The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-12-29

stubbornness. What can this, or any man
have done, to turn upon himself the rejoicing
lustre of so many millions OF eyes; to call
down blessings from 50 incalcuable host OF
uplifted hands; and to feel the honors and
gratitude Of mighty people waited to bis
bosom as by the voice O. single man.
What is it, in fact that has swayed the nearts
of these stout republicans throughout every
one of their twenty-fcur communities; that
has hurried, all along the vast line, every
woman from her distaf, and every infant
from its cradle to shout on the steps OF to
tai stranger to their blood; and has now
melted SO many jarring cries and interests
into one general prayer of regret, thankful
ness and safety? his is not any thing like
vcnal sycophancy to dignity or riches or de-
scent; it is not the conventual homage ot. one
great authority to another; nor can 1t tc
placed even among the reasonable but fri
gid trophies of Il mere general merit. IT IS
too stupendous, too Immediate, too much AKIN
to the burning ardor OF children towards
parent. 1t is IA portion OF the unbounded
gratitude of gallant people to the founder
Of their freedom. 1t is no mere tempo
rary return of any present bencfit; but
part Of the perpetual worship owing to an au-
thor Of their political existence. 1t is the
y
oution.-Her early warriors are now no
more Her Franklins and Washingtons have
long since sunk one after another amid the
tears of their people, into an Industrious tomb.
One commander alone remains who fought
at the Flatbush at Brandy and at Lex
nston.- What wonder, then, that the hon
ors, and almost the merits of the extinguish-
ed mighty should seem to concentrate a.
round their sole surviving fellow! Genera
ton after generation has sundcred hin from
every thing thatin America could extirpate
rivalry, and add n sting to passion, He lett
them in feverish and bloody infancy; he
has returned in their peaceful and majestic
manhood. He left them worn, divided and
impoverished; he found them strong. unan-
imous and rich. He has come to see the
grain quietly waving over the fields OF slaugh-
ter; to find the IL once vacant harbors crowd
ed with gallant navy; their unsheitered
beaches secured by impregnable works;
ther swarmpy forests swarmed with gay
and growing population. And he can say,
what no living leader can say with him.
"Ihis is partly my work; in the heart OF
corrupted state ] digested the manual OF
freedom; hemmed round by the blandish-
mcnts of luxury, preserved the spirit Of
independence; / forsook the court for the
sword; / adopted dangers for ease; and
here are my rewards" 1t was the Younger
Scaigar, we believe, who would have pre-
ferred the honor of writing single ode of
! Horace, to the empire Of Germany: and he
was right Blu. what are the honors of all
the odes Of all Horaces that ever lived to
tho pride of a patriots bosom, to the out
bursting of a nations gratitude After all,
there IS much more in these things than the
merit or the praise Of any one person, or any
one set of persons. 1t is not man individu-
ally, but man collectively that is here chief
| ly concerned. These rewards, and these
dcservings, are, in fact, the recognition by
nature, of her own ability; they form the
evidence which she bears to the eternity of
her own character; they are the proud effu-
sions OF her lLanktnlness to the power which
'pressed that character upon her.
The English ship Rambler, a. p. Greaves
master, from London, Oh whaling voyage,
struck on Z rcef of rooks, on the morning OF
the 10Th August, 1925, on the west coast of
Madagascar. about 16 miles to the north
ward of Port St. Felix. and was totally lost.
! The following particulars are extracted
from the ships 10y book g.
Aug. 10th commences with strong winds
from the southwark, the ship under double
iNt,Np tSISeiiiS, ,.i'ti. lfCs;tIlllp LIZ M
night man was stationed on the bowsprit,
to look out for land AT half past 3 ia the
morning, the ship struck on reef, about )
or miles from the land.-Called all hands,
put the aelm-a-lee, aud made every attempt
to break the ship off the reef but to no pur-
pose. She continued to strike, and at half
past 1 had beat over the reef into smooth
water. Bent cable and let go an anchor,
and brought the ship up in lS fathoms wa
ter. manned the pumps, and finding her
leaking very fast, got spare topsai under
her bottom. At cut away the fore and
main mast to prevent her capsizing. At B.,
the water being above the cabin fieor, the
officers and crew left the ship in Z, boats
and proceeded down the coast for Bemba-
tooks Bay, AS the nearest place where they
might expect relief. Just after leaving the
ship, and about l mile from, her, passed the
wreck OF large brig, white mast and billet
head, laying on an inner rec, appeared not
to have lain there long. On the c1st the
lst. Officer separated from the other three
boats and arrived at Bcmbatooka Bay on the
27th, and in the evening of the same day,
the Sd officer arrived with another, and
brought the melancholy news OF the other
two boats being cut off by the natives
Inc following Is the account given by the
Sd officer The three boats on the 21st,
put into a small Bay between Manunbaugh
and Cane St ApJrcvc I,e;n,r cl,ort re ,>ro