South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-07-23

faithless and droWsy Watcnmen, anu
| station in their place virtue. intel'i-
gence, vigilance, and fidelity.-Tha'
both rulers and people alive to impen'
ding dangers we're deeply sensible Of
the sanctity of the charge, our fathers
committed to Us, in the integrity and
preservation of our constitution the
brightest ornament, the most glorious
4 privilege, and the most valuable inner.
itance, ever enjoyed by mankind.
4 Time in its transit has within the
last few days, in the death Of the grea'
I architect, canonissd the sacred ediiice
Of civil liberty , JAMES MADISON, 10 q
peculiar sense, the founder of our con.
stitu,ion, and the latest survivor of its
signers is no more. For more than
thirty years the patriot statesman, in
active public service, applying the vast
powers OF bis great and pure mind, to
promote the prosperity aud happiness
of this mighty nation, for more than
twenty years in private life, the teacher
by example and precept, Of virtue, pa
triotism and bensvolence.-He lived
| to witness the fruits Of bis labors, in
the prosperity, power and influence Of
bis country and by his death, we are
sensibIy impressed with another aud a
deeper motive for the purity and pres.
ervalion of cur free institutions. Good
s. yirtuous man-great Sc wise states
mana nation this day monrns bis loss,
and what tears of affection and honor
shall We not weep! He has gone to
his reward, full of years, and Of glory,
| and honor and with that brigh, and
powerful intellect, unimpaired, which
formed and fos.ered the strength and
beauty OF the proudest pillae Of free
dom, to dwell in his place under the
Immediate government Of Infinite wis
dom.
mo pearl ever lay under Omar's green
water,
| More pure in its shell, than thy spirit in
thee"
Were the people sensibly impressed
With the importance Of preserving pure
and unweakened our free institutions,
and informed in virtue and intelligence,
we could on this day with pride Of
heart, predict that our country will
| continue to progress in prosperity and
happiness, aud ere long assume q
| more important station in controlling
the movements Of other nations, than
she now occupies. Ifshe be but true
TO herself, the great pillars Of strength
and beauty, by which she is supported,
will bid defiance to the hand Of the
oppressor, and the tooth OF time and
she will continue to prosper, gather.
ing influence and stability as she ad-
vances. Her course will be onward,
and onward j; and Oaiseonsin, Oregon
aud Texas, will nestle under the wide
spread wing Of her protecting Eagle.
Her voice will "swell TO louder notes"
in other lands; and wherever the star.
gemed banner sweeps the free air OF
Heaven, the fame of her doings will
snkindle flame, and arouse spirit,
which rivers cannot quench,nor armed
multitudes subdde. She will continue
,ostand TO both hemispheres the beacon
of liberty, whose light will blaze on ev.
cry mountain, isle, and sea, and land s.
until "myriads, guided by its mellow
radiance" shall proclaim universal Q.
Emancipation to man, and he assume his
legitimate place in the great scale OF
existence.
"And the Star spangled banner in tri-
umph still wave,
Der the land ofthe free and the home of
the brave"
" In the 5th column and prece-
ding the last paragraph. from some mis-.
hap, the following passage was omitted
in the above Grafton
S.upendous are the consequences to
other nalions which have already flow
ed from the spirit OF our country's free
dom. Early in the infancy of the ma
lion her voice broke in power across
the A,lantic-Fraoce felt the poten,
spell, and while the cry Of her people
for liberty and republican government
evinced the origin Of the sentiment
which burned in their bosoms they
toppled down the crown Of the Bour.
expelled the weak and indolent
Lewis, -and dashed to atoms his
throne and her statues. This spirh,
reslless and misguided, was but the
premature offspring Of tina. we this day
Ne,os at Washing t0n.-We under.
stand tina, there is TO be marriage in
high life enacted ere long. The par
tao are Mr. Van RurRn and n cprtain