The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-06-05

one tame, Uniform, mediocre good, which .
would be good but to themselves alone, and (
ultimately not even that"
think can now understand ycd," |
said; "you describe sort of sw.nisb wis
dom that would convert the world into one
vast sty. For my own par, have Travelled
far enough TO know the value Of a blue bill, 4
and would not willingly lose so much as on l
Of these landmarks Of or aaother land, BY
by which kindly hearts in distant countries
love e remember it"
a daresay we are getting fanciful," re-
joined nv companion "but certainly, in
mans schemes of improvement, both physi- |
cal and moral, there is commonly littleness
and want Of adaptation to the general goot
that almost always defeats his aims. lie
sees and understands but a minute portion
lit i always some partial good he would
introduce and thus be but destroys the just
proportions Of nicely regulated system Of
things by exagge atng one Of the parts. !
PASSED Of late ID nugh richly cultivated
district Of countr7, 10 which the agricultural
improver has done his utmost. Never were
there finer fields, more convenient stea aiings,
crops of richer promise, better regulated
system of production. Corn and cattle bad
nightly improved but what bad man, the
lord Of the soil, becomeg Is not tie body
better than food, ami life than rsimentl III
that decline cor which all other Things exist,
It surely matters little that all these other
things prosper. And here, though the corn,
the cattle, the fields, the steadings hal
improved. man had sunk There were bu.
two classes in the district a few cold-heart-
ed SPECTATORS, who united what is worst n
~. u Nas.. u rrs.fsN a
merchant-these were your gentleman farm
ers and a class Of degr" - little su
perior to the cattle the, -Ies- were
your farm servants. And for two such ex
treme classes-necessary result Of such q
state Of things had this unfortunate, though
highly eulogzed district, parted with NOR
Al, lhtelliggRt, high-mIndei peasantry-tle
lrue boast and true rc6es Of thcir cnun.ry."
81 have, ! think, observed something like
what vou describe" | said.
- .ive,' ne replied, bat one instance OF
tb, and But mar 4 how the SUMS low
OF disk has just reached the line Of the hori-
zon, and how the long level rule Of light
stretches to the very Innerm0st recess OF the
cave Il dsrkens a. the orb sinks. And
sae how the gauz--lke shadows creep On
from the sea, hlm after film and
now they have reached the IVY that mantlgs
round the castle u The Bruce. Are YOU ac-
qIainted with Barbour III
"Weu," | SAID, "a spirited, fne Old fellow,
who loved his country aud dId much for H.
! could once repeat all bis chosen passages
Do You remember how he describes King
R1berts rec0uuter with the English
knight :"
Ny companion sat up erect, and, cleuch
ing his fit, began repeating the passage,
with power and animation that seemed tO
double ~ Inherent energy and force.
GLORIOUS Oh Barbour !" eJaculated he,
when he had finished tile description (;
many heart has beat all the higher waen
the bale fires were blazing, through the tu-
forage Of thy noble verses Blind Harry, too
shat las not his country owed TO him -
"Ah, they have long since been banished
from our popular literature" said, "and
yet Bind Harry's Wallace as Hailes tells
ns, was at one time the very bible Of the
Scotch. But love of country seems % be
getting 0.d-iashioDed among u, and We have
become pnlos1phlc enough ID set Nd fvT cl-
tIzBns " the v0fid.n
"Al cold protence,n rgjliued my compa-
MON ian effect Of waat snail vision .
have just been iecrying. Cosmopolitan, AZ
Sc are accustomed {" define %, can be 10
virtue of tae present age, nor yet Of the next.
nor perhaps for centuries to come Even
wAen it snail have attained 20 rs best. and
when Il may be most safely INDUCED il, il i
according % the nature of man. that, instead
VI running cpu ter T. the love country. II
should exist as but a wider infusion III Try
feeling, and form, a. il were, a wider circle
rnn.A ft u ak .T.-r-
love OF our country ID that Of our raee.''
"Do rightly understand you - | said.
" You look forward to a time when the parri-
OF may safely expand into the citizen OF the
world but, 10 the present age, ne woald
DO well, you think, to conGae his energies
within the inner circle Of country.r
DECIDEDLY" he rsj1insd "man should
love his species at ali times, but il i III
with him II, N times like the present. he
loYts not bis country more. The spirit of
war ami aggression A. yet abroad there are
laws - be estAb ishe4, rights To be defended
lnVaders 70 be repuset, tyTants to be de-
posed. Anl who but the patriot is equal
TO hese things? We are not yet done with
the Bruces, the Walisces, the Tells. The
Washingtons-yes, the Washnstons, wbe-
ther they fight for or against us-we are not
yet done with them. TIE cJsmop lite i
out pnny abOruon-a birth ere the natu-
raj time, that az once endangers the life aud
betrays the weakness Of the country that
bears him. Would that lie were sleeping IN
bis elements till bls proper time But ge
are getting ashamed Ut our country, Of our
languag-, our manners, our music, our liter
ature nor shall We have enough Of the ola
spirit left US TO assert our liberties or fg,
our battles. Oh, for SOM Barbour or Bind
Harry Of the present day, 20 make us, once
more, proud of our cOuutFy r.
quoted the famous say ing Of Fletcher Of
Salt0n-"AllOw me 10 make the songs of
country, and will allow you to make lis
laws"
but here" said, "is our lugger stealing
round Turnberry Head We shall soon part
perhaps fJr ever, and | would fain know
with whom have spent an hour so agreea-
bly,, and have some name 70 remember him
by. Ny own name is Matthew Lindsey |
am q native of Irvine"
-"And ], /" said She young man, rising and
cordially grasping the proffered hand, Gam
a native OF Ayr; my name is Robert
Burns.'
To BE coNTISUED
Prom the New York Herald
VIII Sprague Turn Ont a Political Don
QuixOte
III Snrague possesses the creme nts az honest