Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-02-12
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Thrice happy life. that's from ambition free:
Removed from erowns and courts, how cheesfuly
calm eonssnisd mortal spends time.
In hearty health, his soul unsa med with crime.
ALLAN Ramsay.
HAVING undertaken tho Pal
LADUh With series Of miscellaneous Essays, find myse
called upon in the first place. accordance
raj custom Of prsdscessor give tho curious reader
some account Of my Iife do this moro willingly
a. from the recital Of my history. idea may be
cd Of qualifications ha 70 and
Of the manner IN which shall execute IT, and
because 10, have been ~
Tor eminent characters dicouse
themselves and that the enghsG ed public exceeding,
srs'f" Tor these delectaols morses of
"a' ~oks OF TINS description becoming almost pro-
line ~ satises political economy tales Of tho sea
am OF the ancient aud highly rsspsc table family of the
Codhoppers. who established England long before
the Nor'0an Conquest Indeed if correctly informed
my family has always held the first among all tn.
s'aons OF Adam. We date the great globe itself
CLoDHorrEx PLAcE from which distribute food and
'a'"e"'. riches aud honon, dependen..-
many Of whom lazy and beggay that they in cor,
tribute nothing US in return even une,aee f..
the support We vouehsafe hem'Tis true that in an
e'sns Rome, certain distinguished members Of the Cod
hopper family eond-scened upon critical occ asions 10
rect tho councils, lenc the armies, and aue tho
o"' q" me commonwealth; but il true that thew
took the hrss occasion Fro, ,... d;..,,
and communicating empoyments which the public safety
afforded and our family has generally such
F'o' ea'"gs, when the public safety
"a"ded IT, and sfatee by proso, were no longer fl, 10
stand Al the helm of State.
My ancestors have made nuite a d;.,;,a,;sh., G.
tho history Of tho world though time, .orelv ~,
pressed by crowned heads and shaved heads armed
nand' and iawess hands, they have endured resisted and
are finally destined to Triumph Many volumes would be
TO trace their complete history: shall. therefore.
Q" Tie present occasion" merely refer few points in ,ha,
Of tho E"g'h branch Of the Codhopper family; which
rather respectable any Of the others and 10
which have the honor to belong
Inc h"t OF my ancestors Of whom have any pa cuar
accounts was A"e'stanc'. surnamed Clodhopper, who lived
"appy under the government Of King Alfred His de-
'eo"'s"" having become connected with the Norman no
oy ana assumed some Of their honors, we mex, find Re-
s""" de IodhoPpe resisting tho of King joins
w hnd it recorded likewise, that MANY OF the family w.
engaged !" tho erusadss with Richard do Lion in ,e
o"q"e'ss o. Edward H. and Henry ", in the wa
" 'o''S' QUIZ his was at the command of hos masters
" 'fn'y 10 their inciinations In the civil hich
preceded the establishment of tho Commonwealth find
o'su'shed mention made Of Greatgrace CIodho pper %
prominent leader Of the parliamentary a1my BIZ, INV
"'" at present will not allow of cursory review Of
the history of my family Suffice therefore 70 saw ,h,
iase ana respectable branch Of them emgrated in tho
-" century, to America; and the Clohopper,, well
KNOWN were the chief leaders actors in tho struggle
which secured tho indie pendence of the No,,h A...
colonies My grandfather, Reliance Codhopper acted
conspicuous part in tina, grand drama
wy "'he Rightrsnson Clodhopper ha wing married. Cha
NY o"ooishsd second daughter Of Mordecai Stubbeheld
worthy Old Quaker, emigrnsed in April. from Penn
'yva"'a his native State, settet within tho m;,. Of tho
new state Of Indiana whore his only begotep SON.
born on tho fifteenth Of February of tho 6olow,,, van
NY father had about this time been reading Tooke, PR,
neon" (of the general authsntc. which he ex,r.s.
"" do'o''') and was 80 highly delighted history
fhE'on, that he resolved to after tina, enter
'fs"g young gentleman tte dreaming prophetic the
s"gnaton was to prove tie was in consequence severe
handled by Friends" for committing hea,henish an
ct.
Having early acquired the rudmen,s of learning man,
e'eo 'ee'e" INC ''"aon towards devosng my to
""'y P"sus greatly to my fathers dspIeasure who
owed tha' writers Of every description, especially
"'"s's' were worthless tribe who had seldom disgaced
no Codhoppsr family, and with his should never
o il again" Notwithstanding his opposition bow.y., 0
Ill IN secret pursued my favorte pleasures: and befo,.
Twelve years OF age became such proficient in an.
' "s'ory' ana SO familiar with the of Ron
lusrareh that chief pastime retire into IN. or,
'ard s"d with orked appIesree limbs the ground
II men, to enact the chief pitched battles OF antiquity
taking care to observe the order battle and to
stow the victory s,sic with mpar,a, his.
~. represented the invincibe Alexander BY hickory
"s' a"o compact mass OF crah-tree twigs "a OF
TN spears, the reader may well suppose could
mono other then tho fat-famed Macedonian phaIaax- b.
avi"s read an account of the battle Saruis between
sru' the Great and CrG"s King of Lydia, where Rolln
ter Asnophon, relates that the disparity numbers was
great mat rGsus having advanced tho wings Of hi,
y. that OF Cyrus appeared ''lke a small souar. drawn
thin large one took particular in dene,
e this famous order of battle, with grains corr,
the kitchen floor nssrspersed. occasionally throughout,
IN horn buttons, representing elephants or charo,s
ned with seythss; and then, pgsr TO Great.
ecov''ao's confusion the Crn.u
s 70 Ns''s' the Lords anoinsed,' complete and
umphant victory did all this with a, .... 80, If GU
npaesney only equaled by those valorou. eb,m,o,
neral Va" Pohenburgh Of tho New Netherlands. .,s ,h
neral Crazy Of Michigan their sta
Of pumpkine. the her Of -