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The party, Is sny index 10 their course The
whigs stand on the platform Cen Tsy lor occu.
pied which Fillmore. Clay, Webster, Crit.
sndsn, and ell the great men " our party stand.
They are not likely to be moved BY such grand.
Eloquent constitutional panesyrics a. be con.
cludes with.
THE Complete Works Of Thomas Dick,
Z. I. D.,
Containing On Essay on the Improvement Of So
oietyj the Philosophy Of Future State; the ~
opher; or, The Connection Of Sciences and Phi.
losophy with Religion: Mental Illumination,
and Moral improvement Of Mankind. Elsv.
on Volumes In Two. 1850"
For sale BY J. II. TaIPLrrr. Hannibal.
The following ex,rsc, 10 from this extraordi-
nary work:
Even the external aspect Of mature, a. hsr.
pears to superficial observer, presents scene
Of variety. The ranges Of mountains, with sum.
mits Vi different heights and shapes, the hills
and plains, the glens and dells, the waves and
curves which appear on the face Of every land
scape, the dark huss Of the forests. the vsrdure
Of the fields. the towering cliffs, the rugged
prscipices the rills, the rivers, the cataYacts,
the lakes end sess; the gulf, the bays. and
psn.nsulAs; the numerous i.lauds Of every
form and sizs which diversity the surface II the
ocean. end the Thousands OF shades OF coloring
which appear on every part Of subIunary ma
ture. present scene Of diversified beauty and
sublimity to the eye Of every bsholdsr. And
II we lin our eyes to tie regions Of tho firMa-
ment. we likewise behold o scene Of sublilniiy
aud grandeur, mingled with variety. The .un
himself appears diversified with various shapes
aud sizes, some hundred, some n thousand,
end some ten thousand miles in diameter; ind,ca.
thug operations aud changes Of amazing extent
and almost every new revolution on it's axis,
presents ~ with nav and varied clusters. Ev.
cry planet in the solar system differ. from an
other in it, size, 10 its spherodsl shape, in its
diurnal rotation, in the aspect Of its surface in
the constitution Of it, atmos phere, in the num-
Der Of nouns with which il is surrounded in the
nature oil its seasons, in ito distance from the
sun, in the eccsntrcity Of Its orbit, in The period
Of it, annual revolution and in the proportion it
receives Of light and hest. Every comet, too,
differs from another in its form and magnitude,
10 the extent Of ito nucleus end tail, in the peri.
cd Of its revolution, in the swiftness Of its mo-
ton, and In the figure Of the curve it describes
around the sun, and zone star dffereth from an
other star in glory.'' But could we trans port
ourselves to the surfaces Of these distant orbs,
and survey every part Of their constitution and
arrangements, We should, doubtless, behold
beauties and varieties Of d., lie workmanship
fer more numerous, and surprising everything
that appears in our own .ublunary system
We have every reason 10 believe. from the in.
finite "sture Of The Divinity, and from what We
actually behold, that thu mechanism and arrange.
msnts of sveryworld in the universe ere all diff
fersnt from each other; aud We ihd that this 10
: actually the case, in far - our observs iions
extend. The moon 10 the principal orb on whose
suEfsoe particular observations can he made;
and we fluid that iS arrangements are materially
different from those ofthe earth. II has no large
rivePs, seas or oceans, nor clouds such ~ ours
to diversity its s'mos pierre. Il hss n,o,intaine
" and plains, hills and wales. in, ulated rocks and
h caverns Of every size and shape; but the form
and arrangemen, Of these objects IRE altog. the
\ different from what obtains in our terrestrial
: sphere. While. on our globe, the ranges OIL
o mountains run nearly in line from cas-. to ives,
l. or from north ~ sou.h-on the surface OF the
Is moon they are formed, for the most part, into
circular ridges, enclosing like rampsrts from,
: half mile 10 forty miles in dimensions. While
il on earth the large plains ore nearly level, and
: diversified merely with gentle wavings.-on The
= moon there ara hundreds Of plains sunk. as il
10 wers nearly two mile. below the general level Of
o its surface. On this orb We behold in. uls,.d
h mountains, more then two mles In elevation
,. standing alone like monuments, in the midst oil
,. plains-circulsr basins or cavsrns, both in the
valliss snl on the submits and dsclivites Of the
h mountains, 4 these oavsrns indsntsd with small.
n er ones offs sinisr form, at the same tims there
. ere plans far more level and extensive, shan OF,
u the earth. On the whole, the mountain scenery
10 on she lunar surface 10 !av more diversified and
n magnificent, than on our globe, and differs as
much from terrestrial landscapes, % the wastes
,. aud wilds Of America, from the cultivated plains
!. Of Europe. In short, while on the earth, the
highest mountains are little more than four miles
= high, on come Of the planets mountains have
d been discovered which sstronomers have rsck
y onsd to be twenty two miles in elevation.
70 II then, II 10 reasonable to believe lhat al the
= worlds In the universe are different in their con
,, struction and arrangements, and psoplsd Nth
;. beings Of diversified ranks and ordsrs- could
g We survey only small portion of,hs univrr-
ID sal system what az smazinR scene would il
J, display, Of the conosptions Of the divine mud
: and of,hs manifold wisdom Of God" Such
ID views. therefore, of.hs varieiy onotuye. are sv
D. identity calculated to expand our conceptions u
ID the divine character, To excite us to sdmir a.iou
!. and reverence, TO extend our views Of the rich
E. % Of divine bsnefcsncs, and to enlarge OIL
hobes of (he 0lurea AMI falici.iea of that