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mantle in his cheek when he CALCULATES, the language
of tho Poet
" Brcathcs there man with soul 80 dcad,
" As never to himself hath said
" sIhls q any own, my natiYc Laad'.n


tamer"!-The weeping Genius of America points to |
the rural shades of the peaceful Vernon where ber
~ keeps her ceasess vigil, the tomb Of her avorie
ch''d. no proud Niausoleum marks the spot where
Sleep the ashes o. the Citizen Soldier the immortal
Saviour OF has country. Nor needs he any, Other |
names no" nigh on the rolls OF Fame, may pass from
the recoIectons OF men and be forgotten empires
rise and fall, but the tame oil Washington will be as
ternal as the hills osannahs shah b. sung his
ITO the last syllable at recorded time"
His spirit wrap. dusky mountain
i ~. menty spsrSies DER tho toan,aini
no incaucst rih the mghticst
Rolls minylins with his fame forever"
Fellow Citizens, the scene thi, d,v exhibited Ia full
OF instruction VI conveys lesson, which appeals t.
The hearts and touches the feelings of ALL and by which
even The thtoned monarch. surrounded by all the gilt
isiing pAraphcrnaa Of Royalty, may profit How tame
how heartless when compared this the splendid
pageant OF The most brilliant Court that dazzed
the eyes oil the multitude or more worth is the tear
that falls DER The patriot hero's bier than the brightest
gem that ever glttered in regal ti,dein The spon.
aneous Offering oi natios gratitude the shrine Of
departed worth, while Il is one OF the sacred du
ties that belong 10 Freemen, scarcely less
to the living who than TO the dc a who receive it,
Like the divine attribute of marcy, sit is twice bes.
sd, u biesseh hita who gives and him who takes"
But, while we hail this conse Grated day as the birth. |
day Tour National Liberties let never forget that ra
cent events have invested il with touching AMI a
melancholy interest. Ii l. no longer excIusvev dav
OF rational rejoicing; it has become day Of nation.
al mourning also The 5o;h anniversary of our indie
pendencc was ushered in with more than ordinary de-
monstrations OF enthusiasm. Once more the joyful ac
CARNATIONS OF Free People tho air: again ;hs
.nRhehhg cchoes oil Their cannon reverberaed ilro'
the viiles. The two P1triarchs whose effort. mainly
CONTRIBUTED TO he contamination of that glorious event
lived TO The recurrence Of day which conferred
freedom aud happiness great People, and on them.
sslves fame that will be more enduring hap monu.
umenIa marble. Yes they still lived and nene par,iri
paed more largely in the feelings inspired by tue 5Oh
return Of thif great political sabbath Il passed. but
when the sun set, where thcy?' They too were
gathered to their fathers The blood had rushed back
to its las, citadel, the heart, AMI their disenboJieJ
spirits had assembled together to the bosom Of their Coli
hntv frav. al
lovely their dca,hs. Like Saul and jonathan, ,bev
wero pleasant aud lovely ia lite, and in death bey were
not divided Shades of Jefferson and Adams if vour
sainied spirits hover day about ths Capitol receive
the benson Of Nations gratitude, for you have ncbly
earned IL !
The spirit which kindled the American Revou,ion
has since that eventul era secured The
OF Liberty A, the close OF the Revolution much had
already been accomplished. naughty and powerful
Zoe was vanquished, the pride of Britain was hunblet
but much remained TO be done. leaf was now
opened in the history of tho world. Hitherto Kings
Lords hereditary succession and all the other appendix
ges of Royalty We're considered indispens able 10 tins
formation OF al governments-The great experiment
of Government essentially democratic in its form of
government, founded on the iuaenable rights Of man
be made. But how were these rights 70 be Sc
cured! The States, the good old Thirteen, spranq from
the Revolution like the abed Minerva II ON the brain
Of Jupiter full formed and perfect. Each State found
selr in the exercise OF all the powers essential 10 car
nv on the affairs of Government within its respecfive
sphere. But it was necessary that these new. born
States should be protected from the encroachments of
foreign nations and from internal teUds. The wisdom
OF Statesmen provided in the formation of the Fed
raj Constitution remedy for these apprehended dam
gers. The will at the several States spoke II into Nis
IL would be needless TO dilate on the vast i'm
portance of this bond OF union. Ii the powers which
have been conferred on the Federal Government had
been exercised by the governments of the several States
We should have beheld in our country a multitude Of
small end hostile States, whose disrscng feuds like
those of the Republics OF ancient Greece would have EN-
eebled them much, leave them an easy prev TO
foreign conqueror. II, the other hand the vast
territory and increasing population of our country was
In latUf fran .lo,~
would be its power! Ii all the powers which ar now
ssb-divded between the Federal AMI the several Ststr
Governments, had been coucentered in;one grand con
solida,ed government every vestige Of Republicansm
would have been lost and fearful monarchy have arr
sen How necessary ten is il Tor safety and even
our Liberty itself, that the two Governments should be
restrained within their legitimate spheres, that the one
should protect aud bind together by the exercise of
The powers conferred uprnii and tina, he others should
retain in fall Vigor the powers reserved 10 them
The American Revolution the commencement of
a 10 the world. II broke the chains Of error
and prejudice, which had been thrown around the minds
of men for centuries and its electric influence dss;patcd
the is that had Tor ages obscurcd the political vision
When regard the original objects Of the institution of
Civil Government, IL almost incredible tha the
simple yet sublime truths developed by our Revolution
should have long remained among the arcana of poll
teal science. In almost all The Governments of the old
world that then existed the People considered the
objects not the source of political power They all viz
tually inculcated the pdrn that the people were made
for the Government, not the Government for the protec
ton OF the people, They nnpudently assumed authority
the consciences of men, and presumptuously pre-
scbcd the mode in which Man should worship his Gre
ator IL remained for the Republics of the new world
TO teach the sacred truths till then unknown that all
ne are by nature equally free; that government being
instituted Tor The protection of the rights of the people
all political power emanated from hem that mans con-
science free, and That power earth could control
it, Unlike those OF Europe, ours is Government whose
foundation is laid in the pirtue and Intelligence of the
people. They the Cornhian pillars that ornane nj
while they support the noble supcrsructre of our Gov
ernment There is country earth, where public
virtue and public education of such anscendant and
paramount importance, as in the United States of Amer-
ca They constitute the broad and ample basis which
the stability of Republican Institutions essentially
rests. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports
its flight" The general diffusion of knowledge while il
illustrates the national character will npart strength and
pcrmancney % Institutions. While Ge American
people continue vrtuous and enlightened we need en-
terrain apprehensons for the dural,y of our Gov
eminent Nor have we to fear that these main
pillars of Republic will fail No where are the vv
flying influences of education Justly appreciated or so
widely diused, as in the United States No where ar
the lights OF science scattered profusely over the
arl. England, Scotland France, Germany can perhaps
all boast more eminent scholars, profoundly
versed in science, than They the select
few the fav0c of Fortune, the spendo of whose
ainmeis serves but 10 presentin striking contrast
the thick darkness That envelopes The minds of the great
mass OF the people do moi speak of the science which
shut up within The walls of University but that knowl-
edge which shines like the Of Heaven, equally on
all classes of men, whose light pervades well the
humble cottages OF the poor, tho rrncey halls Of the
rich. But while mean 10 inculcatc the paramount
and vital Importance Of p0por eucdtion properly 90
called in government which derives all It's powers
mediaely Immediately from the people, Ear be from
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