The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-12-29

the act, on the part Of every generous feeling 40
himself seems 10 noint the way 10 lfiy and cnthu-
siastie support Of The great doctrines oil human
For Providence has clearly set its seal upon ahu pas
signalized every effort of every PATROL, anu go
effort of every nation IN the history oil inc "o'u, "
their struggles for their rights. The noble D,u'u
who drove the Tarquins from Rome, was ghied WIN
The unbending sense of justice 10 condemn ms own
son for crimes against the State, TO an ignom'niou'
death The Tell who won the liberties OF Swiizef-
land, was gifted il by miracle oil power, WIN INC
superhuman nerve TO cieaye small apple WIN ="
arrow al an almost incredible distance for the shot,
from the head Of his only child Robert Emmett has
freely bathed with his blood the footsooi oil power
but has nevertheless infused spirit through all Ire
land, whose undying energies shall yet reeeheiate
that iused laud and thus IN every instance, al
though darkness, and tears, and defeat may nave
often followed the efforts Of melted TO lofty acts
by an ennoblng OF patriotic duty, sun as IL
from the very ashes Of despair and DEATH glory mas
sprung forth, which, beaming out through an inc
clouds of an otherwise sombre fate, invites all those
who look its shining light TO the performance OF
similar deeds of elevated daring for the benefit OF
mankind. Thus Heaven, ia its own wisdom and
mercy preserves the spark Of liberty alive in The
world, through all circumstances and through all
times and he who stands UP TO strike bold blow IN
the good cause of freedom, may well feel himself sus-
tanned in the hour of trial. by the impression that
the God of his religion smiles in appreciation Of his
work.
Mr. President you have been pleased TO allude in
terms lattering 10 my feelings to late uncalled Tor
and indirect attack made by Lord Brougham, on the
Chief Magistrate Of our country Considering The
from which this attack has sprung, do not
gard il as worthy of any particu ar notice Lord
Brougbam is witty, learned and accomplished Eng
shman, but if to be an Englishman not real
y in itself sufficient curse, he 10 said to be and gep-
orally believed to be, SO vacilating, impulsye and
Inconsistent in his political opinions, to entitlo his
praise abuse to very little consideration. shall
indulge in personal remarks about his Office seek
ing ordshp 1t is entirely natural that mushroom
arsocrat, IN the hcraldic zeal consequent his
expected elevation to the dignity Of the Peerage,
should delcst every thing connected with the united
simplicity of Republican life. This is English hui
man nature, and it can't be helped. One turns from
IT, OF course, with laugh or sneer But J. Mr.. Pre-
sdcnt, pcbean citizen of our plain Republic, al
though sovereign man who owns no master save Il c
great Father above us ALL will say for my own salts
faction that thank God day and night in all my
prayers, tina, am no EDglishman! have al least cs
capped this misfortune. My soul and my limbs are
equally free from this leprosy. Yes, sir, matter
what may have been the errors Of my past life, and
they have been nunerous-no matter what may be the
miserics shall suffer during future years-no matter
if an honest ambition shall be doomed to dsappoint-
ment and all my hopes should fall withered to the
ground-no matter if shall be reduced to 30 wretched
a condition that the charity of my fellow men shall
deny 10 my unsheltered poverty its commonest boom
hour, 1T VIII be consolation for me to know tbat ]
no Englishman! Oh, what a day of relribution
and wrath, my countrymen, is yet in store for that
unhappy land. have sometimes imagined the day
Cor nations may be Judged when the fire of her eyes
yelled in terror, her naughty crest stopped abjecy
towards the earth, she shall appear overwhelmed
with mountains OF accumulated sin and crime, be-
fore the last dread, unsparing Tribunal On that
day from whom shall she expect counsel, or aid or
sympathy Every face of every nation shall be
ed upon her with hatred, or with apty which writhes
while IT conmisserates Shall she appeal to the
crowd of witnesses which will be assembled like
dark cloud TO testify against her; Justice, justice TO
the criminal, and vengeance alone shall speak out
from every expressive countenance. And who will
appear to give evidence Of that universal cruelty
which she has practised on earth Men from every
land and of every color, the Hndoo the Afghan the
Chinese the Indian of the West the negro of Africa
the very negro nov in bondage in the Southern
States of this Union for whom so much pretence Of
sympathy urged, put in that condition by the Eng
Hh policy OF former times the men of Europe OF
ry language and custom, the Amerlcanall shall APP
pear there that day 10 testify against her in the
eloquent language induced by wrongs aud insults, and
when the impartial and just Judge shall pronounce
her fiery DOOM every soul then present with uni
yersal voice shall breathe forth prayer Of heartfelt
thanks that they were not born with the curse of
England's crime upon them