The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-04-10

NV 'hti AhlH HlhlNhiAh ialhhfNhf Ailii fNNl-
grnce IS about 10 burst forth search The un-
known woods where pliuerc tue swaid OF
Woshinet II. aud whai vii YOU bud Iombs I
| No Il World E! Wash nptnn hns len the United
states as the glorious trophy ofhit field OF bat
| tie.
Huonanafte has no trail ofrcschbanee 10 this
/ stand Amefic IN he cumbats upon hu ancient
! .oil. covered Nith Splrndhr aud rrnrwni he T.
! occupied with h.. own fac alone. IL seems 10
know that h, mission Ill hr short thu the toI-
| rem winch iamhes nom ~ lofty height viii
| quickly pas away he therefore hastrns Ia en-
| joy aud abnsr his glory ~ il It we're liz fugi-
| tiv' youth similar to tn gods OF Homer. he
wishes win iout strides rrach The extremity
otth will h'nppeet, upon every shore he
tnscrihcs his name plrcipil lei, IN the rrgi trrs
! "irNrrs people; he throws crowns 10 his family
! aud soldiers, m his Impriuou, prngrass h. Is
| alike rapid IN hs movements, IN ms victories IN
! his laws. lncumbcni over the wurld, with one
| hand h. a. likes down lthgs with the other he
| prostitutes the revolutionary munster but IN
! ieNuoy ng anarchy IL slilas ibe ~. aud ends
! by lo-lng his uWn GA hle bua BATH pan
| Every on receives the rrcomprnse due to
his works; Washington raise. y nation II indie
pence retired chici-magsua,r he tranquil
IL Yields up his spun under II paternal root, t.
/ md The 'esret aud trars of his counlrymen, aud
/ the vrnrtatlon of every land
| BuunHparte deprived anti III Of her liberty {:
a ialleu emperer, he Is hurried into exile where
| the dread pithc earth deems him uot yef suhi-
Clently Imprisoned under the oceans guard. As
/ long rs lac struggles with the power OF DEATH
/ feeble and unclaimed rs he is To rock Europe
d0res not resign her arms. He expires; aud
! this news. when proclaimed at the CUTE Of the
very palace before which the Conqucror had is
sued his orders Tor 80 many grand cRfasropheS,
I tI,...-
what had the ctzens intended TO brwail
The Republic OF Washington still exists; the
empire 81 Buonnpartc Is destroyed il has pas
sed away between he first aud second voyage
Of "a F'enchman, who found grateful and hap
/ py nation where he had formerly fought for
some lew oppressed colonisfs.
Warrington aud Bunnaparte issued from the
bosom of IA Republic horu, both, Tor liberty,
the first WIS faithful the Second betrayed her
Their fate according 10 their choice will be dlf-
| iricni with postoriy
The Maine OF Washington was ,preed with lb-
euy hom age To age II will mark trc com
mcncement of ~ new Era Tor the human race
The nalne of Buonararte viii also be uttered
nv future generations but u viii lac arcompR.
med with no hcncdictian, and viii uiicn serve
rs an authority ior oppfessors both great and
small
Washington was the complete representative
of the wants, the ideas, the l,npwlrdgr the opin-
IONS, of his epoch he seconded, instead Of i'm
! pcding he march Of intellect he wRhrd to eff
| feet what il was is duty 10 effect, the thng 10
which Inc WIS called thrucr the conference and
pcrpetully oi his work 1lls man Who Hukcs
! Ms llttle. u eansr he Is confined WITHIN inI Hnd
natural proportions, has cnniounded lib exist.
rnce with that Of his country hI4 glory IS the
common patfimouy Of increasing civilization /;
] his IN lilo oi
/ whence ho~s an incxbauslible fountain f1T the
/ people.
| Buonaparte might equally hive enriched the
public domain he had 10 do with nation the
most civilized the most intel igcut, the bfa""N
and most brilliant OF the earth What would
| have been the rank occupied by him in the unI-
| verse, had he blended magnanImlty with con-
mon heroism, aud, like Washington, appointed
liberty the heir of has glory
| But tbs lmmrasurable colossus did not com
plctcly onl"inc his deSrnirs with those Of the
cotcmpotary. rs his genus belonged Ia modern
tim" IN ambition 10 DAYS OF yore be did not
perceive thai the splendor oil his life surpassed
! by ia the vnluc OF a crown; and that this goth
| c ornament became him III. Sometimes he adj
vanced a step with the age sometimes he re-
! trogaded towards ia" past aud " neither he as
/ c"udcd ~ followed the course uf time, 10y his
prodIgions power he hurried along with HIM %
| rrpcllrd It's waves Allen IN hi, Eyes, were moth
ing bat thr means Of dominion no sympathy
existed between their bappne,s aud his. lie
| had promised 90 deliver them aud he enchan-
ed them instead he isolated himself from Them
they separated themselves from him The
! kings 81 Egypt constructed their funeral pyrH-
mid.. ut among Il ,urrshing fields bal in the
! midst Of sterile sands. fhrsc vast tombs rise
like eternity m solitude. II Is thus that Bnono-
parle has erected the monuments of his fame.
Smyrna. Tn" accounts which W. are accug-
| TONED 10 hear in Europe of the luxury and com
mrrcial wealth Of the Smyrnlots, would scarcely
appear credible. were II connect them with
the external poverty OF their dwellings. SO UNI
verSa throughout the CITY, rs well IA the rest
dcnccs OF the Greeks As the Moslrnu, The tot
terng staircase which lends 10 the most gorge.
Gus apartments, IS often approached through