Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-02-29
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CONTINUED FROM 1sT PAeE.l
,,.r +;dos his adventurous spirit lulled by
Poi"a strains to the familiar song
rveui nnonumentum acre perennius,
Non omnis mortar multaque pars mel, Vita
bit Libitinam,
chung be the Heavens Win oiacA'
Yield day to night;
Comets. importing change OF times anu
States,
Brandish your crystal tresses Through
the SKIES"
The scene is chGnged-a tra5rscaa9e sOa1
-two Hemisphere at issue !-Iosseo o ssn
land and sea-'sa dry leaf on desert 4
waif unon the EMBELLISHMENTS McNutt
warns for his kindred-to the far away
VIRGINIA plantations his thoughts recur,
where was seated his brother and about
him a numerous progeny-spes Pecorss-
without help they "might bite the dust" In
the impending contest.
"If forget thee, o, Jerusalem, let my
right hand forget her cunning. Ii 40 NOT
remember thee, let my tongue cleave 20 tne
roof of my mouth, if prefer not Jerusalem
above my chief JOY"
He lists and lists again for distant sounos
of his native slogan-but IN vain
he pauses-consults the Oracle at Ply
mouth-the response is unequlvocal. ne
is captiyated by the radical opinions OF our
New England cousins, and the bold re-
solves of brother Jonathan and his confed-
crates. demonstrated by their "Boston Tea
Party.'' Too confding or perhaps too mer-
curial Gas others have been to their sorrow)
to soberly discern the purposes OF these soa-
distant patriots noUGrana reTunt StudaoSaS-
SIM ct cupidissimt n
The American Revolution breaks OUT
1t is but reasonable that Col. McNutt re-
parded the popular upheaval as co-exten-
sive with the Atlantit seaboard. and bound
ed only by natural limits. the Cults OF St.
Lawrence and of Mexico.
He repairs to the seat of war-casts in
his lot-and enters the army at Saratoga
Through toll and struggle, is afterwards
seen supporting. with "free lance" the
standard of the Baron De Kalb through the
Carolinas, and until it is borne into the
trenches at Yorktown-and there he wit
messed the British colors trailed in the
dust.
And when he considers that under these
colcrs had rallied mis- fathers at kunnimede,
at Marston Moor, at the Boyne and Lon
donderry, battling for English liberty
manhood, his sword, conspicuous career,
prosperous fortunes, all were pledges OF
loyalty-and that in an evil hour, mo-
ment of rashness, he had cast in his lot
with movement the present triumph Of
which, dishonored all that he had been
reared to reverence, what must have beer
the conflict of his emotions! And as the
Count De Rochambeau displayed in tri
umph the lilies of France, and peans of vic
tory were borne abroad on the wings o
every wind, how like Macbeth tbefore Ban
quo's ghost, must he have trembled with
emotion as the spectre arose-the British
Lion no longer rampant, doing obeisance
to the American Eagle, who, not yet fully
fledged, was Nesting among the 'Fleurs d
u.s. while he preened his wings for loftie
flights THE Lilies of France,-unwel
come reminders of unforgotten conflicts Oh
many a hard fought field, from the time o
the Conquest
He stood upon the Alps,
he stood upon the Apprentices,
And with the thunder talked,
AS friend to friend
He placed his hand upon the
Oceans name,
And play familiar with its
hoary locks -
The war ends-partisan service is crown
ed with victory-American independence
assured. Fascinating adventure. a fairy
tale-magnifcent fortunes sacrificed, all
all for bubble.
Citizenship in Confederacy of States
won Allegiance renowned, and protection
surrendered of the grandest Power in Time
whose @gis, an untailing shelter "from sea
to sea, and from the river to the ends Of
the earth P'
clark 1t is the voice of years that have
gone % He repairs to the home of hi
brother in "The Forks" There he spends
the remainder, of his life. He interests him
self in affairs of Church and State, an earn
est member of the Presbyterian church ant
in State affairs forms pleasant relation,
with General Andrew Moore, whom he Wis
its frequently when not at his post as Sen
ator in Congress, and also with Mr.. Jeffer
son, whose democratic ideas he embraces
and visits Monticello, always travelling
afoo appareled in court dress with sword
at his side.
As to his private fortunes in Nova Scotia,
by taking up arms against his sovereign,
King George III, he deems his rights for
feited, and himself subject to the pains and
penalties of treason. He dares not enter
the Dominion.
1.-THE threads leading to fortune LOST
want of occupation depresses his adventur-
GUS spirit with ennui. And yet when he
recurs to his heavy files of parchment bear
ing the sign manual Of George III, and the
great seal of the United Kingdom, invest
ing him with uncounted millions of the
richest lands in the Province of Nova Sco-
tia, secured by shipload after shipload Of
loyal kindred and loyal countrymen, hope
springs anew within his breast, and he ex-
claims with the Psalmist "Why art thou
cast down, o my soul, and why art thou
disquieted within me ? Hope thou in God!
Thus exercised on the 23d August. 1896,
he makes the formal conveyance of 100,-
600 acres Of land in Nova Scotia, on St
Johns River part of the lands survey
ed by General Anthony Wayne and Messrs
Jacobs and Cation. in the year 1765, to thu
to the Synod Of Virginia, in trust, for th'
benefit of Liberty Hail. in the ducatiol
of the youth and purchase of library TO
such as may be appointed to preach thu
Gospel, and for public lectures in said Sem.
mary annually, on Mans state by Mature
and his recovery by free and unmeritet
grace through Christ Jesus and against op
posite errors.'
And again, under date March goth, 1897
he makes formal conveyance ''of 1905
acres of land in Nova Scotia, to the trus
tees (naming them) of Liberty Hall Acad
envy, in Roekbridge county, Virginia, anC
to make things more definite, and as mucl
as possible to prevent disputes at any time
hereafter, said 100000 acres to be laid of
on the west side of St. Johns river between
the village called St. AIMS, at or near the
head of navigation, and the Falls of sale
river into the Bay of Fundy, in such parts
along the river between the specified pla
ces as may be deemed advantageous fo
promoting the ends proposed in said Acad
envy. that it may always be able to giv'
youth complete and liberal education
and especially In all branches of human
literature necessary to qualify for the min
istry Of the Gospel-to obtain necessar,
edition to its library and apparatus, an'
70 S11ro1nnrt in said Aca6arnu lnnt11rnc I,