The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-08-10

which his destruction was inevitable. DuE
ending with a sarcasm, that he was like
PizARRo in the island of Gorgone, who
thought with his thirteen followers he
should conquer the continent, and con-
cluded with may he speedily Join Pr
zARRo, and give him an account of his
labors."
The following eloquent extract from an Ad-
dress delivered by Governor Barbour, Sec
Rotary at War, on occasion of his taking
leave of the Officers and Students of the
West Point Academy, is honorable alike to
his head and heart, and is well worthy the
perusal of every Individual
"There are two roads which lie be-
fore you the signs of the one are vir-
tue, renown, and happiness OF the 9TH
er, vice, degradation, and ruin. Is there
any one among you whose spirit is so
abased as to hesitate which TO elect
The one is full of satisfaction con-
sciousness that you have done your du-
y. giving JOY 10 your parents, and re-
joiciQg yourself in your course. The
other presents no temptation but the
temporary indulgence of The grossest
appetites, whose reward is infamy and
wTetchedness You may yet from in
experience not have sufficiently appre-
ciated how essentially the happiness of
your parents aud the prosperity of your
country is involved in your fate. Sup
pose but why need | suppose such a
case, when we saw il but yesterday-a
father present then the whole father
sat upon his face-agitated by the con-
hicting emotions Of fear and hope, when
his son was called to come down on the
arena. The anxious suspense was pain
ful TO als till the son, with masters
hand, distinctly evolved the intricate
ulazns. of The most abstruse sciences /;
then the gentle murmur of applause
circulated from one to the other, till the
fathers fears were dissipated, and hope
changed into confidence and when, to
fill the measure of his happiness, he
was told that the attainments of his son
Here inferior to his moral worth, the
tear of JOY escaped from his eye, and
the parental benedction, involuntarily
escaping, settled on the head ct his be-
loved child. You, indeed, might not
have the pleasure of your fathers pres
ence,. but, wheresoeVer he is, however
distant, his solicitude for your success is
no less intense. He is anxiously await
ing The impartial award of the distin-
auished men who have been called TO-
gether to examine you. If you have no
father, you have perhaps some widowed
mother, who nurtured your infancy
watched your sick bed with sleepless
eye, or gambolled With you III health
whose happiness you carry in your hand,
and who, when she nightly prepare:
her pillow, sends up your name in her
suppiications to the throne of mercy
with the cry of'' My God, my God, p ro-
tect and prosper my child;'' and, in the
distant prospect beyond this, see your
country holding the wreath of merit for
him who deserves it. Is there one Of
you so debased as 10 be insensibIe to
these great considerations ? 1fso, there
is thar other path which You must trav-
ell With the mark ofreproach on your
forehead, with the consciousness of de-
merit, you timidly seek the parental
roof TO carry disgrace into the bosom Of
that family, who but yesterday, at the
mention of your name, thrilled with
hope and expectation. But this picture
is too dark to pursue. Turning from it
with disgust, | supplicate our common
Father that you may be all exempt from
such a DOOM"