The native American., 1839-10-12

Which round its infant beauty played.
Ills not that lightning of the mind,
Which none can tame as none have taught,
Carecring fearless, unconfned, i
Along the trackess realms OF thought.
Ills not that fancy which enwreathes,
Around the forms the mind may mould
The line that lives, the smile that brcathrs
The look whose love can ne er grow cold.
Ills not that frenzy Of the soul,
Which jests with pity, mocks at fears,
And rnshes reckless to its goal
Ger paths lis crimes have stepped in tears.
II is that Love which fondy twines
Within its own the Strangers cares,
And in its nmos heart enshrnes
The veal or woe Brother bears.
The Rev. Brother J. ID. McCahe, who was Sc
lccted to deliver an Grafton on tue :" Rise, Pro-
gross, and Future Prospects of the Order,' then
rose, and addressed the Brethren and friends i'll
a strain Of eloquence seldom surpassed by any,
and cqualed by few. He handled the subject i'll
q mastery manner, which showed that he per-
fectly understood his theme. Wewill not attempt
to follow him through his discourse, but merely
give an outline Of his speech.
He introduced the subject by referring TO the
difficulty in obtaining information for the con-
s.ructon of the history of d-Fellowship-its
records are unwritten, and only to be obtained
from the founders of the Order. He spoke of
the propriety of looking back to the origin of
such associations, as furnishing incentives to flu
ture action. The uncertainty that surrounds the
origin of the most prominent nations Of antiquity,
and the degree Of pleasure with which we regard
their history notwithstanding their record oforime,
represented all awful sublimity as when we see
temple shivered by thunderbot, or a village
buried beneath the rush Of an avalanche, the firm
earth trembling as it passes, and the everlasting
mountains bowling at its presence. If history is
called upon to record such events, splendid social
virtues should not be entombed without sigh,
or suffered to rest without an epitaph. 1t was the
province of history to record tire rise Of small
communities alike with the war-tounded throne
of power, or the creation of new dyasty. He
invoked its aid i'll filling up the chronicle of Odd.
Fellowship spok of the society of Odd-Fellows
as having had tendency to revive the social
feelin gs its introduction spoke of its reputed
origin among the soldiers of the Roman camp; IT'D
existence among the northern tribes who subdued
Rome; declared this story apochrapha, and re-
pudiated the taste that sought the origin of so no.
bic an institution among the lcentlous Roman
soldiers, or found materials for its construction in
the barbarous morals of the Goth, the Visgoth,
and Hun. Gave history Of its establishment
in the City Of Baltimore in 1919, by five stran-
gers paid passing tribute tosthe city, and traced
! the progress of the society from this small be-
ginning through fifteen States, numbering some
forty thousand members, and its establishment
beneath the one-star'd banner of Texas; showed
the propriety Of its organization, and the gram
dcur Of its plans; answered the opinions of the
day which rejected the lights Of experience and
observation in forming its plans for the improve
ment Of morals; showed the powerful naue nce
the institution would exercise in checking national
corruption and establishing national virtue, espe-
cially by means of its school fund; alluded to
the exhibition in Baltimore in April last Of one
hundred and fifty orphan children, beneficiares
of the Odd-Fellows Orphan School; pointed out
the future prospects of the Order did not consult
the stars, but read il. destiny i'll the smiles Of
beauty; warned against chcrishing the ceremonial
to the neglect of the practice it taught; pointed
out the sure and certain destruction which would
ensue and closed with the following remark:
/" Never, trust, shall the banner Of benevoence
which huttcrs in the breeze to-day be robbed of
its glory, but still float proudly on, over the
erumbng affairs and lettering temples of SUPER
sttion until the land bathed in its splendors shall
melt in the arms of its practical charities, and lis
brilliant dyes mingle with the beams of the
twenty-six stars which glitter on our coun,ry's
banner
When the enthusiastic applause with which
these remarks were received had subsidized, the
Choir, assisted by portion Of the Marine Band,
performed another piece Of music, which did
credit both TO their taste and execution.
The Rev. Brother E. Fl. Chaplin, who was also
selected to deliver an Grafton on the g Principles
and Tendency of Odd-Fellowship," then rose,