The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-04-07
ELOQUENT EXTRACTS.

ELOQUENT EXTRACTS.
"There arc few spectaces more touching in the
world, perhaps, than at eary morning, the last
veil Of night has departed from the sanctuary, or in
the evening twilight, when the fret shadow Of the
coming darkness has fallen upon the holy place, TO
behold separately, silently kneeng upon the affairs
steps, or the cold pavement, those who have seemed
10 seek the hour OF secus ION from the worlds great
throng TO pour out their prayers and tears-to pour
out their Joys 10 gratitude, OF their sorrows IN sub
mission, before HIN who hears the inaudioie sigh,
and understands the unuttefed thought"
g NV blood bos in my veins and will not try 10
still their throbbings, when think Of the banded ty
rannes Of the earth-the Asatlc Assyran, Egyptian,
European-which have been united TO crush down
all human interests and rights This is not with me,
matter Of statistics, Of political generalities.-
Down into the bosom Of society, down among the
sweet domestic charities OF ten thousand million
homes, down among the sore and quvering hor,s Of
human hearts unnumbered aud innumerable--the iron
Of accused despotism has been driven Al length
from the long dark night Of oppression the peo-
pie rising To reclaim and assert their rights. see
Them taking the power which TO them individually be-
longs into their own hands. rejoice TO see II. re-
olee aud yet tIemble. | trembe lest they should
retaliale the wrongs they have endured"
1If any goyernme Mt can be regarded the minister
Of God II any form Of power can be regarded as the
voice of cd that government must be the which
whole people has chosen and framed tor the genera
good that voice must be the mighty and multitude
nous voice OF the elective franchise.'
Doubtless there will be shocking things in the
word-thngs unheard of and Incredible Not only
will the toe of the peasant gall the kbe Of the cour
ter" but people will stand face TO face-will meet ia
he tune company and actually laR ogsiher-between
iohom there toA be nothing earth IN common bur thai
fhx,. Ai.xl what a sal history Will b.
ten Of those times
Then will il be said men we're respected not
for their titles but Tor their merits IL all
lsyelling age-in which nothing was venerated but
virtue Nay, so besolted mankind that they
worsh3ped virtue and truth though they were strip.
ped of all outward magni6cence and power. The
highest places in society we're sometimes occupied
prob pudof-by poor men. Yes, II was an age In
which the horribly vile arisocracy of talent and yir
tue prevailed. II there a man Of wisdom and
genius among them, men went mad about him F; they
seemed TO feel If his notice and friendship were
honorable To them If he had been ljrd or prince
Yes Chr.1lians though they were they fell towards
the degradation oil those Grecian and Roman times,
when Diogenes was honored ia his tub, and Cincin.
natus called from his plough"
" Rome is too mighty name to be withstood by any
such or any other influences. Let you come upon
that hill in what mood you may, the scene will lay
hold upon you, as with the hand OF giant scarce
ly know how to describe the lmpression-out u seem
ed to me as if something strong and stately, like the
slow and majestic march of mighty whirlwind
swept around those eternal towers the storms Of time
that had Frustrated the proudest monuments Of the
world, seemed 10 have left their vibrations in the still
and solemn air ages of history passed before me ;
the mighty procession oil natonsIkhgs, consuis,
emperors, empires, and gener atons had passed over
that sublime theatre The fire. the storm, the earth
quake had gone by but there was yoL left the still
small voice-iike that, at which the prophet WRAP
ped his face in his MANTLE
Whether this Government will assent, and en-
courage her citizens or not in the settlement OF the
Oregon, they will do it-your power cannot check
it, You might well attempt to turn the waters Of
the Missouri back upon its sources in The Rocky
Mountains as to turn back the flood Of population
from the shores of the Pacific ocean. The Allegha
MES may be piled upon the Rocky Mountains and our
people will scale them. The march Of empire Is
notwithstanding can check It,"