The Arkansas banner., 1849-11-13
Written for the Banner.l THE LAND OF DREinS.
"Nor seeks nor finds he mortal blisses, Eu4 feeds on the grial kisses
 Of shapes that haunt thoughts wilderness


 Eai feeds the grial kisses
 of shapes that haunt thoughts wilderness
 Mhcteg In the sweet evening hour, when twilight iin gers upon the quiet scenes around my rnrai home love to forget the golden gorgeousness ofday ght and wander amid the mingled fantasies of neinor, and imagination Borne upon the wing of ancy behold another anl lairer world expand in love. Illness before my fascinated gsze. There do perceive thriliing pleasures unaloyed, scenes of happy re. pose, and brilliant, e-nspirng creatures that may not meet among the hauOts Ot men. lis sweet to muse upon such creations, arIayed in thesoft gh oi their own sanny smiles, in world sacred to Ihe wanderings of the spirit pure and free from mortal alloy. ' on ioFest-tree waves it's rustug leaves to the low, sweet music ol the passing zephyT; the farewell song helaied bird rings merrily through 1 tue pure air; the ripping murnurs Of lhe stvcry streset chauRt their soit tones fainty scafcc to break tine odOr breathing sleep of the night. Flowers upon is border; tlr and near the pigh strains oi busy winged insects blend in the chorus of Natures choir. Strange, wild harmony u elevates the heart aud teaches il to wine it's affect around the things oi purer brth being and destiny l He that loves Nature loves not rashv but reaps reward far brighter than mere worldiings may pos sess. He learns 10 extract the from the bitter, anG, while eDIoying the good gifts of earth. 10 give up 10 Heaven the GiViner ana less sued portion of l his nature,
 1 WrSpt in the contemplation of her mysteries, we blSll tiic csis ci ihtbOT1. III tHe Tar gu tune, 'dim with ihe mist of ages" we observe garden in which the bounteous hand ot nature has poured out her cornoeupa of delights: fruits and flowers of 1 every hue and shape, the flower-nfoIding buds, "odors breathed from Paradise,' Joy-Dspiring snn- light, and shades inviting to repose, all the beauties Ot universe gathered in deiicIous mass; but has entered, the great laws of the high priest Of Nature nave been broken and while we gaze. il withers like hghted blossom, aud a loathsoine baTrenness is left.
 The scene Is changed: A appears of gallan, mien, and in the costume of ancient Greece, atnd the exuaton of Thousands; he springs upon hls fiery steed and toward Inc east his soidi-rs lol ow flushed with victory. Hosts of enemies, mtshiy nation, oppose hts eouise. Like chad before ttt whrlwind they scattered by his rIctoriouS mui- titude, and speniid cities bowed m humbe aiti- Jude before hin, their master; onward he movss and trlumphs, untII, at last, tteIe world, 1 to conquer, The Hero ~eers, whole nations moarn a tYTaHts thTadnm.
 The glass Is siarkened: And again, floating upon the waters oi lhe deep blue sea, broad and b1ls6 the sky eloudless above, the waters MpaIksnz be- | neath and the surrounding ar bringing sweet messages from ihe voie, ahd the orange sits iht Queen oi Beauty eciin,ns Tn barge oi magnIt- l eenee. Al her feet, aud gakIng Wtth iHtoKieated admiration upon her sutpdssins 'iuveltues, is o Roman birth; his std4wdft ioTm br,tays the hardy I hero oi many weh-iougbt field, l%- stem eye beSpeaks the chivaAks oi tIs people. Gabsir th, l barge gldes on oGFt The smooth wateis. Benea.l .l her crcean cbafms, inc Roman hero unLeb.ts .si, l steruuess 10 become the tTaubAiar ot Ciropa ria NhIie the waai ol iHemofy stl gives lJie to tbe ptctuIe, inXuiy aud detslousess cFepl Inlo tbt l ioTLa, aInl Roman viftae has become a lae oi bS gone years.
 1 Again the scene is changed: The skies are puT- l pied and the air ihlckenei with darkness pesli ience, sweeps by and uakn lied, fii,fed and | unknown y millions have sunk to unngle wItH then 1 kindred earth. Led on by the minioHs oi despu,lc l d.. .f. I.s.s. inc cy regions ot the north; ban of noble patiot l struggling for ;he simplest rlghis oi ieemen ar' l crushed into tbe dnst-tyrants and pttnres, sons 0 dead Enperors and citizen Kings exii In lhe dow fall of human hbeity, men have become = inebTiat with ragr;" Europe Is deluged with the lIie's bloo, oi her best and biavest mIagiing with the m aiis currents from The veins oI despos the wall ot tin widowed and the lstheIess IS heArd, aud ihe wort. Is weeping over the. .desoiation Of humanity.
 The cells of memory are stored with mournfu relics; the tyranny of the rich aud degradation 0 the poor; the benefit of the few at the expense Q the many; the magnificent Iuxury oi the rulers uu the maddening starvation; the oppressive slavery the governed; turn from the saddening spec tacie, and enter the car of the imagination, upo it's airy pnous, ascend 10 the realms of thought and leave the earth still clad in the sombfe mantl of deepening Gently we approach the fairy like creations of the land of dreams. By slow de grees there bursts upon cur raptured vision a seen of undecaying beauty, flame k kiniisd iii tli west now pale aud ht.ul, quiverng into life unti as the serai hue of fountain gazing roses hils th water, the whole horizon glows with it's rosea, tints iExuit ye nations, and sing praises uni the great God of Nature The people have earne that to them belongs the right and to them Is give the true knowledge of government. The ioug sought for stone of The philosophers has been ais covered an asylum has been oPeued for the lSranl cru he'd mutitudes of Inc earth; yoUng Amerc has raised her head amid the expanse of waters, th secret of human happiness is the motto of demo cracy: "fhe greatest good to the greatest number, Banks, those hideOus engines of ogarchic oppres sion, have been hurled into oblivion, tariffs, b which his hard earnings Are fciied from the in dustrious aborer to gratiiy the pampered appetite of the idle. are swept away, a universal language spoken and understood; free trade is every wher triumphant, and peace prevails The light ltia glowed in the west has spread it's radiant halo iron pole to pole, and the of freedom is the bou nd less universe. Again Is the world garden rich il all the beauteoasness of perumed fruits aud flowers and all ifs ways are paths Of pcasantness Wars pestilence, and famine, are unknown. Again in duIgeat gsture breathes in the of the chdre of men, the delicious melody of her mid sNee music; the waters gush laUghngy forth; th chrystal streams murmcr gladly on; youths of gal lant bcariug. and maidens of brightest mould, wit minds enriched and purified by the dark memorie of the past, mingle Jouously amid ths surrO andin happiness;
 "And love is sent to bind
 The dsunited teRdrs of that vine,
 Which bears the wine of life. the human hear,