The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-10-01

hidge by Professor Eperett, before he
IA Beta happa Society, G,ntral la
fagettt BENG pttsent.
l'H, my ffirnda, such ia the exhort..
lion which Gala ON ~ ~ exert our power.
Ia employ orr time, and consrrrafe q.
iabars IN the cause pf our native hnn
Nh'n We engage III that solemn dtv,
The hlstuty nt our race, when We survey
ihe progress of man, lrom his rtadle IN The
Itasi io these last limits of biz wandering
when We behold him forever fying aest-
ward f'nn civil AMI religious thrakta,r.
bearing his housrholh gods over moin-
tains and seas, seeking rrat and finding
nom, bh still pursuing tie lying l.iw Of
promise, Ia the rlilteling hills which il
spans IN iieapei an ciilues, we cannot but
rxehlm With Bsilpp Berkeley, the genefous
rreltp vt EngldHd, who bestowed his ben,
rlarlions, rs wei M blcssing4, on oar
country
Westward ,hn Star 81 Empire ,nlcs its WY
The lonr first acts already past,
lie lllth hull close III. drama With the day
Hines nohlest offspring Is the last.
In that high romance, If romance IL
hr, IN which, The great minds If antiquity
they pictured 10 themselves favored re-
gion beyond the ocean, u lard of equal
laws md happy men. The primitive poets,
hrl1rld II IN the islands of tbo blcst the
Dolir bards surveyed il ia the nyp,rbo.
rtan rrginns the sayr of the academy
pIared il in The lost Atlantis and even tho
sterncr spirit of S,0rca could discern n
ftter abode of humanity, in distant re
~ hon nh -. l.,.,l If..t
these uninspired predictions aud almost
recoli from the obligations They imply. by
~ must these iair ,isons be realized, by
us must he fulfilled those high auspices,
Which burst IN try ing hours from the hong
lug hearts ni,hr chainpiun. Of truth. TIL, RS
are no more continents or worlds 10 be- re-
,caed ; Atlantis hath arisen from tho
ucenu the farfhcst Thule is reached, there
are 10 more retreats beyond the sea, no
more discoveries, no more hoprs Here
then n mighty work Is IT, be fulfilled, Or
never, Ivy the race Of ninitals The man
who looks with tenderness on the suffer
lnga ni good mrn In other times the de
seendant of the pilgrims, who che shes The,
memory of his Gathers The patriot, who
feels an honest glow nj the majesty Of the
y, slrlp &c which he IL u r1ainhrr ilID
scholar, vino h.holds with rapture the long
sealed book ofunprtjndiced truth exp landed
Ia all 10 rend these are they, by whom
these auspices are In he accomplished. -.
Yes, br, tmrn, itis by the intellect nj tlsss
country, tina, the mighty mass is 10 he "
splred, thai lis parts are to conr,tlf lr.h9
and sympalllize, lis bright progras, 10 be
adorned with becoming i.dde nc nis, liz
strong sense uttered, is ehnraeb r rejected,
It's feelings interpreted 10 its CIV n chiIasgcD,
Ia other regions and 10 after ages.
Meantime the yrars are p as,ing sway.
and gathering importance in shrir course.
With the present yenr win hc cunpl.trd
the half century from that most inportant
era in human'hi-tory, the commencement
of or re,olalipnary war The Jubilee nf-
our natonal existence is nj hnud. The
spae" Of time. lhat lrs elapsed from that
nIoinrntous date has laid down IN the duet,
which the blood Of many Of them had
already h.Iloncd, most Of the great nen
10 whom, under Providence, we owe oar
national existence aud privileges frw'
still survive among ns, 10 reap the tiqh-
Fl niis Of tLeig hbors and sniIrrings a1d,
One has yielded hmsch to the united
voice of people, and returned, in his age,
To receive the gratitude Of the nation to
whom he devoted hd, youth. II is recorded
On the pages of An,eticnn history, HAT:
when this friend Of our country spilled tor
orr commissioners nj Paris, in 1916, for H.
passage in the FIRST ship they would des--
patch TO America, they were obliged to
answer him, $50 how and ahleet was then
our dear native land.) that they possessed
! not thc mca0s NOR the credit sufficient for
providing single yesstl, IN AL the ports
of France. Then, exclaimed The youthful
hero, ! will provide my own ) and IL is
literal fact, that whrn al America Was'
foo poor 10 offer bft0 81 much rs - passaga
10 her shores, b. lrn, in his tender youth,
the bosom of home, Of happiness, OF
wealth, Of rink, to llnnge in the dust and
hsod of our inausplci9us struggle.
Welcome, frit'nd of om fathers, - om
shores happy are our eyes that behpl
those venerable features. Enj ,y trump
such ~ never conquerUr or monarch n
loyed, the assurance that tbroug lont A
mcrica, ;nie is moi bosom Which .o.
not beat With joy and gratitude ut m,
sotnd Of your name. You have alreisx,,
met and 3auted, or viii soon meet. ~,
ien that remain Of the ardent pap -
prudent councillors, and brave W. rF;,,rs
with whom YOU were associated ia AL
ing eur liberty. Bot you have L...t. !,
round in vain for the faces nf m,
would have lived years % pkca, W. v
day like this, with their old go, nnai,,,
arms aud brother IN psiil> I;.n.,I,, o" "a
Greene, and Knox, and Tia o,iltan ao
gone, the heroes Of sars1oea nod W. ae
town have fallen, hefare the onlv foo , IN
could not meet. Above all. The Gra,
heroes and al men, the friend IF "s
YOUTH the more than friend of his 49,, s'M
rests in the bosom Of The soil q 49, ss., y
ed. On The banks of hi' p, ,.,n.c .I ~. I.n.
IN glory and in peace, Y "e nc. nc ~, :"