Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1835-02-28
VOLUME v.

VOLO03b ". AlN II
Er sheis s1cri6ce in their native Ind, and
hoped to glide down thu current If time j"
peace and q,lietn~ss, until they were recei-
we'd mp N the broad BISON Of the ocean Of
eternity.
Whit picture for tie poet aud moral
iss-whtt an example to place before the
wWid-and wi.nt lesson f,r the aInbi
tous and asp'r ng! With wi,st force do. 9
il call upDo m ,ntiDh Ia preserve pence
both - indi idu Is aid nations, and to ar
rest ,h- progress # ttat ambition which Is
produced s.lely by motives Of selfaggran-
d.z~ment.
A colony at Plymouth was esfaiI;s she'd.
Il became K" ,wn in Europe sl,,' prosperity
w1s csnueci~d with j., and tide If emf
" ton san'n commenced s>rsng towards
this " stern would, ard kindred col.,nie.
snse from ti,. wildern - - It C.s,iured up
ny the spell Of .ncI,. ninen'.
But one thing ~ shade owe: the hip
p;ne - of tn. set,l"rs. The .rig;n;l Er,ts
IL the snil began I" vi~w with 'spcio,,s
eye, the ever" chm II Of the pale feed
.,sanger; and II IN that time. yer after
ys,g y ID away, sweeping with IL nun
hre.'s If the avengers aud avenged into 'l,c
dark abyss old 18th hy the horrors Of w,r.
Peace, n ieng:iI .seca'nc 81. fr restored rs
20 d .J,nit the worried s.u'ersf lie down
10 quiet r-prs.. when. sud lenly the knei! 1T
tfct dom W $ br"'g'r by The eastern g lis
upon tnrr a,,os.is.,cJc RS. Tust cu.i',ry
10 wl,ic:, iiIsey i,aL ,Ukc: for s.fs.y and
pot. elton, ,hi: count'y from which their
t.,ssG..st aiIL Ie res; rcc,ll G i,ns WE.
through the spit vi as.rirc was pre-
p ring the ci.'ns i t!Ielr d - al stIon and
81 very. Yoa, teii W citizens, know ,ne
history .fi.i.s even; il h ; not only been
!, ais nj 81 70 ,ouI ~ u Is through Inc III d.
',1n vi bs"ks, bni many Ot you have SIT
npon the knee ola f.tner Or yr.nie.;her,
and S,tk pu;,dering hearts he.rd the ''of,
iOld tale" from the Or,Cle I'll his ips. 1oa
know tina; ;b. man whose birth we nOw Gel
etrlfe. led on the armies vi America. Yes,
hat mn,
"whose every battle field is holy grounsl,
Which brcathes Of ,.ations saveti-not worlds un-
done,
While the mere vIct,rs may appal or stun
The serviDe or the vain-his name will be
A watchwoni, till the future shall be free"
The sound of our revolution awoke the
nations OF the earth to a sense Of their nat
nraI rights. Its story swep; across the sea,
and penetrated to the interior Of kingdoms
like whrlwind. M"narchies, both abso-
lutte and limited. trembled to their centres.
Kings turned pale, and in pacing thcirsplen-
did palaces, glzed upon them as the mr.
riner g,z 3 upon his f,undered ship when
the tempes.uous ocean is about dashing il
10 atoms.
Fsance was tho FIRST 10 attempt an I'M
lation orthe conduct Of our fathers. She
WIS supplied with every material for sue
cess; wealth and abundance were in her
mp, e. her native peasantry standing in their
fields, and looking across the
isu.d Ai!,u,ic elowed with the liveliesi
1T the sound Of Liberty. Bat
they had no Washington to
guide, nor would they suffer the p1triot
L, F.ye!tc. to direct them. They rushed
Wild y and madly along THEN career u a
desired independence.
and the din
Of grOaning victims and w.; cres cor life
Proclaimed how well they did tho work Of
strife"
a war upon he throne Of that govern
mcnt commenced, t feudal ruiz. Of a thou
sud years was s,ppl .nted by the genius Of
revolution, nnd af,cr long and heart re-