Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-08-04
MIR spRtGun,s oRATlov.
eatrae, from Mr.. sprasus'. ogelioa, dsl.er'

MIR SpHAGUE'S GRAFTON.
r2trae, from Mr. spragus's ogasioo, delivered
Ia Boston On ths Ala Of Jay.
Roll back the Tide Of time how pow
erfully to u. applies the promise: Il
viii gee thee tbe heather for an inner
Itauce." Not many generations ago,
wiitre you now SIT, circled with all that
exsits and embt fishes civilized lie. The
rank thistle nodded in the wind, and the
Wild fox dug his hoie unheared iIele
lived and loved another race OF beings
Beneath the same sun that rolls over
your heads, the Indian hunter pursued
the painting deer; gazing on the same
moon that smiles for you, tn. Indian
lover wooed hs dusSy mate. Here
The wig Na,o blaze oeansd on the ten
der and helpless, the council fire CLAIR
ed On the *ise and daring. Now they
dipped their nozzle limbs IN your sedgy
lakes an now they padded The light
canoe, aio z your rocky shores. Here
they warred--the echoing whoop, the
bloody grapple, tire def. ing death song,
ali were heIe--and hen ire tiger strife
was over, mere curled the smoke OF
peace. Here. too, they worshlpped--
and from many dark bosom went up
pure PRAYER rs the Great Spirit lie
had not written His laws for them on
tables of stone, but lie had traced
them on The tables ot their hearts. The
poor chil1 OF nature knew not the God
OF revelation, but the god oil the uni
verse he acknowledged in every thing
around. lie beheid MIN in The star t,iat
sunk in BEAUTY, beheld his lonely dwell
ingf intne sacred orb, that famed on
blm from his midway throne in the
flower that snapped tnsrping in the
breeze--in the lofty pine, that deiied a
i thousand w6lrlwlnds--in the tinid war;
bier, that ne YER LETT its native grove
in til fearless eae whose uttered PIN
ion was wet IL eli uds-i1 the worm that
cra~led al his foot, and IN bis own
matehiess form, glowing with spark
OF that light, TO whose mysterious source
he bent in humbie, though bind ado
ration.
And all this has passed away. hcross
the ocean came piigrin bark, bear
ing the seeds OF lie and death, The for
mer were sown for you,tne latter sprang
up in the path OF the Simple native.r
Two hundred years have changed the
character of great continent, and blot
ted forever from It's face whole pecu-
liar people. AIT hes usurpsd the pow
ers of nature, and the Amounted chill
dren Of eduration have been too power
full for the tribes Of the ignorant. Here
and there, stricken few remain, but
how unlike their bold, untamsd, untsrne-
able progenito,s. The Indian, Of fa'~
con glanc.. and lion bearing, the theme
OF the touching ballad, the hero OF the
pathetic tale IS gone and his degra-
deG offspring crawl upon the soil where
he walked IN majesty toremind us how
miserable man, when the foot OF the
cenqieror il CD his neck
| As rare they have withered from
the land Their arrows are broken,
their springs are dried UP, their cabins
are in the dust. Their council FIRE has
hong since gone Out on the shore, and
their war cry is fast dying 10 The an,rod
den west. Slowly and sadly they climb
the distant mountains, and read their
doom in the setting sun. They are
shrie king before shs mighty tide which
is pressing them away, they mast soon
hear the roar of the last wave, which
will settle over them forever Ages
heaee, the inquisiti,s white man. as he
stands By some growing city, win pom
der ON the structure OF their disturbed
Eremains, ane wonder 10 what manner
Of pesson they belonged They wiil
live only 10 the songs and chronicles oil
their sxterminatars.--Ls these be faith
| ful to their rude virtues as msn, and
pay tribute TO their unhappy fate as 8
people.
"Among these men Of noble daring
there wa, 0SE, youag and gallant
stranger, who left the blushing vine