The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-06-06

tee. nor Of any but themselves.
We understand the railroad fares
throughout New England are TO be re.
duced one half for this occasion.
/ E1y' HoLp HIN. Where's George
Lippard, or is he not aware there is a
man in Vernon, attempting to steal away
his peculiar style Of writing,-and
which ifsucccedcd in. will prove almost
as fatal to poor Lippard as to the thief
Besides, it is matter of serious question
whether the country is prepared for hro
Lippards at prcsent,-JGmes, it is said,
gives to England little more than she
can bear in his peculiar way, and consc-
uucntly his horscmen have overrun our
own country, while the noble steeds' the
barbs aud the glittcring helmets, -
the coats of mail--the spears, spurs and
lances received at his hands would mount
and equip the entire militia Of the United
Statcs,-now if England cannot hold one
James--wc are quite sure that the I'm.
ion in its present distracted condition,
cannot, in any way get along with tpo
Lippards.
The writer to whom We alludc, is n cor
respondent Of the Freeman and rejoices
over the signature Of - Roger Sherman )
"A strange selection We should think,
for one to make who walks on such ex-
cecdingly high stills, whereas it is we'll
known that old Roger not only made
his own shoes but ever stood square on
his own taps and on the ground.
Z We regret that our limits will not adj
nit giving place to the entire communi-
cation Of the new Rog:r'--but as we can
not in conscience deprive our readers Of
few specimens Of his manner and style
Of arrangement, We are constrained to give
few extracts.
In abiding to the present contest Oh
the slavery question he gives the following
graphic aud glowing description Of scene
in the Senate
! The day is tixcd-and now the battle
begins. And foremost in the font rank
=, towering above all like Saul, is the i'm
5 pe,uous Knight of the West. The 6elc
is to be lost or won These Paixhan guns
manned by the popular will are doing fo
him their fearful work one post after an
I other is dslodgcd and capitulatcs on
battlcment after another falls the mag
b. azines explode the tanks give way he i
surrounded and summoned to surrender
. Still the Kcntuckian stands erect am
undaunted He summons the Old Guard
= aud Ike the noble Ncy. leads them i
= person to the last fatal charge. He dasl
es down upon those serted and terribl
colum, Of the American democracy an
: as the wave breaks across some promoI
tory Of colossal rock IN the sea, and throw
:, ing up it's spray quivers and subsidies
- SO the followers of that gallant leade
9 broke across a M less impregnable barrie
], --reeled, and staggered baek--and dis
"a persed. The field is lost But all
!, no, lost.
u There stands the old man, his hail
d are white ; But his veteran arm il full I
u might"
u To say nothing Of the poe,ical merits
ID the last tyo lncs--we think the who
l. cxtrac, decidedly Of high order-an
:. bu; for is unmcaulngness, would alino
D. equal the poems Of Ossian
"a OF the manner 81 the nomination All
N the means used for the election Of Ger
:. Taylor, Roger iiscourscs AS follows:
'" Let US look in for momen, upon III
u wing PARTY, assembled IN Convention
A. PhilsdelE,'aa 10 nominate a candida,
=. for President Behold the medley :
There is the lean and hungry Puri,a'
with hollow eyes and sallow cheeks
'e there is the self-saibcient and imper,
i, aent political gamblers--iher. j. ii
=. sleek and oii.cious blackleg side
=. side may be seen cotton growers. CO
" ton spinners, cotton wings s0d colt,
T. heads--all onmingied into one he,erog
d neous AMI tsneieas mas WHO sha