Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-12

| uNes and Characters of THOSE Who epmpnse,
! nat celebrated Congress lin their gene,on,
! 1fToiion 10 the Cause 81 their suffering rsun
| tTY--in ihei. noble iorgriiulness of nriyat. in
convenience AMI personal daneer,--in tina
i'nniloss courage. ~hich IN snpnori of a jnsi
! 'hh hoiv rause, could raise standard of resist
] 'hce IN ire efrate-i an mp~ 20 vnrfnl nation
] 81 The e"ith,-there i a moral sublimiiy which
~ Nts NE mnd with ama1rmen', aud pushes
4 nj US covers Iu'h sieui admiration The
fnen Who chInpns.J ,'rst body, aud the spiriI
winch hroueh, thfln together, will live forever
/ IN The remembrance "fthe American People
a'nre generations vii look back TO them a,
10 The great source Of lign aud liberty, whence
lave emanatrd all our political blessings. Pos,
rt'ty vii award TO them the highest places IN
'hr temple OF Americas Fame aud the crate
'oi aspirations Of ~ tIonS Of frtempn viii bear
10 endless tune, Their virtues and Their rtpai.
ness Let tie classic heafer carry hack his
thoughts 10 tie brightest days of Roman great.
nfss when The ancient nOri stood in trem.
onhg awe OF rs imperial mistress Let hln
picture 10 himself the meeting of Rome's lord
W Senate. and thiuk he sees that noble body
giaFely canVasSiuS the affairs Of thu world
and hrars the silver-tongufd Cicero pouring
l'rih the Impsssioned silans at his Heaven.
boz" eloqaeucr--and his feeling. ,hnli not
h'adle "nl more generous Glow, nor his
ee"'t dIaie with II more expanded admiration.
'han when Ins mod reouts 10 the meeting of
| our own Continental Congress on the lh day
oil July, 100; when II cnutempIatps that august
body dehheratIng with more than Roman dig.
y upon the momentous question of life and
death, rad hs,ening IN pale and anxious silence
. 20 me Fafr'ot voice oI Mir. Jefferson, as he read
1" them and 10 The world the immortal Drcara-
ton d American Independence.
lbe noble and galltn, baud, WHO compos,d
that hoi}--"here a,e they now The hear,
sacktnS Al HE answer. They are gone--save
one, i'ry IRE all gone 10 the grave They have
passed beyond = that bourne. whe,.a no travel
Ter returns. he silent iomb ha, closed over
'hen mortal remains, and they have existence
now only Ia the grateful recollectiuns Of their
admlrng country men. Posterity will read the
records OF their yuIuus Ia TIE epuaphs winch
The pions hand OF gratitude has craven upon
their tonbS. Bot what are Epi,aphs
" Can storicd or animated bust
Back TO ITS mansion call The lcetng breath,
" Can HpuOr's voIcr provoke the silont dust,
Or natiory sootle the dull cold ear of death
oh what picture. what mournful picture
Is here presented OF the vanity the instabiIit y
OF all earthly greatness VINO does not WISH,
that ~ relation 10 them the great law Of nature
does not wish, II had willed high Heaven 10
endow them with perpetual. vIgor and youth,
thatthey might stand n, inperlshable moan
ments oi Virtue aud Libertt, TO guard our ma
tlon against the approach of ryll, aud to encou
rage II IN the pursuit of COOL ? Ofthat Roman
baud, so famed in Hstory's brightest paga one
only one, now remains on whom he prayers
and seneraiIon ot his country are concenIe ed
the venerable Charles Carroll, of Carrolilun,
stands like A narrow sthmus, conneclfng The
age winch Is gone by, with the age winch Is 10
come. The companions y! his earlier years
are all gpDe aud he - irtta stranger in II
strange generation. II he thinks of thr past
what tram of affecting recollectionS CROW d
upon ms mrnd II he survey the present how
does his patriot heart swell with emotion nj the
scene of his country's prosperity 1.-The look
10 the future, what bright antltlpaiions Of It's
ye Increasing glory strike upon his delighted
fancy Long may he live 10 enioy ihr ahC
Tomato greeting ant grateful btnrdlclions OF
his country mechanic when. Al some distant,
Tar distant dAy, the oil of human life shall be
spent, aud The lame Of human existence shall
bum teebly in It's socket, oh then may it
please the Great Father of the Universe 10 re-
levr blm from the pang Of dissolution, aud
translate him Al once, like the favored Euoch
>
which, IN another word, awaits The soul# oi
" just men made perfect"
10 speak of all the heroes Of that listing uish
ed body, would be to u,arp theme which h
longs to The graphic pen Of History. There is,
however, a peculiar fitness in adyertng on This
day to The character and services OF one other
who stands deservedly high IN the affections d.
his Country --lankInG second only 10 The great
Father nl American Liberty. | mean Thomas
Jefferson tue enlightened Patriot the unboun-
drd fbiianthrOpisl, the favored son OF phloso-
ply Rnd oCIencP. II IS u Ur iHmrntfd, thar
the actions Of men are seldom property apprr-
GATED 81 rightly understood, ili lime has con.
slgned them 10 the gave. he sun Of glory
rarely shines, save upon the tomb VI human
greatness as lie who plants and waters The
aurel, 81 dom, fever, rcposas under Tho sha-
dow oi lis honghs bui IN the impar ial iudg
ment ut posigry, whose decIsiDn ID formed,
not upon the c3lured statements oil enmity, nor
the exaggerated pruss Of lrendsitp, but upon
the staLic foundation of Gcls--whlch caugol
tell d5thpbi--lhere Is an embaimug nlu-
suce, which viii always vudIGato The charac-
iefs pi he calumutatrd and save and preserve
The regulations olthe great and Ihc good Tue
Author of tue Declaration of Independence
needed nothhlg more 10 make bis name IN.
moral 1t he had died one hour ailer Il. pro
mitigation, enough was drne to secure TO him
au unfading repnl alton in the eyes OF poSlsrIy.
Bun III great iIercuean effort Of genius aud
patriotism, upon viii h the strongest language
could use, would be tame aud inadequate
pdnegy rio, was but the precursor OF others
qually glorious, aud equally entitled to CON
memoralon. Let Us follow its great author
from tue continental Cong where he had so
early distinguished himself, into the councils
o his own native Virginia. aud We shall find
him lhere engaged IN the great work Of human
reform, rradicaiing eyIy fibre OF The ancient
aristocracy, and preparing that beautiful sys-
TEN oil law aud government. which has so long
been our boast and Cur glory. Look 10 the
Statute Book OF your Slate, and you will there
fad the recorded evidences of his pre-emhent
services. The law OF Entails, by which the
wealth aud property OF the nation were aecu--
nGa ed IN select families, and there perpetual
Ted to pamper the piide OF a hateful a,Hto "a
cy, owes its abolition TO the efforts OF Mr.. JET
trrson The law Of prmogenHure, thai
barbarouS relic of ieudal DAYS which esta }.