Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-11-16

Shak, Spcars'c Iunor which 'rodc on the posting
winds" In truth, the language of the Indian is
the language of naturc-and hence its cloQuemce
the elogucnCc Of truth.
We attended, many years ago. in the interior Of
Now York, u council of several chiefs, among
whom AntiGugah, Red Jacket, Shenandoah,
and the Young Rattlosnake-all more or less ia
nous IL was at the autuninal festival. which they
then celebrated annually, and at which hite dog
was burned alive IN tho middle of the council
house, and as sacrifice TO appease the wrath of
Yuhoovah-''thc Great Spirit" We shall never
! forget the sccnc-zthc yes OF the chiefs as they
danced, with whoop and halo around the bowling
animal-the forms of the natives W no tbronged the
long and narrow log structure, and the deep dcvo-
ton which all seemed TO pay the traditional pa
gcant. Several eloquent speeches delivered,
which friend, the agent of the Onandagos, trans
latcC at the time. Shenandoah tho most dis.
tinguishcd speaker Tins venerable chief on ono
occasion made this tguraive and pathetic declare
/ ton: "My children, l am AN aged hcmock-Thc
winds of an hundred winters have whistled through
my branches, and am dead ut the top"
1t may well be questioned, whether any modern
orator writer could moro fecingy portray the
decay of,hc faculties the mental and physical in.
efficiency ofage. Scarcely less admirable the
remark of Pushmataha, a western warrior, who
died. we believe, at Washington. "My brothers,"
said he, evil so back towards the setting sun; but
shall no, go with them. They will walk in the
woods ana hear the wind in the trees, and the
Pushmutaha will not hear They will say
to my children, that Pushmataha is no more. And
they will listen 1t will be to them like the sound
of the fall OF mighty oak in tho Stiffness OF the
woods"
Many similar specimens of cloquencc and pathos.
crowd upon our memory; and, with admiration, il
mingled feeling of sadness, at the thought "how
fast the Indian race is vanishing away" How for
chile, and how correct is the touching remark of
ano'hcr "Thcy shrinking before the lido
which is pressing them away, and they will
hear the roar OF the last which shall settle
over them forcver.--Slowy aud sadly they cliGb
the distant mountain, and read their doom in the
setting sun.-Svon, they will live only in Songs
and chronicles of their sxtirmnators. Let tSssc
| be faithful to their rude virtues as men; and pay
one tribute to their unhappy fate as people"
Providence Journal.
ADMIRABLE SENrlMxNTs.-THc Press.-Whatevcr
difference of political opinion may exist between
public Journalists, the Providence journal, il
can afford valid reason for the employment OF
rcproachful, personal, and disrcspcctiul terms, in
newspaper contests. Let opposing editors differ
on broad political gronnds-lct positions be defend
ad or attackcd--assumpii ions maintained
futed-a may be accomplished in that spirit of
courtesy. which should regulate the intercourse
between men and citizens. For ourselves,
cannot mingie party predictions with personal
1cciings In such n manner as to embter and poison
the natural spirit Of regard in which we wish TO
hold our fellow men. Life, at hest, is not all
sunshlnc-and he is an enemy to its cnjoyments
| WHO ud!hcnS mat winch rs OF nSeff Sutnclently
sombrc, by rcproachcs-by ribald invectivc-and
| by personal abuso-which is seldom remembered,
beyond thc period OF its employment, without sor-
low and regret IT. in the violent political strug-
gle now ranging. it behoves every editor to hestif
himself for his country and her interests, it is
equally incumbent upon him to perform the duty
i'll such wise, to reflect no Disgrace upon his
profession, and TO keep up that amablc--at le,st
creditabla esprit dn corps, of which no honorable
supervisor of public press will ever lose sight.
|
Some time since (as newspapers say,) en- APP
pointmcnt was given to Dairy CrOcket by the Pre-
sdent, to stand on the Allegheny mountains and
wiring the Comets tail off as il passed We sup
pose the object of this especial Mission" will be per-
formed, the pugilisic precnsions of the hero of
Forked Deer are in great rcpute. Would it not be
well TO engage Dairy to run the Cholera off the IL
tinent, or grin its "malign influence" TO death?
Geo. Cour.
| modern writer thus enumerates the expression
of the female eyc:-''the glare, the STARE the eer,
the invitation the defiance, the denial the consent,
the glance of love, the flash of rage, the sparkling
of hope, the anguishmsnt Of solncss, the SOU mt
of suspicion, the fire Of jealousy the lusre of plea
sure"
| Coaaescension.-The insolcnt civility Of proud
man Is, if possible, more shocking than his rude
ness could be; because he shows you by his
ner, that he thinks it mere condcscenson in him;
and that his goodness alone bestows upon you what