Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-07-13
Rhode Island. Laurens and Col. Henry B.

Iulsplayeu great talents anu bravery. IN Idc',
my dear doctor, your country is rich in tai
ents of high order, in every department;
time and opportunity are alone wanting to
develope them; and, in the destnies of
your people, these will come.
81 should do wrong, while on this sub
ject if did not name to yon one of nv most
lavorite soldiers, Colonel Alexander Hami-
ton. He is one of the most promising men
Of the army. With grea, simplicity of char
acter, he uni,es uncommon energies ofmind.
He gathers knowledge with an in,ui,ive
grasp; and holds it with the tenacity Of
brass. He is brave as Caesar, and as honor
able as brave. He is cool in command, and
furious in attack; he is modest and humane
in victory intrepid and unbroken in defeat
1t for moment you discover some slight
error in him. redeeming quality is found
hard by to efface it, If now and then On
phae plays with his sword knot, she never
binds him TO the dislaff If sometimes Gu
! pid, in frolc, traces on his shield the i'm
ages of beauty and the bowers of love, it is
instantly polished all brigh. again by its use
in the battle field. In council, with the air
and mien OF youth he gives to bordering
gravity new matter for reflection, and to
irresolue honesty new vigor. They think
him boy when he begins to speak, and
sage when he has finished. He is as well
fitted for the delibera.ive body as for the
camp; and for the forum as for the hall of
justice. Wherever he goes, there will be
stream Of light; wherever he rests, pillar
IF III
rioriiy, and vet is unawed bv The most gift
ed minds. If his equals are no where 10
be found, there are many in your country
have seen. who are so many pledges that
the independence of it will be achieved
In fact, 1t is already virtually fixed. The
germ of liberty is bursting into vigorous
shoots. The several states are holding con-
ven,ions 10 establish constitutions Of gov
eminent, and order and harmony must be
The result. Congratulate yourself, nv dear
est friend, for You may rest in perfect safe
~ that the great struggle is TO close glori-
ouslv; for when people as large as the
American nation will be free, they must be
free. Heaven prospers those who dare as
sist themselves.
"The lovers of freedom have cause 10 re-
joice throughout the world. Your coun-
trymen, have, by this perllous conflict
broughtforsh talents. which they themselves
were unconscious Of possessing. The en-
ergies of man have always been found to be
equal TO their exigences, if untoward fate did
not repress them. Separated, as you are,
from the old world by three thousand miles
Of water, it will be found impossible for any
one nation to transport sufficient number
OF men To your shores in the end, to con-
quer those determined to be free. Half
century, a mere hour in national existence
will give your country population of more
than ten millions. You may then laugh at
the world when they talk of subduing you
Your calculations have been considered
dreams by the old world, but enreat you
to dream on, the truth will ou,strip your
calculations, and coming time will fulfil your
prophesies.
81 shall not live to see all this realized.
The genius of my county, clothed in a
blood stained mantle, is forever before nv
eyes, and points me to my place Of rest
The wide shroud prepared for me has on it
"gouts of blood )" but do no, understand
me as looking on this as dreadful spectre.
Oh no; it exactly suits my fancy. | wish
to die in so good a cause; ! wish to sleep
IN the bed Of glory. and to fall in the dis
charge of my duty. There is something
yet to be done, and in doing i. hope to
perish. brood over Poland, but Poland is
no. yet to be regenerated. The incubus of
despolism is on her breast, and commissions
may ensue: but no freedom can be obtain
ed by this paroxysm.
1.-THE Russian power is increasing and
will increase for perhaps half century to
come, but her decline after this is certain.
Her ambition will urge her on to many con-
quests. These will enligh,en her hordes,
and knowledge, instead OF increasing the
power of such mass. will cause it to tum-
bic to pieces. There is mighty spirit now
directing her deslinles, but i, will in time
change, and feeble hands may WELD tina,
which is now directed by talent and wicked
ambition. Do not smile at any anlicipa-
ton, for hold it good that every patriot
should be a prophet. | am an outlaw, all
exile, and like the last Of the druids among
your ancestors, have the second sight, and
''see the warp and wool of Edwards race"
as precipiate myself as victim, for my
country's cause, or rather thrown from the
precipice by my coun,ry's foes. However
deep may feel for Poland, ] assure you
that the gloom which ! witnessed on the
brow of your counlrymen when first ar
rived here, is gone. Determination has
taken the place Of anxiety and although
the war is no. YET finished, the manner in
which it will terminate is no longer doubt
full to any but those willulIy blind. The
army think that The enemy will entirely
overrun the south and then separate the
south from the north and east. In this they
are wrong. The north and east can, and