Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-07-03

Lnsi psejuaee can never tromile down; :
Martyrs have died on Lbcr,y's watch ,SwT
Whose principles their blood could never drown,
More durable 'ha" marble or the warriors renaun.
Raleigh. and sidney's ghosts inei,e my strains,
The victims Of tyrant's ruthless sway;
OF Romes stern patriots, ah! what repains,--
No than what frail Iiis,ry can dsplav:---
They've long since mingled with their native clay:
And where, OH Athens! is thy divn~i
With times whgd moments have they pass,d away.
Amicrica! Jefferson is thine,
And the fcralhynn feny bsrn chan,l5 Thy srne
All! let fair f.eodom's weeping genius tel,
Ufin ambion's she dare to speak,)
How Rome, Sparta, Macedonia, fell,
Amid corrup'ions shouts and virtues shrek
AHinws and constitutions be weak
when wrappd in luxury ;, voluptuous robe;
Al! Luxury in Governments bespeaks
More wIocheduess, than e'er distracted Lnb+
AND human blood i'll flows, urS by (acou, llb
Oh! could my strains assist the struggling Crnek
Inn'crs II in bood,-invov'd III cloud. % war
While on thy altarS mHny thousands rcrk,
On! Liberty. crushd by the battle car
pfhaugh'y Turk-the crescent waves In aii,
inhuman despofs rioting in pow'r,
Destroy, Oh Science! all Of thine that's fair,
Almighty God! shall the internal Giaourt
linus christian beings with furious rage, by hccatobs
deyOur.
Oh! could my voice thro' the skies,
And n'nec with the music of the spheres;
And swift RS the Columbian eagle flies,
With dulcet sounds awake the angels ears.
Whilst dark anbiton's bloody appears,
On biooistaind Siissssppis turgd stream.
Clinton or a Crawford is your tasme-
no o"o"s' Is ''0' place f9' battle blades .@''
me'iinks I hear the Roman Patriots shaacs
lThe maTty'd shades of ms nd rresdom'; c,.rye
F'oclaim how soon the wreath Of freedom fades
Nhen heady warriors control tho laws:
JACKSON Inc bloody sword of venge ance draws,
=" him the Constitution is bar:
roroear oIbear We voi ries of applause.
And hear the patriot shades of Rome dec,ate,
no" many such IN bleeding Rome, ZINES. there
were.
In vain Pulaski (geuIous strangely fell;
Ills cenotaph, Oh! Charleston. te lis the taIeN
In vain did Washington the Bli,on quei,
II patriotism thus, SO soon, fall
I'm vain did many bleeding corpss lie male.
Upon the blood-washd sides of Bunker Hill
lfm'i"ary proves, must prevail,
WIND Ana ms' n pow know noush but their w
'''" WIZ '''u' ofo ambition get thy CLIP
And shall Domitin ms rise when Neros fall
And Trajans virtues moulder in the gravel
sha Jackson triumph over Quincy's fall
And Clinton sink in Lethe's turbd wave?
Republicans! Is there IN 20 save
our government from IL pines greedy haod.--.
Shali discod in your countIy's vItaIs lave
Tier h''hy hands, and Burrs and factions CoIuabia
rave!
Virginia bleeds,-she bleeds at ev',v ,,o,e
Hogs, YANKEES, Monkics, her vitaIs feed;
Sack-clofh and ashes must by her Be wore,
Mhist Banks and SharpcTs say her fua rel creed:
IN" clerks ofinteresr, Of bond and deed
who drink the blood OF honest Industry
" ,th Verse than tiger thirst. The een,ipeae
In ti"ras bosom, all the asrhane SEA;
In
ID
rue wisdom with experience be bousrt,
wisdom, the solacc OF mar ~retched state;
Without, life is not worth sober thought
An airy bubble the sea of fate;
Man. man may massacre, with savage hate;
Hut wisdom! in thy lap exists repose,
The conqneror may plume hmss.E elste
fevel IN blood,-triumph DER human woes
Hut OF thy sweet tranquility, ambition nothing knows
IL.
bri"seu waters schemes obtain without his meams
Nay more, wthou, lat bile an end;
Canaline schemes the peoples pockets gleu1
Whilst delegates engineers depend,
How long to thee, Oh folly shall heuio
And found our welfare n exotic rules,
And borrow of those no cannot lend
ra'rioi,f not of the schools
las told Us that implicit, belongs alone 10 oo,.n
sc. &c. Sc.
. Luxury more powerf nl than the sword
Avenged an injurd word.-I.ucan.
j InG.iei.
! Sidney. Dis. Gov.