Warren telegraph. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1857-1861, 1861-07-27


writteu) with heart that beat high with the
hope that our enterprise Uoud succeed, we
saluted the public In an article plainly setting
forth our desires and intentions with reference
to the conduct and maintenance Of the WARREN
TELHoAAfH. This morning we have seated our
self to write our Valsdictory. Need we say
that the task is measurably painful onef Need
we say thati grieves us to the quick, to DO thus
compelled TO bow before the fiat ofa disagreeable
necessity Need VIC say that even as we pen
this paragraph, food Of mingled and multitu-
dinous memories SO whelms us, as to almost
prevent US from expressing ourself intelligently :
Verify, good readers, even had we good cause
for much complaining, we would not now be
duerulous. We would much rather dedicate
this hour to calm and dispassionate RETROSPECT
tion.
How many and various have been the expe-
riences Of the past two years What imagina-
ton vigorous enough to conceive, what mind SO
comprehensive as to grasp them! In the out
side world what States have fallen, ard what
dccayed and crumblng nationalities have arisen
to new and glorious life How many millions
have swept down the broad road that slopes to
the sombre gates of death how many myriads
have come forth to strut their brief hour upon
the crowded stage of life Within this period
30 brief even in the natural life Of man-so
utterly mentionlcss in the existence of the great
world we live in-what thrones, sceptres and
diadems have been brought to nought-what
aspirations and dreams of Freedom have been
realizedi Have anarchy, vice and wckedness,
appeared at times to have triumphed over libcr-
ty, virtue and goodnessP Has arrogant wealth
put its golden heel upon the neck of honest and
honorable povertyf Have the souls of our
readers sickened at the recital Of deeds Of dark
ness committed by men, albeit they were more
worthy Of the commission Of devils? Have we
beheld Sedition pointing his dagger at the heart
Of our Liberty, and shaking his CORY locks in
our very midsti So have we seen N the great
mirror of the world that virtue ultimately tri-
umphs over vice-that the rewards Of honora-
Bile living, thouglrsometimcs slow, are inevita-
! bly, certain SO have We seen that the world, so
far from going BACKYARD, has been going for
scard so have W. beheld the unanimous upris-
ing of twenty millions Of frcemen, determined
and o6b 10 vindicato their freedom and the SUI
premacy Of free institutions against any and all
opposition that the hosts Of Tyranny can bring
against them. 1t has been very pleasant for
us 10 chronicle all these things for if we have
been sometimes compelled to show the inky side
of the cloud, it has as often fallen to our lot to
turn It, and show its lining of FURNISHED silver.
In this manner hath not the newspapcr-man
been most effective preacher, and his own
faith in humanity and human nature been very
much strengthened and increasedp
But leaving the "great big word'-in which
we are anchored like a quiet island in madden
ed ocean-have no vcissitudes Of fortune visited |
us in our retirement. Has no rude angel |
ascended or descended and stirred up the stag
naut pool Of events in Warren, during the past
two years? While all the rest of the world
has been laughing and crying, pickering, striv-
ing, gaining, loosing, chasing realities and
catching phantoms-hoping for much but get
ting little, have we not had our successes and
reverses-our sunshine and shadow-our gala
and mourning daysa Let us remember.
Socially, is there more of vivacity, spirit,
good-teTlowship, and ndlight-heartcdness in Warren
to-day than there was two years ago? Is there
any marked or startling improvement in our
moral or spiritual status? Do we love ourselves
less and our neighbors more? Have we less of
hypocrisy and cynicism, and moro of charity
now than then Dear readers, we shall mutual
ly improve ourselves il. we will cultivate the
christian graccs little more sedulously.
And there is more grass growing upon our
wharves now than there was two years agonc,
and our various manufactures are not busy.
There arc more complaints of poverty now than
there used to be, and beggars are not unfrequent
visitors at our doors. True, the serious exigen-
cics and hardness Of the times may partly &C.
count for al this but do they wholys Warren
is rich. Is there not much capital lying idle
that might be proftably employed, and indeed
would bo SO employed, were there moro energy,
public spirit and enterprise In our midsts We
simply mako the enquiry.
With he loquacity of an old man reNearsing
the stories Of bis youth, we might fl columns
with the reflections and rcminiscenccs Inspired
by this occasion. We might refer to friends
who used to cncer US with their encouragement,
and benefit us with their counstls. But Of what
svaii would be the sforts They are gone.
There was one who stood pre-eminent among
al others for hiS goodness Of heart and massive
mesa Of intellect. He never spoke but to in
struct His friendship was greatly priced by
~, and al that knew him. He won't ono day
tOjoin the countless army Of the dead. or him