Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-05-23

Spring is once more here in all lis verdurc,
bloom and beauty. Nature has once riore as
sumed lis garb Of green; the fealhered race. in
their native element, fit from branch to branch,
and, with their songs Of innocence and purity
proclaim glddncss 10 those hearts which fortune
may have loaded with sadness and sorrow.-
The hacks and herds Of the farm yard again re-
treat to the hills, and there rcgalc in the pure
air as it sweeps over grassy wales and verdant
fields, gathering sweetness from their vegea>
ton. Fowls, insects, and every living thing, Il
add to this song Of praise. The earth Is being
washed by refreshing showers from heaven oil
tie filth and decay strcwed over lis face by the
ravagce of a mercless winter. and by the foot
steps of all pros'ralrg Time. Animal and veg
etabe lie are sprInging into existence, and eve
ry where do we behold the invigorating infu-
ence of this annual regeneration.
Ought we not feel deep sense Of gratitude
to the Father universal and supreme, that our
stay has been thus far prolonged, and that we
are permitted to witness another return Of this
| deightiu soaeeu. E,e.y Sc son has IT, charms
and pleasures, bat If any one more than another
to us, it is Spring. VIVA, is more delightful
than to take a stroll at this season Of the year
over verdant lawns, dewy meads, and in "lhC
deep-tangled wild wood" to observe the beau.
ties Of nature, and 20 nhae the doors of the
early flowers Of Spring, those cmblcms OF puri
ty which so clearly bespeak the goodness OF the
wise Creator, and remind US Of the primitive in
nocence Of our first parents in the Garden o
Eden. Are not these sources Of pleasure
showers Of benefcence rom heaven, calculate,
to wash from our hearts the sin which may have
found its way there from the frequent associa
ton with immoral inlucLces we have held dur
ing the many mjsspent evenings Of the harden
nr season from which we have just emerged
If any have acted from such influence, we hopt
that through the in,crposion of Divine Provi
dence, they are still free from those shackle
which might have iettered them through life.
l. not this proper time to look INTO ourselves
to examine our own hearts, aud SEQ if we in an
wise approximate 10 that purity innocence am
perfection, TO be seen in every other work G
God. We talk Of "Angcc man." as if he stl
retained his angelic purity; but we have allow
ed our nobler nature to pine away--have sacri
riiiced our intellectual powers tothe graiifica
ton of our selfish passions, the influence {
which has long sinca perforated society, and de
ISOLATION has everywhere marked its progress.
J This season more than any other, eXci'es Il
to reading. observation and relection-whli
!, the mder sex are ga'he ing and besnwng tn
. flowers Of the iield-may not we fthe sterne
be gathering and spreading the flowers of learn
Q ing-the sciences which have been transplant
ed by the brightest gcniuses the world has eve
y produced, from obscuriiy and oblivion to III
s field of knowledge, where all who will ma
!. parake simply by adding their own exerton
d Newton with his mental ellulgencc, unfoldc
+. to us the laws of gravltation which regulate Il
d planetary system, thus afording US new assn
y. ances Of the power OF lnfu'ne Wisdom.
h Cuvier, with his co.workers, has presented
if with Geology, which furnishes us with pla
I'd history of the awful commissions which have 4
4. ken place in The bosom Of our mother cart
H. both before and since the universal deluge.-
n, From the light it gives. we may reasonably So
pose that The pebbles which form the pillars
!" the Capitol of Free America, were removed
p a natural cause from the land whore they Ia
" long remained shrouded IN the gloomy clouds
despo,ism and, that the extensive praries
the West wer0 once the abode ofcivllized me
IS who, we have no doubt, from their implemer
Of war found on their batle-f eds, and thu
utensils for domestic use found around 'ht
Wondering dwellings, were in Art and Sclen
- far in advance of those who naw inhabit I
wilds of the West. But we will not try TO ell
III merare those departed worthless, or recount tn
Of invaluable deeds-but let us initiate their "
TO- example, and strive so TO conduc, ourselves Il
o. when we shall have passed "lhe bourne FRI
H. whence no traveller returns" that we shall ha
a place in the grateful remembrance OF those
Ir- may leave behind.
u. We are not only in the Spring of the year
az we are in the spring of American literature,
So the spring of our national existence, in the spr
rec of a rev administration Of our National Cove
" ment,-and myself in the spring of fe.-!
. many other youth spread over the face Of {
beloved country, which pillows it's head in