The Litchfield County post., 1826-07-25


 by the winds, and the last stone of thy foun- dations Fazed with the earth--but thy fame will survive the wreck of thy fortunes, and be hailed with admiration by distant ages. Thy heroic defence and fall has raised for thee monument in the hearts of the good and brave, more brilliant than the works of art-more durable than their brass or mar ble.
 "What works of genius, what wonders of the chisel, now mark the fields of Mar athon or PlatR? The shepherd tends his focks and tunes his reed, while the objects of his care peacefully graze upon the turf which once resounded with the clang of arms, the tramp of steeds, and the shouts of victory! All is hushed in the silence of ages. But the fame of Marathon still 1ourishes in immortal youth, unhurt by the "wreck of lnattersp undecayed by the waste of time.
 < Epaminondas rejoiced that he died not childless, having left two immortal daugh= ters-'' the fields of Leuctra and Mansi ea." Add, oh Greece! to thy heroic fam lily, illustrious Missolonghi: She will not disgrace her elder lineage.
 < While gallant Greece thus struggles against her inhuman oppressors, where, let me ask, are the kindred nations of Chris tendoml Where the Defender .of tie Fdith, whose banner bears the emblem of the cross, the first peer of whose realm is vicar of Christ Where, too, the Most Christian of Kings? Are they mere spec tators of the scene, while renowned and Christian people are sinking underline mer- ciless tyrannyaof infdel oppressors.
 !" Shame on the Christian world. A barbarous age isrestored. Glory to Greece, who, single-handed, still grasps the cross, and yields the averaging sword. May eve- ry pass in her defence be a Thermopyle, and every leader in her righteous cause a Leonidas, till not turbaned tyrapt re- mains to pollutc her classic shores.
 And thou, too, oh land of Montgom- cry, (pointing to the laurelled tablet which contained the words-Honour and grati- tude to Ireland, whose sons so nobly con- tributed to the establishment of American Independence,) whose generous sons re- paired to our friendless standards when first it was unfurled for resistance. Brave, but unfortunate people! May the God of justice and mercy grant tlree better desti- nies. On the day of Independence, and from the Pretorium of the Revolution, we hail thee in honored and grateful remem- brance. At the side of our Chief did thy sons share in the tolls, the pcrils, and the glories of nations deliverancc. By the recollections of the privations they then endured, the blood they shed, and the bles:- sings we now enjoy, we trusts that the day may soon arrive when we shall behold thee delivered from thy thraldom, and hail thee regenerate in the rights of man.
 "When the enemy, looking through the gratings of the prison-ships, into those hells where our prisoners were confined, offered to the Irish soldiers, who were naked, fam ished, and dying, clothing, food, and gold, to induce them to desert our cause, and take arms for the king, the poor fellows, from the internal abodes of their misery, replied, with the little breath that was left them, and some with their last breath, God save great Washington, and the cause of Amer ica. $@
 Americans, although an ocean divides us, can we forget this generous, this inju- red people? What are we to return them, not the services they rendered us, not the blood they shed for us, only to let them know, that there are some in this great Re- public who cry 's God bless you;'' and is this poor tribute to be withheld, for fear of giving offence to others. Shall we deny sympathy for the wrongs of those who so nobly contributed to obtain our rights. Forbid it, common justice: forbid it. di- vine spirit of gratitude. The voice of uni ted America will yet be heard, and that a voice of thunder, whose echoes shall reach the Emerald Isle, in prayers for her de- kvcrance. ,..,..s.
 Venerable patriarchs of Liberty. con- script Fathers of the Republic iHere the orator referred to the tablet. first on the right of the portrait, of the great chief. inscribed ADAMS, JEFFERSON, CARRoLL- f'afrssconscripsi Repubhiee, wreathed with laurel. --'' :
 :" How proud, how pure a day is this to your best, your happiest recollections. the incense of praise and gratitude arises from millions, an offering to your worth. May the evening of your days be serene. and kindly as your morning was bright, your meridian glorious and useful, and when your suns shall settle in the West, their mild and benign radiance, will long illu- mine and instruct the Patriots of future age. ~'
 In health, in comfort, and all this world can give, may you reach the most indul-