Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-12-06

-. n,ral;,,, Correct h'b'ts and esreia' az
20 -, are the iras sources oil our ndIio"A'
- 81 common liberty
a"l' ,y,iIs, we thus remember our social aud
,'.t,,.l duties, we never forget onr
in'' -, ,arenfage. To consult the interest,"
-. College. az opportunity may serve, ana
o' - ,hiis atoms permit 10 watch over he'
= =. tan. 10 honor The renosneh oil her sons
a." ,.,l,er nmong the living or the dead ana n
-, .u. according 10 onr years. 20 cherish
-, br.sher's friendship, or senerate win NJ
&c the memory OF her late iiinsifion'
,a "a - -, viii be AZ once honorable and de-
' : AMI II, in aught that has been sad.
u 50 s.ao,sd 10 speak irreverenily ornnthank-
! M m - the grea, and the COOL OF my own
'"'' otaer land ;of the founders and pa
VI -" .nd instructors nf this or OF other thsiifu-
49, Lnn. that realities db not justify the
..,.orp. | have, indeed. spoken with the
i'.,,tv of Christian chndor, WIN Tue Tree
S'"e n a, American. the enthusiasm, II mol
80. IN. Judgment and tas'e, oil an accom-
t..,.d 9eholar For all taat has been done,
-, me amihent in talent, AMI lrarnlns' anu
" w :, f,rmer DAYS, have heart mat over
a.. with admiration AMI gratitude Ana as
al ina, M y doing, in our own conn'ry,
W 49, ghput The woli, by tue Statesman
NJ ,ha Orator, by the Philosopher aud the
+ pta.n,h,oui,i; hy the Patriot, the Christian
-, tho Scholar, have n soil ~ realize the
en- ,n,,ude of onI obligation. thed'ghny al 'heir
enfer,rise. aud its glorious reward III ''ce ana
eternity. -. -.
! 6.IInyshto and commo1 paraniase, lei as not
/ fo,opt our CON m ~ inheritance: our country
/ ~ ca,,oi honour oar coun ~ with to- deep
a reverence, We cannot love her WIN an a.
] G.c,ioo too pnre aud fers"nt W. capant serve
/ nf a. taitsfutn IS
| AZ goal TOO strsdfasi AMI ar lent. Anh what
= an, country 1t is not tho East with he
! ALL and her yaIlies, with her countless sails,
AMI the rocky ramparts al her ahnfes II -
( moi the North, with her thousand villages anu
her har..st home, with her hnhhers oil
lakes aud the ocean. 1t IS not the West, win
her (nr..t-sra aud her mlani isles, with her
Iuxvriant expans-5 clothed III her yefdan'
car, with her be luiln Onto, mi her IN = este
! Niso1ri Nor Is u VI the oo1th, opnleni ~
,ne mi nc snow Of the cOtton, IN the rich
oIant.tol rs oil the ru, lug cane, nnd in the go
den rob OF he rice fell. Hhat are these
but fbe sister Caaliires Of tie greater, better,
bolipr fa,naU, our country 0ime hol mere
| To sneak the dialect, OF 10 ave tie cohhSeiS OF
tho natJiot statesman. l. Il come patriot
schoIar. to vindicate the ,ishts aud to plead
far The interests Of American Literat IRE. AnI
be assured. gentlemen. lhai we cannat, AS pa
triot scholars think 100 highly OF that Country
ar sacrifice too much Tor her, And let as nav-
er io-gel, let uS rather remember with a teii-
gious awe, that the union OF these States IS in
ji.nsn,a,le 10 oar lt-rature, as it is t. our nn-
t;oaal indeprn !ence aud civil liberties, to oui
prosperity, happiness and Improvement. II
| indeed we desire 10 behold literature like
that, which has cnlpturcd, with such energy
of expression. which has panied SO faithfully
and wildly, the crimes, The vices, The iolIles o
lent aud mod rn Europe I've desire thai
our land should furnish tor the ora or aud the
novelist, for the painter and pot, age hfeI
age, the wild aud rom .ulic scenery oil war Inc
plntering march of armies aud the reselry o.
the camp; the shrieks aud blaspaemIes, and
all the horrors Of the battlefield the desoa
ton % the harvest, aud the burning cottage
the storm, The sack the ruin Of cities II WI
desire TO unchan the furious passions of jeal
oasy and seIfiShness, of hatred, revenge ACC
ambition those lions thai now sleep harmles,
in their deus ; il we desire, that tho lake, tue
river ocean. shoull blush wnh the blood o
brotjrrs that the wind should wait from the
land to the sta, from the sea to the land, The
roar and the smoke of battle that The very
mountain tops should becom affairs Tor tie
sac ifice of brothers if we desire that these
and such as these-the elements, to An incredi
bic extent, OF the literature. OF the old wori1
saunid be the elements OF our literature, lhen
but then only, let ny null hon its pedestol
the majestic statue of our uuion, ana
scatter its fragments all over the land
But, II we covet for our country the no.
blest, puresi, love!iest literature the WORT.
has ever seen, such Literature as sha
honor God, and bles. maukini /; n lteratur,
whose smiles nigh, pay upon an angels face
whose teas would not STAN an angel
cheek = then let US cling III the unlon of tnt $,
5lates, with pdiIio,'s love, with scholar ;,
enthu>lam, with christian: hope in her hea
venly character, as holocaust, s, sacrifice
IN God Al The height Of her glo'p. as the orna.
nent OF "A fte educated. peaceful, Cnrls.ia,
people. Amertcan Literature WH mud tha
THE INTELLECTUAL SPIRIT is HER VERY TREE
or LIFE, AND THE UNIoN HER GARDEN PAR.
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