Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-08

ties and relations OF iite--eXamlne the S'ea'
works Of arr de signed to facilitate trade and COM
merce, now in progress-turn your eyes every
where, and behold the rapid strides the county
is making in the march of greatness. lhe STATES
have doubled, our population has quaarupieu'
the means for future Improvement nu'uPneu II, 70
an infinite extent. These are the frul's vi u'e
exertors of our fathers. But these are on'y
portion of the rich blessings which cluster upon
the view. What it the wilderness biossom as 'ie
rose. and yet afford nospace Tor man 10 dc.e'oPr
bis faculties in, or no room Tor the eAe,''so VI
his intellect and his freedom? II would Onot pnt
little, had the price Of our contest been only pau"
bv the extension of our commerce, the increase
of our ponulation. or the accumulation OF our
wealth. But these are only conconi'ants OF an
other inhet itance far richer in value, and more
enduring in possession. Along with vast coun-
try. the legacy of a Republican Gorernne" was
benueathed tn us bv our ancestors Their attest
ed will lies before me. and was IN many cases
sealed with their own blood. And, teilo".citi-
zens. how proud monument to thelr glory,
and how noble an evidence Of your honor Goes
this eO,elnmcut exhibit. A constellation OF re-
pubIics rcyolve in their respective ORBITS - mar
monous as The music of the spheres" ana as
regular in their movements Is those Slitteripg
worlds, which nightly travel their tracKless paths
through the University of space. y" star
:. shot madIv.' forth. has ever YET interrupt
ed The beautiful order and symmetry OF TINS
arrangement, but without hindrance, and IN
silent grandeur, they pursue their appointed
oonrses. md vet IT'S order is not the only re-
commentator Il cur Government. With what
a benefcent hand i scatteis is houn'ies-how
afactionateIv it welcomes and receives the OPP
messed of other na,ions-how kindly 1t cherish
es all WHO cling 10 its support The king-ridden
and -p,iest-ridden Of Europe take shelter under
the ample folds OF the banner OF liberty. and
forget IN lis shade, the scorchng rays OF oppres-
sion They here walk abroad redeemed, regen-
Grated. and disenthrailed. They may have heard
of the theoretical doctrine that man should be lett
free to worship God according to the dictates Of
his own conscience, but its practical application
! they never knew, until hete they saw side by
side. christian temples of every denomination,
Christian minister's of every persuasion, and lis
tened to the cora! hymn rising f.om them all IN
sweet accord They may have heard of the
blessings Of liberty, but here alone did they ever
realize them With what reason. then. ought
we TO be proud Of our country. her lnsllu-
tons. ner laws and her people!
| The influence If Government upon National
Character is knowledsed on all hands, and With
us it has had most powerful effect, il Will be
no vanity Cor MS to say thatn0 people stand high
er than ours for liberal principles honorable sem
| tments. and for th0Se general traits OF character
which distinguish GOOD citizens. The years OF
the republic have numbered but little more than
half century, vet. an American IS farorab!y
known and noticed among all The different
nations of the earth. The words of our Orators
and revelberlaated ths whole chain Of the Andes
! The MORAN stretches out his hand t. receive Us,
and the sayages Of the Isles Of the sea have learn
| ed to regard us with affection. The ques ion
once so triumphant!v asked BY Europeans
..What has America done for the benefit of man
kind!" is now no longer urged. Our great rival in
arts as we'll as arms, is forced to acknowcdae that
her taunts are no longer in place--f0r even sic
| feels the influence ot our example. Yes! Already
do we begin to repay those from whose Ioins we
sprung. bv extending their language and their 1T
erature-by aff1rding ali asylum for their distress
ed. and by constant additions to the stock of
common fame. 1t is something to tell, that he
who was once Boston boy now sits on the wool
sack in Westminster IaIl--:hat another HOSTS
his broad pennant on board his Majesty's ships,
and that our Irving Yields as potent sway in
foreign land. as he does in his own native home.
| Pensioned critics and hired defamers, may
wear their pens away. in the vain effort of de-
CRYING country, at the sight OF whose prosperity
their very blood turns TO gall. Let them rail on!
Let them carry home to their masters the misera-
bic garbage. which a twelve months residence
amongst rs has enabled them to collect, and let
' them oattcn upon the food. We despIse their
! impotcnt malice! But the candid. the unpreJu.
diced, the liberal minded, the honorable foreign
er we invite tn our shores. We ask him to look
abroad upon United America-to view her as she
is. We do not request him to wink at our fall
inoS. or even to be to Sour virtues very KIND,
and TO our faults little blind but with stern
! Justice to decide upon our pretensions His viz
dict is certain. Indeed when he looks upon our
mighty rivers. and our lofty mountains, when he
examines the fertility of our soil, and the saubri
ty of our climatche cannot but think that provi-
dence specially designed Them for the government
we possess. and the liberty we enjoy. Let him
then turn from grea, national interests and walk
in the quiet & sequestered paths ofpri,atelifc He
will there find the active charities of nature. the
soothing Establishments of mercy and the princi-
pies Of bcnevulence in constant exercise, cours-
Ing like life blood through the veins of society