The Whig standard., 1843-12-18

NJ Shalt ever bless the day,
When Fortune, III her kindness, cast
Jhejewelin my Way f'
/ Nov. 49, 1913. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
THE WORTHLESS OF VIRGINIA.
.ea BY MRS. ELIZABETH oAKts SMITH.
"Take of Thy shoes from off Thy feet, for the
place whereon thou sandest is holy ground"
Yes, verify, il is so, it is The su consecrated by
the ashes Of The great and the good. The Wor-.
thies of Virginia! Well may the eye kindle,
and the pulse thlob as we approach a theme so
majestic, SO full of lofty and patriotic association.
Even like the heroes Of Ussian, each leaning
from his cloud of mist, do we behold the noble
array Of patriots, ora tors and statesmen, sweep
by us in the slernness and grandeur OF other
days. Virginia name associated with the
proudesl days Of English chivalry in its second
baptismal with the blood Of treemen. In all
ages the patriot Of every land shall turn his face
thilherward and do homage, even as the pilgrim
at the shrine of Mecca. s 49' XII
The Worthless Of Virginia Let us pause ere
we enter their thrice penetralia. Centuries
disappear, and we behold princely saloon, In
which are congregated stately danes and gallant
knights the grace and the chivalry Of old England
naughty princess, with an air Of stiff courtesy.
her queenfy bearing but i'll Disgusting her wo-
mans coquetery-is presenting parchment to
a knightly courtier, who kneels TO receive it
They are the Queenly Elizabeth and the shiy-
alric RALEIGH. The noble, generous, accom-
| plished, but unfortunate Raleigh. s .stas
| The parchment contains letters patent, grant
ing him full power g for the discovering and set
ting new lands and countries, not actually pos
sesscd by any Christian" Under these auspices
was the country, now called Virginia, discover
ed and thus it was that Sir Walter Raleigh
must be claimed as one Of the early worthless Of
the State, as, without his persevering enterprise,
this 4 goodly country" might have remained
still longer unknown. st.i8.ta al lFg III
The early discoveries give the following des-
cription Of the country which would Of itself be
found sufficiently inviting at the present day.
/" The soyle is most plentiful, sweet wholesome,
fruitful Of all others there are about IA sevral
sorts of sweete smelling timber trees !: the most
part Of the underwood Bayes and such like:
| such Oakes as we have, but far greater and
better" a-+
Years pass away with their s1fferings, trials,
and disapPointments. and another Of the Wor-
thies Of Virginia appears upon the Stage. A
man dist nguished by oil the constituents OF great
ness, BY all the attributes Of hero; intrepid,
brave, generous, and persevering, daunted by no
perils dsmayed by no hardships, his clear, vig-
orous mind penetrated the dim mist of fulnrity,
and beheld, though :. as in glass darkly," yet
did he behold something of the Ultimate great
ness Of the country for which he toiled and suffer-
ed /" in perils by land and perils BY sea, in fast
inc and nakedness," q captive and condemned
to die, he neither shrinks nor is dismayed; the
same unfinching resolution impels him onward,
and the same buoyancy Of hope cheers him in
every difficulty 14e
JOHN SMITH, or, as the chroniclers Of the day
invariably distinguish him, "Capt. John Smith,
was one Of the most extraordinary men of the
great age in which he lived. He should be re-
garded as the shadowing wing Of Virginia; for
to bis valor, skill, and judgment in counteracting
the subtle policy of the great Powhatan, may
she be said TO owe her very existence, ars..
"That blessed PocAHoNrAs, the great kings
daughter Of Virginia." Ito quote the admiring,
If not loving language of .Captaine John Smith,
beams forth in those dark and perilous times,
like some kindly spirit, hushing the tempest OF
savage passion, dispensing comfort and succor to
The dishearlened exile, aud with her own gentle
bosom warding off all the evils that threaten the
infant colony Of jamestown. Blessings ever
upon the kindly savage, the lovelest Of the
W or ,hes Of Virginia
But we will de ay no longer to enter th . holy
Of hu,ps--.he tenn pie Of American greatness.
h hushsd brea h and reverent i)ols cps, even
wi n sandals put from off our feel, lei US ap-
,roach Tie shrine Of all that is great III human
glory. II Inga 1ea
W AsHINGToN, the great amongst The august OF
he earth! The son uf Virginia, bu. she may
not. she dare not eagross llin,. Ills fame is the
worlds. !, belongs 10 the length and bread I,
OF The gfear cuunry which he WAS ms rune,ltsi
III redeemlng from oppression. his fame has
gone forth wherever The STRINGS Of freedom
have been felt. herever liberty hath spread
her glorious pinions. her word Ut niagic--h her
wa .chword from the vale aud mouniain top---
hath been, and will be forever, ashington,
The deep peal Of human voices. like The hea-
vens Of the great ocean, resound that one ltame
from the hoaly cliffs Of the Oregon still onward