Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-11-12

force. how often would the brave highlander kndh upon his mountain-top his watchfre, as signf fd
 the rallying of his clan and determine to strike and | ther blow for God his country and his native land! | | The same unalterabe attachment to country which the Scotch exhibit is to be found in tho nhablansof Switzerland. How similar are they in their charac- ter, Tn the struggle for their counrys indeptndence
 and in the unhappy results Vanqushed bysuperior numbers, and bowed down by oppression tley have yielded at last, and their deeds of chvalryare only known now inthe song of poesy, or recorded on the bood-stained page of history.
 The history of Europe atess the fact thd the in- habitants of the north are superior in physical pow CT to thoseo of the south. Rome was ransa,ked by Goths and Vandals, and her disciplined legions crushed by physical strength The Tartar Dynasty rules the throne of China and Turkey; and what is | the spectacle which Europe presents tt the po- litic.an? The Colossal power of Russia stretching over the entire north of two continents-secure from the invasion in the rgor and asperity of her climate | prepared. at all times, to inundae Europe with her h6rdes of Cossacks and overshadowing by her power and magnitude the lesser empires aroun her Give to her the gence the mor9l cultivation and refinement of England, and what power does she become ] The Arber of Europe, the autocrat ofthe north We come to consider man uider the influence of heat, us in the torrid zone. And what picture does he present to us in that situation? His complex lon IS dark; hair black; large md expanded for wise purposes; skin dry muscular system not pow eriully developed, hut somewhat tense. Compared to the native of the temperate zone he Is inferior in physical and intellectual strength more irritable | easily exclted-more eflenin",e and i"anrious, l.. cause more under the influence of his animal appi+ tencies-his temperament ardent and lively and his blood is thinner. He is ndoent, because the earth repsys the labor of his exerons hundred fold: he is luxurious and of course efemlnate, because abun dance pours into his lap all the decacies q life.- He is passionate and irritable because uider the | continual excitement of burning sun.
 The ease with which every sense is gratfed, for bids mental exertion. His nostrs are expanded, because the air is ratified he requires large vo- lume to decarbonse his blood; and his esEirabe gans are more active. He adapts his food to his dition-it is rarely animal-and he makes free use of sub-acid fruits, with which nature has furnished his climate
 It is in such situation, where man becomes ener vated by luxury, that Despotisn, iron Despotism, rules triumphant Man, like the beast of the field bends beneath the yoke of the oppressor and dares not assert his rights, It is under such circumstances thai each becomes clamorous for qualification and the salutary control of will become more necessary, while her prudent counsels will be iten CT despsed and spurned at Passion asserts its sway over man and brute; and enjoyment seems orly to whet its appetite for fresh gratfcaton.- Iris here | it has erected its throne, established its dominion, and marked its track, by the destruction of virtue and innocence; like the scorchng samool. bIeath- l ing it's fiery breahs the wide expanse of nature, and whitening at its touch every vestge of lie.- Iris while pausing amid the desoation of the stuth, contemplating the broken fragments of its dep,rted grandeur that the philosopher may the desoltng effects of that whrlwind of passion that has swept over it. Iris amid such scene, he weeps owe the degraded and debased condition of unregenrate man. 'Tis there his fancy calls from the mighty of past ages the restless spirits that pePled the solitary waste of ruin ahd death that exhibited
 in the contest of life all the moving impulses of the l Inn baort fatn nna fnn fha ou,ua tons of naon's glory, or, mpelled by lawless ann biton and despotic power rolled it the besom- tide of destruction. Mahomet must have studied well the character of man, influenced as he is in the south, when he painted in glowing coors to his heat ed fancy the sensual pleasures of his paradise where every to be gratiied, every passion refined to exquisite enjoyment, and an eternity spent | in one continued round of animal qualification. Twas here that mans first dsobedience began i; overlapping the sacred and just obligation of Hea ven, he aspired to- the knowledge of good ana evil and brought upon his devoted head the just in dignation of an angry God. In fine, it was on ths spot that the destroyer of fmans innocence first plant ed his blghting foOtstep and it was here, that le | who "spake never man spake' first appeared, dsrobed of celestial glory, clad in the haLnerts of woe and sorrow, typifying the purity of Heaven by his holy and peaceful walk. As it here that mans eternal nfamy was consummaed, so it seems, it first here, that it became necessary for the | Redeemer of man to commence his stupendous work of redemption. But were his Heavenly doc Urine receivcd7 Was he acknowledged as the tutela- " angel of fallen and degraded man ? Were his mild and salutary precepts regarded the pledge of Heavens first love to man; as its gentle whispering of pardon and forgiveness; the twilight glimmer- ings of day of hallowed and eternal lighti Mo- Was his head pillowed when weary of his labor of love on the warm and fervent affection of grateful hearts ? Alas No. The foxes had holes, and the birds of the air had nests; but the of man had not where to lay his head.
 Disease in the south, differs in intensity from that in the north or temperate zone. In the north the sources of disease are not abundant nor so dead ly in their character: their attack is more insidi ous, slowly consuming away the powers of life Their force is directed principally to the pulmo- nary organs and appendages in the winter; to the abdominal vcera in the summer. Not so between the tropics; the morbid causes are concentrated in dreadful force; the features of disease bud out at once and life fits away beneath its paraIizing touch
 Death stalks in terrific grandeur over the burning
 fields of the south, gutng its renorseless epcurean ) appetite on thousands of the human family. 'Tis among the foul and noxous exhalaons of the dark
 and still marsh disease takes up its abode, until in vigorated and strengthened by glowing sun, with plague and coera and fever in its train it issues
 forth the relentless sc0urge and destroyer of man. } It begins its work of havoc the arm of man IS pow eress he expires in its burning embrace. AcQur- ing new strength from every victim, and maddened
 by conquest it ashes its furious car over the rich and fertile fields of the south over the populous c- ties of the plain, and mngles in widespread ruin the loveliest portion of creation.
 Let us turn our attention now tt man m the tenn
 perate zone and examine his fcatutes physically and
 ntellectualy In the first place, hs stature is eleva- | ed and lofty; his muscular system powerfully deve-
 oped; his hair and complexion mostly fair; his ar- teral system not so excitabe as n the south-skin } more rigid and firm. He is not al caprcious as the souhron; but the emotions of his mind are longer sustained, because the excitabty of his system is not exhausted by stimulus, He forms the nnnnnnt;nn Iinl. hatunnn man in inc nnrfh and in