The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-04-12

terest alone, buv<A those OF nature nd
kindred we fee 30 the sacred SPOT,
where our eyes ID this glorious
light, and our little heul with the Joy
Of life, The patriot may aim in the
wild gush Of his excitement, "wnere liberty
dwelis there is my country J" yet wherever
thrown in the caprice Of fortune, Apative
land still rises on his memory in Mghter
hues than any other, hghtesi Of all, the
home of his youth aud his early haunts
aafopnd The pa,>pal mansion. | appeal to
every human hefrt-wah you not rather
breathe your la1 Ugh, and hay your head in
last resting place, near the spo, where
t3ais we're born? Would you not feel near
-er Heaven, TO tora your eyes for the last
time on the setting sun, itota the hlllock
where stood the family mansion, and from
whose summit ydNf odmiflng eyes first be.
held bis rising beams When parched with
eeser in ano.he AIioe, woulahy fountain
be % sweet a be bring ~ Ibied from
that hillock's1o.ssud whose o. water
"a The laughing meadow, WIZ Sporied
ouf boyhood in the hilari,y of youth -
2And, whom your hour OF feperlsh life has
iun is last sand, where would you res, SO
calmly as near that village church where
sleeps your ancestors, where you fret lisp
ed your infant prayer aud consigned your
tulure life to the care of Heaven Such
are the natural feelings of every pure heart,
and, more particularly the farmer, over
whom, uahurt, the tide OF emigration has
rushed, and content has fixed near his na
tive home. He is the sou Of The soil-lhc
native ol.-tbe couniry-familiar With its
forests and si,cams-has long brcalhed the
untaintcd air 90 lis hills, aud from their tops
surveyed with pleasing pride the tranquil
prospects which smile 10 peace aud quiet
IN their valleys. His business, his rural
amuscmcnts, the recollection OF youth,
manly realities Of middle hfe, the very
yeetnings of ofd, ale. all bind him By sa.
cred Tie TO his early home, the haunis Of
his boy hood, the hill top and valley where
he sporied, The mountain stream that his
manhood breasted, The rural temple where
the good man taught, and
-"Triod each art reproyed each dali delay
Allnred TO brighter worlds aud led the way"
Even the wild savage. without any Of
the charm which civilization throws round
its creation, exhibits this affection for The
sPn, where he has long ished for the hills
and dalrs over Which be has pursued the
deer-lpr the gentle stream, by whose side
has cuticd the smoke Of his peaceful alg
wan. Nature sushes up in hrs heart With
a pufay and freshness, which should make
civilization blush for us heartessness.
THINK you tho lnsI!Ilugness Of The Creek
and Cherokee 70 leave The ouly homes ihey
ever had, the rude aliars Of their Gods. aud
the boIcs Of their fathers. was Alteration.
invented ior them by the sickly sentimental.
~ or oiiicious p lian,hropy of their neigh
bafs. No indeed; ii had It's foundation 10
nature, which seems tile stronger tho less
we remove from ITS pure simplicity. II
arose from feelings, which d,d them honor
-Hhich of9 rarely exhibited by those cir.
hscd saveges, Who having desoIaled their
homes by ignorance, cupldlty and misman
hgemeni, leave them without a SIGH for
new scenes, 10 be subjected IN their turn 10
tho same run aud desoIa.iou men, who
- ''Hl '@td ~ t1'is II VI pUteUtQ Of Inc
ghosts Of lie lovely spots which thcy had
dssecfatcd, their carly homes, lhor pnter
nal inheritance, the graves Of their fathers (
@tlhout even tree planted by their hands
10 mark Gnd honor the spot who die and
rot on any dung .hdl, Indifferent as Tic
bfuIcs tiaI perish to these sacled remn
isccnces, the pPbra'ing voice from ances
trail iombs AMI the malcdletions Cor their dc.
serted country. Neoae 81. TO ourselves, 10
eur children, 10 The past, 10 the present aud
lie iU'ufc, 10. improve our country, by i'm.
proving each our own little domatu-to ex
srt all our euergies'to make that country
70 Furnishing, So rich 10 the products Of
= fertility, aud 50 attractive 10 the beauty
u its cultivation, that none but the oulcasts
d crime, unworthy Of such paradise, will
&c ever tempted 10 leave it. AeRlcoLA.