The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-07-25
THE LEARNED BLACKSMITH OUT.

The country has heard OF ELInu BuRRrrr
the Learned Blacksmith, Of Mass, and our
readers cannot have forgotten Gov Everett's
eloquent account of his wonderful attainmenrs
IN one OF his oratons al New England Col
lege anniversary During the intervals OF daily
toll he has become learned in some ffty Ian
guages. He still labors at his trade as black
smith. The exigences Of the country, however,
have called him from his anvil. and we learn by
The Worcester Spy that he took part in the Log
Sabin raising in that city, on the 18th June, aud
made highly eloquent appeal 10 the industrious
classes OF the country. We annex an extract o
two:
WORKING MEN OF NEW ENGLAND! am
giad 10 see and meet you al this interesting
time and place ! am this day prouder than
ever OF these marks in The palms Of NM hands.
which have borne from my youth and which
shall carry down with me 10 the graye--the
ncontestible proofs that have been and am
what am proud 10 be, working man es-
teen il The highest honor and privilege that has
yet been conferred ON me during my short "a
reer, 10 be permitted 10 speak 10 you on this glo
rious occasion. Saving my hopes IN Heaven.
have never. in all my busy days and nights in
all the reverles OF my imagination, IN all my
'on2ings after fame,n never have had an as
pTation that reached above or beyond the hope
OF seeing you instated into all the honors and
privileges OF moral, intellectual and civil beings.
The privileges of feemen Brethren of the hard
and horny hand as opposed ms il may be TO my
natural tastes and habits 10 speak in public, yet
n ever see such bastard and dwelling drones
as Benton and Buchanan plotting 10 sell for a
mere mess OF pottage, these your high destinies,
these your ndefeasibe ratrimony and birihright
Ill stand by and '.care not for the affection OF
Joseph" or forget 10 open my mouth Il plead
your cause, then let this blistered right hand
forget IFS cunning, and my tongue be stiled
IN everlasting silence. ] rejoice that you have
come hither this day. 10 tell the unprincipled
consprators against your liberties, tina, they sad
" mistook their men, when they thought 10
transfer the stout and stubborn sons of New
England, 10 the miserable degradation of serf
Ike bondage. am proud TO see you in your
places; not with helmets all unbraced.n but
with all your amor on +; ready to assert and de
iend your appropriate and inalienabte post OF
honor, me hte-gnd'as ~ on" Constitution and
lars
We annex the concluding passage of his
speech, and regret that we have not room for
the whole of ii
When Bunker Hill sent forth its thunders. il
IS said that the echo was heard among the rocks
and dells of the Green Mountains, and upon the
tops of the Alleghanes. remember an anec-
dote somewhat Illustrative of this. once heard
two veterans, in old Berkshire. speaking Of the
SioiiouS Observation-Disclosures fUiS lItU, DuI the
other 18th Said they: We were hoing corn
out here in the lot; and we tried and tried 10
work but we could not do IT, We then stopped
and leaned upon our hoe handles, and began 10
talk about our country. And while we spoke Of
its rights, OF American liberty, our hearts burn
ed lruhin as. And we listened for we thought
we heard something BY and BY, a low, heavy
booming sound, came rolling and rolling on over
the mountains, and il came over our cornfeld,
and the earth shook and Irembled, and the
ground began TO move under our feet, and be-
tore we Were aware we found ourselves way out
on the other rop And then we stuck up our
hoes IN the tunow, and went over to old FAC
Bgelow's, and IRE told him TO lend rs his gun.n
If New England should speak as she ought an
other such sound would 90 out over all this land,
and thousands OF our cheated fellow country
men, who have long followed the ruinous
ploughshare of this administration, would find
themselves, ere they were aware, on another.
roir. And when, al the expiration of four years,
they should have hoed ont that ron, they would
COME roand again, infallibly and instinctively,
on the NOR TIL BEND