Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-09-10
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nUMt. FEELINGS

lhe Wet thu Nrsti Nhcr- I'll peorl. hav
heen gt'e IN ihs " est In TIA, last inty y.srs AZ,
IN. Nsss' sreis H. have BEEN gdag aIth lhrn, anti
At has become m u To Fl - - u s,ilu az thsi {,
stisin prgie>s'se politicians. Fortunately. the "a If,
oresh has prs. Hted boundary, where The Wesf
af as our einnfy Is coneer,sd, must stop The II sd
E" p'P"ia"n MI ~" have an opportunity To r,uslz
seii, aud IN becnns stationary Ih.n We shall hey m
10 seqarr something like 6Aed habs and something Cd
those hume ieeinas winch aim st stranger. t.
! The Amencaa nnd
l. an lniab sni Of The old world, and Of some ror-
'"ns o' our o"n country, there Is rrfan charm,
greatness ab1at the ace 81 unes h.flif utch endrs
SOD haio9s II in the affections inragh all aitrr hfr-
ne idea o. having ., and Wandering 10 distant paris 81
'he "oid Is m"si lsuiul, and II un'l, the
hrs compel hun, until he Is sjtut AL ws ui
sa'su"n, OF The if"n loot OF despuilsm cushrs him
The rsh. that the oofes peasant can Turn hs back %
an his naive hamlet md exile himself Ia tf.,on l,,d
Even then, thoagh he fad comfortable resting sp,t Tor
MS weary iet. sud hi- Tree soul last breath with
out esr' nod the grim face OF want ba1sh.d from his
o"f-eren then. "thrfe's NJ place like hune," to his
neat Ihe irshman, though scure Of years may have
p'.eed 0ser his had, IN the couy Uf his alu ilun
bringing with hem p,acs. plenty and happn.s. sul
sfflsh's "iihlh 10 his si1l the lu0ty his naive
ne, and TIE h1nble CIT where hs born, -tr his
near Deals responsive II the snruws and the wings 81
if-snd--"he1 hs fgtgrts her hi, right hand wI fr
get It's eunnin." The Engli,hmsn with h,s ote,i,r
E1'i, ri csfaciet. and spec II nnan e in his com.
Fs''mh' mas perhaps even stronger hume t1ein.s No
e'sh OF llnr, ~ NJ" associations IRE from his
mud the halla"cd mrmaues of ehdhopd Ills native vi
i-c the church where his ahef, wurs pped he graves
"heh crGia n her mJlldeung as IS, hun con
sec'aed Objects sarrrI places telfeai here the heart
"ssttd viii The si gglrs OF life, LOVES retire and
commute Win 10 nNn thuugh's, and renew youth Ia
The pie1>s reductions ol the past Even the Sais,
Id q, ne'eea'fy fhough he may be. rsody sell his
rfFes 10 the hgtes bidder, and sake his life al any
tine o. n ATTY cause, tf gnld-le han but hear IN HE
N 81 a-lAni land, amid lhr clash nt arms and all the
+" military array, some sinple air, as>oclat-d with
H." mrn"rs 81 hls boy YEAR, and sital hiway be
'f' rs 'iH" rs hahctapd arises with her cloud clap
pd hill, het shadow jrlis and The uAly place wh.
bfS he saw thr day, wjll,la hn seems Ia call
iih ll"me k" his bfethf-u The sfinics 81 Ffance he
us I'm lhe excitement III The camp 10 ah once inufr
~ S"n- rdii embrace IN hrf his M1thrr Sl,ter
ptue' aud titus To .siisiy hls soal's deepest ongng,
or'"e lie lufns again 10 HE ied oi slule aud hmI.
o't ennntsnrn have vel fslllz- HE Home tel
ny, IN all tlelf p'"rr w have b,come a wnrirr-
my aee, buds 81 passa!" temanin! onc sp1l only az
"'9 as Mature ahut Us supplies wants niihaut
th'ftmn On uof par, and ,htn. with the first wlnlfy
mean ni disappointment, "lnglog our way 10
g'n'' 'h' lhefs Il an lnsa.ale p,s,pn t1f novelty
add chahg", Win such means al gtlllfcapu no other
pption oil the world ahuris There is a bonnJrss an
l""'e hf more land rrfvadlns our agricultural
mhhili. and Transmitted nm sIfr sun And lhcr. Is
'P" In ihs appetite. ~ eAhausll,s abundance. The
young iarncf lrarn> 10 look with contempt upon the old
The W est Ills soul - filled with The maynlf 'ont
ldra oi beronlnI large land pfopuelof aud he sal
'S '"tih Wh nlarniy, Ia pursuit o his ''mantlrs drs-
nay. lhe p"uc an Trunks OF Sairs which al, To he
represented N The senate The youthful lawyer aud ply
stefan, III fine openings IN the Western country y"
These "~nng~, by The Nay. II - well rnuuyh To ~.
en'c have lpnt a. been ,0sed that the a,plfant
amer professional dsnron must make an opening
'ol h'h'''i IN the Ne7 Is people are obliged 10 do
''''' pals ID the world. Nuh such motives.
"un''t mat MY hads have d'srnrd the East and that
NV csl"ard The statul Empire takes It's way"
II Is bal as yesterday thai Kentucky and OHIO vera
The West The 'Jaf ISL" They uere lu,ked upon
ns the advance lua'd III THE march ol civil z,lun Nnw
ih'y are hrconlng did" States, and emlprans lray,
'heh by thousands every ,of the land the s,iup
sun From thc once thlch difkness o the rsefn s,y
sa' arf sat has arisen, md blended lheu usfc. with
HE li.his which glow IN na,tn, constellation f.
ven nov, % The distant horrs Ol The Pac'i, feeble
ray iallng upon the wave as thu Oregon planet is he
shh'h9 10 Struggle up tom the ulss aud c,uds which
cave ohscufed liz hotIn saon our system will he com
P''e, and M new worlds be- lett H. tempt the ruvIng
lnnt III adventure anl rnrrprls,
Then, Ndth th,s must de slttbe G. nsnmmaiun has
BET a''ar"d, the Id" States Will bcgln To arls' from
'ht graves aud bcen'e "ne"" ala,n, that thirst Tor
n"sriiy Witch h"'saIgrd nselt upon Western f,,d -
Virginia 81 luns ahanduncd by hrf chlldr,n and sllng
hhe hrtca'ed mpher by a desolate hrcslde VIII AT
last be apPn GATED, not only nv her sons who have m
m""'d at home, enJSing with Ihnllrs1 hearts her
bodny b"' even hy the rrdga4, Wuo nave .prn, then
all IN strange lands Her snl viii be I,nud rch en- ~
tf me" who aro wng In ah,ur, aud her 7, sources IN
surpassed IN variety and extent by The ptnmlslnu
81 The ,onner ucmbers ot HE conedtfacy. Her suns
VIII brsh To real ~ tho truth that within her nulrfs
there is an ample field iuf the rNcrrlse ii ,h,t IN
ttgcs. The home feelings III TAKE ruul in thelf heads
iht' VIII nbIde ny The family hearth and the family al.
lar, cuvaung l'lose plan yet sterling oil dns-
ny ceooo"y, and sohr,ry which aud enrich oo,h
The Individual and the STATE, bat Ahcl are tu often
ff1oilen IN The mad haste hr wealth which causes So
many 81 people Ia desert the homes oi Their youth
and ursakr eommonNr whose fame aud prospect
" ought 10 be dear to their hearts.