The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1853-05-28
For The CecH Whig.
Scenes Here and There.
no. =.

THE ANCESTRAL GRAVE.
"Your Fathcrs-wanrc are they 2"

man and grows with his vcIv nature--an in
'lrscrlhablc feeling, which causes the heart To
beat wilder and its aspirations to grow lolinr,
arises in "nr mind when gazing upon the cravp.
the mortal remains Of our tathers--a kind Of
regret. get hopeful, that we, rerchance, "tlc
last Of the linz" have not done more Toy our
race, have not contributed more to the lustrc OF
that GOOD report, which has borne s.lhc battle
and the Storm for centuries unframed, unfair
nShed. This ancestral pride is ours. but for
fear readers may deem thisa creation caused by
such feelings. W" viii sa, that it is "a skrrcl,
from memory written years AGO, and placed
among these sketches Of scenery al the request
o! very dear friend.
The sun was shining glogiou>ly IN a heaven
without cloud. without a Spcck, on a calm
summer afternoon. Birds were carolinr on
innumerabI" houshs and nature, dressed in
brilliant costume, locke gay. inviting and
happy. S,rayed through the fields laden with
corn and fruit trees, and in my roaming came
to an ancient family huryjng eround aged, ven
erabte. old. | entered and there amid tall
weeds and lnnumerable fern leaves: there with
the lofty cedar and pinr, the weeping willow
and the cypress mingle their houehS in mair.jy
ana Iov"lln"Ts over them; there neglected, I'M
carci-ior unnotcei, lay the mortal remains Of
a family rcvered and honored OF race whose
peers were mon of honor, integrity and station
whose good and high name for more than two
centuries had lived rnspotlci. s'i'dr ground"
tor 50 the burial-plnce was nanrI-was
"down in quiet sun-lit valley" surrounded
by mills, higher than any for miles around. Il
was chosen rs II last resting piRc" By the father
OF The family 10 whom il now belongs. His
grave IS th"re--his name the world hounrS and
RESPECTS ne spot IS sIns"IarIy beautiful and
||,,i'"P'''N: Like inc 'ar-iained c'mr'T at
'."' E''' - dressed IN noNINtn2 h' ma nrT'S
I LMa ""n'--'"t 'oI'y ce"''FS an" 'ae "'alh-"tn-
F'"ctu ''cm' ana thefe tor centuries they have
S'o"' ,'"t'""h'e"I"m acre PereA"Ms more ap-
i"'F,'|'F "'o'c oppressive IMAM c"nil br iaSIl'
''I' .! '''c "''" ~ h'u"' Il'n'oFhhIr' eternal
,"'"'"'' "'t, greatness ana goodness gone
''.' ''''"i az 'To"nu was once enclosed ~
" -''" "'''' ""' me "'A' u 'i'c "lIiiia'lan mas
'' -" '"' ~''"'Ei I"'t VI II, an" inc gaze ol
"''' r',oV'' WIG" once iea 10 II now hangs
",s,"I'''e'' "'oNr" on inc pace whcre It once
''''S', ''""' "'"' instances oi man WIcNch-
I"'I'l ana ignorance are the>t dearcta-
,'.'> " '"T onm' wherein 'n''f 'llhers' men
S"i,'''"'s me- ne monuments are broken, the
~ ''i"' Wv pushed IRON '"r'f fcst'n" place,
y" ""''i 'CS''"H ''and Scallefed the ground;
''t' '""'" TPr"90 una ,heir contents dlSarrang-
I'' vac TH MAJ o'e neItcrl ny me ruth
- '''"' =, ''''''n anu the Ih'l'a's oil meR(D
=" ~ '"' an ,tiS was mere,
,,'' an ,''> saw 'eel'"2s OF sa"he,S' mingled
~" '"'','' ,"he 10 INC 1hch see ana
Wv, ."i' 'o,! HP"' '""''c'"Ie"' narrowed
y n""! ""' Nun many weeping htait
~ """ ,. w '"'' T'--tno> wasting away.
INN" VIC, ''.'" "ou!" ".s'io! t"e hlciNoFaole,
~ i'"~eI " ''"' """ u" oeho'" TINS
$50 '' w. '"'P' u, 1r"'-"IS@'h"-uP
"o ,,i ~ '''o'e us i''''S' was uu1y
.
..c, ne S'' =, were , sn'n'ns before left the
MOONLIGHT drra,'ior n3I a. ,' ',G, e,''i,'
after years n.en would respect the soot wherein
my tomb Vas M1oc, felt an untold anguish
w, m'en ."S' ~; Eyes '"lo inc grave OF a NAH
W. '","er " az "e'e-""'c"' thG sIah broken
""'. "'J",n ro" -.e'e"'e" inc $"cIeloh
ii,, ""'.1 !" '',e moonlight, START
,1: y ''' p'1t,'"' appearance nc
O""''' "'S D'""C" an" ia'"e stone: we iinpie-
tittn' 10 ues."et'on' SUI. S On 'he BODY Wl"'h
"e NUM- ''I, %''io' 'uI' II 'Ie'e some "hhho"h
,o't' 80 grave oil MN VINO M
~" - ~ W, o"i ''e grass VIII refuse
will be worse rlan The Grsl." ~ " '''''' '''
left tins graveyard wiser and better than
when %hrn entered and oIeni'mes even in soycst
to 'u nv ] ,' Ian %'"ru 10 "er s It"4S
in Sorrow in rejection and in jor s" .rhs
gronnd'' hear is now nearly DESTROYED and tall
corn corr! now waves over the place where the beau
,eI' hs se T r,aSr he em'"noe1 Thus it mast
generate more ntI',n a S,'" n,ore "g
age. and the graves of our forclolGcrs in a few
years will be unknown--pas>ed away.
S,xerr.R u,xro~v Erh, y,1o fla
fonndnr nfy,I, CoIIana =, Nar. uo, Wv
Nonn', lies buried at the church in
NreXham. Wales. His monument,