Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1854-10-04

amples OF our much lamented Clay and Web
ster, safely lead us beyond these threatening
dangers.
Let US here examine our fidelity to the blood
bought trust we inherit from our lberty-loving
fathers. True ltriotisln prompts men possess.
ing the highest natural endowments, to Guilt
vate their abilities for the purpose of faithfully
serving their country, by executing her laws,
protecting and nOurshing her political, reli-
glous and literary Institutions, her arts and
sciences. 1t stimulates nen to great and noble
deed-ltgives fuel to the lire thlt burns within
the soul-,hereby exctinL to ct oIs, annObling
both to thems Ives AMI 10 the T. country. AS
Illustra tons, we would rcler ~ ancient as well
as modern nato.:s. RIA , t,al one" mighty
empire tn 1t swayeu with ner power the great
nations of the earth, from the green fields and
marshy TENS OF ireland, to the waving jungles
OF i1IndOOstan, is bright illustration OF the
love OF TOR his native soil Proud of their
prOgenItors, the sensations which INSPIRED their
souls were conducive to the distinction her sena-
tors acquired In vindicating her laws, and the
laures her warriors won, in extending her
power. Look ut Switzerland: that free and
happy ldnd-whOse snow-crested mountains
and deep-echoing chasms stand forth another
brilliant example. Where will you find pa
tro;sm more largely developed than in the
breasts of the SWISS! The spirit OF enterprise
urging hun from his native nils, he goes forth,
but when riches have filled his Golfers, and age
has sllvered his locks-like the followers of
MOhammed, to his wOrshipPed shrine, he turns
his footstep to the land OF the torrent and the
dale, desiring there to depart in peace from this
troublous earth.
In our own country-on our own sOil-as
noble sentiments as ever swelled IN the heart
of man are breathing to us out OF every page
of our cOuntry's history in the native elOquence
of our mother tongue. Our land and nation,
. blest, as they are, of man and God, stand I'M
equalled and unrn alsd. Yet we have stains
. upon our escutcheon which are not only toe
deep, but are too dangerous to suddenly erast
but which, with true wisdom, patriotic states
men, and due time, we may ellectually and EN-
tirely obliterate Would to God that this gnaw
- ing cancer, which is planted in the very 6.eas
of our government, and which, by the continued
CduScu ny rOHle vi Out idiluItCdi CiIl
Gems is rapidly approaching the very heart c
the same, sundering, in its extension, the vita
chords of harmony and union which have thu
long bound us together in peace and sincerity
might be plucked from its destructive positiO
ere it discovers our union, blasts our prosperlt
Use and envelopes us in all the horrors of civ
- strife. That the form of political corruptlo
ind big with all its ancient crimes, sstalking abroa
ma in our midst, strenuously exc eg is unio'
nee dissolving, epublIcan-destroylnl ana libert
la killing influence, is fact univ.rs lily acknOV
all lodged. Go with me to yonder capital al
ury view the lofty monuments reared by Ebert
hen loving hearts and patriotic hands, to perpetua
ght our blood-bought blessings-enter the portals
isis, those chambers which, amid the SCOTS al
and sneers of tyranny, their own hopes and fCa
d. our fOreathers consecrated TO the GODDESS
will Liberty, and there you will see and hear I'll
own which would make the humblest citizen of O
ling boosted Republic blush with shame-those, b
the lowed walls, desecrated by disgraceful debat
cen and epithets, and not unfrequently reverbel
iIta- ting challenges to mortal combat, thus bel
ring converted into shooting galleries, where
and representatives of free people set themsel'
d. up as targets, and into wranglmg groggerl
ash where our Lawmakers are the bloated
the bauchees, who trample gasping patriotism
the meath their polluted feet and eXult in their WI
APP ton infamy. Such are the halls OF justice
as such our patriotic statesmen! Thus that pl,
ract- of liberty--irst terminated in the breasts
ton, our ancestors, and who, unable to nourlsh
gent under the auspices of the old world, transpa
rims ed it to the wilds of America, where it has c.
dden tinued to grow and expand through all adve
reli- ties ENGRAVING State after State, as its sclC
till its branches afford shade wherein all 7
nong pie may reclne from beneath the scorch
Fc IN rays of despotism-is threatened with bligh
rrto- its own nurserymen. Does Know Nothing
ante recognize the above mentioned curses as f
the of its attack Ifso, we heartily say success Il
our electric growth and worthy aim--down v
our the aood-gates of emgration-onward with
ither cause of prohibition, and thus purify the cor
at we tons of our people. Then, this wave of pc
8 and cal and religious liberty shall roll onward,
rning still onward, swelling and gathering strer
theirs as il rolls, and lash the shores of tyranizcd
to in rope, until lis thrones shall totter and fat
inthe sweeping over its lands, purge them from
tell traces of royalty, and institute religion, lib
signed and knowledge in its stead aud christia
take the wings of the morning and Danish
shave flemish darkness from the face of the e
nd lay and spread the light and glory of full
acy.- eternal salvation throughout the world.
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re soon week, efFery tay but Soontay--ten 4 4
vulsed, eaery tay." ss4 selAba as ea
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