Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-24

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Ey- At fremont Temple, the Hon. Ru-
fus Choate delivered an Grafton on the 5th
Of July, to the National Men Of Boston, )"
from which we quote the following beauti-
ful passage. His theme was Nationality
"Thore is a love Of. country which comes
uncalled for, one knows not how It comes
in with the very air, the ear, the instincts,
the first taste Of the mothers lnilh, the first
beatings Of the heart. The faces of broth
ers ard sisters, and tie loved father and
mother-the laugh of playmates, Che Old
willoW-tree,. and we'll, and schoolhouse, the
bees at work in the Spring, the note Of the
robin at evening, the lullaby. the COWS COM
ing home, the singing book, the catechism,
the visits Of neighbors, the. general train
ing,-all things which make childhood hap
.py. begin it land then as the age. Of the
passions and the age Of reason draws On and
love and the sense of home and of security
and Of property Under law, come to life; and
las the story goes round, and as tho hook or
the newspaper relates the less favored lot Of
other lands, and the public and the private
sense Of man is forming and formed there
is type Of patriotism already. Thus they
had imbibed it who stood that charge at
Concord, and they who threw up the hasty
and imperfect redoubt on>Bunkor Ell by
night, set on it the blood-rcd provincial
flag, and passed so calmly with Prescott
and Putnam and Warren through the ex-
perionces Of the first fire. But now to di-
rect this spontaneous sentiment Of hearts to
the Union, to raise it high, to make it broad
and deep, to instruct it., to educate it, is in
some things harder, some things easier; but
it may be done it must be done. She, too,
has her spectacles she, too, has her names;
she, too, has her food for patriotism, for
'childhood, for man sNmcricans" said an
orator Of Franco, 'bogin with the infant in
the cradle. Let the first lisps be Washing
ton" Hang on his neck on that birthday,
and that day Of his death at Mount Vernon
the Medal Of Congress- hy It's dark ribbon;
tell him the story Of the dag as ii passes
glittoring along the road bid him listen to
that plain, old-fasLloned, stirring music Of
the Union; lead him when school is out at
evening to the grave Of his great -,randfa-
ther, the old soldier Of tic war bid HIM,
like Hannibal, at niue years old, lay the
little hand on that Constitution and swear
revorently to observe it i; liz him up and
lift yourselves up to the height Of American
feeling ;.opcn to him, and think for your
selves, on the relation Of America to the
States show him upon tic map the area to
which she has extended herself; the eli
mates that come into tic n-.mber of her
months the silver paths of her trade, wide
as the world tell him her contributions to
humanity, and her protests for free govern
mcnt; keep with him the glad and solemn
feasts Of her appointment bury her great
names in his heart, and into your hearts
contemplate habi:ually, lovingly, intolli-
gently, this grand abstraction, this vast
reality Of good and such an institution
may do somewhat to transform this sur
passing beauty into a national life, which
shall last whilst sun and moon endure"