Litchfield enquirer., 1841-08-12
Make Room for POsterity.'-The ed

Make Room for POsterity.'-The ed
'tor OF the Baltimore Clipper, in reply TO a
correspondent using the signature Poster
i'y,' says, we make room. for Posterity.'
Well, Just what our brother does, has
been done from time inmemorial. Cain
wandered 10 make room for pOSierity.'
Israel s"j"nrned in the desert and possessed
canaan to make room Cor posleriiv.'-
fneas the piuuS wandered into Italy Ia
make room for pOsterilv.' Penn gather
ed tie people oGl,is faith together, and sa,
peaccably down on the banks of the Della
ware to make room for p"steri,y.' Men
are elb"wed ttom cities, and located in
Prairies, for that purpose. THE poor In-
DIAM VIII" sat quietly down in his wigwam
To smoke the pipe Of peace, and see his
standardization prosper around him-he,
too. is admonished that the whites need
bis land to make room for poS,erity.'--
lie goes reluctantly TO the distant West,
half plrased with the idea Of hunting
grounds that will afford room Tor his pos
terity.' The posterity Of the Indian -
base The whole soil Of the new world, its
point lost in some peninsula that fades
away into the distant Pacific. The deep
foundations which our aged men are laying
for habitations yet to rise and the finished
saloons aud ornamentsd halls-what are
those but room for posterity 2 We fol-
lowed, only few days since, into richly
"Inamented burying ground, the body Of
one who, for yeats, had filed large
space in the public eye; and when they
had lowered into the narrow resting and
decaying place the coffin Of the great man,
and covered it partially with earth, our
procession, turned TO pass out, met another
following young maiden to her last sarth-
~ home. AS we passed the mourning
ihrOng, marshaAed into funeral train,
Que whom we had long known shook his
head ia mourniul recognition, and seemed
to say Of eur errands thitl,Or, WE have
come 10 make room for posteri,y.'-
Room at thy hearth, o mother said one
nf tho sweetest. poets Of cur time, as he
started, full Of filial affection, 10 place his
new bride in "a daughters POSITION
Room at; thy hearth He came, and
found ample room. The beloved one,
the apostrophised mother, had passed away
to make room for her pOsterity.' All Of
US are crowding onward--all are passing
away to make room for our postcri,y.'-
We are to be pressed close, like the gath.
cred heritage, si5 that tile whole harvest Of
our six thousand years will seem to occupy
less space than the single generation that
constitutes their posterity. Below the sod,
we lie still and compact the true equality
Of flesh and blood is understood and illus
trated there, while above, ample space is
demanded, and acres are required for a
single living. The true democracy is ia
tho grave: 'there the rich and the poor
liz down together that they may make
room for their posteritv.' Even zoe who
write, and moralize as We pass along, look
back at the troop that demand our place,
and feel that we too have the duty to per-
form with decaying energies. We hope
there is room for US where there 10 many
MANSIONS, and in that hope We prepare,
like our professional brother, TO make
room for pos.eri,y.'-U. s. (Ihil.) Gaz.
Thy sciH be dOnc."-A mother was
knseling in the soft light Of the dying day
by the side Of ltr suffering babe ;-ihe
deep, low breatheG accents Of the father
went up in supplica,ion, rs if 10 the very
eur of the Eternal: 10! thou who dds
weep at the grave Of Lazarus, and dos,
note every pulsation Of the human heart
look down in thy compassion upon our
helpless child! o save him for thy
mercy's sake Whatever else thou with
h"Idest, give Us the life Of our sweet babe ~
Amen !" responded the trembling
voice Of the hcart.stricksn mother, as she
wiped away the cold sweat from his pal.
forehead. "Oh! William. cannot give
him up :" she added, che 10 50 lovely
and then he is our only one Surely youI
petition will be granted"
The unconscious infant lay motionless ir
its cradle; its tiny fingers were half hid
beneath its golden hair. while the swee,
smile that played round its fevered lips
seemed to respond to the whispering oi
angels, as if they already welcomed tho
freed spirit to the land Of light.
The father and mother gazed upon il
with an intensity that none but a parents
heart can feel. Gradually the smile re-
laxed-the hand fell down upon lis bosom
the ,hrobbing Of the heart became more
tranqnil-a moisture difIused itself over
the skin, and sweet sleep fell upon it,
clothing it with mantle.
Long and quietly it slumbered and
when the eye opened and the lip moved,
its cherub face seemed irradialed with mn
earthly intelligence and parity. Day after
day, aud night after night, the father aud
mother watched their boy, as no was slow
ly restored to health and activity. God
spared him, and he grew up in loveliness,
the pride Of his parents. PcsiiIence stalk
ed abroad-dealh laid low the Young and