The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-08-08

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
THE DAY AND OUR DUTY.

| The UAx AMI OON ~ IL
- The story Of the reVOlu~
tionary struggle, the principles commended
for, and the mighty results involved, cannot
be too frequently detailed 70 the rising gen.
Grafton. Much, If not ell, that we enjoy
az fresmen, as ciIizanssof an independent
Irepublic, was won for and transmitted to US
Ibv the men Of '76-the patriots whose spir. |
lis have gone to another world, and whose
frames for the most part, aie among the
clods of the valley. But because they
have passed or are passing away, let US not
FORGET them. Let US remember their acts
Treasure their precepts, and be faithful to
their principles. Let us endeavoF to pre-
serve and perpetuate the rich inheritance Of
liberty that has been confded 10 our keeps
ling. Let Us gaze along the past thong hts
fully and philosophically, and gather wisdom
from its lights and shadows Of its pregnant
pages OF history. To be true to the mem
ory Of the patriot dead, to manifest prop>
Ter appreciation Of the struggle N which
Itbey participated, we must be true to our
selves and our countTy--tO Virtues 10 patrl
otism, and all the nOblel impulses Of our
nature.
Thus far Providence has smiled upon our
progress, and has rendered our upward
and onward career as q nation, the mys-
lterv Of modern times Our population
nov extends 10 many millions-State after
STATE had been added 70 the original thlT>
teen. while the prospect for the future
labounds with promise and encouragement.
How eIoouentiy and beautifully has Amerl>
"a been described BY distinguished writer:
s.Child of Earth's old age, America Is
the favoIite on whom a double portion has
been lavished. The glorious sky, the fer
tile soil, the harvest ready above, the mine
> rich beneath. and more than all, brave,
free and enlightened race, who but must
feel that the worlds great destinies are yet
unaccomplished, when the mind dWells On
2 the glorious promise which kindles the far
shores Of the broad Atlanticl The most
lrreatiVe Imagination asails not 70 picture
the noon Of that mighty hemisphere now IN
Its infancy. Other nations have sprung or
amidst darkness and disorder but America
Icommehced its onward career when ouI
- world was in its prime; and has the expeF-
fence Of all civilization for its beacon. Com
merce. science and freedom, are its fates
and the web over which they preside IS bu
begun"
Is But are we better in the mass-aTe w
more virtuOus, more patriotic as the people
= than in the days Of the Reyolutionl II no
y IF we have been increasing in strength
and in uower. but have been deteTlOTatlnI
in morals and in worth--let US try to recOV
er the ground we have lost, and thus illus
trate practically 70 mankind, that OUT sys
. tenn Of government is all that we claim
70 be. That while Il extends political night
Il also gives force to justice and integrity
induces respect and yeneTation for ali tna
= Is sacred, for the affections, and encourage
the domestic and social virtues. True
, ourselves. and 20 all the characteristic
which constitute real greatness, this repun
lie is destined to become far mightler, e
more potent than now. Already the Ne'
World, and especially this portion Of u, ha
exercised vast influence upon the sent
ments, the feelings and the institutions
as the Old. The march Of liberal principle
even among many mOnarchiess whose touI
daions may be dated back Coz ceniuTle
has been extraordinary, since the Americl
people threw of the Joke Of foreign d
, minion, and ayowed themselves free az
Sc. independent.
And yet our national career pas JUST COL
re. menced. We are in our childhood. g
.E, true-amOng the nations. Our inftuen'
10 and example have been nothing compai'
lall with what they may Be. Let us then !
md conduct ourselves that "the MODEL kErU
leir Lie" shall Be worthy Of the nsma--t that
usi. berry and Independence shall SO hand
the hand with Justice and Virlue-that 81
hat greatest good to the greatest number sh'
i've IS The object of our Statesmen and Elllla
ibropisls- -and that those who come e.
us. regoung our memories and emulous
- our example. shall rejoice that their anc'
tors were adorned and diFnihed by az
o. Qualities that snnoble patriots elevate @
-, and grace republicans and christians
sHoEarAKrNG. - Prof. Inqraham lnas 6
phically describes The town 81 Linn, 3.
achusstts, lhs ssatof choelnakeIs, and
,,o vssl cogdWaino5y Of lho whole Union:
z aTha very pleasant md thriving town
vnn n he Paradise 81 shoemaker!
~. rernq men, early lglnEtfed TON the cIa
VIZ - = 100 4stt their tnrfn and Ieal1ef