Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-01-30

be possible now to- construct q Harmonious
iypo OF nsiaaal Aslericsn character oct OF
the dlscOtdsnt materials which hAevbsen as
ssmbled and which en- unwIse and shot
sighted policy suffers TO lie Kept 10 petpetu
al termenisuon, Nv the Infusion, not VI ingre
d,cLis only, but Of hostile ele n~nts A ma
uon, like an organic b,eng mus, grow not by
aects,,on, boiby dsvsiope u,s Ut. and should re-
ceive tito lis sys'em nothing incapable Of &c
similsuon. Bot from this and many other
influences pernioious To the symmetry OF our
national character, New Eoels 10 happily,
IN great measure, ertmp, | aruga,c no,
Tor her = m'nopoI, OF all the eIcellsnries OF
American genius, nor do insist that she 10
the sole depository OF the vital principles Of
American life, but her population is homo
genus In lis origin, her component parts har.
monious IN their organization. and she pos
sesses tho unity Of character that belongs To
. people, which ows its aggregate eai.ionoe
10 one great end--the noblest end that in.
spire social mantle enjoy men, OF civil and
religious liberty.
Are then this character and the h,,itu
lions to which II has given birth worth pre-
serving This is tho great quos,ioo, which
New England and her sons are called upon
nov TO answer one and forever For II GU
indi viduslhy Is lc,t, our hered nary principles
abandoned for q single hour, there is no re
Cooperative energy by winch WE can re.as
sumo the vitality we have suicidallv surren
dered. The alohemists protested TO DO adj,
to consume the flower and raise II again ou
Of its ashes. But II was at best a shadow,
resurrection, and the visible image had uel
Their hsqrancy. color nor life. A nation hs,
but q single life. and the people that perish
ed. because II Is tecreant to itself, can hope
for no pslingenesia.
We are then summoned by every consider
alton ofpresent interest. Of enlightened pa
uiolism, decent respect for the memory o
our fathers, Of reverence for the religion o
our God, 10 do our utmost to keep alive III,
sacred FIRE and to transmit invioIste and uii
impaired to future ages the heirloom to alien
ate. To our Pergamus palladium il com
mi,ted To New England our common coun
try must look as the purest source and sures
rcpertory Of those true conservative princi
pies in Church and State, without which, bot
Church and State, will soon become no bless
ing but curse.
The greatest of living poets has told u,
that the language ofiIoedUm has two primo
pal dialects. "-"
WO VOICES arc tncIti one IL Ol Tue sea,
One OF the mountains; each a mighty voice
In both from age To age thou dds, rejoice,
They were thy chosen music, Liberty"
These voices are EN- phaucslly tho nuts,
~ hymns OF our ancient mother The inla
ear Of all her sons is tuned to the
Roar
OF ocean on win,Ty Shore
or tho howl ings Of the storm, whose win
are heavy with frozen misls from tho cave
nous rec uses OF her rugged mountains
No alien soil intercep,s our morning daw
The earlies beams Of the orien sun, emer
ing from oceans bed, are shed full upon O
: metropolis. and his warming ray, long lin
c er on the soaring peaks OF our ,ierlasiir
n hills Fl emblem Of the light OF Chris,ia
o freedom, which first illuminated or o~
!. gray fathers and shall latest gid the grnv
l.. Of the pilgrims, the cradles OF their chlldre