Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-09-30

Plhe following beautiful passage is ia
from an address delivered by the Hon.
WIS CAss, before the National Historical
ieiy, in the Capitol at Washington, on
SOh Of Jan last.
We may leave splendid monarchies of
other hemisphere, the decorations with
lch they surround their institutions, re-
Ping that our own political edifice is free
any meretrlclous ornament But the
|nOtlon of literature belongs TO all ages,
nations, and governments. Nor am |
persuaded said the patriot, first called
10 administer the present constitution,
whose memory is already sanctifed by
virtues and services, nor am less per
ded' he said in his first address to Con-
alter he had entered upon the execu-
OIL his duties, that you will agree with
10 opinion, that there is nothing which
Oelef deserve your patronage than the
nolon oil science and literature. Know
eS IN every country, the surest basis
apPlnesS, In one, in which the meas
VI government receive their impressions
Immediately from the sense of the com
y, as IN ours, it is proportionably es-
al; Wonderful man Time is the
le'elIer Of human pretensions. The
aen' which he pronounces upon men
mel i, actions, is as just as it is irreversi.
now lew OF the countless lhrong, who,
U'el Gay OF their pride, looked down
tDelr fellow men, or who were looked
y men, now live in the memory of
''ul AND as we recede from the peri
Snlcn they lived and hourished their
o ryT'neS DINNER and DINNER, till it is
susueu IN darkness. The world has
WISER IN The estimate of human worth.
, n 'ame oil common heroes has become
y, a. ana cheaper. But we have one
"aI can never die. One star, which
\" Of moral darkness can extinruisb
'"'ne on, brighter and brig hter, ill it
ooba ,ne clllIgence of that day, foretold
Vppv'y' and invoked in poetry:
S r"e' wen Its sparkling portals shall displav
mars a. upon us IN the food Of day;
evenina C r,s.ng sun shall Gid the morn,
lost, dr. y",nia lll her silver horn;
liIs u aS'ed IN thy superior rays.
rOo,s :, s'ofl, one uncoudcd blaze.
ealed >, Ii1~ur's; the light himself shall shine,
D'' uouS eternal day be thine"
,r rpo oa., "na' may to our country, this
,; G ean never be wrested from her
GLs mi may become like Tadmor, her
her I L G;Iia"Pa1gna, her ports like Tyre,
Of Il'IS like GiIboa, but in all the
tSa, D ,E., hopes she may still proudly
wbo sue has given one man to the
be Of of h ias devoted his best days to the
warl us counlrymen, without any 9th
I5a, u 'nan their love and his own self
When " who gladly laid down his
pooi.hp peace was obtained who glad
Pace ' Of h.; supreme authority, when the
n " us character was no longer
reNnS consolidate the infant institutions
pIo"n ''c and who died ripe in years
lin ~ lnourned as few have been be-
|rr,. lr mere in this hall, whose lounda-
Is ' Ion by his own hand here, I'm.
Of I5G i. which looks out upon the
Go r~ se,puIchre here, in this city,
bbiec, us name, and selected for lis
eceO, ' ~ ms choice, let us hope that
lb h. will be heard and his example
lhe, Uug 60 all succeeding ages. And
onored wal" aus shall be time-worn and
up IN IT.; and American youth shall
pon tb '"'s temple of liberty, to medi.
hav thO u past and contemplate the fu.
b and ,dey md lessons and examples for
Yben tbp patriotism to study and emulate.
erima ue votary of freedom shall make
ID HJIS a' to the tomb of Mount Yer.
Li%y MS ms hand upon the lowly GENE
pf WA recall the virtues and bless the
"ASHlNGTON."