The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-07-16

"1hc hottest cause that tongue or sword"
"Of mortal ever lost gained"
GLOW many spirit born to bless"
"lIs sunk beneath that whitening name,"
"Whom but days, an hours success"
"llad waited to immortal iaincn'
GAS eXhalations when they burst"
''From the warm earth, il child at first"
"lf check d in soaring ION the plain"
'Darken to iogs and sink again.
"But, If they once trium plant spread"
"Thcir wings above the MJuntaln-head,'
"Bcoome enthron'd in upper air,''
"And turn to sunbrght glories there! -
Let us then extend our sympathy to all
who may be struggling in IA righteous
cause, no matter whether they may be
successful ornot.
Having briefly sketcEcd the origin and
progress of liberty i'll our own and the
molher-counlry the question naturally
arises what what will be the probable flu
ture destiny OF our youthful republck.
Have we not reason TO be proud Of the
past and to indulge in pleasing anlicipa-
tons for the future? Where under the
broad canopy of Heaven can we find
country where civil and religious liberty
prevails 10 greater extent or where more
attention is paid to the duties of religion
and morality? Look by way of contrast
at the South American Rcpublicks false
ly so called. Does not almost every
newspaper we take up teen with accounts
of bloodshed and massacre inflicted on
those unhappy countries by the fell De-
mon Of civil Discord. Have we not then
great reason to be proud of our own hap
Ply land, where we may consider that the
problem of the capacity Of men Tor self
government has been so far most success
fully solved. If the history of the past
be thus lraught with pleasing recollec-
tons and associations, what then shall we
say of the future2 Does il not depend
character it shall assumc2 Blessed with
the lreest Government on Earth, with an
extensive territory endowed with almost
every variety of soil and climate, i'll short
with moral and physical advantages al
most immemerable, is it not our duty to
transmit to those who shall come after us
the rich legacy bequeathed us by our fore
fathers not only unimpaircd but augment
ed and improved2 Let us then cultivate
private and public virtue as the Surest ba-
sis of individual and national prosperity
and endeavor to extend the boundaries OF
knowledge tlat we may become not only
the irccst, but most vrtuous and Cnlight-
cned nation on the face the giote The
general advantages of knowledge are thus
srikingly depicted by that truly great
man De Wit Clinton. ssPleasure is Il
shadow; wealth is vanity, and power
pageant; but knowledge is eXtalc in en-
joymcn', pc cnnial in fame, unlimited in
space and infinite in duration. In the
performance oiits sacred office, it fears no
, danger, spares no expense, omls no eXcr-
ton 1t scales the mountain, looks mo
the volcano dives into the ocean, perGor-
ates the earth, encircles the globe, explores
sea and land, contemplates the distant,
aScends to the sublime, no place to remote
for its grasp, no heaven. too exalted for
its reach"
we diligently observe these maxims,
we may confidently look forward to a
glorious destiny for our beloved country
already known and honored wherever the
gorgeous Ensign Of The Republic floats o.
yer the sea and over the land, as the birth
pace of Washington, the land of the free
and the home OF the brave. Allow me to
close this address with beautiful apos-
trophc to our National Emblem, which
met with recently.
ooh tl1at Eagle of Freedom! age dims not his
eye"
ole has seen Earth's mortality spring, bloom
and dic,'
ole has seen the strong nations rise flourish
and H."
ole Knocks at Times changes, he tiiumphs
DER all:'
ole has seen our own land with wild forests
o'0rspread;"
ale sees it With sunshine and joy on its head"
Sand his presence shall bless this Ills own
chosen clime,"
"Till the Arch:ngel'S fiat is set upon time"
Ln,. lie Ig,u Hin