Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-07-04

received would take away "l" !a1iI riri " cNcr
tinn ia .ool ca,l~,., il !. further t" b" ,n tha' the
.uuL and brave mtn "i III" earth act t!Irlr bravery
and hc:r goodness Tor the sake Of postcri:y of
the other lrmi.phcrr, h"i -U!y because they ar.
roGd and brave and i. i urc,s,I:y nl thor being
:, aci arror,ugly--in net in III" living present let
iu unnrn po>tri'y take cay" 4" Itself aud the !"nl
! bur. their dead. MrI UIi,t work. All tiing' are
!IIl u labor Man cannot utter II: t'I" g." i D.: sat
| isicd with seeing. rnr the ear I'LL with h"nriI@.
These Good and ic:ola men, md the w"rH they do
can bv no in-al> hr 'ii-iw,cd with. Bs yr:ic -
t'l.>,. men !l .h"ir work. the wu.I j. world and
rut = waste and d,.-olar Wilderness. Take !"Sr
iray au.l human ,or":y AMI :iir rir" of m"A would
>nr! rrl oil The fac "i thr earth l!esr, in the strict
,.>. and most literal scsC, are 'c sch u Nr "fa.
md the Creator "t the world will ict prlG, tL sat
rn lose IL Saynr True hcrus!l iE"E gI" lrucI"-
lcnrc r.ur;t@y, sci-HbnGga;nn, individual wn:tn,
lofty culture. Overwhelming thauma!ugln. thought,
are i! not .ul,ln, and gO'hc, at least D:C>rrvavr
and nat;srpfic They prevent nur Vi" from sinh ia"
inio foul obscure -sin".lr"pc! with monsters hcS
the centrifugal force which prevent. the Id
from rushing bluhly into the hungry ere, md beng
burned thrr before Il, time for aithOu. s nigh
IS and glorious -ou-, iE wou!t no: be worth il, uej.
Morrovcr il the who." e,"r< h0U0 cannot hc cle-
yated and approved II ole mass yet at."n cali--
To be such inpru, enc 1T and elevation
tain 10 b' compensated ~ III" cun:-mprrai!culls de-
Gag and degradation of some other auG IN be- re-
| quiic!. moreover hE u-ro ii evil against year, Ui
,nni. What then Shall you, indeed, r"in-" 20 hask
hearts and souls II, the beams of ;lr whra il has
climbed Your suls;icn brcausr other nation is
| falling into the valley oi shadow. aud linking inO
! hr winter oi I;s discomfort: or hrcau-c y"u inrcscr
TINT the "lur!uu' tru.ta-c u: rUur t"clGlng summer
viii 1,s,rr!iy wi,hcr when he autumn comes, and b"
| buried al lSi Il. winter. grave oi SHOWS,
! Americans! vVun. Americans, il Is yourGay now:
vour has come. For you the shines. Tor you
! tho lIuii rpcm- unI rcilrn-. y Il YOU ,"".a Il pre-
Sutiu, in me. foreigner who nave come - shelter
nysc!i m Your Green sEnIrS, il -;y I" ynu ;h& you
The also lies. IT, N"u. much has been gy'li -.
YOU, also much will hr required. OF all III" people
and tribes. and ;nIgu. and nations now rN;an:, there
| arr ;wo--Ouc in tie East Russia. one in the W",t.
! America oil whom has dcN OWED, us ! believe, the
ari Of carving on the MlaM concerns ~ IL" world,
in these day~th" task "f taking or Ter. not for
the regeneration, hn! + The conservation Of the hl-
/
Placed. physically, i'll two cmsphcrcs- lacrd mo,
rally hi npp"si.r poles Of thought. in tw" Erpn-
rate centres of action. thr-" two nations appear 10 me
uow that Asia il dead, md hricn Unborn mud West
Crn Europe in the ngo!Iirs. a"s' with the !cnth-Ta'
H.. in her throat tlthu>r two Young nations seem tC
be 81, cach in liz place, each with IL work 10 do
each IL problem To solve, NJ it, own proper ir
The main difference Is, that Americans vii: themselves
work out their experiment; the Russians VIII nave
theirs worked out upon them. and TOR them. These
two nations are now, in the only proper ot that
icrm, the civilized and civIajnS nations ot the "b"
Each will, probably. i'll lis direction, z" far, and
labor much! ana in the sweat Of their bruws, and in
oi dnd ana ot Dltil, VII 10
Ill their task vet, when all il don" they may runsd-
rr it scccsS il they leave malkini where they found
it, no better aud Their c!arr = like the
mission of the Roman Dictator, ~ far Ms lie human
race Is concerned, 10 provide nc qpH GHrmfIt' ca.
pi0. II will need all the conservative energies and
am;iscpic virruc of all their great men, stay "r;i
cation and to give lease "i life tn the old Garth
! On America especially, and III more signal ,na'
ncr Ia undly believe, devulvc= this glorious bu-
| ncss You cannot, young AmrricAnS' y"u cannot re-
| generate your kind but Won can make y"nr Owr
lives sublime YOU can make the history "i Your OWL
land Il pennramu OF great ends, Pantheon "f dca!
gods. And is this nothing DO You n", find this IN
aim high enough, good anl great enough. t" ncrv,
Your souls n.l manly actions That block of cold
grey granite which presses tho dust Of Jefferson oi
Monticello speaks 10 you here and mOw-llc 'hat hath
ears Ia hear !c: him hcar The genius "f y"ur c"un.
try bccr,s To- you from tho summit ot the CordlIr'
ras you in the bH!inr nr- Of The Pa','-sigli-
To ven out of the palG!.-rovcs ri III" Antilles. ns
chained AMdcomeda sighed for her dclvrr"r. Aye,
and Opportunity, toe" winged horse "t PcrScus snd-
died and bittcd comes bounding by:-miS- IT, and y"r,
Inay .t long helpless BY the way.dc bHt SEIZE the
s;rrd mount and ride vctoriouSlv, and the sounding
corridors Of Time sha long echo the clan- ot your
trnmplg houfs, and the pages of history shn glenn
and glow forever with the pomp Of yonr pre-dcs,imed
march.