Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-07-13

world will have leisure in It's happiness I
acknowledge the cebs which il owes us
to estimate the degree in whIch our sue
cessfuI stand for human Liberty, and ihs
example Of our institutions, accelerate
the movement, toward that end /; and III,
trumrh # human Liberty in North Amer
lea will come t. be regarded as an era In
the histry Of ell nat ons.
OF the gentlsr emotions which this re.
curing day not unnaturally exc,les in our
bosons, is that OF pity for other nations FL.
len f ON iaPfiness aud PROSTATE in fortune.
There was time when Poland was a
mighty power Of Europe. Poland IS now
utterly unknown as nation. The pow
er that drove the Turk from the walls OF
Vienna, and saved Europe, has been Ut.
tery destroyed. The Polish lancsrs, oil
whom their king once boosted that, II the
sky fell, his borsemen would bear up its
azure vault en- their spear heads, are IN
known any more /; their race is broken IN
spirit. or scattered over the earth. That
land of fiery and intrepid mcn--that land
Of misfortune and hel oism-shall We not
utter one barren lamentat or i,r its down.
fall, one pc trtyer 70. its resurrection
Aud farther on broken down end help.
lass On t,etfack OF time--sre Venice, and
Flor, nc and imp al Rune. Venice
'the vel OF the earti', the masque oil TIA
ly," is now as silent as deserted banquet.
hall. The st I ly pageant which c, Zebra.
ted her nuptlas with the brgh, sea, in
whose embrace she d lighted, is a dream
Of The pest. And h far.ieaching power
which held "the gorg Gus East in fee" il
likewise a cream. Aud Florence. the ci.
~ whose bells, sounding fom the belfry
Of. her magnificent cathedral, could olce
briug four sc,re Thousand fighting mn to
her aid, is nov but gallery OF paiatngs-
an nauimbte show corpse whose beau.
ty only fingers aud will pr senty te gone.
And Rome how small a 'emnon has the
piety OF man preserved If h fcrner glo-
fy-a glory the tare mrn DRY of which
saggars the mind and checks The utter
aucc.
And the cities of Greece ars utterly de-
stroyed - decayed -ovefthrown-ruinous.
Sraria is down. Altens is TO more /; the
grassLoppsr whose ma.e in gold 'orned
the mantle Of every proud Aiheniun now
sings in her streets and in tho ruined ten.
pes OF her gods. These cities we're The
nurseries of the arts Of wr aud p' ace.
How stately were thew once--tow WY
are they now! God grant that their glo-
ry may be renewed in some C. mirg age.
1t is prayer which reason Iebukcs, but
which gent eprywIll urge into uttfrance.
God grant that Sparta may be lifted up
that Athens The fair city of the violet
crown, may lie r. de, med from the dust,
10 wear aeaa upon her marble brows the
fragran, coronal of her splendid p ime.
Il snnt vain employment Of the mind,
ON this day set a art Tor the indulgence Of
pstrioic emotions, 10 speculate upon the
futuiily of cur exist nee as race and a
nation. II is not vain because familiar
and well studied pas, can reveal much of
tire future. Here Standing on The pres TT,
we can form some conjecture OF tue vi.
tried ocean b. fore as from our large tx-
perience Of that over which we have come;
some conjecture Of it's wealth Of islsnds, cf
its fortunae winds, Of its snioo' b currents
and me conjecture Of the prri's which
The stout spIfit must sdrmouni. The torch
of our memories can C st lgh, upon uur
destinies. The past IS the best interpreter
OF the future. And the !, tids US believe
that The d, Stint Of our great Anglo Sax
on race are 81 lrndid beyond any realized
spleadour OF the proud.sl nations Of anti
putty that the European portion # tie
race will in a2es TO come be immeasura.
bly, the mghtiest power # Europe, and
The masters Of Asia, and of rca, and Of
thousand islands Of the seas; that the
American portion of the family will wear
away as by The sttsition If harIer upon
softer substances the weaker races with
which its SJuthward spreading limits bring
il in contact until lis growth and its sway
have climbed the Andes and spread even
TO the stormy sirai, OF Magellan.
The qualities OF Anglo-Saxon race
its Distinguishing observation-disclosures and
the same now with tn So ~hich marked it's
earliest known .xiste nce--are mater for
deep and interesting study. For nations
are but enlarged families = with family
trats-wth family virtues and vices and
we can Judge very nearly Of the progress
II nation whose qualities Of race we tho
roughly know. philosoI her of enc of
the Giecian isles no had seen Alrlbiades
The Ata.nian said "that wonderful man
was the very breathing impersona.ion Of
Athens herself; beautiful TO The eye, god
like in speech, perfect in courage. sdroI,
IN the ats Of roliy, daring and skllful in
war, lover Of all exqnist e arts, accom-.
pishej in all sciences, 6ut---volup,u-
Gus 10 all iniulgences oi matdenIng Wines,
the save and the Implying master OF wo-
man, licen,ious, crafty, reste caprlcious,
utterly fslse--such was Alcibiades--sneh
are the Attention race" The word has
cognized the truth Of this portrait OF the
A,henian character. What more could
that strange union OF all qualities OF good
and bad. OF strong and weak, promise ,h"n
history has chronicled Of the career ofthe
Athen,an race nut onnl life OF most va
red fartune, now intensely splendid, now
utterly dark, and in the end the arful
death oil the voluptuary--a death where
the decay Of Il e grave precedes The grave
n d attn made horrible with agnniesf The
Anglo Saxon family is The b ST upon earth.
lie qual t..s Of race are devotion to liberty