American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-06-01
Fer the Baltimore Clipper.l
o T II E. IDOLIZ ED
IN MEMORY OF OTHER DAYS.

Fer the Baltimore Clipper.1
[ o T II E. IDOLIZE ED.
IN MEMORY OF OTHER DAYS.
Pn mid Natures solitudes sublime
p, or ramble thro' the hawthorn grove,
in bOyhood's bliss, in Olden time,
bOw'd to beauty aud the God of Love,
ory's mirror behold thee there,
y as in life'S morning hour thou vert
ROW peced my soul, and whitening care
planted many pang in m llh lod's heart.
hrs had DER me pass'd when first swept
bounding Tyre to thee, thou worshipp'd one;
lie did dream, when thus | slept,
uld awake from bliss to be undone
Immers then had only fan'd thy brow,
giv'n to thy fair form all Grecian grace;
lee as saw thee then, ev'n now,
oses budding on thy fairy face.
e with many transport pass'd away,
woman's witchiQg graces 18th thee grew;
I, amid her halls, meath Science' sway,
seeking laures and alone for you.
Bdious years did'st thou, with solemn voice,
&c thy fond faith to wait for my return,
ue unto thy trust, thou did'St rejoice,
| alas was doom'l for thee to mourn.
was in my E len, thou nay Eve,
(h deadly serpent nestled there;
lung me to the heart, and dared to weave
Pill of darkness round me and despair.
k on life's dark tide the damaing bowl,
Fown my desperate anguish, then sought:
the heart and sorrow of the soul!
agony for me hast thou not wrought!
I'd served my G I'd with half the truth
have worship'd WON ANS heavenly charms,
d not have been doDm'd by fate in youth
s " distracted from thy angel arms
nothing ow fer me- save tits alone
e the slave ofpassOn, long since fed;
k on biSstul hours forever gone,
many a tear of fond regret 10 she'd
build feelas have often felt,
g could we meet as we have met Of old;
nov kneel as have too thee knelt,
give thousand worlds Of gittering gold.
MILFORD BARD.
imore, May, 1886.
had served my God with half the zeal
RtI have served my king, sc. Shakespeare.
NEWS BY THE GREAT BRITAIN-THE
|NDoN TIMES AND THE OREGON NOTICE
be intelligence from Europe by the steameI
t Britain, is singularly uninteresting, ant
brises nothing worth copying beyond what
published on Saturday, if we except the
wing article on the passage of the Oregon
be by Congress, and its reception in Eng
From the London Times, Mays
he resolutions authorizing the President oi
United States to give notice for the termi
bn of the Oregon Convention of 1927, have
as we announced yesterday, received the
ton of the Senate by majority of 40 to Ia
Is. Nine weeks of continuous debate may
Imposed to have exhausted the most sturdy
|ers of Parliamentary endurance; and, from
Senators of Massachusetts, to the newly ar.
n representative of the State of Texas, moi
|ember of the sedete assembly seems TO have
This important topic pass in silence. The
bits and the difficulties which are commonly
lined to Cabinet on questions of this ma
have here been extended TO species o
ular assembly, and aggravated by publicity
party spirit. But the result hes been the
|e as if the resolutions had been introduced
|Mr. Polk; and public opinion throughout the
Jon has been informed and inVigorated BY
debate. In spite of the length of time du
l which we have contemplated the approach
his notice-the clear certainty of the result
he discussion; the unanimity which we may
bald to have arrived at in both countries a:
The expectancy and necessity of putting ar
to the doubtful condition of the question
the Impotence with which we desired tina
preliminary step should be taken, in ordel
the defntive negotiation might beprompt
|esumed, it cannot be,doubted that the sol
b act of the American Government, which
bout to assign term TO one of the most i'm
tant territorial conventions existing between
eat Britain and the United States, must b.
siderable, and may become momentous
mt. In America the debates on this subject
re almost exclusively monopolized the time
he Legislature and the attention Of the pub
since the commencement of the session o
agrees. In this country Parliament and the
ion have been content TO wait the course o
,nts, and to leave untouched by premature
ltroversy one Of the most important functions
the Executive Government, and one of the
hest prerogatives of the Crown. But, ir
te of the exclusive discussion to which the
egon territory has given rise on the othel
g OF the Atlantic, and the extreme reserve
itch has hitherto been maintained on this
ire is at bottom the same deep and earnes
pc in both countries that this question will b,
licably settled, and we trust there is an equa
solution in the Governments of both countrie,
make every exertisn, consistent with the
10 interests and honor to terminate the con
versy. 1t is in this spirit that we are willing
receive the notice for the termination OF thu
sting convention. ..5.-. F.H
In this spirit and with an express reeommen
lion to that, effect, the resolutions have beer
med and carried through in both houses o
ngress; and in the same spirit we do no
ubt that the negotiation will be forthwith
iewed. The alternate is now distinctly in
,ated. The utmost term to which the peace
the world can be prolonged is one twelve
nth, if indeed circumstances do not bring a
ut a much earlier rupture, unless the parti
N of the Oregon territory be finally settlet
til that period. Never was a heavier res.
visibility incurred by public men; never wa
graver question poised in the balanc
Providence. The provisional agreemen
der which our pacific relations with tn
aited States have subsisted for 80 years
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