Democratic banner., 1848-05-01

moi SEE in i!,'' mnitI,tGe around them, hu-
man ;'cingS Ike them.ei,cs, many possess
Ing more virtues. and all struggling in al
spirit quite IS |isinic:es.ed. Like The IN
worry iHdi, ,dual ID whose case ~allusion is
made 1T The commencement If this article,
piiGe has iIai dened their hearts and mad
drncd their minds; aud thus they mock
themselves with the dcIusion that it indi
catcS stip, r%irr''y TO rl@y 4 base and ur-I
g~ruitfmi pait towards lie companions cfI
'a"ir ear!y Nrars-the plavma,rs of their
childhood aud the associates Of tIreir purer'
hnt lumber years S0trTdGy Cleaner.
TnE Sr,Es AND SraI"Es-THE HARP
AND rhE Trl-CoLoR.--A> we stood in the
crowd at the Commercial last evening, be-
foie tie organization Of the meeting. and
noticed tiar expression of the a~nxious faces
,al"ut us. solemn and sad reflections crowd
ed i'rick ard last upon US. We thought OF
t.r brave tscal : and slrGiig aims that the
Emerald Isle had given ~ ;te world. Or
the eloquent tongues that had made The
ipopulace thrill. and the Senate quake with
their indignant rehukeS of a nations wrongs.
Of the nroud spirits that had dared assert
the rights of man in the presence of Ire
lands opprcssors. and plead with the pitt
less the claims of justice and humanity
And we thought, too. how those strong arms
aud brave hearts had gone down on the
foreign battlefield. how those eloquent
tongues had grown mate in a hopeless struo-
gle, and those proud spirits had fitted away
Ilrcm the sibbers erected by miscIeants, in
tie land of yalor and Of song. Then fit.
led across our memory Fom Mooie's glo-
lious aspiraiion-
sob! for tue swords of former times,
Oh! for the men that bore tlem."
All! ireland hes still the right kind Of
men. had size ou!y the, swords and weapons
10 bear.
There between the Tri-color and the
Sans and Stripes, appeared in its beauti-
tel simplicity the white Harp Of green Erin,
like : long imprisoned captive Just ~releas-
ed from the tllraidom of chains aud dark
ness. leaning upon his two best friends. APP
p~ealing al the same time 10 all That is no.
bic and tender in the human heart. And
we could not help thinking that the figure
Of The strong man which formed the front
Of the Harp. seemed IN embodiment Of
p2er Ireland in her oppressed condition,
mighty and muscular. but helpless in her
agony forever bound to the Harp Of her
Iidofatry, the memory of her past greatness
: But there, too, 20 strengthen the strug-
glcr's steps, was the ciivalrous Tri-color,
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity the watch
word now of the hopeful and true the world
over; and the stars Of hope there, and the
strip pes that shall yet lash tyranny round
the world. So we felt still more hopeful in
that trinity, and tossed a!oft our cap forthe
three eraces-the Stars and Stripes, the
T'ri- color, and the plaintive Harp of glori-
Gus old Erin.-N o. Mrrcury.
BRIMFULL OF LovE.-A young giIl nam
ed Emily Brin, who recently disappeared
from Albany, N. u, has been discovered at
hudson, disguised as a sailor, and taken
back to her friends. She had left her home
with the romantic notion Of following her
lover over the sea!
I"Peniing the discussion in the Senate Of
the United States, on the subject of a mission TO
iA"iHC, 81 ''u'tot, us S"!d, uIu TAG lhS'
"pnpc's Essay on Nan"
Was ii wonderful PIN,
Wiz which bat few Writer'S can cope,
But here, lin afraid,
II is thrown in the shade,
By the essays Of mari on the Pope.
Tom says he knows d man who cannot
lay the smallest egg of charity without the
whole ncighborhoId cackling over it.
The fashionable rendering of the quota
ton ''d9n's hoilar until your out of tho
woods" is "never vocIferate until YOU are
beyond the precincts of the forest"
AJimss' said adather, the, 0dier day to his
~son--"Jim, you a reln-ys what on earth do
Won exnect to .LcIuf a iini-se@
= "WHp~~taer, T've been thinking as how
nd be a revolutionary pensioners"
Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted M his
voice and wept.'-S Scripture.
If Rachel was a Dretty Girl. and Don't