Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-05-05

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/ -e-r lal d.ler parts OF Frsnce, similar cls.aa
/ .-.,.E Henry he sseu1d oi France having re-
--.l SIGNAL service Of tie clerks al The palace ih
undressing sedIt.or, was desifvus 90 reward utI
I4gat.: bui they refused aHy recompens and mere
+ accented the p Flcge granted By Tie hng 81 e'-
i'm, .lcl trees 10 bis w00as tAey might s. ccl i'i
4 he flsHtaa Of May. privilege which eAis'ea 81
I de commencement Of tie revoHtlun-and 90 Z
( an4 Il lbs been the practice, time lnmeiu1ral I'f
/ tie village youth early HAT morning to 20 May
I me- IN short .hese amasemen's 50 natural al INC
return 81 thf fire sra5ou are 10 be met wiii among
IA tie natives Of Europe, IN The regions Of ihe
north whore nature has rot been 50 lavish OF her
| early charms as "a more southern hutudes Thu.
+ lb. s1me spirit seems 10 be universally dihised
| throughout oar northern sphcre-eveIy heart
bounds wltl, delight, 1nd every pulse beats quicker
! as booming Mayappfnaches; AMI vel may her PIES
cuee be anticipated with rapture-then stern winter
! wrapping his icv mantle about hm HES 10 other
cljues; his piercing winds are succeeded by the bal
tpv Zephvr and Sd with his cheering beams dis DIV
! us tie chains which have so oag bound tie EARTH
/ Itf and beauty burst forth from decay and desu.l
/ uun. Each month in lis turn brings new Joys and
new cares. March is hailed as the first month OF
spring, but It's piercing winds and cold lrosis too
| often remind as of WINTER reign April smiling
| through showers Is nyev. but May, sweet May
I
| puds ofthe year. We look abroad upon the land
slape and every where VISIONS 9lnyenes9 great our
/ ewes. orr hills are crowned with ycrdure and our
/ frtla Wales TEEN with tie promise Of an abundant
harvest. Tie air IS redo,cut With tie fragrance OF
ll1sers appropriately named The alphabet OF au-
gels which are scattered over hill and dale the
woods resngnt witn the pyol5 warbllng' OF the
fathered tribe; thousand cond-cap3d hills offer
sweet incense 10 their maker; thousand sm.nr
wales proclaim the gIDlne.s of God, aud thousand
yIewless spirits are hymng His high praises. Day
unlo day uttereth speech and night unto night shed
deth knowledge; there is no speech nor language
where their voice is not heard" With these our
hearts are tuned IN unison. We too would own the
power of God aud offer up our hearts best homage.
II W. celebrating is the idea that thousands yea
hundreds of thousands are this day rejoicing with
us nhablng different countries, having different
customs and habits, speaking different languages,
Net every heart inspired with the same sentiment
and every tAngue expressing the same feelings OF
joy and gadness.
Fer natures mu3c--yarous as the hour
Solemn or sweet, hath ever mystic power
SuiI u preserve the unperverted heart,
Awake tolove and beauty, and implrt
Treasures Of thought and feeling pure and deep
Which aid the doubling soul lis heayenward course
to keep"
And ifthc most savage and unenlghteued mind |
be animated and inyigorated by the contemplation |
Of the works OF nature, how are inadequate |
words to portray the sublime and delightful emo
tons Which are excited IN refined and cultivated |
breast. II the SAVAGE sees God whereon he turns |
his eyes, how can the other dosbt his existence |
she savagehears the voice of God in the thunder, |
and ~ the rushing Ola thousand chrySal rivulets.
II the others power is seen alike in the creation,
aud N the preservation of the humble daisy, his soul
i expanded and in the fullness of his heart he eX
claims with the poet;
"The rolling year is full of thee,
Forth III the pleasing spring
Thy beauties walk, lily tenderness and love
Wide flush the fields, the >olened air is balm
Echo the mountains round, the forest smiles
And every sense aud every heart is JOY"
Let us for one moment imagine if possible what
would be tie feelings Of a person, whose eyes had
ever been closed on the beauties Of nature; could
the curtain of blindness he removed and landscape
glowing with all the beauties OF May, at once burst
on his sight The language of poetry would fail to
describe his emotions, then how much more should
G,oso eNo,t" our gratitude, who are possess
ed Of the perfect u.e nall our senses enjoying res
deuce in Christian land under the auspices of
free and happy government, untrammelcd by the
shaekles OF ignorance superstition and vice.
Life is but a series OF changes; the months roll on
in varied succession, and year after year passes
away; mulabIiiy is written in TIE face Of every
earthly object
One year, the seasons changes Ger
What would a thousand teach us more,
Each hath its gariandS and its gloom
Its Joyous festival and doom;
And ancient Tyre, ard Modern lay
Chant the same strain TO lovely MAY.
| Let us turn our eyes and view the changes in our
own country as deneated on the pages Of II story.
| Four centuries have not elapsed since our western
| hemisphere which comprises more than one third Of
the habitahe globe was one vast wilderness, unrol-
den and unknown, save by the original possession
Of the soil. The gigantic mind OF Columbus do
signed and by the aid ofan mconquerabe spirit OF
perseverance, achieved one Of the most important
exploits which grace the annals of the world-what
must have been his feelings on hehodm1 for the frs
time that western world oerapryad with verdurc
lis majestic VI Ws, It's lofty mountains, and lovell
plains, on which the eye Of a European had neve
before rested, of the sublime majesty and extreme
beauty OF which they could form no conception ant
what would be his emntionS could he now return Il
earth, and behold this country then wilderness, in
habiied by savage tribes, now the happy home u
millions of civilized aud enlightened beings cout
he behold IN the place OF the rude Indian village, tn
stately city, as by magic reared, crowded wit
domeS aud temples, adorned by all that luxury O
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country increasing in wealth aud power, the wor
der Of the nations olthe earth; as he contemplate
all these would not his heart CLAW with feelings III
utterablc? Even in this portion ofour country VIII;
wonders have twenty years not wrought; twent
wears since the red man vas the Lord Of the lores
here was his hunting ground; here the graves
his fathers; here in the deep sounding aiSlcs Of N
tures temple he roved free and unshacklcd-
was heard 10 break The silence Of the forest but Il
veil Of the savage, or the bowling of the beasts
prey. On this spot perhaps, some undaGnled wa
!nur aulid the varying toTments OF surrounding Toe
has raised his last song OF triumph, displaying b
contempt oipain, and an unconquered spirit brcat
| inr defiance even amid the protracted agonieS
i fire. But look agaiu the l0rests have disappear
before the march Of civilization, the wilderness al
:, desert places bud and blossom as the rose whe
: once the savage war whnop resounded, now re-ec
: the praises Of the living God; the wigwan has disa