Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-05-19
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BY Mis- iARlAl LINDSEY. All
wAysEsstRS March esth 1855.
The location, suring the past winter,
Of o small body 4 that singular people
generally called Gypsissp in the i'm
mediate vicinity Of our town, induced
me to inquire iro their origin, eandto
learn somethingofthei history.
Who are In Gypsiesi Whence
came they Arethey simple bands Of
outcasts from difiaent nations, held to.
| gether by the coesiye power Of com
mon profit, resul,ilg from their .thieving
operations and knyish propensities n
Are they but ornirary yagabonds such
as are to bemet wihinall countries;the
crcoria thrown Of fnm community by
the thousand ciyiliing agencies con.
stantly engaged intlp work Of socialre.
form and human eleationi or are!they
aseparate and dis,intpeople having a
TRIBE origin, and an individual nation.
ality2 These aues,isis presented them.
selves to. my mind ,a,d l thought that
some inquiries respecting them might
be neither uninterestiIg or improbable.
Upon turning to The Iages Of history, l
found that they were ,ot collection of
thieves, robbers, and outlaws from va
rious nations. They re re a separate and
d;s,;ncti @ ,neonle..sa ',nn derf,I fneonle--
,n;,hnu,a , = cn,,n,r, g;tbnnt : home.
s;ihonslaw wi S;,hd bJ;tieal;n.t;,al;ons'
@;,hont, ,rnlers aIa wIbon, any ysoftbe
mseb;nsrv sof sovsrnnsnt which o,ber
neonls have foSna necessary, q selepre.
ssrYs,;on nss; Tbsy' srs ,,;bs If ss;les-
fsrsysr wanderins oy,r God's green
3Esr,b. liks tba Soya tl,st snread sl' 'its
weary WING over fl,esw;Ie waste ,o5f del.
i % ,,yoters 2tfind;ng NJ y n,lacs Il rsast-5- att5-
ne e sno,f,o conssc,s,s II, me endearripo
~ one,ofhoms'g Is = =
''s,lI !. le IL ! (, Z, !. !, J,
! nave sa,a ,as asd =, T. sSaa, ana
ss M oanu bas sssr;ss;'s
.l.es. " ne'ssol ~ ;,s9II,s.; soS s ai GyfIIssss
s,s,. ss ciy;I;zatianbas nns,lsdsi sits banner
efligbt and9loye-tbere ion: these en-.
sm;es ofsooisty3lbsse soffs,s ' al civil.
zat;on have n;tsbed tbei, 1tsnts Tbey
IieIlowed, the foots,eps Jlthe bappbty
Sna,iiard Is he land Il his aoIden y
\ dreams; and 70 day rIhay yrsvel In the
halls oflihe Montezumss They have
tracked The hardy Angio saxon, in his
march across this contine,t, aud now
chant their wild incantaions to the
mockipr waves that bre& upon the
shores Of distant Oregon. Their tents
rise among the iheathery hills ofirugged
| Scotland: in The green lales ofmsriy
| England: a long the sequesered valleys
Of bleeding Hungary; onthe storm.
sw,eps plains Of iron Russis and among
gorgeous p castle ruins Of elISpain; and
everywhere they are tho sane distinctive
peo,prle having The SAND netfaceable
iype Of their strongly naked tribal
characteristics.
R.snect;ng their origin. we know
rotb;np defn;ts The bellatsinqefi.s @ IA and
wandes;na minstrel WHO Toe lie earli.
es, historians in other nalias, appear
10 have had NO existance. d aong them.
The muse ofhistory kent 10 date of
Their bin. and wrote /, no i rsc,rd .oftheir
early a,,ogress. Poetry llins no star.
llikeradiaacef foI over rtheiir natrtland; and
sings no strains Of; fearful saness over ,,ist
their exodus. Ifscalp;arethd perpet.
1atad tbs features of thei founders
posterity might have been ,onisctured
.Itheir character from tho siribbutes of
iGlheir ancient heroes; or III lraper-y
sproad around them. Ifpfn.ing had
/ embalmed their primitive eslo1ss The
.Iibe antiounfion MIGHT be guided in his
researches by the re e presentation Of qui.
ct pastoral scenes, or the porriature Of
barbarian battle fields. Bp for them,
the marble never assumed fform: fol
them, the canvass never gIFwed with
beauty. One only galde'pSa remains
to point tho Inquirer backyard along
their path oftrayel. 2
/ Asingle tapef throwsit its feal rayin-
to tho darkness which CALLERS about