Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-05-06
i From the Augusta COn.titutionali,t, March 50

/ htg0t rev. DOCTOR ENILANDJ al TIC
Planters Hotel in this city. About
eighty gentlemen sat down, and it
gives Us pleasure to add that the par.
ty was not composed of his country
men alone; Americans, French,
Scotch, and English, as well as Irish,
| seemed anxious to evince their respect
! for this eloquent and distinguished pre-
late.
Capt JOHN Cormick presided, and
was assisted by Co. Nm. w. Mont
] gomery
On this occasion the following toas.s
were drunk. Every one seemed not
only TO enjoy himself; but TO vie with
his neighbor in contributing to the har.
mony and festivity Of the day
The United Staes-The Land of Freedom,
the Asylum of the oppressed. where Liberty
DIV els there is my Country'
2 Ireland as she ought TO 5e-Free as the wave
that ensircles her shore, then in his own en-
platte language shall the martyre6 Emmet's
'Ehtaph be zaryttea'
8 The President Of Mc United States life
devoted to the service of his country, secures
him its gratitude and affection
q Our .estmable and respected guest, the
Right Rev. Bishop England--An honor to the
country OF has nativity, an acquisition to that of
his adoptlon; in him we see religion without BIZ
gotry. and piety without ostentation.
The Bishop rose when the plaudits
after drinking his health had subsidized,
and said, that although accustomed to
p"olic speaking during many years,
and therefore possessing some conf
dence, he felt very much embarrassed,
because an unusual compliment had
been paid to him; he saw around him
the aged, the respectable, and the H.
beral citlzens of Augusta, assembled
to pay him a compliment, which he
felt he did not deserve. Had he been
surrounded only by those of his own
lcreed, his feelings would have been
different from what they now were,
it would indeed have been compl
ment, but one infinitely less valuable
than that which he had the honor to re-
cleveland he found, that had he
been disposed to bigotry, men of H.
berality had placed him under the
necessity of being liberal His name
had been connected with the name of
his country, he felt proud at the asso-
citation, but be was BUNDLED at the
manner in which the names were con
nected together; he could be no
honor, he trusted he would not be a
disgrace; he was but an insignificant
slip plucked from mighty tree, whose
branches oyershadowed considera-
BILE portion of the world, though its
root was Dursed in circumscribed |
soil; those branches were decorated |
with leafy honors, which doomed in
verdure: they were loaded with fruit, |
which hath often proved beneficial;
with fruit, the richness of whose juices |
was better exhibited the more it was |
pressed. He had, it was true, some
times the honor Of mixing in the coun.
ellis of men who wished we'll to their |
country, but could only weep for her |
misery, and sigh over her misforiunes.
And Insignificant as he had been a
mongst the millions of her sons, yet he
had been conspicuous enough to at
tract the attention of her opprcssors, for
even the peasant in Ireland who dares
to hope for the day of her liberation, If
he expresses wish to see her glories
beam forth, he is marked down in the
books Of those who thrive upon her
degradation.
The history Of the evils of his coun-
try was long, and it was dark; he
should not indulge upon the topic, when
his recollectlons were aroused, his feel
ings were those Of anguish, he loved
his country, but he lost almost all hope
of seeing her what she ought to be.
But alas! for his country her pride is gone by,
And that spirit is broken which never would
bend.
Ger The ruin in secret, her children may sigh,
For 'tis treason to love her. It's death to defend
Unprized are her sons till they've learned to be-
tray, 49,
Undistinsuished they live, if they shame nc:
their sires, e.
And the torch that must light them through
digniy's way,
Must be caught from the pile where thei.
country expires.
Long shrouded in darkness, the
children of Ireland sat weeping until
some forty years since, they saw a
constellation of bright stars beaming