Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-08-23
A Severe Rehmke.
We would the following were genllcr
yet we cannot suppress it,
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We would the following were gen,lcr /;
yet we cannot suppress ii:
From the Buffalo Commercial Adv'r. July 9.
lNGRATlTUDE--So it is true that MI. Yer.
non has been sold TO Spectators. An old
woman peddles canes al ten cents apiece by
the door of Washington's tomb; and pretty
soon a whirIi.gig and swing wilIbe erected
in the grounds, saloon opened in the ven.
cradle mansion, and along the piazza, ,hro'
which, with slow, dignifed step, The besl man
Of the age used TO walk for recreation, there
will be line Of smokers and tobacco chew.
ers. with their feet up, guzzling mint juleps
and talking politics I! Will The Spectators
be good enough not to use the sarcophagi 10
which are the remains OF the hero,ond his
wife, for their, contemplate penny-g getting
operation. We hope lha. they won't sell
them 20 3arnum. '......
Sell Mount Vernon! 1t is akin to lha,
mean spirit which leaves the resting places
of our great men unmarked and almost un.
known. 1t is akin 10 that disgraceful neg
ect Of all obligation, all gratitude, which has
characterized our National Legislature
This Dragging country of ours which glory.
fies iisell in lis over territory, wealth, enter.
prise, and ever extending limits, has per-
mited lis old, feeble, blind, TO subsis on the
cold charity Of the alms.house.
Our Westminster Abbey, our ST. Paul's
where are they? Where The monuments
10 our patriots, our statesmen, our generals /!
Briars and thsIes overgrow their graves, or
hide the mouldering tablets that mark The
spot. If commission for foreign consul.
ship or post.ofice were paidat The head Of
each, and the whole hungry swarms of Of
! ifce.seekers set upon the hunt with such
prizes in prospect, not one in one thousand
could find them. The palwy spirit of party
refused memorial to Clinton; and Legis.
lalure who could no, understand or appreciate
ANY Thing that di6 not belong TO party. Con.
aress huggles an=G1bales over the compen.
salion which some OF the more patriotic oil
that miscellaneous crowd may attempt 10
make 10 an old soldier, and squanders thou.
sands in mileage on useless, and worse than
useless members.
We saw a venerable man to-day who had
seen and talked with Washington. We
we've glad to take the hand which had been
clasped in tha. of the grea, chief, 10 listen
10 the interesting incidents of his life al
Phladel phia--to know how he lived--how
he looked, talked, and acted. When the
venerable face of our informant was lighted
up with the memories Of his youth which
were thus called TO love and devotion tc
Washington, we could understand some
thing of that character which impressed
itself so indelibIy on the ago in which he
lived and on the men who were his cotem
4 poraries.
Congress quarrels and wastes The public
treasure in the Capitol, under the shadow o
lthe monument that begs its way slowly 10
wards the skies, and but few miles disan
from the scere of his death and burial
Alas FOR the gratitude of republics Tht
grave Of Madison is unmarked, almost OBJ
liberated. Jefferson lies amid the rank gras
and the brambles; the graves Of the generals
of the Revolution are, many Of them, for
gotten; and the country which they hav
established and made renowned, has con
signed 10 obscurity the memoirs Of thos
) meAswhose lives were marked by her in
gratitude. ta9rtsr