Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-07-13


did the, sustain the scores of unequal battles, in
which they struck for freedom and the rights Of
man. But though for time, no human arm as
sisted us had ally that, in our darkest hours,
hadc Us NOT despair The Genius OF Liberty was
with Us She m>ilcd quenehlcss spir into the
hosomN OF all. She went from camp To camp, and
animated the councils of her heroes. When the
battle RACED, She flew from rank IL ranh, and en-
couraurd officers aud men. She stood hy her dy
my MARTYR, who. with ms last breath, blessed his
country, and shouted e" liberty She nas in the
hospital, aud the weak and cmarlatrd soldier al
most cursed the lingering hours thai kept him from
the field OF glory She presided IN the legislative
councils, and her ,otliirs trcd, "eNcu, liberty,
OF give us DEATH Nor WIS She our only ally IN
eye thatnever Winks, Was upon Us. Anarn more
potent than that ii man MS made bare in our be
half \ captain that never lead, but 10 victory,
guided our leaders. One who ea,o Ia man his lit
Id wisdom, directed onr rulers. We l,iumphed.
and the iiierls of liberty every where rcoccd with
ms. The great theory OF mans capacity ior sell
government was about to be tested, and thousands
of noble spirits, though stepped, themselves, IN the
eall of slavery, prayed earnestly iol our success.
l he eyes OF the world uerc still fixed upon us
They awaited the issue with the same brcathlcss
inlercs, that they did the issue of the prcal struggle
with our mother land. W. set 10 work with pat
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problem WITS in n course ol successful demonStra-
ton The structure OF mans cnsllvcmcnt was
shaken 10 its foundation. kings aud Empcrors
gazcd at each other IN silent aSonislment. They
trcmbcd, for the, felt thcir thrones already tot
terlnp beneath thnm; but the advocates al free GOV
crnncnt agd the rights of man every where, hade
us Il hearty God speed They looked upon
our Young Republic Il hrigh spot in the WIDE
wast" oi arspotlsm us Green and beautiful
OASIS in the orrai desert OF moral and political sli-
very. Bnt where are they who purchased for II,
the rich boon OF liberty Where j. that liltlc
band, which, midst difficulties aud dangers that
would have made Napoleon pause, linked lis shields
together, and lrnmphantly met tho drilled minions
OF tyranny Where are Our WESTINGHOUSE our
Wa1cns our Lees, our llrnrNS, our pcndcons I
here The Laf,,et,cs, the De kalbs the Puasks.
noble and lluStrous foreigners who she'd their very
blood IN the cause OF IA country not their own
The most of them are conc. The tide OF time, IN
us onward sweep, hath carried them away. \ few
oi them, however, still lnecr amidst the stcues oi
then former glory. Wien look upon these old
warriors, bonding down 10 that earth with which
they have, 50 soon, To mnplr,--iull OF years and
full of honor,--l am mrcsi,liby carried buck 10
those tunes when, YOUNG, ardent and vigorous,
they stood upon the outer ramparts Of the temple,
with sword unShcathcd, read, To do or die" IN
their country's cause. Large is the dcb we owe
them That their posterv might be free, they
took their lives in their bands, aud lcil family,
friends and home Forns, they spent whole sleep
less nights, with nothing but the broad canopy OF
Heaven above ihem--nohnp but the damp earth
beneath them. For us, lhcN marched, often with
ont food over the frozen SHOWS Of the North, mark
lng their steps with the blood thai rlcklcd from
lheir unshoddcn feet Venerable Fathers Take
our respect, our eratitude-l all We have to give
Whenever one oi YOU IS called away, nation
wecpS when You all are zone, nation will
erect one general monument to yonr memory
When our fathers were engaged ~ that
ercat contest, then NatchWod was, Union
and Liberty ears hay" passed away, aud
our Union Is Sui unh1ohcn-oW noble III
shtntlons stu nhnpa1tea. Heaven has crown
ed us with every blessing that IA Nation can
enIoy II la, raised mp muster spirits suited 10
every crisis through which we have bad To pass.
by day and pillar of fire by niebt,' to the poiii-
cay cnslaycd in every land. Nations fired by
onr example, have II,en up aud unliHlcd the
banner Of freedom; some successfully ,-pthcrs TO
fall back INTO chains more CALLING than before. /
ven England, proud and hauahy ENGLAND, Sim
ulalcd by the example of her former subjects OF
those whom he once spmncd from her throne
when humbly petitioning to be slaves has merged
INTO the scmbancc Of freedom, and i, improving in
the art of self-goycrmcm every day. Tie
sehoo-masicr IS abroad in her territory, and the
people are progressing in ratio with then ardent
desire to be free. When, a ic" months since, Il