American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-01-06


its wide praires they follow the monstrous
herds that feed upon its a2nre fields. As the
hunter casts his lasso upon the wild horse, so
they throw their lines upon the tumbling whale.
They draw out 'Leviathan with hook They
Fill his skin with bafbed irons, and in spite OF
his terrible strength, they part him among the
merchants To them there are no Pillars OF
Hercules They seek with avidty new regions
and fear not to be the first that ever burst INTO
unknown seas. Had they been the companions
Of Columbus, the great mariner would not have
been urged to return, though he had sailed
westward to his dying day.
Glorious New England thou ar: still true to
thy ancient fame and worthy of thy ancestral
honors We, thy children, have assembled in
this far-dstaut land to celebrate thy bigth-day
A thousand fond associations t!rong upon US,
reused by the spirit Of the hour. On thy plea
SAINT valley rest like sweet dews Of morning the
gentle recolectons Of our early life; around thy
hills and mountains cling like gathering mists
the mighty memories Of the Revolution; and
far away in the horizon Of thy past CLEAN, like
thy own bright Northern Lights, the awful vr-
tues of our Pilgrim sres! But while we devote
this day to the remembrance of our native land,
we forget not that in which our happy lot is
cast. We exult in the reflection that though
We count by thousands the miles which sepa-
rate us from our birthplace, still our country is
the same. We are no exiles meeting upon the
banks Of foreign river, to swell its waters with
our home-sck tears. Here floats the same ban
ner which rustled above our boyish heads, ex
cept that its mighty folds are wider and its gilt
tering stars increased in number.
The sons Of New England are found in eve
ny State of the broad Republic. In the East.
the South and the unbounded West, their
blood mngles freely with every kindred cur
rent. We have but changed our chamber in
the paternal mansion; in all its rooms we are
at home, and all who inhabt it are our bro
theirs. To us the Union has but one domestic
hearth; its household gods are all the same
Upon us then peculiarly devolves the duty of
feeding the fires upon that kindly hearth; Of
guarding with pious care those sacred house
hold gods.
We cannot do with less than the whole
Union; to us it admits of no division. In the
veins Of our children flows northern and south
ern blood; how shall it be separated; who shall
put asunder the best affections of the heart,
the noblest instincts of our nature? We love
the land Of our adoption, so do we that Of our
birth Let US ever be true to both; and al
ways exert ourselves in maintaining the unity
vi Sul COuIltiy, llileSIlty vi Ibc lNepuoIlC'
Accused then, be the hand put forth TO oos-
en- the golden cord of our Union; thrice &C
cursed the tratorous lips, whether of northern
fanatic or southern demagogue, which shall
propose its severance.
But no! the Union cannot be dssolved its
fortunes are too brilliant to be marrcd; its des-
TIMES too powerful to be resisted. Here will
be their greatest triumph, their most mighty
development
And when, a century hence, this Crescent
City shall have filled her golden horns; when
within her broad-armed port shall be gathered
the products of the industry of a hundred mil
lions Of freemen; when galleries of art and
halls Of learning shall have made classic this
mart Of trade; then may the sons of the Pill
grims, still wandering from the bleak hills of
the North satnd upon the banks of the Great
River and eXclaim, with mingled pride and
wonder, Lo. this is ouI country: when did the
world ever witness so rich and magnificent a
cty-so great and glorious Republic!
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH. On We'd
nesday night last Mr. David Young and his
wife, Of Lee, in Rome, n. Y, narrowly es-
capped terrible death from the effects Of burn
ing charcoal After they had retired for the
night, Mrs. Young, the mother of MIR. Young,
with mothers solicitude, the night being cold,
but with mistaken kindness, placed IN their
bedroom portable furnace, filed with burning
charcoal, and closed the door. About | o'clock
Mr. Young awoke, faint and nearly paralyzed
He barely had strength to roll out Of bed, crawl
to the door and open it, and give faint out
cry; he then fell upon the floor entirely insen-
sbe The cry was heard by sister of Mr.
Young, who CHANGED to be awake, and the
family came to their assistance. They were
both found apparently dead. BY application
of restoratives, they, after some time, recover
ed. The faintng was followed by violent
vomiting and great distress. A few moments
more, life would have been extinct. When
will people learn the danger of this use of char
coal?