Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-07-18

shall now turn recreant to their duty, and
become destroyers of their freelon--of an
object of universal eulogium and praiseg
10: Gentlemen, let no daring wretch put
his hand upon this sacred trust; let no anti
unionisi approach her sanctuary. BIT lot
each inheriior Of our blessings have inscrib-
ed upon the tablet Of MS h "a i tn } imn1tl.
| ity of the American Union. Lot every b1-
som cherish the same spark of patriotism,
and let every heart be laid upon the altar
of our common good, as incense TO the God
of nations, and every freeman kneel at
the are political shrine. Thus, shall VIC
/ see, gentlemen, the Constitution preserve
The independence Of the country, and the Ii
berries Of the people; and the Eagle and
the stripes and the stars, as they sweep in
| triumph over our own favored land, an
nounce to all the world THE NORTH
AMERICAN UNION Is IMMORTAL!
A great political pyramid rearing its tower
ing summit high in the heavens, crowned
with immortal fame, defies the combination
Of powers to work its downfall, and time
may crumble at its feet!
Had the balance, in the fate Of nations'
gentlemen, turned against us what would
have been our condition now? For an op-
pressed and injured people, who had borne
indlgniios until they could bear them no
longer, TO have been crushed by the arm of
an ngenerous aud unleeling foe, would
! have exhibited TO the world the submest
spectacle for sympathy the world had ever
seen. There was a fire enkinded in every boz
som that no opposing olds could quench;
| a fire of pure patriotism that would have
burned until the vital glow itself should have
been extingushed and would have shed in
the very moment of its expiration,a warmth
| of feeling around it that would have con
Quoted another victim to the altar where the
last had persisted! You may change the
conduct of mankind-you may confne the
| body in dungeon--you may exhibit the
fears of tortures and prosecutions in the
most frighlful forms to the Imagination, yet
the heart is stiH the same; the bosom contin-
ues to be warmed by the glow of feeling
| that nature implanted in it. And had tho
patriots of "sEyENrY-sIx' been out done
in their aspirations for liberty, they would
only have uttered their own feelings in say
ing;
For thee, FAIR FREEDOM, welcome all the
past,
For thee, MY COUNTRY, welcome even the
last
The greatest nation, gcntlem n, that has
ever exlsed-the greatest nation that has
/ ever fallen--a nation famed for her arts and
her sciences, her eIoquence and her song;
while her people remained virtuous and en-
| sh'cned--while they remained patriotic
and devoted to their country-won name
that stands high embhz1ned in glory. But
when She occupied her loliest hold of pow
or. and stood forth in all the brlliancy of
never dying f,me-the central orb of the
political word-her people became unmind-
| ful Of their duty, and as they struck the
paricidal wound, she fell and buried them
beneath her rains! Her science, her ar
chiecTe, her philosophy. her eioquoace,
Nnd her song are yet embloms OIL her great
ness--mementos OF her existence.
Happily, Gentlemen for the North Ame-
rican Union that she raised her banner when
she did--that she announced her freedom
in the dawn of the day of intellectual reior-
nation. Happily that she exists at a time
when mems insitiable thirst for power is
quenched--and liberty and security, and
peace is their Hottest aim. Happily that
the blessings of the nineteenth century are
thrown around her, and that LEARNING has
spread her pinIons over the civilized world,
and hovers in all her grandeur over our
own immortal land!
We bear but little analogy to other ma
tons who have gone before us. We have
no barbarian hordes as Rome to fear-no
Cloths and Vandals in an uuexplored region,
to rush in countless thousands on our shores.
| Though young, we have national honor,
pedce and prosperity among us. Though
young, our land is famed for patriots, for
heroes, and orators, and conseerated with the
dust of her immortal sens
Warriors who fought for her freedom and
Statesmen who fondly embraced her in youth.
1 The orb of nations glory has arisen
our sphere. Heaven has smiled upon on
prosperity, and our existence as nation is
! registered on high. Our banner waves in
, triumphant grandeur over our land, and our
} name is venerated and respected by every
sovereign on earth. The oppressed in eve
land find here refuge from their sufferings
An asylum of security resting place
; on which to abide. The guardian angels
; of Heaven are looking down upon our land.
r Our Washington is no more--our Adams
is gone--opr Jefferson has left US, and our
> Madison has joined their kindred spirits
9 above.
+. Then, Gentlemen, let us hold on to our
$ Constitution; let us look up to it as the
Q great political sun Of cur existence as a ma
q lion; as the very CORE Of our freedom. Let
: US be mindful OF it while we live, and when
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