The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-02-04

bread Of knowledge, it teaches that the i'm
palPable. globes and gIiltrring revelations
Of the spiritual world far surpass the gems
Of the Eanalor, or the glory Of Solomon.
Ii kniis 40 the rayelled sleeve or caFe,"-
it makes teening the womb of our mother
earth. ] 8 necessities and It's rewards are
alike on man and brute. II gives the fox
his hole; the bird Of the air lis nest; and
man where 10 lay his head Ofall Agra
rians, it is the only true, the only peacea-
Bile, the only just
Honored be those who have honorcd Ia.
Dor, and made it honorable! They are the
patriots who have made the great globe
their common country. They ase the
Christians who have oNgmpIIfied the God
head in Aumanity. They are the men who
have been married to viitue-whO have
walked hand ia hand with the heavenly
maiden, whose bodies have been fit temples
for the holy spirit. Have they not ploughsd
through life 10 homely garments; wrestling
with hourly besstmenls! Be sure, III
though cast down they were not conquer
ed; that though their graves may be I'M
marbled, their names are written on tab
let more durable than time. But were
their workings Of The mind7 Was their
sweat OF the souls agony? Were their vol
ces heard in the wilderness Of human err
ror; and did Genius hover about them, say.
ing "these are my beloved sons?" Be
sure, that wherever they wherever
they died-their own works are their cen~
otaphs; the domes Of thought are their SO.
pulcres; and their lingering spirits through
the lofty vaults. still whisper to the gazeT
-"Si monumentum qPris, circUmspicc"
Let the memory of such live foteVer!-
And if the wisdom Of the Preacher is 10 be
The experience Of all ages; il the thing
which bath been is that which shall be, and
that which is to be, has already been--if
there is, indeed, TO he nothing new under
the sun-then, 10 Gods name, let us per,
petuate of the past, those things that are
worthy Of perpeluity. 10 the hoaTy locks
Of eternity that have gone by. there are
both wisdom and warning. There are
hairs grey with the frost OF time, and every
oBe Il BE- &C rishlannanaaa.---sT99D eaa.-
are, too, hairs '.gray, bat not with years"
-mlIdewed with vice, mutldy with iniqui~
~. But from The mighty tomb OF buried
sges, let Us exhume the memorable, the
ancient, The holy, and present them as .
glass for the fashion Of our fallen times.
Yes, alas! that The spirit Of Humanity
should be compelled TO look backward and
point 10 the past, alone, in vindicaiion Of
her Godborn greatness! That in our day
the meaning Of the poet should be SO sadly
altered, and men need TO be studied more
as a warning than as an example!
Would TO God that our conscience could
accuse us Of misanlhropy! Would that il
speaking thus Of our generation, we could
feel some fncied injury-some veHOmOuS
prejudice, some lurking bitterness, turning
our honey into gall. The condemnation in
which we include ourselves, should gladly
be heaped upon ourselves alone, But how
is in ls there a father among US arriving
to instil into a son, the principles Of lofty
manly decision, pure palri.
olism, "chastity OF honor" and the scarcely
more exalted virtues OF the Christian faith!
To what man Of our time will that father
point as an exampleg Where are our
Millions, and where our Hampdens? Not
Milton the poet, and Hampden the patriot;
but Milton The man, and Hampden the
man! Where are our Washingtons, and
our Frankins? Not Washington, the Fac
Their Of his country and franklin the sages
bur Washington the private citizen, and
Franklin the printer! Do we find them
among those who wear out their vigor in
lofiest ambition is foe 30
old age Of luxury, and the accumulation Of
rust Tor their chlldren9 Do we find them
AMONG those who live 10 daily disgust Of
their honest callings, end Who force their
sons into the learned professions, simply 70
make them geDtlemenl Must we seek
them ia the gates Of our public Offices,
amid the mongrsls Of humanity, who whine
beneath The table Of some successful poli-
lician; or the thousands that besiegs lhe
doors Of some miraculous postmaster, who
may, by chance, have five lOaves and two
small fishes to Distribute TO the mnlliiudaf
There was q time whe6 il was ths climax
Of public virtue, neither 10 seek nor % de-
cline an Office. There was . time when
patriotism was like honssly-small credit
to have It, but felony to have il not.
ntrYou may take Jack-aas. crop bis saFi
olose, cover bis whole carcass with q E3sn'u hide,
shos him as you pleate--yes II be epss bis mautA +
rhs .gaek-ais stands confessed. exposes, end
known. No disguise can save hin.
What john-horse treys& the abossf WIZ
S. A. cREEoE, ofths visksbuEg consGiutiestlir.
ssakes ahrss" Has any body got coupe q