Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-08-19

oop Of war, to ravage hostiities with a country
whose navies commanded every sea, and even their
| own harbours. In of SUGGESTIVE chance OF
anarchy, and the unknown casualties attending a
new organization of society. In of failure
exile, confscalion the sca1od the fate of some; to
bear the opprobous names of rebel, and traitor, and
TO transmit them to a disgrnced posterlty, "the
| fate Of all"
| He then closes his remarks on this part Of his
subject, with the following extract, which cannot
| fail to elicit the admiration Of the reader.
| "But our fathers took counsel of different
,pirit of the pure ethereal spirit, which glowed
| and burned in their bosoms. In spite OF the great
ness Of the temptation and the certainty OF the haz
| ard they ressed and the front ranks Of opposit
| ion were filled, not by needy. promiscuous un-
known and irresponsible crevd, but by the heart
| anl mind, and strength. of the colony by the
| calm and calculating merchant by the cautious
| capitalist by the sedate and pious divine by
the far-looking, deep, read lawyer by the laho-
| rious and Intelligent, mechanic. We have no need
| to repeat names. The entire soul, and sense, and
| sinew, of society were in action.
.'The spirit OF our revolution is not to be sought
in this. that Individual; nor in this, or that,
| der of men. 1t was the mighty energy Of the
whole mass. II was the momentous heaving of the
| troubled ocean. reused, indeed, by the coming TEN
pest but propelled onward by the ashng of its owr
waters, and by the awful, ir resistible impulse OF
| deep seated passion and power.
| sin this movement those who were foremost,
| were not always those OF most influence; nor were
| the exciting causes always the most obtrusive to
the eye AL were pressed forward by the spirit, in
herent in the community by force OF public opin-
ion, and sense Of duty, which never iell behind but
was often in advance of those, who were called
| leaders.
| Tho col has shown that fathers judged
| rightly in this movement; that their conception
was lust concerning their means and their duties !;
that they were equal 20 the crisis III which Provl-
dence had placed them that daring to be free,
| their power was equal to their darng.-They vim
| dcated liberty for themsefves.--They transmitted
t to us, their poserity.-There is no truer glory.
no higher fame, known, or to be acquired, among
men,"
| Mr. Quincy. as he passes along, contemplates the
supposed situation Of this country, had not the revo
luton taken place, and paints with the pencil of
master, the unerring results Of bondage. 10 con-
trastng our condition ith what it might have been,
but for the valor and prowess of sires he is Pc
culiarly happy, and we should have made some ex-
tracts from it, if we had not extended the limits
originally assigned to the article.
We find it, however, necessary to approach the
close of notice OF this performance and we shall
| dismiss it, after making one more extract, which
contains so many just sentiments, that we should do
injustice to our feelings, five did not copy it. II is
the peroraton Of the performance, and is not less
distinguished for the pure air of republicanism it
breathes than for the chaste and elegant language
| with which il is clothed.
| 'hor ha si0 hat the hbarties of
a people Fastening to dissolution, than their
countenancing those, who form parties ON men, and
not ipon principles. Whenever the only question
is, whether Cesar, or Pompey, Lepidus, or Mark
Anthony shall rule, and the people are corrupt or
debased enough. from mere personal affection or
preference, to flock TO either standard-such peo-
| ple are not far distant tlom Revolution which
will not leave them even the poor privilege OF
choosing their own masters,
| "Thus YOU perceive, fellow -cizcns, thatthe glo-
ry of our fathers which we this day celebrate, was
| not of IA temporary or Individual character; that
there is nothing exclusive in its nature; that it may
| be shared and emulated by the truly noble Of our
race in every age; that it essentially consists IN
possessing aud exhibiting, in all our public rela-
lions a pure, just, elevated and manly spirit
| "And now, fellow citizens, consider your privi-
| eges. Consider your duties. BY the virtues OF
your fathers you have been preserved from an Isno
| nnious bondage. Beware lest you become sub
ected to a mnre gricvous bondage OF base, ignobie
| passons As they subdued their enemies IN the
| field do you sutdue those enemies. which have
| their strong holds in the human heart, aud winch
have laid low IN the dust, the proud hopes OF all
| former republics; "ambition-avarice--oveo oil rich
| es and the corruptions ofprosperity.* BE asyust,
as temperate, moderate IN preserving your hoer-
v as vour fathers were bold and daringin repelling
| the chains OF servitude. BE penetrated with "a
| love OF berty-of freligon,-of justice aud virtue,
and inaamed with sacred zeal and affection for our
country."* Thus it may he hoped that through
! the combined and strenuous endeavours OF true anu
faithful men, in all times, there shall be gradually
infused into the mass OF mankind, loitier thoughts,
higher aims, more generous motives, whereby ,he
hum an character, being elevated and refined snail
| become more worthy, and thus more capable, oil
perf.ct freedom And SO this temple OF liberty, the
foundations of which laid on the 4th OF July,
l776 in blood and peril, by our fathers, shal b.
the labours councils, and virtues Of all the good
and great of present and future times be enlarged
and extended, in true proportions Of moral arch-
lecture till It's pillars embrace the universe, and It's
| dome vault upwards, with more than human
skl,-with glorious archngs OF celestial wisdom,--
| respendcnt with purest faith,-radiant win I'M
mortal truth-crowned with revealed hope,-to
he 10y and rest Of man, the promise, ana IN the
presence Of the Eternal.
We have thus taken bird s-eye review Of this in
,eres,ing performance, and in our candour we must
say. that in our opinion, it is far superior to any
thing of the kind we have thus far met with, deliv-
| cred on the same occasion, ami we shall be well