Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1851-01-11

streets BY night and by tlay rolls The tide oi
e5nneice 9 like the voice Of many waters.
They bend every wind under heaven to
Tie purposes of fatienal and individual
ACCOMPLISHMENT. 1'hen send their winged
eotiriers Over tile sounding seas aud banr
away the richest Hpoiis Of distaiit shores
No standing iifrnles, no costly armadas
power around her shores In protection, but
eneli individual is citizen seldiefiu peaee
pfepnreddor war, and ready to transmit
uil,lenlislied and unsnIied the fnir name
ard blessings oi iteetnen to those who hfe
done Of their bone and lesli.' whose pos4
terity ate destined to share with their pos.
terity IN tho trals aud tfiutnphs to come,
III the storms, or sunshine that gather i'll
The distuiit ltolizon of the future.
Casting bis eye to the Sonthward. he
would behold Il lone star rising i'll eiftls
gent brightness OH the horizon Of nations
To bend its rays OH the azure fields Of the
American galaxy aud like lost plead
throw its beams in unison with the star
of the free over land Of freedom. The
clouds OF war cannot obscure its radence,
it shines above the tempest OF battle to
those that fight and bleed in its delepce,
and like the stur of old, guides the nations
Of the earth to the young craadle Of lrce-
dom. He would behold the sons Of those
sres whom his conquering arm led forth
to victory IN other dnys, proving themselves
worthy of their luther's fame and showing
to European Generals aud Diplonntlsts,
that the American Republic has lost none
Of its former virtue, that its march is on
whrd like Il giants stride ahd the spirit Of
7G stil warns and animates il frame.
How proud must young America feel
IN the possession Of such chivnlrotis spirits,
she but stamps her foot aud lllcthe fabled
dragons teeth they spring forth IL battle
array, and .Hhed n halo of glory around
their co1titnyis arms that the encircIing
gloom Of aEts can never obscure. And
say, eali this virtue, this amor patrin, now
fail her! Shall those proud pillars that
now support the Federal Constitution re-
main firm and unshakcu rs when first
reared by statesmen minds, OF shall they
like tho Pantheon or Coliseum remain to
after ages but its ghost OF departed glory!
Me- as long a. intelligence and love Of
country, rs long ua the memory OF The
past shall endure, the genius of Freedom
shall watch over onf deatiniesas the Angel
over PARADISE, lest severed by intestine
fact ion and tlisc6rl TINT beautiful fabric
should dissolve as "a dream, mockery to
kings aud tyrants, and shamo TO the
progressive aud enobling intellect of man.
Around Us we behold nntlons sunk III
luxury ind superstition rocking to tholi
baaes and ere long they will be seen among
the ruins Of their former grandeur like
Marius among the ruins of Carthage
From their ashes shall spring mp Kepn.
blcan Institutions guided by the beacon
light from tho Western World, aud by dc.
grees sproad over the whole globe and
hnmuniae aud elevate the human race.---
There will be clouds that pass at times
over the orb of our brightness, but they
must now pass away. That Sun may set
but centuries must elapse, and man bt
sunk in the profottndest ight OF Ignorance
and unlighted by the rays OF truth ere
such an event eau happen; tn. Maaefga