,
and peaceful, and happy, and prosperous
IN hes freedom, to put down the disgusting
sophistry or the birelinS advocates Of
power, and To- give the strongest encourage
ment la all the nations of the earth 10 emu
Late her happiness and peace by initiating
her freedom For these services for that
encoura9emrn t-lor these le.sons--shc is
entitled To our warmcst gratitude.
But the time IS perhaps come when she
IL destined to render still more active and
essential services, and to confer benefits, by
which, As they may cost her more, she will
confer sill deeper ohligatiohs Il was too
mut h, perhaps, 10 expect, that, while her
Own peace and honour were not III qucs-
ton, THIS infant giant should stretch her IN
ncrved arm across the broad Atlantic,
merely to control the CnrIrDachmrnts OF
foreign drspots on Granger uaiions---ortes
lily, olherN Use titan by her practice, her
svurn of their prclrnsions aud her ahhor-
renee of the acts by which they are main
taiued. But, as suuu as the menace of their
arrogance is directed 10 the shores Of that
ajcstic Continent, Dne extremity al " hch
is guarded ana sanctifed by her seat--as
soon rs the borders of her laiAA. are proian
ed by the rumour even of ttIrunhallowcd
approach of the principles or powers Ofthe
Holy Alllancc-thcre issues forth that
cinn, resolutr, awful voice III determined
freedom and prepared assistance, ut which
the heart of the iyrant quails more fearful
~ than at the loudest note of defiance and
Which like the low mutterlnS of the thun-
der, announces, tIat a'cnglug Jus.'ce Is
preparing her bolts to cast down the p1dr
of the opprcssor. May we hope, too, thai
the symptoms, though tardy and some
what reluctant, of a more liberal spirit, and
Il trurr sympathy with English feeling,
which have lately appeared IN some OF the
measures of our Administration. may lead
tn an rntire restoration of c0rdlahty with
our k,nsmcn Of the New World, aud place
us one more ia the delightful relation oi
fellow ldhourcrs IN snppor, II thc same
rights and fellow champions Of the same
regulated freedom NV hen tyraats canIe-
deratc, frccmcii should unite; : when bad
men league together for oppression, good
men must Join for their safety aud pfotrc
ton. 1t IS IL this spIIit, and for This pur-
pose, that olrr THIS toast To. your aectp-
taucc. When the people aud tie govern
mcnt are identified, it is most respectful IL
speak of them under tue name of their III
Ter; and as the President of Tins lmpofa
republic has lately done himself such dis
Hnguiahcd '.onOur by the manly, wise, and
M.nifrd message he has addressed rs Ia
counlrymen, aud, through them, tn th.
world. hope to meet with your app oba
ton in proposing The hrallh Of the Press
dent rf the United States of America, an,
! "A speedy unlnn of all free nations aaalns
, the cncroachnents Of tyranny
-SsxU-
/ The citizens or Gcauga county, and o
the town Of Springfield in the state al Ohio
iaeno nIted De Wit Gin I'm Tor Pre-
silent, aud Gen. Jackson for Wee Prcsi
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