The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-05-31

who demanded even just and proper conces-
sions, would say, "Go and see, where the Uni
ted States once were--a proof that no people
is fit to be governed with other laws than those
of what you call despotism." During the late
revolution in Europe, have we not pretended
to act as the protectors Of the weak--of those
we considered oppressed! What will be said
of us, if, while protesting to teach others the
art of government, we prove unable, without
strife and civil contentious, to govern our
selves! Even among those rulers of Europe
who have not oppressed their people, but
treated them with paterns Blindness, perhaps
there is only one whose heart would grieve
were we to give such scandal to the world
as that of disunion. speak of the Pope, who
has, happily, now returned again to those asy
lums of art and piety which American gener-
osity was instrumental in saving from the
hands of ruthless disunionists. He, | know,
who so openly, by word and letter, has ex-
pressed his love for this country, were he to
learn that it has incurred the afhiction from
which his has just been delivered--he, indeed
would grieve, as one only can grieye who pos
sesses loyal and paternal heart ike that of Pi-
US the Ninth (Cheers.) How strange-how
wildly strange-sounds the bare word of dis
union, to one who cares at all for his country's
UCa+s NlOulu SuCu AIl luCICUlOlC CfCtlG do O4~
vision take pIace--should the proverbial good
sense of our people, even when excited, allow
so mad policy to be followed--on which side
Of the line wouldbe the United States! Where
would tower heayenward up the castle height,
upon which the proud cynosure of the stars of
| our country's banner would be described from
afar-whence the brilliant stripes would radi-
ate upon the ranks of freemen, ranged in militia
/ boro faI - o,x,ba ,t,nulA
| belong the tomb of Washington! VIII we
equally divide our fields of historic fame, SO
| that Virginias sons may no longer kindle at
| the magic names Of Lexington and Bunker
| Hill, or Saratoga and Trenton, and the citizens
of Massachusetts listen with indifference to the
mention Of Yorktown and Fort Moutrie!-
Will we agree to blot cut from the national
calender those brilliant military festivals, which
formed our joy from the time we were ap-
prentices or schoo-boYs-the anniversary of
Independence, and the birth day of him whose
last words were, "Preserve the UnionF, Will
we, while breath or life is left, permit the
Union to be dissolved! (No, noD Forbid il,
heayenl (Cheers.)
Rather than such direful calamity should
fall upon this hitherto happy land, we will pre-
pare ourselves for the fght.-not, however,
against our brethren, but what is more needed,
against our passions and pride, which alone
can be the prompters Of such fatal impiety.
No violence, no rashness should be allowed TO
cause strife among children Of the same moth
er Let US each one forget whether we are of
the North or of the South, ard remember only
that we are American citizens. Let each one
freely speak his nnind and that one only be
silenced who breathes the direful word Dis
union" Oh? if those sentiments of peace and
harmony, these sentiments which true patriot
ism inspires, and which the Church sanctities
with her benediction, strike deep root in all
hearts, how brilliant prospect presen's itself
before the people Of this favored land. Her
marts will resound with the busy hum Of CON-
merce, bringing plenty to the doors OF her
f children, and her coast will open an hundred
! havens for the friendless and the prosecuted of
: every land Distance will vanish, as for her
advantage, the iron bands will draw every por-
ton of her vast territory near to the centre.
whether they stretch along through the air,
bearing the voice of city to city, on the wings
+ of lightning, or whether they sweep around
the base of the mountain, and along the shore
-, of river and lake, TO whirl onward in safety the
7 steaming locomotiye-the triumphal car of
9 modern Improvement. But not mere temporal
j blessings will gem the crown which sits upon
7 the brow of Columbia. Hills yet untrodden
e by the foot of the settler, and forests uncon-
S Escious of the woodman's axe, will smile with
S the breezy lawns and the snowy porches of
: the college and the academy. Asylums Of art,
e literature and science, will replace the cottage
0 of the adVenturer who knows not yet that the
Y name he has given to few unsightly huts will
0 be inherited by noble city. And religion,
: heavens choicest gift to earth, will delight to
5 spread her mantle over the monuments and in-
t stitutions of human industry. Yet will the
S desert smile under her tread, and the wild
d haunts of the savage be vocal with the peal OF
c her deep-toned organ, that the men who know
: so well how to live in earthly happiness, may
it learn how to die in the hope of that which is
It eternal Love for the liberty, and love for the
It laws Of our country, in obedience to the pre-
r cepts of the Creator, whichconstitute the basis
d of our union, will justify the American in in.
! voking the advent Of these blessings in the
n words Of the poet:
: "Come, bright improvement on the car of time
: And rule thy newborn world from cline to
= cline,
= Thy hand-maid arts shall every wild explore,
i Trace every wave, and culture every shore;
j On Erie's banks where congars steal along,
: And the dread Indian chaunts q dismal song
- Where human fends on Tnurderous errand'
~ walk,
= And bathe in brains the murderous tomahawk
- . There shall the focks on ev'ry pasture stray,
=. And shepherds dance at summers opening day
: Each wandering genus of the lonely glen
: Shall start to view the glittering haunts o
n men,
- - And silent watch, on woodland heights around
n The village church-bell, it tolls profoundP
n The applause which followed the conclusio
is Of the lecture was protracted and enthusiastic
or and many of the audience advanced to shak
ot the reverend gentleman by the hand.
ne HoNEY.-4oney is, according to MI
be Milton. who has lately published trea
~ =, ise on bees IN England, a universal spec
a . fc; and among its other valuable prope'
he ties, he declares that it prevents consuml
i'll tion, and says that destroyer Of huma
err life is not known where honey is regula
lty " taken as an article of food. Those wi
he have less faith in the specific, may pc
en n. haps attribute the cause to difference
mt mt climate rather than to honey. The Italia
nts singers, it is said, are greatly indebted
ro- honey; but their practice is to sharpen