The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-11-10

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irfsem'cirahlr win our Independence and
IN pescr. In the cssr II Spain, eofse
Than whls under the Nsnd,is ol the
NInors. ne must feel peenilar drieaalon
~ the f,fanns which has turned oar I'M
r,l-lcaf into nighishadr. and pouipd nlisery
aud conirInpl ntrr land which nc rrarnrd
nd redeemed IN vain. Thpir patriots arf
onr own. Austria too con'rB no less
proud title on those leaders Of the youth
If ltaly. whom she posses through tie
! Aulic chamber, the true Trophonlbs's
cave. The hruiallzing sway G German
force over Italian genus presents thu r.
voting speciacl.ofa gigantic creature hug
and rrasnniess, sort If pulfical 4 l1x.
trampling down with its clonfcd shnon al
the germs Of moral aud intellectual beauty,
winch il his not virtue to feel or under
Standing 10 comprehend and Italy IS
iinccaceio's fphigrnia, forced into the arms
If Cvmon, whilst he IL yet that man
beast" the etory fluids him, she degraded
i IN hi5 level instead Of the umnipotrncr Of
i Love raising hun to hers. Venlcr, crnn-
! bling piecemcal into tire Adrlallc, is but
symbol If The universal decay of tn
strength and mind of country, which Is
sinking under a system whose Alpha aud
Omega Is blind fprce,-nhrtr Nature J.
thwaIcd. aud those are 10 govern who
should ohef. Austria IN Italy is an auo-
malv and = enfsc, of the same character -
/ The Turk IN Grercr. When we think Of
these Governments, roofing ont llbesal
Iprnciples, AMI breathing thick uuh hole
SOME MIST around them, they remind Us of
the monks Of the dark ages. a. work in
| Heir gloomy clolstcrs, elasng FROM Their
parchment Gircru's wisd IN and Fngl's
beauty, In make way for the Hunllie4 oi
81. Gregory, or AugnstI1's Commentary
~ tnr Psalms i--Rebtllion agaln-l such
rule may b. truly compared 10 the STA of
wllchcrafl thr charge of It's equally lnsle-
! FINITE aud uAstrrlous, and the same highly
gift,d individuals are its objects. Every
magoanimaas virtue, II these deyoled
rounitles, Is a suapicIon aud crime. fde
/ iaIrlligrnec which would havr once burn
81 lis owner Is magician, will II " hang
him rs IN ExaIrado, Or lacarcera'r L. as
Carbouaro.
These arr he hooonrahlc rxd's. who,
inhrritng the principles of Locke and
Sidney, have inherited their ulstnrtnnes
who, TO, proud 10 stand ~ pictures daic
gdoiHm BdisolIo are scattered over oar
iand, aad aho, seeking 70 maintain them
stlvjs ~ t.inif rrN"Tsss by their talrols,
oily d-maud that tucse re-, ersea should
not be rendered sill more palnfu by Il pre-
cafious ard frndglug sheter IN former
days thrlr prra"HCr would have been IN
honnurablr ppfrIrnce: boi Misery Il a
sacred thing aud should not hr les sa-
cred because the ubqul'y of dr.poasm
leaves England now thrir only European
refuge. Unless we reserve and apprnpr-
ale ali our sympathy for The case of men
n power, some drops mdst stray over fas
the sorrows If the poor ald lljcu1ies&.-
some cons Iteration for lbeir (rars.-sesac
apprphrnsinn for their dmgrr,-som
shame and indignation VI thr prctczfs u
der which all security from oppression has
been denied them. We have formerly re-
cei,ed on our shores, fngliiyes both for re-
/ iigon and far monarchy But had Burke
lived these days, and seen the wrrtched
reaction If tyranny abroad, he would a
gain have fllmnei over Europe, ADD scat
tered aroaud those thrones, whom his
mighty genius lahonred Ia rescue from
i lmprndng ruin, the whole eloqurnce Of
soul. hose feelings aud imagination SEEM
I'd to gather ,lsidnras and intensity from
! age. Nnen hc gave the pledge, In CAST
/ politics -hnAld ever resume their ancient
tendency. he could never have anticipated
! that he shoald 5r called upon Ia redeem II
under circumstances hke the present -
! \ want a pcafa8f to somr of his glo lons
! slleh, hes and those who have vepi and
ahuddered otni his representation OF royal
misery, should have scmt tr9rs for pen-
,p'r's rn,s,-ior the Schnars and The
q atle,neo ii lhIy and Spain. II" would
! ha,r pushed aside board which our au-
cr4iors never spread he would not have
! put suca men hriou thr Salt, aud served
tbcm with mcnial viauls; h. wonla moi
! have panderrd Ia the vulgar usulence oi
pawrr, hy ahich one class Of men nan-
tonly excludes and degrades another he
would not have rrcrdrd from that old h
reditary principle, by which, IN al our hls-
ltsry, we never sust linrd a single loss. hat
! by which we have acquired a Sloty, th.t
lnothug but a derc,clIan Of those pridci-
| lies can impair We have sown ovcf Eu-
rope, With our own hand, the seeds If FREE
Dom we have spoken of II always Is our
lcommon cause 10 heading every resi-
lance 10 B0naparte, we procIalmtd the
greatest results, more or less specific,
which must follow the sheathing as well a
the drawing sIctorinQs sword.
Cruel has been The perfdy by which
the triumph of national independence has
been lowered, ON the continent, IL little
more than the worthless struggle for
chang of masters miserable the catasirp
pine whore the pen drops poison quicker
than the sword sheds blood, and the conn
Gil table is found more fdtal Ia human hap
piness than the battle plain lncalcuIable
he destruction of loyal filth aud moral
confidence, whtu, after all the hopes IN
which We were made to dress oursel, rs.
and the Glorous motives bg which we were