Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-07-14
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= Of civil commo'ou--shc vt length resoitri 4
me ialse efpedief' Of committing her high de.
} iinies 10 tha keeping Of mighty captain, ba
J a mere creature OF fpftune--lfs too waerd ,...
irrmlnable w"f==end Altar q.slling intestine
s"'feenon. conducted his leeions through D
ceans OF blood, ina mad crusade against IN.
J Thrones of Europe which be made aud m
made, rs by magic--F,nRlly, he n,opnisd on :
hmself---d here his fortunes endpI Tbts 10. ;
tent Diotaicr--" bmperor OF the French. kiag
Of llalv aud Protector Of tbs Rhsnish ConIed
ernion,' ~ the lapse of . lew short years
Of Uneious sactoss, az length became hunted
down IN lurn--aed died. q 6Dgiive on n soli,s-
fy rock, ~ The midst Of tho ocean, Aud Ffant g
---degenerate Frame once more reposed I" ia
ma arms Of her legitimate sovsregn." But gat-
lant france i--ihy nsbie spirit was not thus
TO be tanned. Ihoo, too. IN The eyeaiful days
Of another July, uoetied bsgond The rleusue
81 the chains Thai burst from around hse'--snd
again solved the mighty problelu-- that nan IL
capable ofmifgopernmea
Nesi, In turn, came our South American
bfeihfon--inhabiianis Of our hsmisphere
South America, TOO, inscribed the /" Rights or
Man. upon her banners, and declared Tor
self-government. She, too. made a noble cut
set. and reaeened her people from fvreiea
,hraldom. But oh wreiched population and
your own worst enemy --nurtnred as YOU are
In the schopl Of lgnafanee Bnd vice ,--hood-
w,nked aud priesi.fidden--how often would thsa
Genus OF Liberty " hare gathered yor togefher
epen al he hen doth her brood unier her wings.,
but y gu would not. No you have rejected
the Law and the Prophels---sud though one
was to rise from The dead. ou would not be-
lieve i--Go, wfelched neig hbor Thy doo.t is
yat locked up, in the womb OF iims.--s d may
Thy ehildren's children not have eause ola
men,aiion that " their taihers mere HeiJ FOES
And now, yo gallant Poles" tho last not
least high behea has been reserved for
thee Aud sho shall swell Thy peaIinK an
them aud tell The measure Of thy days Yyu
too, have sworn upon the iombs Of YOUR fathers
and you, 100, have 6Hed Tho hrm resolve,
10 die J,eemen rather Than Ire siasss--and for
700, permit me to invoke the ms, alton Of the
Aost land sipg thy .ulogy 10 lofty verse.
Oh sacred truth Thy triumph ceased a
Aud ruth, Thy sister, ceased with thee TO
smile,
When Irsgad oppression pout'd 10 northern
wars,
q Her whisker'd pand 'os and her fierce Hos,
sara
g" Waved her dread standard to the bresa, Of
moro,
/" Peafd Ms loud drum, aud twang'd her trvm.
pei horn,
Tumuituous horror r oded NJ the van,
PresugiDg wrath 10 Psland--and 10 lnaa
E." 10 vain. ala. in vain, ye gallant few
e" From rank 10 rank Jour y0liey'd tbundeg
dew,
e Oh blooJiest picture IN the book OF Time.
- Sarna,ia fell. unwspii without crime
-" Found not gDn'rons friend plying foe
=" s ,eogth 10 her arms, nor mercy IN Aer WOO
. Dfopp'd from her nefyeiess g. asp thu shat
F." Closed hor bright eye, and corb'd her high
g" Hope, Tor o season babe the world faie.
we'll,
e" Ani Freedom shtiekad, at Kosciusko fell
" Yes thy proud lords. unpitlod laod shall
E." Tina, man hath yets soul--and dare be
" lililo while, along thy saddening plains,
- The slsrless night OF dosolsiion rcigns
- Truth shall restore ths light by nature gIy'J.
" AM. like Pfonatheus, brug tho FIRE Of Hsa-
ven
" Prone TO the dust, oppression shall be hurI.
3D.
3" Iiar oaos, her nature, wtbsr'd from the
Yes, noble race OF sobissLi aud OF Koscius.
kol When the knees of,hy hsarlless oppres.
scr, like those Of Besbazz ar, shall sm,ie 10.
geiher, ~ HE inscription oi F" Poland" on the
wall of his falaee---and his impious throne
shall hive crumbled into dusl---ihs proud name
Of" Pole" shall sand living monument,
erected on its ruins.
These. my Fellow Citizens, have been The
fruits OF o 7 owu Reyoiuiio n--aDd Revolutions,
we are told, never lo backward. No for al.
bougb men may perish, truth is eternal And
as well might the tyrants of tho earth attempt
to yop its diUrnai motion by "a stamp ofihB
foot, asto stay tue march Of liberal principles.
nov abroad Ia the world Nor is ihe picture
YET iulf--Hae not this DAY been caDo0izsd by n
most FL raordiDafy coincidence, and sigDst
dnpe0,aton OF Providence Was IL not on
this day, precisely 6tty years from tho Doclar-
alton oi Independence, OF winch one was tho
author and tho o her The intrepid defender,
that own beloved Jefferson aud the elder
Adams, having flushed their eouI Sc and tested
The fd lily with which they had espoused the
cause OF mankiud--Dy long lile OF incessaut
deson 10 his bat nteresB, we're, rs II, by spt-
cal appointment. and NJ n 10 marx the era
with the approving impress OF Heaven, san,-
monrd together, and log. ther eteertd on Metr#
toag, ~ me toad acclaim u oppiauding millions
--asteadsd 10 he bosom u thea. tGterand their
GOd
TUT, then, my countryme0, Is FreedoBl's
jnbiiee And shall fb1t man 10 found among
as, whose rnagnannlty 10 not equal to tue oc-
casion and WHO wo1ld. With reckless iDd,l-
ference, dash the cup whcs patriotism may
give, with the poison oil party discord--or In
fuse info this festival the bdne of party re-
| irusi, not ONE. Parry spirit
and patty esperites have nei,ner part nor lot
ia this maiter. There WAS hut oos spirn ~
lts creation aud but oDe soul and one mind IA
its consuml.st ion--Who would, Then, With
spark OF patriotism 10 hi. heart, regard this rs
a proper occasion for this trial VI strength be-
ween coniendng factions On The contrary
thus is, ii must be adnifted, The most tit occ.-
sion o call in our wandering aberra,ions-and
light up our patriotism airesh, at lhe great couu-
cil fire. 1890
: Breaihes here the man with soul 20 dead,
& Who never To himself nBtD SAID