Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-26
REAuTIRuII E,XTRACT.

The following beautiful language is from the Ice
tnre of Thomas r. Aleaelier, the Irish Patriot ON
.-e'r~t4an and tho l1iii llnteeFs Of 1852 =
Tho ParTIaIneRto 4TelaffdfS no more. The
last Of the volunteers has been borne to his
grave. And SO, too, their successors and their
betters-the men of '9S-tle men who had
keencr sagacity, sharper swords, a better style
of action, though less easy fortune than the
soldiers of Dungannon. The streets Of Dublin
are silent now. The lloofs that paved the pave
ment on that day vex the dull stones no more.
The beauty that shone as the hues of the morn
ing through the vision of freedom, has vanish
ed in the night that came upon the land the
throbbing heart that has grown still beneath
the shroud-the white arms that bore those
chains of crested gold have withered like the
leaves of the lily, have been strewn upon the
earth, have become tho sport of the wind and
the spoil of the worm.
In a silent hall, into the desolate seclusion
of which no busy or induisitive foot intrudes
where the dust falling from the cornices might
steal a languid sound from the marble slab be-
meath, SO deep the repose that dwells there by
night and day---in this silent hall stands the
statue of Henry Grattan- erected, as the IN
scription in a foreign tongue with plaintiye
modesty relates, by q country not ungrateflll!
Thus has passed away all that was perisha-
bic of that day. Yes! all that was perishable
all that had not been stepped in the living wa
ters, and with their virtue made vital and I'M
vulnerable. Not so tho lessons which made
that day, more than the rageantry that illulni-
mated it, the brightest irnsour annals
WALTER SCoTr,S ADVICE to his SON.
@I cannot too much impress upon your mind
that labor is the condition that God has im-
posed on us, in every station in life. There is
nothing worth having that can be had without
it, from the bread which The peasant vans by
the sweat Of lbs brow to the sports with which
the rich man gets nd ot lis ennui. The only
difference betwiNt them is, the poor man labors
to get dinner to appeas his appetite the
rich man to get an appe for his dinner.
AS for knowledg i can no 1npye Be plant
ed in the human mind without Ia a9oIs han 4
field of wheat can be procure witllout the pre-
yioIls use Of the plow. There indeed, this
great difference that Chance tqr
may 50 canse It y. bat
the farmer sows, but no Illa', eaa be lriled,
whether bY aecid Or als own
studies; and the liberal and the extended ac-
QUESTIONS ot know dtss which ses areall
for his own use Iabor, therefore, my dear
boy, and improve the time yolitl ouI steps
afe licsht and orr minds ate d and know
ledge Is easily LAID is. But Be nealect oIlr
spring, ouf summer vii and con-
temptibIe, o1r harvest vii ellaiE and the
wiinfer Of our Old age ilnresF md iesolate
A6ain: read my dear son read and fead
that which IS useful. itele from birds
and beasts be.callse lie hssiI means q ayslil
ING ING himself of tie know lliIed BY llls
predecessors Ilie sws 5gil as be same
nest which its father and and the
sparrow does not improve bY sfience og
rs parents he son 81 the e6tiied pig Il i
had one, would be mere fiil t onlyt9
mali bacon 81. lt t;is not he human
fa6e Our ancestors lodged ID ald wiz
uaIli, where ne FaGt palace iof he fie q,
and Coiii6 iib ble e5E Inns the 1lo9ts and
why bit bee s.ltss abell %
look bacl 5on he pas, % liiil upon le
past Is m ,pn .oltf rove
5inetils and q VOID tie be
only done eoIl1illiilg
Sc ilh ing
81 oye * energy
af Isi mt he lhcra oInelhine
1oile md dicniiled The min that pos
dci trait 81 cIaIslcier mist bl respect.
ed when flis ensfg1 sHploy in good and
worthy causes and when the busy mind sinks
in iis 'erden sleen. science shall weep over de-
parted glory. and society mourn an irlep4iabls
loss.
SEM. Of honoi IS lhe only sure and
broad foundation Of sense Of religion.