Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-03-21
A VOICE FROM THE OLD DEN.

Festival ut the NlNluId ''''N W ''N 's"'N"
Civ Md now Nc wish io oftr few
thoughts ct our own but sh't can NC say
after al the inpor,au, incidents IN the history
and assncia,ious Of Ovi,rl Couniy have hccn
n, b,rp.ly referred 10 b, the SINS u that les
ti,,l oc,a>.un' We can ouly luok out IA
Tins Mid SEASON IT STERN and tempest, and
,Ht,cira,c the scrucN ~ pr~rcc, When We
can raze upon ,hc bread ba's ct nature
changed. - II VIII h. iu ibc hrigh, and 'crnai
sas,n, from gloom To glory when Ne
r7u breathe the mountain air, climh 'hc dizzy
submits piled high towards the heavens by
IN, giant arm oi nI4r', ~ ir''d 'hc messy
hluLs OF cur large n,crs and sec the name OF
unr Crcaio, Cod imprinted ga every leaf aud
r,v,r. and wIcn a thnusand iond cndearinr
ss,cyiauon, crowd 10 uIan The mind, aud
winter. With IL, fros, tempest, aud Oscillation
/. urcarcd for and iorgVl,cn,
The old maxim Is, tina, man should love
ms family frs, then the land Of his birth, and
then. Il be have any love To spare. bcs,o"
II upun the world at large. This gives Us
r,cu., to tall Gr,t abOu, our own native
County.
No one acquainted With ,his County, would
~ abroad IN search Of the beautiful, the pic
,urcsquc. 81 the wonderful amour What Ne
love to regard as tie P'c'ur' Of Natures
Cod. There j. nothing on Earth mOrc bcauii.
ful in their way, than our rough Landscapes,
o,rrrrowu With Wild rnScs--ocrans Of white
weed. thistle ard bulicr.cgP With here and
there b,i 81 a school. housc, lurking IN by a
corner. where tvO nal, cnm' together, no
49,, knows huw-milcs of stone wall, over
crown with bramhlc and dcclycd foliage
Nth endless varieties OF board. Pus, and rail,
NC zag or Virginia, and slab, or better than
al ihli-siump icncrs, With occasional huge
rocks and prcyipicrs Whlthcr>"c,cr YOU turn
vuut eve. the sight Intercepted only by nu-
mcruu, hills. spread srouni with thick grove,
and luft, mountains IN the distance. Upon
al ,his. the log IA the 'allics, OF Which the
rcuple 20 much complain, works With the
ruucr ct cucl.iuimrut I, l. the Soltcncr OF
the landscape painter thc gray asl,lug mist
IT the pos,-blenjihs aud swcc'calns the
ulul,-lul strengthening every got OF land
scaic, with varieties Of shadow AMI hight,
never heard Of undo, clear atmosphere -
giving breath 10 every faiure-hfc to every
oscrt-lnI a variable atmosphere, the Guc,u-
atur whole. NJ zoe can follow the maJes,ic
indru,cOggin as II Minds rs way through
this Cuuuiy, viihSui being cnchantcd BY the
rr,at variety Ut srcnery, bcauiiiul, grand and
sublime. and feeling that there arc sermons
IN s,oGc,-booL. ia the running brooks, and
ru,,J in every thing"
rhc.c liulc -chool-hogs,'s ATE the Co,ig'oa-
f,ogs of our County, Ia these, The character
Of her sons abroad, - we'll A. OF ihc people
At home. Is maiul, formed. Strange, and a.
NJ have said before, houi,iu', src the Mild,
rough. and We may as we'll 80 it-sayare,
OF bcarlOok,ug landscape, ct Old Oxford,
Nhcrc nobody owns a large farm ur a large
huusc-aud The Lake., and the noble ri,crs
winding their W1y 10 the ,a,t world II va.
tcrs, are alWays IN s.ghl Of the tall ,rcc.toPs,
whcncy,ra boy gets weary OF dropping corn,
OF billing potatoes, and D, ready to >cck his
ioruuc-hc knows no, how, bee cares no,
where
The ancrsisis Of many Of "ur citizens were
the settlers Of OH Plymouth, whose drsccn.
drrts arc the mos, remarkable and uualierrd
Of the New Enslanders. Wha, commerce
and wealth have doae ior the towns. agricul
turr and wealth have don, ful the country
changed the natural disposition OF the people.
The country i, the true homo, aud proper DO
main Il liberty. That the cdiGce Of freedom
nav endure. ils foundaii"Hs should be deeply
laiJ IN the soil, It's ample base spread widely
over the land. 10 peace, or ia VAR, lu adver-
si,y as IN prosperity, m all lhc huciuailng
tides Of time and fortune, the happiness, the
glory, the safety of the country must res,
chiefly upon It's homes, yeomanry nlu,, look
for protection aud support tn the simple, true.
honest. uncurup,ed and ncurruP,iblc cukird-
tors Of n, lad tbs, constitute a large
portion Of cur ciiilrns, and from these went
out the sons Of Oxford, which accounts for
their bcnevolrtirs, their love OF liberty, their
integrity. their o0urssc, anI their energy OF
character, and Tor the success thar has attend.
ed them abrJad. Well may our citizens BE-
proud, that the sons OF Oxford, who have
cmlgraieJ Ia try their fortunes elsewhere,
Nth pride still hail their " iaihcr.land =
and stll prouder, tia, they have proved them.
selves worthy Of Penoh>co,, the County Of
their adoption, aud worthy Ia associate with
is enlcrpuslug cilIcns, IN their social ties
and their business relations Thus assccia-
ted. the generations that succeed them cannot
flil To perpeluale the prcscn, eta uf flourish
ing prosperity and progress; and bcc"ne a
people. as has been said Of Scings OF higher
order. tia, =. live Ihrou,h"ut, vital IA every
raH -
An brad The, lave. al hra,i, ~ ear,
Al iuisI,,t, al .ea.s.'
This Is the grrs, sncrt Of our superiority
as a nation, and 1t ,ha, Of every free people
-uo, the forms Of a constitution, not the out.
lines Of system, not mere orgauizaiion-bul
the principles Of hic, the all.Peradins ani'na.
ton and vitality that nfurms the whole body
polite, and gives il the warmth, aud strength,