Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-07-13

gcnce. mat sun that IOSuVvf hrnds in uncluuded
majesty looks down this m0rr,lus "A lree united,
AMI harry people, embracin. maze lhlu seventeen
milli"ns OF !reemea bound ngc,her by the ri,s OF
brCiherhHd-speak:ngt the sa ne lusuagr-ltllus
under the wise aud tdithIul administration of the
same Wholesome laws. wors.ripping the saue God /
and striving together for the atan,neut OF the same
noble object, prosperity each and happiness to all
That riNer that rlS IA sl nee To mIusle with The
II alher q! Waters" Nalure's great IA runrLIar,
betw cen the North q S1u,h bca,s nn bn. al. anna,
moui upon IT'S h",um tu mcrucc rur rights or re-.
i"rse. It's waves which less than half century ago
Hrod to the light hirchsn G noe, of N. child of ne
torcs'. now bear lu1ting palaces and magnificent
steamers CONSTRUCTED Icy art. fer the purposes of a
great commercial people. It's mnunrair = and dells
which then echoed. the howl oi The PANTHER and
the "lr hoop of the Indian, arc this m,ruirg tune
i"l Wilh The songs of praise bursting Spontaneously
from thousands Oi intel Igeul freeuen.
That monumental pile that rises Ia lone and s,l
nary grandeur on the plain-"impcrshahle tybc OF
eN"nescence' tells IS too Of the mighty past
NM although u speaks C n period lcug anterior Ia
| me me when our fureiat.ers laud, Il ON these
shores. yet still u stands the embodiment of great
/ moral Iuih which might not be nappr ptiaIe tjr
| as here iu r, member
! Barbarrty and ignorance must give way To ciyili.
zann and intelligence. Thu which Is feeble n,.si
uecay week.-mrs. must yield To power. AID error
/ 10 truth ns light To darkness
! But Tins Train Of reflection is tinred with NOLAN
ch"'y. A race has passed away and We scrupy
| lheIf places. They were brave aud they fought
Tor their homes aud their fire side; they ere rude
ani unieuered and They have pprshed Hhe scenes
"I 'helr herosin nd daring IN be printed for
lew bret years. by tie traveller as he walks In,
| mhhs OF our owa beautiful Ohio Their Death
| struggle Will lie remembered for time and then
/ pass away AID be ilrg'I;eu. few rolling years
/ AMI Their name aud will he bluiicd from The
records oil mankind. Pace To ILrir ashes Their
ia'e demands oi u, the trihJe nf n tear we could
hoi give more nnd he true tuuurseIves-ue cnunst
4 give less and be true Ia hum my
Shunied ihenas We now are,nur mnts natur,lIv 70.
vert To our igin.-to !he cIuses Ahich have pr,-
duced these results. Bat where su,lI ,s be,,,,7
Our nationality Is CO existent Nuh the ID claralr,n
mat mas been read. and upon II as a G,uuda-
hon. But that Declarntiun /, itself bat nm effect
ahd where shall we look Tor The cause that pr,,du.
ced az Hhere-lhrpugh The lapse of preceding
nses shall we look for The germ OF ihn spriI which
heh lur The hrSt time broke monday sple ntloar
"n the world, and has since made US a hat We uo,y
aTei surely The iranscepdani truths which that i'm.
s'rumt III teaches, upi for The lrsI limo known
and ielt at The moment Of their promuIgnt;nn -
They were the legitimate effects of areo,,,Ie ,.s
master minds had long heure been engaged in the
soIniiEn OF the problem of the freedom of man
Ages before the spIrI of liberty had dawn ed un,n
III world. IL breaIhed into man new he One
dIeht 10 lis prOmp!ings, he rise Ia execute us d,c
L -
SION thrust him rudely back; but not until through
The vista Of The future he caught glimpse of tho
! high destiny that awaited his race
! Tyranny suppressed for Isne, bui could not dc.
sT"j. IL was an emanatJn from Cod himselI AMI
/ Is lasting Us hIs throne.
Centuries have rolled away since The Roman Co.
hurts, who had planted her standard over most of
Tie then known world were arrested in their OH
ward march OF victory, Ia "a bIni ii hIrly bray @
anu Warlike people ga the Banks uf the Rhine.
! lhrre lived Onr GFrinlH Anrcsibrs. There They
established the first De socrauc institutions known
TO history as such; and aiIluu GA with " rIen cie
oi laws aud without Intelligence nect ssary 10 the
iull enjoyment ol freed ~ vel t,ere they, ,,,,u ,,l
even beneath The shaduN Il The vi IS oi a. e Roman
Eagle they returned hCr Dictator glance rs
I naughty as has own There they ,tt,J II,
prnui defiance OF his p,.yci uul al utifn we'd I,v
lhe oahuishinenis and lux ni deg rate Rome
d Ihence We might trace them tl.rnYah fnpd and
brilliant succession vi victories 10 their final settle
meni IN their Island home. There although the
mOnarchIcal principle still prevailed; tho Oh Tho
DOcHme ol The Divine right OF Ki:gs was still tri.
umphani. yet they succeeded IN engraninr md in
cooperating IN ihe'r nsiliuiIOis Of that spirit
which They had learned ia ry youth 10 ,utii,,pte
Their tg"ur and soften their asperiiirs The I'M.
IeaVen was Then al work which was soon Ia affect
Ihe Whole mass. Principles Vtre then dcveloped
winch m"dlhed by The lapse Of ages and hiirated
10 ObSh their successive institutions were SOM In
produce results at which the world would stand
nghasi' Causes we've then IN existence. which I'M
der God, were destined soon To opeu new ,hootcr
"a The great Encyclopedia of man
The discovery ul rhIs continent at a peried ., be,
le arbitrary and iyrahnica reigns of the uuuses or
luIor ani Stuart had almost crushed the last ye,,,
VI r teed"m' opened the way Here our fathers
sought and found home The rroves vyere CT.
first temples aud here they worship.J 'Tba ter.
rors OF the lnquls'IJn and the Ihu,ders Of the Vat
can' were alike LOST ~ the distance Removed
from The political nn ences then operating ON the
Continent oi EurOpe-unrramrnt He'd nv their in
lflguos and civil dIsseniipIis-loI far Irpm The
'hrone to De awed by the lruwnr n aliured by The
Imppings Of RIyaliy. they revealed ~ the free ex
efclses Ol hOse lpity Impulses whrh God had civ.
en- Here they rapI ny developed those prIscinles
Whch were hereafter 10 elevate dignity and nd ,r,
hnsaniIy. Here 1hey went iorh, with b,u,,d
less forests around them. and 40 eye but Gods IN
marx lheir wandcrlngs. Thy listened to Tie wills.
permgs OF Liberty N the signing Of The breeze. and
ahd heard The reyeilee 81 Freedom in the Ibunders
/ Of The caiaiacf
! THIS WIS Freedom aud they loved IT,. II WINS in
dependence, und who will dare 10 blame. n tbev
almost adured M
But they were wise and prJyidenr as we'll rs en-
husIasiIc end they began 10 prepare Tor pespetu,v
i"ey were gO"d and pIIus, and they asked the
dressing OF Heaven 10 rest On their undertaking.
hey hnd bold hearts AMI irOne arms and they he
gan Iheir labor. They did not commence al the
ieWer Oi Babel, iDr thundrrs aud earthquake would
ie'oi with The earth. They did not begin Mon.
umen' OF slone or marble, fJr The shtnnss Of hea.
We" might scathe DO; but they hogan their work ON
me immortal mind that u might last brewer
ln The Old World. all was Feuce again Grim
Desp1lism. as needless Of the luvial event, as a
successful general when IN me lush Of triumph he
IS "ld on inugnIiicani traitor hls le his camp sunk
lack again upUn his blood stained couch 1T luxury
10 dream Of peace anl secuuIy. Superstition, en-.