Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-03-16

ing the wars winch devastated thc
continent of Europe from 1893 until
IlSl4, the Army, composed Of the IN
dustrious, the honest, and the moral
people Of Saxony, (and the Saxons, BY
the way, have been the progenitors OF
large portion Of our Population) was
compelled at difieren periods BY the
force Of events to array itself alterna-
lively on every side, according as the
different belligerent parties FREEDOM
mated, and to tight and bleed IN all
auarrels but its own. 4 friend who
has read the paragraph in question IN
forms US Of circumstance similar IN
its nature and eminently illustrative OF
the troubled state of nations at the time
to which we have alluded. Some ten
years ago he met OH board one Of the
beautiful packet ships which makes
trip from New York to London, Liver
pool or Havre, almost as much mat
ter of course as the railroad, that is to
be, will make journey from Washing
ton to Baltimore, gentleman emlgra-
ting to the United States from the
Prussian Provinces on the Rhine, and
who although scarcely thirty years Of
age, had been already a subject Of SIX
sovereignties. lie was native OF
Coblentz, which at the time was at
tached to the dominions ofthe Elector
of Cologne. 1t was afterwards united
to the French Republication to the
French empire-and successfully to
the Grand Duchy Of Baden-to the
Kingdom of Westphalia, and, on the
subversion Of NaPoleon's power, to
Prussia.
Talk of the mutability ofhuman life
indeed, and of the changes which aye
producee Here is an individual who,
according to the doctrines Of national
law which prevail on the other side OF
the Atlantic. has, in the snort space OF
thirty years, owed allegiAt ce to Sc
ven different States or Governments.
All these allegiances are now merged
lin that which il was his intention to as
Isume as citizen Of the United States.
Singing is omnipotent;--it rules US
IN our cradle--it delights us in our
boyhood--it excites us to rapture IN
our manhood--it soothes and consoles
US in our old age. IL the moonshine OF
the night and the sunshine of the day
lin Joy and in sorrow-in prosperity
land adversity--in trouble and in calm
i'm war and in peace--in love and in
Ihate-ih refinement and barbarism--
lin palaces and in the huts Of the poor
lest Of the poor--in the hearts Of the
|gay and the hearts Of the melancholy
: at all times; and among all nations,
land climates and, tongues, the voice Of
tsong has the same unlimited dominion.
THE same universal effect on the heart
of man. Napoleon, in his stormlest,
!sternest and most tumulfuous ebulli-
tons Of passion--however gloomy,
,norose. and Observation-Disclosures al
once lulIed into a temporary calm by
1.-THE singing Of one whom he loved.
Rosseau and Robert Burns, when dy-
ling desired to see aud feel and behold
the sunshine Of dav;-they saw and
heard in it the low breathtlngs and
sweet singing, Of some blessed sacred
! melody,-Edinturgh Literary Journal.
From, Liberia.-We have received,
by late arrived from Sea. the Liberia
Herald to the 7th December inclusive
sheet which never meets our
eyes but it brings up in our mind
most agreeable train Of thought
There is no human enterprise, in the
guise Of charity or benevolence, which
has appeard to US even more free from
: objection than that of our African
} Colony. 1t is great charity, which
, more truly blesses those who give and
those who receive, than perhaps any
D other; and this without taking into
!, account its agency in the diffusion OF
, Christianity over bcnighted land
! the aspectin which many ofits warm
est friends and ours do most delight tt
: view il. 1t cannot hut be acceptable
: even to the adversaries Of the scheme
have believed it visionary, &c.
to hear Of the increasing growth ane
: solidity of this Colony.
t Nat. Lstelligencer
5 .4necdotc.-The hi Oh claims Of Jem'
$ ma Wilkinson, Uhat Christ had desen
ded the second time and dwelt in her
I are generally known.-Her place o.
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