Richmond palladium., 1839-04-27

Hrrantry to perform or stint Of appetite required;
his maxns bound from the oriental to the occi-
dental shores and from the artic to the anisrtic
circles
The Epethalameun of territorial! acquisition
has become proverbial song; the redolen, breeze
watts its pennen,s on the surface of all waters;
precepts allowing equal privilege TO the
gentle and atheous wretch. his country knows no
evil save the evil Of sin; for these probites 10
character shall we not say, Washington! OH /
WashingtonM peace TO thy name and dust that lie !
10 the valley Of the dead In 1859 Wolf, Mono
ton, Montcalm and Senezergus, noble, war worn
spirits OF the French war, breathed their las, ac-
cents on the plains of Abraham. in the preceden,
conflict Braddock died in the arms of Washing |
ton! The eallantry display ed at Breeds hill.
| The defeat of Charlton at Longuisle. the skir-
images on the brow Of Haeliem l776, the faith
/ full sortie at Monmouth the vigilance Of Pulaski
The settlements of Wyoming met a diabolized
butchery. Baron De kaib at the head Of one
brigade, at the battle near Camden, wi,hs,ood a
long while Cornwallian skill g. device. And after
the strange veteran had received eleven wounds,
he breaihed the death vapor Of an inundated
Martyr, for our liberty. Oh! that little ven-
GRAFTON might be sransfused into your unbroken
and privileged spirits
Can you behold the glowing texture Of de-
parted glory and not sigh at the blood rvulet
| that meandered from the battle SUNNI, for such
as died at Luctra and Marathon for our liberty
These very few of the many circumstances
r attending the conflict of decision, but thes are
sufficient, amply sufficient, to endear those
cd bx- (.od-I Ito
and protector. The rays of light and glory as
9 predicted by the old venerable ex-president are
g verefed they are beaming reiulgen,ly, and he
j. has lived to the end, and the end of his see
t ing is apt be under the administration of his
l. own son. The discrimination, frmness and
soundness Of dic,ion, in all the arts of land
IS not less exalted to those Of other country
y The fundame nta regulations of the United States
g with the state privilege, variation from the uni
II formty Of national policy, of such stand
is ard and completion safely to each ind
vdual his life and property. In this country in
q trnsic grandeur meets with her due reward, ant
e we prescribe the doctrine that brings man te
"a power and eminence in consequence of his inner
r itlng the political veins Of blood Tho it is al
m most past our belief-yet it is an unequlvoca
"a fact, that ihis state has settled with create
"a rapidity than any other Of the sisterhood He
- character in point Of population at .he grow ms
lr age Of "a years, stands in the fourth computa
re tion her future prospects seccnd TO none. Ar
lie ticial canal navigation, domestic trade, and
,e general school system fast maturing into use
is fillness And whilst the present incumbent G
ed the general had acts upon the base Of virtue, ha
id necessary qualification in a republican govern
nj fea of n uea
sures opposed, sucn as sending diplomatic
he gents to Panama; many. very many, deem this
~ good measure, besides very beneficial both
er, that and this country. Soldiers and veterans
m the revolutionary war! You who helped TO de-
Die fend the elements of this political fabric! Yo
who brooked the hard surge of war! You wh
" stood in the fiery furnace of affliction! You WI
of fought with dea,hless ardour in the chvalro,
lu- field Of Mars! 1t is to you owe the debt ar
lu- burst Of gratitude; 1t is to you bound, /
be every moral and honorable precept, 70: il
au- rnuai,es in th,. life, when tue last day of yo
- time hath come unto you, and your scar wo
no spirits shall have gone down to the dark dusl
ny valley and shadow OF death, unattended with o
pure and devotional tear, then will tho tempt
tar of Philo, O.nbus, Esne, and Dendarah, whi
d. from the Phonetic key bare the inscriptions of Il
the names Of Alexander the great, Ptolemy, CleoT
Die, ira and Beneice, be by time grated into comm
the dust of the earth.
sed Tho this your hard earned government is lie
te- liable, perhaps, to ruin, than any ether in I
ev- world, yet her great and glorious name may
IRA soed with the blood Of revolution and carnas
Try, Rome had the centripical power Of
on whole world within her walls; yet has her pow
of crunbled into ashes. And her seven hills
bile pruned and worn bare. julius Caesar once ov
ded come the Nervi but where is Caesars country
- Why, it is scourged by the impreceptible hemle
his of luxury. Poor Athens, the birth place ofScu
His ture and Geometry! With you the canopy
ess, war has darkened your hoping hopes: I
ned blood of Leonidas stained your Octa,
'ath streigh,s, but lett you unfettered. Oh! Gree
ned raise once more your almighty seige worn al
And and with fell purpose, revisit the wound Of Alb
un- him Pacha and still look in hope for equality