Litchfield enquirer., 1836-11-17

sosL - 4. ',si0n of American IadeuerA -. fSv,,n md continued and cornnlet- s.i si0' Tv. Ioat around in vain. To them this
 ,.,vdeS fneatre full Of human life, in all dts stages of existence 1un oE glowlng exulta- ss., ].r Srnfh. of the steady maturity of man. o,. hord. tke sparkling eyes of beauty and the Il grey hairs of reverend age-all this to them Il is as the solitude of the sepulchre. We think I of this and say, how short is human life !- I But then, then, we turn back our thoughts a. gain, to the scene over which the falling cur l tain has but now closed on the drama of the
 day. From the saddening thought that they are no more, we call for comfort upon the me- 1 mory of what they icere, and our hearts leap | for joy, that they were our fathers. We see them, true and faithful subjects of their sove.
 reign, first meeting with firm but respectful remonstrance the approach of usurpation up- on their rights. We see them fearless in their fortitude, and confident in the righteousness of their cause, bid defiance to the arm of, DOW CT, and declare themselves independent states. We sec them, waging for seven years a war
 of desolation and of glory in most unequal
 contest with their unnatural stepmother, the
 mistress of the seas, till under the sign man.
 uel of their king their Independence was ac- knoWledged--and last and best of all, to see
 them toiiing in war and in peace to form and perpetuate union under forms of Govern
 ment intricately but skilfully adjusted SO as
 to secure to themselves and their posterity
 the priceless blessings of inseparable Liber- ty and Law. fiae, iJsti s18h < #fgPEt E
 Their days on earth are ended, and yet their century has not passed away. Their
 portion of the blessing which they thus la-
 bored to secure, they have enjoyed-and
 transmitted to us their posterity. We enjoy
 them as an inheritance -won, not by our toils-watered, not by our tears-saddened, cho11 sNfo 1,1 <n(
 The gift of heaven through their sufferings and their achievements-but not without
 charge of correspondent duty incumbent up-
 on ourselves. 9' 't i''.'''''.A
 And what, my friends and fellow citizens, what is that duty of our own? Is it to remon- strate to the adder's ear of king beyond the Atlantic wave, and claim from him the resto- ration of violated rights? No. Is it to sever the ties of kindred and of blood, with the peo- pie from whom we sprang? To cast away the precious name of Britons and be no more the counsrymen of Shakespeare and Milton- of Newton and Locke--of Chatham and Burke? Or more and worse, is it to meet their countrymen in the deadly conflict of seven years war 2? No. Is it the last and greatest of duties fulfilled by them! Is it to lay the foundations of the fairest Government and the mightiest nation that ever floated on the tide of time No! These awful and sol-l emn duties were allotted to them and by them they were faithfully performed. What then is our dutye .ts..l .Ass'tds~yh
 Is it not to preserve, to cherish, to snspyoue5 the inheritance which they have left us won by their toils--Watered by their tears-sad- dened, but fertilized by their blood! Are we, the sons of worthy sires, and in the onward march of time have they achieved in the ca reer of human improvement so much, only that our posterity and theirs may blush for the contrast between their unexampled ener- gies and our nerveless impotence? between their more than Herculean laborsi and our indolent repose? No, my fellow citizens far be it from us far be i. from you, for he
 who now addresses you has but a few short days before he shall be called to join the. multitude of ages past-far be from you the reproach or suspicion of such a degrading contrast. You too have the solemn duty to perform, of improving the condition of your species, by improving your own. Not in the great and strong wind of a revolution, which rent the mountains and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord for the Lord is not in the wind-nat in the earthquake off revolu- tionary war, marching to the onset between the battle field and the scaffold- for the Lord is not in the earthquake in the fire of civil dissention-in war between the meIn- bers and the head-irl notification of the laws of the Union for the forcible resistance of one refractory State--for the Lord is not in the fire and tlt0t fire was never kindled by our fathers! No! it is in the still small yeice that succeeded the whirlwind, the earth quake and the fire. The voice that stills the raging of the waves and the tunults of the Ipeople-that spoke the word of peace-of tharmony-of union. And for that voice, may you and your children's children |" to the last syllable of recorded time," fix your eyes up- on the memory, and listen with your ears to the life of JAMES MADISON. SIX. l4ailt It4 tTr1
 From the National Iatelligencer, of Nou: 5th. 'n
 In compliance with the resolution of the Senate, on the 1st July last, directing that, z" during the ensuing recess of Congress, the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be pub- lished, at the cornnenc cement of each month. statement of the amount of money in the Treasury subject to draft, and also the a.
 mount standing to the credit of disbursing of- ficers -The Secretary has published in the official paper of yesterday, that the amount
 ofmoney in,the Treasury on the last day of
 last month subject to draft, was $426l7,s ,sOl
 33 and the amount, standing to the credit of disbursing officers was $4e23, IS 9i-ma-
 king an aggregate sum of unexpended public
 money in the Treasury on the SIst October, of $47, ,44O,020, of which. however, @6lO, 400
 should be deducted as belonging to special
 trusts, and not applicable to the public ser-
 vice, leaving nett sum of @40, ,SSO, ,52O M
 Should the sum be distributed, on the first
 day ofJanuary, among the States, amount, as
 It possibly may, to fOrty-six millions of dol
 lars. the share of each State will be as fol- I lows: Itei le s5IsF a.sttl N#t F33Il id0