Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-02-20

the plough; his mind was no more enlight-
ened by the study of the instructive volume
of nature; and both mind and body were
enervated and besotted by the new scenes
of city life.
The Roman soldier was no longer a citi-
zen, with a home, a fireside, and family,
and the graves of bis fathers, to defend.
He no longer dwell upon the soil upon
which he had been nurturcd; which had
been the theatre of the industry and virtues
of his ancestors. The Roman soldiers
were no longer the blocks of granite that
sustained the suporstructure of the Roman
Commonwealth. They had become grains
of sand blown hither and ththcr by every
wind. They had abandoned the plough,
and become houseles5 vagabonds; and they
resortcd to the tables of the demagogues
for bread, and to the city to see beastly
shows.
Here are the causes which crushed Ro-
mafa greatness. It was not the Northern
Barbarian who conquered Rome. All that
was Roman persisted before his arrival.
In place of Rome, the barbarian found a
bloated carcasc, putresCent with cOrrup-
ton.
At the commencement of Grecian and
Roman power we saw the commencement
Of the war between southern civilization
and northern barbarity. For centuries we
saw the steady march and the victories of
the Egyptian plough upon The war-club Of
J the north. The scene is now changed In
| the fourth century of the Christian era.
the barbarian in his turn commences the
war upon the civilized portion of the earth.
and the Goth and the Vandal come down
from the north Of Europe and Asia and
wave after wave rolled for three centuries
over fallen Rome. The contest reached
the whole length and breadth of savage and
civilized power and dominion.
And here is a new era in human affairs.
Here, upon the same theatre, was brought
into conflict all the usages. customs, opin-
ions, laws, governments, and religions, ef
all the tribes, and nations, and races, Of
i civilized and of savage men. Two new
religions, the Christian and Mah0mctan,
came to blows for centuries. Wars, and
violence, and prosecutions, and crusadcs
extinguished all safety and protection to
industry. The plough, and the axe, and
> spade, were consumed by rust and for a
thousand years the world was convulsed
by the COMMENCEMENT of all that was saw
age and all that was civilized, by all that
yos old and ali that was new. pit 70 nrn-
ctroto Tho darknoss that settled dow, mon
tho world far 81 man ccnfnr;os We ron
discover a perpetual contest wagcd the
whole time between two principles: the
r;cnItrra and fine other yvay oororotod :,
the sovago wiIdnrnoss Evroron ,,l ~, The -,
,,o r,,,9s,,;,s IF t;iIooo bad nro-,o,, 70 r., to
Eryntian, the Tebrrw7 tbe Greek and the
}, P0man That man will MT lahor I,nIpss tho
proceeds Of his industry is secured to him
BIZ fixed laws. ExDerience, therefore, had
tauoht civilized man TO live by the sweat
: of his face. On the contrary. the experi-
crce Of the savage man had taught him to
/ live by the strength Of his arm and by VIC
Ieuce.
Tho contest xyagod f,r 50 MANY. cc,,,,r-
ios rno,2 the r,,;ns ~ Rome v,as = contast
La,yccn the Hiouch and the sword Tho
boId da,.;nc hordy. cnr,hqTt;n~ Tortbarn
~h;afoin IN his nov residence was wholly
;r,,o,or+ e tho means :, nrovidn e,hs:si.
I nc for. lis yaesnis TEc srtfcrodtbc snnmv
far,;o Geils ,bot Ind horne tbonsand
bo1ycsts nnier Roman industry, to crow
,D N trorns and thisrles. and MISSING tho
,,i,;|J ,,,,,,a thai lived IN his native forests
he moTed from place to Mace in oucst of
: nlundcr. All his contriyanccs for ccntur-
les such as the faudaI system-chicGs and
Observation-Disclosures and tenants-baron, and
, serfs, still left him in wratched penury. But
: lone aces OF poverty, suffered by the lead