The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-11-03
MISCELLANY.
Judge siory's cenieaini ADDRESS ut saieni, Ma,
saehuseHs. SepI. Is. 1928.

sdfhISeffs, Sept. Is. ISIS.
All sho listened 10 the %plaqnrnt speaker. say,
the Salem Observer. whrh he dcscanied on III,
" poor Indians lot. will nol oreet. with whaf IN
tense infWestshey accompanied hun. throng
the scenes, whirb make up the following beaoti'
iul p,ctnrs
There is, indeed. in the fate Of these unfortu
nate bangs, much 10 awaken our sympathy aud
much no disaitb thn soiriety of oar Judgment
much which NAV he u ged 10 excuse their oeu
airocitieSs much II their chafEAarts. Viii II he.
trays us hsA an involuntary adaptation. What
!. can he nsVse' IN Anciloiy than their HISTORY :
BY a law = taRii nature, they seemed destined
To u slow, hat sure extinction. Every where, nj
the apprca'h at he white man, they fade away
We heal 'he 1islliug If Their footsteps, likt tn
OF the y ~.,lierf4ll ayes of autumn, aud they are
gone fna"ver.s fhrY pass moutufully bs us,
| and tteS teturti 40 more Two centuries ago.
. III" snskp OF then IS igmam and the fires Of
their councils rose in very vale, ifoni llul.
sons Bay to the iarthesi Flo id, from III ocean
40 the Mississippi and the lakes. The Shouts of
victor, an the WasH1anee rnng through the
mounia as aud the elnles The thick arrows
and the deadly tomabawk VIII tied through he
forest and the hunter = trace, and The darn Ell
campmrnt startled the vita heRs's H. tloir lnlfs.
The wattlors stood forth in ,heir glory. The
rnung li,tcurd 10 the songs of other days. The
mothers mayed with thrir infants, aud gazed on
the scene Wi h warm hopos OF The future, The
aged sat down hot they wept not They
should soon BIZ NJ rest IN filrei rrgia y, WHERE
The Greai spirit dwrl IN a home prepared tor
The brtyr brvoud the western skics. Drawer
mrn never lived traer men never diow thu
bpw. They h d coufagt. mad lortilude, aud aH-
gacliy an per- g',a9ec, beyond most Of Tie
human race. They shtunk from no dangers.
aud they fraied no hard hI.s.
" the, had the vices ~ savage life, they had
the 'iffues also. They were ttne To their conn
~, the, lrlcnd,, n i the = homes, II they for
gave mol injury. neither dill thfy forget kindness.
l. thfil Veupeanea was terrible, their Fidelity aud
generosity were uuconquefablc also Then
love, Ike hen hate stopped not on this side of
the grave. But where are they 7 Where are
the Vi lagps, al warner. and youth ! The sa-
chems aud the tribes The hunters and Their
families ! They have perish Il They are con
snmed The wasting pestilence has not alone
done the mighty work. No,-nor famine nor
war. There has been h mighticr power, a NOR
NJ Cankrr, which hath eaten into their heari.
corcs-a plague which the loueh of the white
nlan communicated poison. which betrayed
thrm INTO n lingering ruin. The winds Of the
Atlautc fan not A single region, which thcy may
nov call then own. Ar adv tie LAST feeb'e RIM
nants OF thu race. are preparing for then jour
ney beyond the Mississippi. see them leave
their miserable homes. the aged, the helpless,
the women, ana the warriors, len and ialnt.
vet fearless still Tin ashes are cold in Their
native heaiths. The smoke no longer cuels
round their lowly cabins. They moys on with
a slow, unsteady step. The white man is upon
thcir heels. for terror or despatch but they heed
him not. Tiny turn 10 TAKE n last look of their
deserted villages. They east u last glance upon
the graves of them fathers. They shed no tenrs;
they utter no cries they heaye no eioans.
/ There Is something ia their hearts, which passes
peech4-IhcTe ~ something ~ titiI loakb. nai
oil vengeance OF submission but al ard neces.
siiy, which stiles both ~0l.h ehouks NIL utler-
anCc winch his TO ann %, msiliod II Is com.
ase absattrd Ia d,spair-lhey linFcf but for =
momruI Iheir look Is onward Yaev lat,
passed the fatal stream. II shall uever re IL
= ,scd by then.-uo, never. Yet there Hes Mt
he,w ZEN rs Rnd tA,u. au impas,abls gulf
They know, aud feel that ther" IS ior them
still our remove further, nrt di,'auf nor M
seeu II Is to tine general burialgrouad Of their
racc.
Reason rs We may. u Is inpos lille mol 10 read
IN such a fac. much f5at we know not how, "a
Interpret much of p,osoCn ion TO cruel dopds
and deep r scnfmrnts nurh of apology for
wrong and pnfly much of pltiy mingln ,
with il lgnation mu,n of doubt AID miqglvings
a. 1o tn past mum 81 painful rccollections /.
'h1th oil da'k io'rnoamg
AhIs tloq"' III 'e''e" our carly history son-
c'al's viii an inquiry, winch . Went houtr Ia
- bosntas OF all vino hta'dit, " h IS 10 Ia
me dtfithB Of ms hffpbic Not" fptianding
In Wy = ''al qn"itlnn' winch we have alrea-
Nv Md irGH' THIS di,eauts", We cannot with
hold rem thu readr tn =. Elections, which this
interesting question excited ~ the mlnd ct the
9re"kr#. Luz rA'"oiaIh' " INA aei'f OF the
rol''tai controversy, "n''h IS now '"ging
throughout The country gives, To these remarks
u perunency, which, will be telt by every pat
not.
When we r. feet on what mas been, aud is.
nov Is II possible not 10 tel o profound sense oI
the responsibilities Of Tn. republic 10 all IA.
tufe ag.s.-N nat vaat motives press upon as for
lofty riiorts.--yVhat brilliant. piosprcts inyit.
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