Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-06-08

an Aono " ltstel4n& ~ tt1e conversation of
English gentlenen Qn FlS nceIns aud Of
noticing WI taste and ainasom and
strong. rnatteesea interest, They viii dscuss to-
PICS, which IN ether cooatfies Arts adohdoned
% mere woodnlen. or rustic caltiSaiors. Ill
have heard noble earl descant on park and
1ofest scenery with the science and feeling of
painter. He awels On the shape and beauty /
Of particular trees on his estate With ns much t
pride and tcaehnical precision. As thonoh he |
had been discussing the merits Of statutes in I
his Collection. found that he had gone con-
sideraEle distances to examine trees which !
were Celebrated among rural an1atueFs. g6r Il /
seems that trees. like horses have their es-
tablished points of excellence, and that there
sre some in England which enjoy yery exten. /
sive celebrity from being pei feet in their kind.
There IS something nobly simple and pure
n such taste. It argues, / think, sweet
and generous nature, to have this strong relish
for the beauties Of vegetation, and this friend.
ship for the hardy and glorious sons of the
tSrest there IS q grandeur of thought con-
ssected with this partof rural economy 1t is.
2 I may be allowed the figure, the heroic line
of husbandr tits worthy of liberal, and
tFse-hnrn. and aspiring men, He who plants
IN oak, looks forward 10 future ages, and
nd plants for posterity. Eothing can be less
selfish than this. He cannot expect te at in
is shade nor enjoy lis shelter: but he exults
a The idea that the acorn which be has buried
IN the earth. shah grow up into lofty pile,
and shall keep on fourishing, and increasing.
and benehttlng mankind, long after he shall
have ceased % tread his paternal fields.
Indeed, It IS the nature of such occupations.
TO hft the thoughts above mere worldliness.-
As the leaves Of trees are said to absorb all
noxious qualities fthe air, and breath forth a
Purer atmosphere, SO il seems TO me as if they
drew from us al sordid and angry passions,
'-and breathed forth peace and philanthropy
There IS scenery that enters il the soul and
dilates and eleEates Il and fills It with noble
ineiInetions The ancient and hereditary
groves too that embower this Island are most
q them full Of story. They are haunted by
the reeoectlons Of the great spirit of past ages,
who have sought for relaxation among them,
IRON the tumults Of arms or the tolls of
state or have woosd the muse beneath their
shade
It's becoming, then, for the high and rener-
Gus spirits Of an ancient nation, TO cherish
these sacred groves that surround their an.
cestral mansions and to perpetuate them to
sheir descendants Brought up. Ihaye been.
N republican habits and principles, can feel
nothing OF the seryle reverence for titled
Bus 4 trust / anl neither chuFl nor bigot in
my creed do see and feel how hereditary
distinction, when il falls te The lot of gener~
ou1 mind, may elevate that mind into true
mobility. II IS one Of the effects of hereditary
rank. when i falls thus happily, that it multi
plies the duties and. as it were, extends the
existence et the possessor. He does not feel
himself a mere individual link in creation. res
p0nslhle only for his own brief term Of being
He carries back his existence in proud recoI-
lection, and he extends it forward in honorable
anticipation. He lives with his ancestry, and
he lives with bis posterity, To both does he
consider himself involved in deep responsible
lities. As he received much from those that
have gone before, so he feels bound to trans
NIT much to those who are to come after him
His domestic undertaking seems to imply
longer existence than those of ordinary men
None are oapt to build and plant for future
centuries, as noble spirited men who have re-
ceived their sheritagea from foreign ages
easily imagine, therefore, the fond
ness and pride with which Ihave noticed Eng
Iish gentlemen, Of generous temperaments. but
high aristocratic feelings, contemplating those
magnificent tress. which rise Ike towers and
pyramids from the midst Of their paternal
lands There is an affinity between all ma
ture animate and inanimate The oak In
the pride and lustihood of its growth, seems
to me 60 take its range with the lion and the
eagle, and TO assimilate, in the grandeur of
attributes, 10 heroic and intellectual man.
With its mighty pillar rising straight and
direct toward Heaven; bearing IN its ieafy
honors from the impurities of earth, and sup
parting them aloft IN free air, and glorious
sunshine, Il is an emblem of what q true
nobieman should bs=-a refuge for weak
a shelter for che oppressed-a defence for
Che defenceless; wardinp of from them
the peinngs of the storm, or the scorching
rays Of arbitrary power. He who is this IS
an ornamenE and blessing to his native
land. He who is otherwise, abuses his
eminent advantage the granduer
and prosperity which he has drawn from the
bosom Of his eouD.Iy. Should tempest arise
and be be laid PROSTATE by the storm, who
would mourn over his fall Should he be
borne down By the Oppressive hand of power,
who would murmur at fate "Why cumber-
eth Che ground. Washington Irving.
EE The crowned heads of Europe -incIu-
ding the woald-be- Emperor of FFance-seem
to haze got up war excitement for the
amusement of their subjects, with view, as
IS often the case, Of Withdrawing their atten-
ton from internal expressions and government
talabuaes. In speaking Of the difficulty with
the French snd Prussian Ambassadors, the
London Times says:
London yesterday was in a state of the
most fsVerish excitement It was known on
Thursday that the French Ambassador, Mr.
Drouyn de PHuys, had left the British me-
tropoLis for Paris, on day of all otbe-s when
the courtesies Of diplomacy were most strictly
observed namely, the anniversary of the
Queens birthday; and II was also known by.
the papers Of the following morning, that the
Russian Ambassador was absent from the
dinner party which Lord Palmerston gave to
the Ambassadors in honor of the event These
two circumstances combined, produced in po-
htical circles some uneasiness, in consequence
of she turn which it was feared the Greek dis
pute had taken.''