Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-07-30

took up ono OF The po,s,ot; snd affected to
feed as il he had found n great dainty but
II was very plain thai be sic more for good
nnsnners than good sppc,Iie
Il suppose" replied Man on, That III Is
not equal to their style Of dn'nei"
No indeed" quo,h tho cHicor And
this imagine is one Of your accidental len,
dinners, a sort OF ban yam Ia general, no
doubt, you live great deal better"
Rather worse, answered the genera
"fcr we ohen don, get enough Of this"
Heavens fejolncd the officer "Bu,
probably, whs, you loose in meal You make
up in mal,-though s,intod IN provisions
you draw noble pay p
"Nots cent, SIR" cried Marion, mot
cent"
Heavens and earth Then yon must be in
a bad box | don't see, General how you
stand it.
why SIR" replied Marion, with smile
OF self appreciation, these things depend
on ireinps'
The Englisbmen said he "did no, BE-.
llove that 1t would be an easy matter to rec.
oncilc bis feelings 10 soldiers he on Gcn
Maron's icfm,-nll fighting and no pay,
aad no provisions but potatoes ~
"Why sir" answered the General, 'tho
heart Is all and when ,hs is much inter.
cs,ed, n man can do any thing. Many a
youth would thna II hard to indcnt himself
a slave for fourteen years bu, lie, him be
over head and cars in love, nni with such a
swco, hear, as Rachel, aud he will think no
more Of fourteen yesrs sorvi,uGC than young
jacob did Well, now. thin 10 exactly my
case am in love, and my sweethear, is
LinER4T BE tina. heavenly pymph nv
companion, and these wlds and woods
shall have charms beyond London or Paris,
in slavery. To have no proud monarch
driving over lie with hi, gil, coaches, nor
his host Of xclemen and tax gather, insult.
ing and robbing rae, bu; 10 be ny own mas
ter, my own prince snd sovereign, glori-
ously preserving nv natural dignity and
eating their luscious fruits, and sowing my
fields md reaping the golden grain and
seeing millions OF brothers all n round me
equally free nni happy as myself--'ha', sir
is WIN, long for."
= The officer replied that both as mar
and as Brlton he must certainly subscribe
10 this as happy saie Of things.
"Hnppyl" quo,h Marion yes, happy
) indeed And had rather hgh, for sact
blessings for my country and feed on roots
than keep uloof, through walioving in al
the luxurics Of Solomon, For now sir,
walk the soil that gave me birth, and cxnl
in the though. thai ON not unworthy Of ii
look upon these venerable ;rees aroun
Co.l I H. l,rh . .r,
! think OF my own sacred rights, and II
:. loice that have no, deserted them An
, when | look forward 10 the long age
posterily, glory in the thought that | al
!, lighting their battles. The childre Of d.
tant generations may never know my nam
but still i, gladdens my heart to think that
am contending for their freedom, and all 4
countless blessings"
|, II looked" says general OHnrn, 1t
!, Marion, as he uttered these sentiment, an
. iancied felt ms when heard the last word
e of the brave DE Kalb The Englishma
Q hung his honest head and looked as if h
had seen the upbraidlng ghosts OF his iIlu
trious counlrymcn Sidney and Hampton
!, On his return to Georgetown, he wn
asked by Col Watson why he looked s.
serious
81 have cause sir" said he ITO look ser
Gus
"Wha,, has General Marion refused
r. treat |" no sir
:, "WclI, then, has old Washington defea
: ed Sir Hen ry Clinton and broke up OF
/. army ~
mo, SIR, no, ,ha, oilher-bni worse"
;, "Ah, wha, can be worse
- "Why sir, have seen an America
}, general and his officers, without pay, on
;. almost without clothes living on roots an
:. drinking walor, all for LIBERTY VIII
- chance have we agaIns, such men -
= i, is said tina, Col. w was no, mucl
a obliged to him for his speech but Il
T. young officer wa. so struck with Marion
- sentiments, that he threw up bis commissio
- and retired from the service.