Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-10-29

perity. Babylon first engages our a'ten- I
lion. This empire was Situated > little
wes: Of the enrai starting point Of 'he
human family, and reached position Ct
such magnitude and power thar in the
height Of is spleudor il has hardly BEEN 1
eclipsed by any succepding government. I
Daring The existence Of her power. Pb@
nicia. Asia Minor, and Egypt, we're "a
vorrd with a slight degree Of civilization.
and became The enlightened nations Of
that age.
After reaching an extent and magnifl-
cepce almost unaccouniahlr, and at thf
present time scarcely crrdible, Babylon .
incurred the displessure Of the Almighty. .
received his curse because Of her pride,
cruelty, and impieiy. and, overcome BY Z
Cyrus, fell, and all her glory was utterly /
annihilaed, 50 that even her situation
can now be scarcely determined, Her
victorious rival, Persia, vas destined to
survive as queen Of na,ions but short
{ me, for she soon found another rival
and successful foe had arisen west Of her
mighty empire. Fify-eight years from
the triumph Of Persia over Baby Ion, hrr
emperor Xerxes, with an army the most
numerous ever led by man, WAS met and
defeated by Leonidas aud his Spartan
three hundred. and now Greece Is equal
to any power upon the globe. Soon her
armies, led by the victorious Alexander,
overcome the proud nation which sub
= dued The naughty Baby lon, and she Feigns
supreme in power and learning. Greece
arose 10 a degree Of Intelligence aud re-
I fnement before unknown, but at last she
5 fell before the might of a competition
D which she, like those who preceded her
: found IN the west. Rome, having sub
! dued Carthage and overcome Greece
o turns her victorious arms to the west an,
= encounters the hardy barbaFians Of north
:. western Europe, who, aided by the fol
J. lies and vices of Rome herself, at las
: succeed in conquering the mistress Of th'
n world.
4 And then succeeds night, deep, darl
!, night, almost without The ray Of a singh
e star 10 dispel the thick gloom Of ignor
e ance, superstition and hypocriey whiel
y envelope Europe as with a thick pail o
d clouds. The continent sleeps deep tho
n troubled sleep, disturbed by a nightmare
II Of war and bloodshed, until at last sign
o of an awakening are seen on the yer,
Il western shores Of Europe. and Englan,
e steps forth TO calm the awakening nation
e and, Ivy the light Of her intelligence, &,
l. arouse the world again to activity, an,
il now il seems that the very west itself ha
e been reached. Civilization has crossed
{, the continent with successive strides, an,
? here she pau-es and peers enquiriHgl
into the gloom before her, until the geniu
d Of a Columbus. with the wand Of las nu
L drrsianding, more potent than was eve
3r the charm Of a magician, sweeps asid
Of the curtain which ob-cures her vision, an
u discloses to ber admiring gaze new ths
e ARE in which 10 display the wonders G
,e her magical drama. She rrossrs th
D. stormy ocean IN a lone pilgrim bark. an
r with unexamplrd rapidiiy our own love
s. country spring. into being, almost lisr
:. creation Of an artists mind, or a fair
a dream, too pleasing TO be real.
C Who shall dare tell shat America wi
a be, possessing as Size does a governmer
exceeding al the individual exce'leneie
p of her predecessors. as much a. they j
some particular quality surpassed tho
around them. a continent which exceed
the old 10 is physical proportions, ~ muc
ifs AS our mighty inland seas exceed tl
a. lakes ol lhe old world api kuopie'lg
nd theoretical and pFsciiral, II the iiue ar
N. and Of tie scieuees, whieh oh-eures q
Of lrarniug Of Greece and Rome, ps 81
~. dazzling brliiancy Of vertical sun DO
nd the wayeriug unsteady light Of the nori
ir- ern aurora. lime alone can dslsrmif
Il her future. Perhaps she will 20 ou
to her path. As she has begun, surpassi'
shat has been. only 70 fall as her pred
IN cessoss have fallsa, bat Il America ia
ier the shock wiIl b. greater .han lhal oec
ig- stoned BY the downfall Of Baby lon,
a.. Persia. Or Greece, or Rome. The sci
,bs earth shall lrsnbls, asa tie nations shi'
If. s8eeeed Ia the Car future shah besail q
.w- d,slh of iiieriy, sad ~sep over the gFa'
gle of the Amerieaa Easis a. llse place she
al freedom lies buried
al Bot ciYillzaiioo has nol jet oomPiei'
-. ihs circuit u heF orlst. Tbs isles d q
~ Pacific. SD ths sealsd empire II ~
.bs have nos yei fsil shs iifs-sisinx iraaen
lof her heaass. bat tbarr arr aaenei