Daily national Democrat., 1859-07-07

position sought to enslaye it-sought and shared
the tolls of freedoms cause-drew the sword for
the free-dashed down the seabbard, never 10
sheath it again until liberty perched upon the
standard he bore"
Here We have the genius of American Lib
erty typed in an Eagle, which is so far, well
enough but the eagle was, strange to say,
not hUSbed to rest amid the fragrance Of roses
nor robed in the gaudy attire of palaces;
neither was the eagle educated by the
wealth of royalty or matured amid the
smiles of affluence or plenty" II was spnrned
from its mothers bosom, attained the stature
Of man, and finally upon the banner which
he (it0 bore, liberty perchedI That is to
say, the eagle held the banner while the bird
of liberty Perchca upon It'll If this be not
the meaning of the wordy entanglement
will some one do us the favor to tell us what
is?
One more extract, and we are done. The
orator says;
3" Ind pb8e I noul9 not pluck one huyel from
the Jg0,D Of the Gbeyty-t0Sinq herO Of '76-no,
peacc to their sacred memories-yet, | would al
ude to another cause to which and from which is
attributable much of the success that has crowned
our efforts in assuming our position among the
nations Of the earth There is a Just and right-
eoas G0l that superintends and directs the affairs
Of human life, that buldeth up and teareth
down; aud that nation blessed of the Lord is in
deed blessed and If it be the will of God that
vice should be hurled from its high post of usur-
patton that virtue be extended to the pinnacle Of
honor, that the barrier to civil freedom shall be
pulled down, and man be permitted to graduate
to the highest perfection in moral worth and
Christian virtue, then that God will surely give
efficiency and success to ai} anil egery agent
VIII ch, under the Divine blessing shall perfectly
consummate so desirable result"
He apologies, to the heroes of '76, for the
liberty which he takes of ascribing a small
need of praise to ALMIGHTY COP for the sue
cess which crowned the Revolution God"
he adds, evil surely give efficiency and sue
cess to all and erery agent, &C." The term
cyery AGENT is grammatical, but all agent, by
no means
We do not come to period in this very
hasty review, on account of any lack of fur
ther errors and defects, absurdities and peu-
rilites in the document before us, but simply
for want of space. We have written the
foregoing with no unkind feelings towards
the author, but from a sense of duty. The
Grafton in question has been deliberately pub
lished as an effort of a high intellectual char
acter, and was so endorsed by many at the
time of its delivery. 1t is therefore fair
subject Of criticism, and, if tie brief notice
which we have given it shall have no other
effect than to counteract the possible impress
sion in the mind of any young man of un
formed literary tastes that such peurilities as
these constitute fine writing or speaking, or
that production so crammed with inaccu
racies is a model of grammar and rhetoric, we
shall be satisfied. AS to our right to criticize |
the document, no man who understands eth
er the customs of the press or its true PROV
ince, will make question of it for moment