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Yes, The "Ghcs," OF Civis stands before me
Aye. and II speaks. too,
"AupeS aud minisicr, OF grace defend rs,
lie thou spirit Of health. or goblin damh'i.
Bfin; with thee ~. from heaven, or blasts from
hrll,-
Ee thy inien,S wicked or charitable.
Thou c1In'N IN such a questionable SHAPE
That will speak to thee IN call thee, Ciris,
Ming, father, royal Dane; q, on,icsr me
Let me- not burst IN ignorance. but tell,
Why Thy canon2d b,nc>, hus rscd in death,
Have burst their ccremeui>, why thu scpulclf-,
Wherein We saw thee quietly in-urnd,
Hath Cpd hiS partcrouS and marble Jaws.
Tocas ucc up agan' What may this mean,
Tat thou. dead cursr, sgain, IA complete steel
ReSis.Isi thus the glimp,cs Of the moon.
Making ni2ht hidcous ant We fools UI nature
~ horribly 10 shake our disposition,
With thoughts beyond Tie reaches of our
souls :"
q, Mechanic will "condcsceui'' 10 r--,~s,
hoc' That thou may'Si not "bur.t m i,a0,r,.oc."
Wal tell thee, why the "Sepulchgr bath opd lis
Jaws io cast nc up again -
!, ihc graf sn,l learned Ctvi~ have hrr,, Ia.
bars of inv pt'>cn house, that ma relieve TIE
world III .he dfrinsa AMI isnorIn,s ~ which At
has hccn cnshr'ud,I ever since my departure
for tic world Of spirits. conc. that ih, Spn
winch had set io tisc no more, may again shed II,
liaht upon hen.ghied world. come. As
B llc Only SHriDW Ni me touU-llOu-c JUNO
and 10 g.yc \ Mechanic another ''puinurt. No.
with ny negro mall" ! come. dixie ran-
quo'> Fhosi,l To- deprive \ Mechanic OF his
/ Shuu-livsd pieaSure-and 10 cHod,sfiE) tell MIN
~ - bui tie beginning; IL t'ror." leone, 10 lci
poor and isH1ant world know that the negro
song al I'd Grimes - not The production 81 The
immortal bard, Shakespeare! l come. that ",Le
sclniiiaious Of ny intellect again east their
efiulscnce over the whole world AID wake zap The
sleeping senses for ages 10 come" ! come that
the "rLn'Ions of M" grey s,.Cse qtt'I max lie
, tie constant theme of Saecs. heroes, anJ states
men ~ all sficr time. I come % comm .inicat.
tie iHpo,'ut intelligence that Pretty mss Iacu-
lac has nose aqui!iis." ! come. 10 bear uiIu-.,
that "ir publican" cannot l. made 0u; a. s;i-a
! raw material" as a ''Sow's car" conc, To
ilaiic. "calole. and hoodVihk" the voters OF JEFF
f''rSnn INTO the supper; Of NV friend Of "hi.h
birih aud easy circumstances" I come 10 e. u
gra;uaie A Mechanic on "ihc triumph he has
achieved IN pcIsu'dng the friends Of Mr. Stri-
der OF the necessity of (Hon Withdrawing HIM
from the canvass ] come. To say. that "whi'st
/ Jefferson only rcnncd The Declaration Of indie
pendencc, and Madison only signed IT, and Jack .
son on'y achieved the Baule of New Orleans.
and succeeded IN" establishing the independence
of his country, 1t Was IN for the "Iowrrin. &C.
/ MUS" OF negro mailer" to pen the irii;g, the
'arSa'iie, the Classic, and Wtishiy Production Of
"CiviS Phcnir." ! come. To tell my friends that
]
"-S cpu.chred in such pomp lie,
| That kings for such a tomb might wish 10 die -
] come, TO prove that 1--WE are all of ono great
family" TAT elcciionecrin. times and all Of a,,-
other 'iamily" at other times. come 10 show
that am great "siieklcr for truth" by adher-
I ing To my declaration that would "nsrrr'f again
/ "condesccnd to notice" 4 Mechanic come.
10 show the world, that notwithstanding pro-
/ nCunced "the game not woitii the chase" pur-
3 sued NJ I'm rnv afr Il.
/ 10 follow H. come, To show the world that the
last communication of 4 Mechanic has achey ed
; Thai which "all the ioTturcS of Spanish Inuuis-
ton" could not accomplished has restored d. .
dead iu !iic-a wonder, without a parallel since
The resurrection OF our immortal Saviour I
come, 10 bear testimony 10 nv love Of frnh by
noticing Mechanic, after ! had bid him an
Everlasting farewell " and socrnnly declared that
/ no consideration could "rrsr induce me To notice
/ another communication from him." ! come To
declare that II does not suit my "morals" 60
bet, but that II Is perfectly consistent with them
lio--falsify my word. ! come, 10 declare
that the communications OF A Mechanic contain
mo arsument,' and that they are altogether
'.ioo ridieuiou, TO pretend to notice." and We, at
the same time to show that | write column after
column, and even rise from my grave TO notice
! hat which declared too ridiculous" and too
unworthy 10 notice. I come, To show that was
SO exceedingly 1atiered" (nuiiered) by the last
communication OF A Mechanic, that nv dis
eliminating mind did not enable me 10 distinguish
rid'eule from daitery. I come to ,ruh at the
! lsuppossd) triumph of my Young CourI-HcuSc
Junto pet over John StrIdcr. man Of the psoyie.
and the firm friend and associate Of all ciss,ce
the Mechanic rs well ~ the LAWYER the Farmer
rs well IS the Merchant the lahouring man &c
come to rejoice at he ('upposcd) triumph q
I Ho"h over agt-infeIior over superior claims
rfr'cnSions over real ial-riS-Tabid heightened
ariNocrate, high birth" principles. over liberal
political feelings and sentiments come. to
show that the Improvement Of the navigation Of
tie Shenandoah IS as nothing, when comnare,l
TO lie improvement q tie navigation of Mr..
\ Kennedy. ] come. 90 show my Towering ne
Mas my irlnSccndent literary abilities. nv
unhcnnded classical knowledge and NV ac-
duAintarrr with all the Cla,Gc authors tho
GnmeSes and The Qu,voiies, the Ranquos and
tie Shakespeare. tie Juniuse, and the Dcmo,i'ir-
/ ne. The Iaculines and the Ciccros. tn. Millions
snl tho BvronS, &c And last hut sot Least -
( show that iiie higher climb the ladder of fame
The more show what I am. ~ these
iliincs come 70 show, and many others "ioo ,c-
diouS 10 Intention"
And now. Mechanic. have answered your
question. What have Vou To- say
WHY. Civis. with an due deC~tcnce - ,,,,
better Judgment. ineih,nks YOU have Come n, ~
ton" upon ~ FOOLS GRAND" Better would a.
&C. q tou had remained quietly N vcufrtave fIi
dnoms-dav. n This he all tho advice and ,pf,,rp,.
Ton Won have arisen 90 imrari {, this iruer4pf
VOID u fe11lr6d % "ghnst' 90 tell ue a,i fl..-
iti0os Md Won have become Tho pi'g ~ yarr
friends and lie ,iiiruls of Your opponents. Iv
rising iIom The grave. with 50 much "romp and
Circumstance 10 let Slip through tie rfarts
and lrlag n your head $50 much p,n.su., O,
Wad som" power The ginie rre hlm.
To sec himself others ser him.
liwoud ffae NOME blundcr f,ar HIN
And foolish notion"
Fni. % IL serious. when viii wonder. c~a,c
J bod always supposed. mil nov. that when /,
man vas dead ard buried there vas n.f,r mere
81 hun IN this world Ind always tat~n f.f
granted ihai whom hnh loving man assured
~ he VS. dead, that he was ~ iongcr alive -
But hrlirve old ihirrs have passed away anil
ai things have become bcv-. AMI 1attl. lau-er I
Ii'c iir more III learn Tic ri'i.Hi . Z OBJ. % .C.I-
VifI hnf 70 last overturned tho DI.tnr '.w and
f".e"abH-hct new order q ihinvs o. q, irue
hffe is one instance On record whore similar
miracle va rer fpri. I'm three dafs irvr.tr
o be- q. .Hf N.ra.a .a".a