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

waves. The wings OF Liberty have win.
moved the cline Of romantic Spain, and
those that drink Of the tides OF the Amazon
and rest beneath the shade Of the Andes
have worshipped at her shrine. Founded
on an adamantine basis, her Temple rises
lair and MAJ este, and to its threshold the
oppressed of every land are directing their
political pilgrimage. The day is not far
distant, when the nations shall come-the
sable dweller from the cliffs Of Atlas, and
they that nightly see the flames Of HecIa.
and they that worship the fabed Brahma,
in orient chimes, laved by the bright waves
OF the Ganges, and all that stretch from the
wall OF Hadrian to the burning Cancer, and
the shadowless Ethiopia-shall come and
fepose beneath the shade of the tree oil
Liberty--when on the brows Of the Atlas,
the Alps the Andes, and the Apprentices,
temples shall arise, and over their tops shall
wave the olive branch and the sta rry ban
ner, and the light Of Heaven descending,
shall rest upon them forever. History, the
faithful chronlcIer Of human events. teaches
us that most governments which have exis.
ted, have been purely accidental, depending
on combination of adventurous circum-
stances, or originated in fraud and oppres-
sion. The theories heretofore entertained
in relation to the science of self govern
ment, are at best bit fancful speculations.
depending on the imagined perfectibiIity o
man, and the impossibility Of devising a
system, combining an equality Of moral and
political right, with a wise administration
Of the laws. Scion believed that man.
whose soul is touched with spark of d.
vinity, might gradually become equal to the
Gods; Lycurgus, viewing him as the spor,
o passion and caprice, has left for his gov.
eminent a sanguinary code; and Plato.
from his philosophical retreat, has bodied
forth an ideal repubicof love. The great lie
Sideratum, the science Of correct government
has been attained within the last century.
and the expression OF an eminent writer that
" the artificial noble shrInks into a dwarf
before the noble OF nature" seems literally
verified, 1t appears TO have been reserved
for the sages OF this Republic to try an e.
pertinent which has resulted beyond the ex-
pectation Of the most sanguine. Marvel
not that | say EXPERIMENT. What can 1t
not perform? 1t discovered to the philoso-
phc mind of Newton the principles OF
gravitation; 1t enabled him to measure the
comets flight along the battlements of Hea.
ven; to analyze the colors OF the rainbow;
to mark the march of sound; to scan the
cerulean dome Of the firmament. spangled
with isles of light, and number the stars
that gem lis graceful arch. 1t has introduced
man TO the grand arcana Of nature-un-
folded to his vision the gIorles OF the skies.
the music Of the spheres, the harmony Of
the universe, and stamped on the world OF
matter, the impress OF mind. 1t taught our
Franklin TO hold close communion with the
God of Nature 10 mount in his chariot OF
thought, and explore the outskirts of crea.
ton, and, descending from his splendid tour,
to cast the flaming lhunderbolls in subjec
ton at his feet, and
Weave his garland of the lightning's wing"
Such are the wonders OF EXPERIMENT.
Ours is government Of experiment, based
on equality, in which all are admitted to IA
participation of political privlleges--in
which all are equal in moral right. The
same laws govern, the same ambition ami
} mates, the same distinction awaits all
f whose eyes are fixed on the steep where The
laurel waves her evergreen. The portals
Of the Temple of Fame are open to all
whether they would engage in the hurri'
cane OF political life, or revel on the hea-
venborn creation of inspired genius
whether with Newton they would unvei
the mysteries of nature, and gaze into the
depths OF Deity, or, with franklin clothed
: with the armory of Heaven, soar beyond
yon flaming confines, where "ange!s trem.
Bile as they gaze" Yon resplendant orb
in his daily march, behods no country bet
ter adapted to the wants OF civilized man
than our own. Rivers, the modest on the
habitable globe, interSect our country, and
engines OF locomotion approximate its ex
tremtieS. We have climate the most sa
ubrious, and variegated from the frosts o
Russia, to the mellow atmosphere of al
: Italian sky. The products of our country
; are waited to every cline; our flag is re
!. cognized in every and' our gallant navy
the right arm of our national defence, ride
in triumph on every sea, for
'Her march Is the mounain-wave,
Her home is on the deepi'
and the declaration, " am an American cit
r izen," is a recommendation TO ell nations
- What sublime prospect does not the tu
y ture open upon our raptured vision! VIVA
=. a subject Tor The contemplation Of the state:
y man and the patriot! Here, the oppreS
II sed of every cline stand redeemed by tn
" spirit of our Constitution, regenerated by III
- Genius of Liberty, and disenthraled fror
- the burning chains in which they were env
:, roned. Here, no tyrant sways the iron 70
= of despotsm over a servile and degrade
e race, but that sublime emblem of might an
:, maiesty--the will of free-born people
" the Palladium Of our republican govern
ment. Here, no imperial autocrat, rearln
his throne on the ruins OF expiring freedom
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