Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-05

| uted 10 none Of Its sympathics, and to bring us
| and Que institutions inc oJium and contemplated
| l regard With utter contempt and scorn The men,
who would tell me in the simpering tones Of a
Broadway loaier, or with the overlooking insensi.
hilty and arrogance OF one drunk with power that
such treatment OF the South is an "aGsract,on ~
Aud 50 the South viii regard them, while there re
mains IN it any OF the Just pride and true sens bl
| ty, which marked the descendants OF the old
| Cavaliers.
BUTT i'sad tina, eoncedins the absence of"rich,"
in the Abolionsts to come into Congress with thu
petitions We; IS wisc receive them that we may
know our danger; I'VE sleep uron a mine VIC may
! know u, and that we may meet and cxterminn ate
the AbuliIiOnis.s when they invade our "soil and
not leave the bloody work 70 children, while at
, the sime time 1t is said with an arrogant snser.
there 10 nothing the valiant undertaking TO make
"men quail" and all who shrink, therefore from
the contemplation OF the consequences to our coun.
toy which amy attempt even To abolish slavery in
the South must produce, are not "menr in the he.
roic sense. This is the shalowest piece Of buster
ever met with! Is there any man so simple, AS TO
suppose that the danger is that OF a personal con.
h.ct with the AholltlOnlsls, and that all New Fog
land, with New York TO back il, could bc persuaded
10 invsde the "sollh oi the South IN hostile Erray
even to get our ncsroes1 And is there Southern
man who would not spurn the suggestion of Old
Marplot, and the sugCcSier with it, that the day
ever can arrive IN which the South would appeal to
the North for protcctionl Does not every man know
that the danger from discussions of slavery IN Con.
gresS is danger to the Union; and when that is en-
danSered, hucrty IN this hemisphere is cndansered7
Does not every man know, that the "mine" is the
dissolution Of the Unionl And there be pat.
riot who wishes TO explore that "mIue" to ascertain
IT'S ie tTtu, cOutcntl Who would explode it, that
ne might know where 1t VAST | confess it strikes
me, as the vision Of man who would destroy
every thinS which has the principle OF decay IN H.
IN order To ascertain whothert can die; and mingled
with the teltful threats OF what "I" will do al.
most m'ginod there stood some great chief before
me- the great General Thomas Thumb himself i'm.
merScd IN jack boots and armed with "sword and
hanger" VINO, planting with terrific power III.
nigh V right foot on a mole hii sXclsms az is said
that all nieu must die! deny Il. General Thumb
can never die out, il he,can, he'll know it, and so
resolve this mighty douCI; and, with this good
sword sunk dep into my heart, | will defy
the monster Death TO touch me a. his peril:"
ana so the valiant General slew himself that he
might know II he could die. But alas poor fell
low, he did notlv to tell US what be learned bv the
experiment. am no follower of General Thumb.
anu may nope do not belong 10 the class of "sn -
Tor coness shrink from the contemplation of the
consequences which may, and probably will at last
attend dissolution o. this UHion. | would shut |
then out from my own eyes, and the eyes vi nv !
chi,Crcn and their children; but, 1t cannot do that
l pray God that my eyes may not behold them. un.
less indeed the union shall bc made incompatible /
with the honor and pesce OF the South.
have transcsnded your column rule |
MesSrs' Editors, anu perhaps may DC excluded,
though possibly you may relax the rule as shall !
"Crsr offend again. You have SAID, thitl am chat
ed at yout praises Oi another, aud envy them:
%! val some power the g,nic gic US
To see ourselves as i;hcrs see Us"
how little you understand the public estimate Of
YOU praises and demonstrations, although you have
such monuments Of the effects OF your wrath as
MessrS. Rlves, BayIy, Goode and many Others.
among whom Ii your friend Mr. Bolts. As would
escape 50 pai,ry insult for the future, however
| freely give you leave never to write my name
again, u'.ess TO abuse II; ami that | may not be
your accessory II you should, | now Take NV INA
leave OF you IHd your Press. /. will uC a gloomy
night IN my devoted mansion when your great Luz
minary Is excluded; and fear my Whig-ery Will
suffer; bu! must endeayor to maze up IN private
meditation what shall lose Of public exhortatlon
Like Sir Peter, however, al leave my character be-
hind me-" HANOVER
Correspondence q Ms " y Commercial ilrsriissr.
RoHE, April, ISL
LEI, you IN my last just our friend the cus,ode
had taken possession Ut and was about 10 cad US
10 the upper regions. Producing i dark lantern
from under his cloak, and lighting a flmoeau. he
requested us 10 follow, and starting on a, rapid
pace, we soon found ourselves at wicket gate which
our guide unlocked and VIC forthwith assembled |
Inc stairs were wooden, built upon the ruins OF the
Old stairway. We wandered around the corridors .
on the hrs floor, then the second, ami the third
I'LL finally We rslrhsd the highest accessible part Of
the RUNS, from whence, looking down upon the arena
ana around upon the vast enclosure once so grand
now so ruined, FRS. distinctly seen in the gentle
beams OF the moon, AMI then falling into o5scury
a Hitting cloud intgTcuu'ci the light W. saw
sight well calculated To call to mind The scenes of
savage interest which so often TRANSFERRED on this |
very spot could then imagine as never could
before, what must have been the feelings OF the
Christian he stood Iu the midst Of III. vast nnuT
tude assembled here, TO testify with his Iies blood
hs love and attachment to the despscd Naz1r-ne |
TOW otten nave these very walls SEEM no, only the
last struggle OF the hero warrior accustomed 10 meet
death IN every form, but that also OF the weak and
. ia. sf4E nrHHn g.
her !s; testimony 10 III exec .,ncs OF TIA; religion
whica was even then enabling her TO lcc in a calm
and Cheerful. mInner n death which mi.ht well an
pal the Stouest heart. Truly there is something /
IN religion Which thus renders It's pO5sessor supe-
Tor 10 every Toe even 10 DEATH hat last aud JIres,
OF ulI-somclhng too, which the philosophy Of the |
sasrS of Greece and Rome never could attain
Inc s1oteflnc'n passage, by winch the Empsiors |
went from their "a see OH the Pa,a.iue 10 their sea,
IN the amphItheaire, is still seen at the end which
opened into their balcony. You can pass in
about hiy feet, but teyond that is entirely filed
up. Some rema rs OF the succeed vault are still |
visible, but this, dmy seen, was hardly enough to |
assure us tina! through this damp hole which the /
lizards have taken as their abode, the proud EN- /
perors o. naughty Rome once passed: but the /
cus'0de sud It was go, which OF course settles the
matter. On the opposite side Of the amphitbel,rc i
out outside as walls, the Meta Sudaus is visible |
which supplied water for the sea.fg1is. II is much
smaller ihnn one would suppose, being not more
shan eighteen inches square. AJOu, one half Of the
outer circle Of the walls of the amphIshea're has /
fallen down and much Of the inner row which latter
however Is being rebuilt near as possible, IN
the Old Style. Plus VII erected an obutm, nj to |
support the falling walls that part of the cir
cuaisrcncs which faces Mons Cm'ius, Of whish fact
he has July notified succeeding ages by slab com
mCmornuye OF the event, which Is firmly set into |
the wall i. Is SAID thu. IL TOOK four yCnTs 20 build
i, which think Is very likely, If they move as slow
IN building as they DO ia mauy other things.
About the Coliseum cvcrll ruins ag. 10 be seen |
The palace Of the C-.srs upon the Pl'atiae hill sui
shows few lettering walls, which with ore or two
succeed arches arc all that remain % tell Of the Tor
msr abode Of Romg's Empcrors. The temple Of
Jupiter TorRns, the temple Of Concord, the aich NJ
Sept anus Segs.us, near which the famous Jrorz
statue OF Marcus Aure'ius was found, may also be
seen hareHuoIt, though they are rather nearer the
Chp'iCIne than the Pd.otino hill ln this same
nelgH1nurhoOd they show you the ve.iiaDIc prison
where tho Apost cs Peter and Paul were imprisoned
previous 10 their execution IN thg reign Of Nero.
gsol IN which the Apostles were ciuhneI, and the
apartment immediately uDJvoit Entering from The
street you cross a narrow landing and deestGd a
flight ofs'eps Of some I5ng h, winch brings you &,
the Up. erm1si dungeon or guard room In the
centre Of this room, which IS NOT more than ten fee,
square, is foIud hole, through which prisoners
were 10 lhg d ys Of TIC Apostles let down into ,nc
lower dungeon, for the stairway which nov leads
from one o. the ohUr Is a modern aifi-r, $50 they
tell ne; bus as heir stories are contradictory they
c'unoi 1I. be true, and you may believe wh't you
like or none Of HL) A. you ,sre1d these Steps
you are shown The famous pc file Of St. Peter, whose
lace was here damned against ne wall by brutal
81 der WAgrruDJn s1d wall brrrmc marvel Ion. y