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the midst cf cur country, as freely as gushed
tie waters from tie rcck of Hurcb.
Let us congratulate ourselves aud thank
OR God that cur destiny was cast in q land
q cpeace amd lcnty, where man is enlighten-
ed, AM civil and religious liberty abouhds.
V her tEc blessings of cIIristianity are spread
abroad and tncrc IS no power to chain and
subdue an honest conscience.
Where man car enjoy the sweets Of sec ial
happiness and domesti' r,ii,. w.tEcutthe
fear Of grants JEALOUSY o. 3"eIct's Ia
tree. Who're JOY and pleasure, instead CT
poverty and want, visit TIE cottage of tie
humble poor, and when the waters of lnowl-
edge are free to every t~Iiirsting mind.
Columbia is the favored land of heaven,
and it becomes our duty to guard and pro-
tect it from the hands of plumber, wrong and
sacrilege. The same hand divine that was
with is in the days of the Revolution, that
shed a lustre around the brows of Perry,
Decatur and L~awrancc, still attends the
victorious march of the brave Taylor and
the heroic Scott from Palo Alto and the Rio
Crande, 20 tie splendid fields of Buena Wis.,
ta and Cerro Gordo.
In the short space Of "a months an i'm
m"nse territory inhabited by nine millions
of souls has been traversed and subdued by
a few brave voimtc crS of cur country, IN
acquainted with military discipline, who
knew not the fatigues and labor of warfare
o. the duties Of service. We Lad no stand
ing army to eat out the substance Of our
P oplc, and endaDcer the liberties Of our
country:hH t when American blood had been
split, and the trumpet c. war had been SCUM
Ged, thousands were ready to rush to tie
field at the call of patrot;sm. They left the
c~ndearIneEts Of home and the associations of
friends and kindred to embark in q service
frarght with peri, and danger. They did not
90 as The All. Of Napoleon and Charles
III, to CRAFTY the ambition OF madmen, by
f~,.unging mankind into subsection and mis-
cry. that their cries might constant; as
cend TO the throne of imperial power, but
as a band of freemen to drive back the in
rader from their soil and protect mnsullied
the bright escutcheon of national honor
We do not GO to lob their temples, to ex-
Plore their mountains ofgold, to externinate
their race, or to blast their religion, but to
teach The obduretc SIaniard to know that
American rights must not be violated
Though We mightin vain search the annals
of ancient history to find upon their record
a war so brilliant, or a succession of such
splendid victories, yet at every conflict when
The tkunders of the battle have ceased and
the conquered Mexican yields, his generous
foe approaches him, extends to him the
hand of friendship and the olive branch of
lasting peace.
STEPPED in ignorance and blind to their
dearest interest, they harken to the words of
. crafty Clergy, who have everbeen bane
and a curse 20 the lal! ircss ii the GuIban
family. Who fr aCe, led tae -erla un
darkness aid misery, Il at TIE: r'1i, -four
ish upon the sins and errors Of then fellow
species. But who knows bu, that this war,
under tie care Of heaven, may terminate in
the salvation and redemption of this degra-
dcd people. Perhaps the beams Cf wisdom
may break upon them and they may see their
constant follies.
Perhaps no revolution will again desolate
their lsnd and 10 military desrot usurp their
liberties. The joys of internal peace may
visit that delightful region, and the song of
happy freemen ringfrom the mountain slope
to the Sierra Madu.
Though our country now weeps the loss
OF her brave patriots, who sunk in the arms
of glory upon the field Of battle, let her re-
fleet that they fell in defence Of that sacred
patriInory hegueathed to them by their far
theirs upo. tie fields of the American Revo-
luton.
Though the sage of Ashland may now
mourn tic untimcly death of a ~favorite son,
lis heart may be weighed down by
grief and sorrow, and no consolation visit
tie fon, parents sou. Ic: hin assuage his
grief al the thought, that his Sor may have
a sacraice for the redemption of
ration from Ignorance, degradation and mis-
cry. America will never forget their se~-
and tune will ncvc- craS, their rames
from our grateful recoI.ccti, n.
In conclusion. fellow -citilens, permit me
10 sly, ! hope '!,at in every trial AID dan
"a : through which We may be compelled
10 pass, the Youth Of our country may eager
" flock Ia her standard and bear it in tri-
urnPh or fall like Hardin, Clay, Mckee and
Yell, upon the lap of eternal fame.
hope t!:a! | may often be permitted to