Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-07-16

IOIy dSpIl dklOuS was dlldIDtus lUBlT gTdIlu
destinies were fast being accomplished, for
young Aurora, fresh from her rosy bed,
had, in her brilliant transit, streaked with a
halo Of glory the brow of the political fir
mament. The revolutionary struggle, du-
ring which the disciples Of the the true faith
had stood mistaken by change, unseduced
by temptation, unterrified by danger, was
crowed with success. Our armies were
the conquerors Of the ''conquerors of the
world" and the American Eagle, like the
Condor pitching from tile nights Of CHM
borazo, flew onward and upward, and hail
ED the coming sun Of Liberty. The proud
mistress Of the Ocean-she, who laid her
arm Of rule on the farthest Indies, and
swayed the sceptre Of empire over Hin
dostan-she on whose almighty fiat hung
the destinies Of nations, was curbed on her
high career. Her bright escutcheon was
furnished, her veterans Of hundred bat
ties routed-her naughty navy swept from
the face of the Ocean, verifying the men,
orable expression OF Elizabeth "afflavit
Deus Ell dissipantur." 1t becomes US, on
this occasion, to pay passing tribute Of
respect TO the memory of him, who con-
summated our independence. Formed by
nature to be great, Washington was one OF
her "noblest noblemen." Considerations Of
personal elevation found no Judgement in
his bosom; visions of honor floating before
his Imagination could not swerve him from
his high and noble purpose. He had ambi-
ton; so have all great minds. His was
Of that pure and generous kind which exalts
men to the Gods abov He did not, like
Cesar, passing the Rubicon, invade the sa
cred soil of his country, exclaiming in the
spirit Of military adventurer, 1.-The die
is cast" Its generous sons and lovely
daughters wePt not over the desolation
which marked his path-the signs Of or
phans, and expiring agonies Of martyled he
roes, cried not aloud to Heaven for ven
geance on his head. His was not like the
star Of Napoleon, which, rising in spendor,
blazed like some fierce comet in its flight,
and dazzled and desolated nations in its
course. The peals Of victory which rose
from Wagram and Corona, were not to him
the breath Of life. He rejolced not with
the Corsic Chief at the ''sUN OF AusTERLITz;"
his soul would not have beeu enraptured at
the ocean OF FLAME" which enveloped
moscow. No his was brighter
"Purer lame
Than gathers round Marengos name"
Caesar laid unhoy hands upon the treasu
ry, Napoleon converted his nation into
+ band of slavish conscrpts, but the fame o
our Washington is as pure as the spotles!
drapery Of Heaven. Caesar fell traitor
with get tn Brute" on his lIps-Napoleor
sunkthe tenant of Heena's isle, but Washing
ton sleeps calm Y on the shore of bis native
Potomac. His country emancipated and
free---her liberties placed beyond thereach
of aggression, he sought domestic retire
ment, there to indulge in the recollection:
Of the past, and antlclpations of the future
mingled with the alteration Of a nation.
love. The angel OF death, commissioned
from on high, summoned HIM TO hap
pier cline, and in the midst Of national inhu
ence and national prosperity, he dropped or
US the s'manle Of his memory" and wa:
gatheredto his fathers. Though no pyrami(
lnurns his consecrated ashes; though no mon
umental inscription procIaims to the pas
sing stranger ssiste viator-heroa calcas,
his memory is embalmed in the hearts o
his countrymen, his name is engraved or
her everlasting mountains
'The meanest rill, the mightiest river
Rolls, mingling with his fame forever"
We have given brief sketch Of the ris,
and progress OF Republican freedom in ou
own country, and hasten to advert to a few
instances, in which its political equalization
has succeeded hey ond the expectation o
its most enthusiastic admirers. The sacred
principle Of resistance to monarchy is cIea
ting proselytes IN every cline, and as j
spreads wider and wider, the eyes of al
christendom are turned upon US with conf
dence and affection. Though a Bourbon
yet rule on her throne, France is cherish
ing the principle of constitutional liberty
Italia TOO is Weakening from the dream Of cen
turtles! We can almost picture TO ourselve
the forum burning with the eloquence {
Cicero, and the Goddess of Liberty revis
ting her native home, and from the roc
Tarpeian surveying the lofty city,
''cull aloud
On Tully's name
And bid the fathers of her country hail"'
Greece, the consecrated home Of the mu
SEES, the land sanctifed by the spirits {
Hesiod and Homer, and Socrates and Plate
, and Sophocles and Phidlas, arises to new
ness Of life. The sceptre of the Polt
shall no longer crush the generous energie
: of her patriot souls Her groves sha
: bloom again, and again shall her tempIl
rise. Again shall Philosophy hold her cour
E on the banks Of the Ilissus, and in the sh
e dy groves of Academus, and the high boz
F.. sons of Leonidas and Themistoces knee
ing at her shrine, shall feel the inspiration
genius, which kndled the soul of Byro
e when he exclaimed,
"Long to the remnants OF tiny sPlendor past,
Z q Shall pill erims, pensiYe. but unMearie ed thrOn