Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-08-16

'' VI rarras-amidst the abors and Responsibilities
'"eSe' ana some OF them untried positions he has
ITO! oeen found wanting. You are prepared then IN
un"e WIN your fellow-citizens now assembled. r.;
Wishing 'or nun who has thus acted as your leader
I;a ,'a' !" me Consciousness ofhavng dUio
"'e uoy anu served ms country, he may find tfA
sources OF pleasing reflection, THROUGH lonr ,s.
porous and happy life. p''
There Is mar TO the happiness of this occasion
IN the melancholy Fact already referred to- tha, All
belonging to this company have not returnetl-,bey
steep beneath Mexican sod and Mexican sun
Thank God, although strange land has received
'her mortal remains, it has ceased 10 be an eDemy,.
'anu-'nat the grass will grow green over their nn
oieS'ed graves and friendly sun shine upon them.
'Sn.o' omit the names Of your departed comrades
-Do"ies, Long, Grove, lmboden. 'rerriU Rrown
oims, Lambert, Peck and Hurt. The l,st ,,y,
zen oy the stroke of cowardly Mexican nurlerers,
e' me say 10 those around--and that through thu
''S"a"ce anu prompiitude of the Governor of Par
,'e' ''cy nave atoned by their death, for the vio
lated rights OF humanity and injured ,is,ice,
;, Volunteers, having performed your part as SOL
ucrs To The satisfaction of your country serving n,
,he close oil the war as you had assumed 10 do and
being now honoraby discharged. the duties of ci,i
Gems again devolve upon you. Your course Will il
Mexico, so uniformly marked by good order and
respect for the rights and feelings of the Inbob;-
'an's' has won for you the appreciation of all good
men, Sustain your reputation See to it, that 40
good citizens always make good soldiers. 50 oood
soldiers shall make good citizens. Let the nstitu
lions OF your country be the flag of Your homes anil
her laws The drumbeat of your duty.
Fellow citizens. permit me to add a reflection mr.
TWO suggested by the circumstances and not i,,n
proprlate TO the occasion. One is we have tho ds
monstratons before us, that the spirit of ZIG has M,
passed away, that the blood of freemen is wan,
and their determination strong as ever If upon
foreign service thousands of miles removed and ~
view OF sustaining the honor of the country Voun-
'eerS promptly offer themselves as these have =
what might be expected, should an enemy rasblv
or pfesumptuously invade our fre-sides and bomest
1hls Mexican War, whatever else NAV bavs
oeen lis consequences, has shown. that If trno ,,
ourselves, we may bid defiance TO a worlJ in ,rms
Pardon me II predicate the same sentime,, esno
ciaiiy' oil ileSe mountain regions, this West An
gusta, marked out by the Father of his country =.
'''e appropriate habtaion of freedom. becanse !,
WAS tfe teral habItation and strong hold of race
Oh men VINO knew their rights; and for the defencc
oi "hlch, Their education and religion and conyc.
io"' a,'a nerve and blood, were the ample securi-
Ties. May such race never die out.
Let us, then, educate our chdren-te,ch ,bo,,
thelr rights as the creatures of God-teacb them
reverence for the laws of the land and b,,rod r ~
pression-teach them the reluion of tho RIM
which pnrilies the heart, and nerves the sorl e.,
duty and we may then hope, that far on, in time
the footprints of Liberty may still be seen unor
'hese mountain tops, as impressed unon them Inv
.he frIn tread OF the unconquerable patriot 'rbeu
indeed, will our free Institutions under God bo &c
stable as the hills on which they stand and our lb
eres thus founded in right principles be transmitted
TO the latest generations