Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-02-25
VOLUME VII. NUMBER 9.

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WHAT - TO DECOuGE OF TmIs COUXT2A1
Extract iron Osado~ delivered By Judge ssssy.
When We reflect On whit has been, What il, Low
10 il possible not feel profound sense ofthe
-ponsibil'ty Of this republic 70 all future aGese
What vast motives press upon u Tor lofty cG1rtf>
" hat brilliant prospects invite our eashusias0e-
What solema wamings at once demand our sigi-
lance, and modente our coo6denceS
Tho Old world hes already revealed to ~ 10 ito
unsealed books, the beginning aud end Of 81 iie
lovely Greece! the land Of scbolars aud the nusse
iof arms, where sister republics, in fair procession.
chansed tho praise cC liberty and the Gosd, whers
d sbef For two thousand years The oppsessoss
have bound her 10 the earth. Her arts sss 70
MORE The last sad relics Of her temples ase but
the barracks Of . ruthless soldiey-the fSagmeais
of her columns and palaces arc in the dust, yet
beautiful in ruins. She fell not when the mighty
were upon her. Her sons were united at Jhcsmo-
Pyle and Marathon, ~ the tide Of her triumph roll
led back upon tho llellespont. She fell oy tho
hands VI her own people, Tho MAN Of Macedo,is
did not the work Of destruction. 1t was already
done by her own corruptions, banishmcnts and dis
sessions.
Rome!-republican Rome! whose eagles Rlanc.
led in the rising sun, where and what is shes The
eternal city yet remains proud evee On her deso0-
ton, noble in decline, venerable IN The majesty Of
religion, and calm in the composuse a DEATH
The malaria has but travelled in the parts won BY
the destroyer. More than eighteen centuries have
mourncd over the loss ofthe empire. A moral dis
ease was upon her before Cesar had crossed the
Rubcon, and Brutus did not restore her health by
tie deep psobings Of the Senate chamber. The
Cloths and vandsls, and Huns, tho swsrms Of tho
north completed only what was begun AZ home.
Romans betrayed Rome. The lcgions
bought and sold, but the people paid the tribute
money.
And where arc the republics Of modern times
which clustered around immortal Italyf Venice
and Genoa exist but in name. The Alps, indeed
look down upon The brave and peaceful Swiss, in
their native asiness but the guaranty al their frcr
dom 70 their weakness, and not their strength.
The mountains not easily retained. Wlssn tho
invader comes, he moves like an avalanche, caUy-
ing destruction in hiss path Tho pcasantsy sink
before him. The country, too. 10 too poor fae
plumber, and too rough for vaInsble conquest.
Nature presents her eternal barrier, every eide,
to check the wantonness Of ambition Aud Switxes-
land pcmains with her simple institutions, militi.
session, and proracted by the Jealousy Of her neigh
bnvs.
We stand the latest, and if wc fsl, probably tie
last example Of selcgoverntnent by tho psopso.
We have begun it under circumstances OF the most
suspicious nature. We are 10 the vgor Of youth.
Our growth has never been checked by the OPP
preston Of tyrrany. Our Constituents never have
been enfeebcd BY the vices or luxures Of tho
world Such as we are, we have been fOm the
be ginning; simple, hardy, intelligent, accustomed
to self government and selfresPect The Allan.
tic rolls between ms and formidable ioe. With.
in won territory, stretching through many do
grces Of latitude we have .be choice of many pro.
ducts, and many means Of i0dcpe0dencc.-
The government 10 mild. The press 10 free.
knowledge reaches, OF may reach every home.
What faiser prospects Of success could b prcsso.
Itcdf What more 10 necessary than Tor the people
to preserve what they themselves have created.
Already has the age caught tho spirit -four ia.
sti,utioos Il has sscendcd both oceans. i lac
infused itself in the life blood Of Europe, and
warmed the sunny plains Of France, and the bov
lands Of Holland. II has touched the philosophy
ofGermany. and the North. and moving onward %
the SOUTH he's opened to Greece the lessoa Of bet.
ter days.
Can II b that America, under such cireum-
stances, caa Letrsy herself. That she ~ 70 Be d.
dod to the catalogue Of Republics, The inscspssoa
upon whose ruin is, "ihey wese-but are 10 =
Forbid it my county. Forbid is Hssves.
call upon you FATnKRs, by the shades Of your
ancestors, BY the dear ashes which rePoes il die
precious soil, by al you hope to be, resist every
project Of sesst every attemp, % 6etaer
your conscience o. smother your Public Schools,
ex,ineu;sh soar system Of Public instruction.!
Icali upon you MoTnxns, By that which never
fails in woman, the love Of your opsiag, - teseh
them - they climb your knees 70 Iesn Q" yoss he'
SONS, the blessings Of lil,esty!-6weas them ~
altar, ~ with their bapsm0al vows % b true -
their country, and ncves fossake her.
call upon you, you0R men, 70 seOcObes Wbooo
SINS you are, Whose blood aows ia yoss weiss.
Life can never b too short which briggs soshia&
bot disgrace and oppression. heath sever eo@ss
lao soon, it necessary in defsccs q The liberties
VI our country.
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