Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-05
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,yyCuRURG, JULY 5, 1890.

r..r5h Of july I'VE had Intended TO make
-. ,ema,ks on the recurrence oil our glorl.
i =. eogiyersary, suitable to the occasion. But
,,b, need we lie who IS not fred by tue day
ID The great event it commentaries, would
aa,a IN ,,or3s. However musical and elo-
..,eo, they NIGH be, they would iall on such
being as lhe rain.drofs upon adamant. But, if
words can haze effect where thedeeds of our
liners are powefless, then read The following
animated and Spiit stirring impromptu. which
reached US in appropriate season, aud for
ub,h we return our thanks TO the author
Road The artcle, and then-ether obe, lis adj
.ce and lake part ia the celebration, or GO TO
,oat daily WORK OF traffic, as the humour
suits
THE DAY
All hail to the day IN "hIcn Heaven gave a
,.h,r,er 10 eartn All hail To the ever
Ile..ed. ylorious ard memorable 18th of july
,be d,y which gave birth 10 a great nation "a
,diy rising to supfemdcy--ihe sidrtng past IN
,une of certain sublime ppticel principle
which have gone forth IN lhen redeetuing en-.
ergy, aud are, at this moneni, laying the foun-
daiion of tremendous revolutions IN the old
.orld-rhe day which opened upon the com.
npncement of Il glorious revolution in our
qoonuy, which, whether we consider the prin.
,ioles IN which it originated the spirit Ia winch
,tyas conducled-or it, glorious contamination,
and lasting and wide spreading consequences
constitute ia an unique IN the annals OF human
soclet, Fcon the nils of Name. in the
North, to the plains of Sabine, in the South on
rhs consecraced day, the thunder OF cannon,
shonrs aud acclamaiIon3 rend the skies--the
seng the feast, the dance preya,l.--A thousand
Orators launch the soul OF patriotism in
stran, OF ardent eIoquence from "A thousand
rostrnm, Oh! ye bastllng sons OF trade in
LyncAburg, with hurried hand, wipe off the
dastand sweat from your business brows !
Throw down the impementso OF gain-renonnce
for day, the cares aod tolls OF traffic and go
f1rh burning with Roman enthusiasm, TO Of
fer up al the nalowed shrine of patriotism,
The heart.born incense of mingled Joy, graft
rude and admiration What shall the with
cred aud patrarchal remnant of the numerous
aud gallant Soldiers, who breasted tho storm
Of the rcYoutIon--shail the few lingering
age.sIrIcken straggleTs on the borders OF Time,
OF " that fiery mass of living valunr," which,
Guce roll'd on the foe, burning with high
hope' Shall they bear ia their revolutionary
compatrlots in the skies, the sad intelligence,
mat their great deeds are remembered no more
On earth Forbid it, Heaven! When the
everlasting pyramids of Egypt shall have sunk
INTO ashes, beneath the silent wasting touches
oftme. and be scattered before the winds OF
Heaven. DER the plains of The DESERT when
Kingdoms and Empires, which now shake th
earth with their power, shall, like the once
proud tion, only live in song-.when the
monument of their greatness, aud the records
OF their toIes add their crimes shall be bu-
red 100 deep beneath the ruins of centur e5
for the researches even OF the pladdIng, curious
anilqnary, may the annual return OF tbs day
TO hailed by the acclamalions of freemen
throughout the world May the noble insti,a.
lions 10 which it gave birth flourish an mmor-
'a' youth, unwarped by the ,iCissitudes, and
"ashaRen by The tempestS, that now sleep IN
'!e womb OF time. Spirit 10.