Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-04-13

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heaven 10 enfihe' hid A1nIU NolnR ubl n
W. dafkness 0fdeaIb Dnl illUFc was on,
L great star which sill all0he on and afew
brighter through tho broken clouds ana
(. ~ ihe deepening gloom, iilI nll olhsl
llgbls palcd 10 W. sparkling, chrcring
4 ray, and Il filled tho whole sphere viii,
I is glory TWAS to- patriot, tho star
D Of memory and Of hope II was the na.
. IONS polnr star, the star Of Us faith ano
is destiny
when, IN those trying days, ihero were
doubt and sudden fears, whispers oil
f, lreachcry, rumors of deseriions, belokon.
! ing defeat when The front OF battle wayer.
led, and the lines were breuklnu--,heu
came forth the champion TO retrieve The
cause; and his clurun-voce like "a blast
IRON the bugle," sounded The war
rIagaln and cheered our warriors 10 the
charge. They closed the ranks which
death and desertlon had llIinned, and In
lsolId battalion, when the time OF pro6la.
Bile contest was, began that noble retreat
which, like that OF 10000 Greeks under
Aenophon was more glorious lhana hun.
dred victories. 1t as retreat from the
corruptions aud alurcmenls ofpower and
gold, all that the monarch and his salrans
could offer from The resources OF an en-
pre-. hey could not buy the men who
then took up heir two years march lhro'
dry deserts and painless tangled forests
over cold, dreary mountains piled on
mountains, I'll they reached the end OF
their pilgrimage IN their welcome home.
But ''lhe bias. from the buslc" cheered
them ON their tollsome and dangerous way.
and inspired them al once with the memo
Dry oil iormer victories and the hope OF
new ;rlumphs on lalrer fields.
Such were The trials and struggles OF
that baud OF faithful, incorruptibIc patrl-
ots--lhe immortal twenty Seventh Con
gress. They recognized their leader, in
an hour when 10 be without was ruin.
They rallied under him, sustained him.
initiated him, and clung to him as the ma.
tons last hope. And al length, when the
hour came Tor his departure, and they
shronged TO hear him Tor the last time in
mat place whose glory he had been SO
la i and IN that sfhdened moment WHOM
al me great ana thrilllng renIeinbe raTices
OF that lite rushed on them, who will
wonder that they wepl, aud that his enc
mes, his antagonists in the contests OF
twenty years, wept with them. The sem
lmenl OF the hour was imprisoned,
Aud then they al fell how much that was
soft and kind and atiectionate vas benl
with the noble and great in that charac-
ter, and how largely love was mingled
with veneration in their feelings TO hun.
Behold our glorious work almost com
plete Each year Of that great life which
we have been contemplating, has added
Something TO the vast pile which he has
and 10 which we all tribute our
portion OF material and toll. That no.
Die work has been built as the sons oil
Misriam built the everlasting pyramids,
which were the iombs eli their monarchs.
pyramid was always commenced at the
moment when the Sovereign began his
career. hey walled the ioundauon-rock,
and followed il for the sarcophagos, and
iIlen cased tho nucleus in stone, having a
small complete pyramid at The end OF the
year. The next year, around That they
built again, always as at first from the
hop downward. And during his life the
fabric grew BY these annual additions, 50
that The longer the King l:ved the larger
was his Ry randi. Al his death tceased,
and iheythen Inscribed his name in gu
anlic characters Thus Is il with 1sAe
disappointing pyramid q our Great
lchampion's life, and labors and fame.
Hi rose complele onthe basal rock Of the
Ileyolution- perlecl aud entire n IT. lIfs'
conception and execution Had that life
ceased early, il would, though complete,
have been inconsplcuous aanpng ille nloA'
.luments 81 pges. Bul cachsyear has adj
Iadpsi 10 il, built from.the Top downwards,
Hin IL has become landmark % tue
lwefld and each year viii add v 4 new
I vasinssa and sublmity Until the wpadI
Irons anonulaleul al bis Ale shalt or lIl'
IgarneFed ashas speak his pFais e--w when
I've shall wrils uponlhe perfect ssrucl0fe
ll0r Nj nations ana all ages 10 read ana
Ihafl as encouragement ~ ireenssll and
IIthe Testimonial III practicable, fssllleoa.
lffoedon, the dealh.ess name of lilsA 4 4
lgLAY
Here ID The great cong egaiions We re-
Invent ii. II Nj " Unseen millions respond aIl
Aovo he C0bfihent. Wesleachii to asiA
less infancy ws utter . 4 song and bla'