The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-09-12

was to me day of JOY to be so near
ly associated with one of the heroes
Of the revolution. and The Chief oil
the Union. who guided the political
hark. with honor and triumph, thro'
| the prrilous war of 1919. Ii would
be needless for me ut This time to de-
tail tn you the many trophies won To
the glory Of the country, or the ma
ny heroes who erected monuments ol
lmperishable glory. the splendor OF
their deeds are impriuted on your
bosom, aei their Immortality IS
written n thc wide expanse Of Hea-
ven. Whose heart docs not feel ihe
ambition .. soldier. n tle tc.lIsi
Of the many deeds of Jackson To
see him defending city against
his superiors in numbers and in dis
eiplinc but all these disadvantages
were overcome by the danutless spi-
rlt AT "A freeman, snpportcd by the
hopeful smile OF innocence and the
laurel wreath of fame, "and that
All-secing Eye whom the Sun. Moon
and Stars obey. and under whose
watchful care even Comets perform
their stupendous revolutions, and
viii reward It's according to Oh rme-
rits."
In France, before the dawn of the
dangerous dcyastatIous of the ire
mcndous commissions Of the French
Revolution, the oppression 4 tn
weak and unfortunate Louis XIV.
Ia the land Of gallantry, the land of
smiles aud Of heroes, of the vine and
the grape, the olive aud the fig tree,
drove my progenitors from their ma
tive home aud their fire si1ca, their
household gods and their relations.
aunts aud their uncles, their nephews
and their cousins, from the soil Of
liberty. They had heard of Lafay-
cite, the chcvalicr Bayard OF the age,
he told them he had landed on The
shores Of Carolina, at Winyaw,
where the pine aud the live oak
rcigned in slcnt majesty over those
gigantic. hugeoua forests, whose re-
pose had not been disturbed from the
days when Columbus and his hazar-
d0as voyagers drove the tomahawk
Indian from their war-hoop on the
shores Of the Ashley, to the day when
Manitrie and his hosts, Marion and
bis parti1ans, hurled tic thunder Of
The car-pierclng, and the pondcrons
moving, Discriminating terr0rs on
the sWampy banks Of the grow
ing Cooper and Santce.
The glory Of Bonaparte has asto-
nishcd the world his eccentric flight
has been, like the blue-arChed iiea-
ycns, To captlVate and dazzle for a
wiriie, but that we may the more dc
pl0rc his downfall.
Asire briIlante immense, u eelaire, il fccond
Etsaul tai son gre tons les desiins dn mond
Ye Scots, descendants of the i'm
mortal Wallace, filled are your minds
with majestic thoughts, like the tow
cring shaggy cliffs Of your native
mountains from Scotia. the land oi
bravery, the land of the rocks and
the glen, the lake and the cataract,
from the wild landscape Of your own
picturesque scenery, your minds I'M
bibc ideas of national greatness and
personal bravery. The highland re-
giments on the field of Waterloo,
taught the cuirassieurs of Napoleon
that plates Of brass and caps Of ar
monr, though they might have resis-
ted the battle-axe and the lance or
the plains of 1ginc0nrt, yet III th,
10Th century, were destined to COW
err before Scottish spears, Scottish
swords, Scottish strength, and Scot.
fish skill.
IL would i'll bcft the characteristic
gallantry aud independence of thu
youths Of Carolina, were | to omi
in this address, a tender Of our CRATE
full compliments to the Fair of GU
country, whose attendance at meet
: ings of corps for military purposes
: the politeness Of modern times for
bids, with reasons not altogether ga
tisiactory, Tor what is the Soldier
reward, the Warriors pride, but til
protection OF the beauteous villa
gave to ancient chiyalry its incen
tive, the rescue OF DnlCincas fr0r
the Imprisonment of the Black an
Gigantic Dwarfs Of Antiquity, thrd
; the prowess " valiant achievement
! Of Knight Errants IN noddin
t plumes, FURNISHED armour, polishe
casques, helmeted yisors, triple bra
, zoned shields, ON mcttled stect
and courscr of African blood, who's
; dam WAS from Lapland. VIII
!. un.ulL ,Nn not initiate tie leedS L