Carolina Watchman

              terms oi the watcluw f ., •-* i-i-ti'ition per year two dollars payable in alvitu-e hut it not paid in advance two douars and fifty cts will be charged i ni inserted at .*? 1 tor the first and 2.1 ct for each subsequent insertion court orders charged 2 per it bigbi i than these rates a h!)*-ral deduc tion to those who advertise by the year |_, must be postpaid a speech jtil hired in statesville j uli 4lh 18 is by rev e f rockwell shed !>;. re fellow cn izens : — though we have no j«niints day's in our ecclesiastical calen dar thou jib it decs not fall to our lot to celebrate i'u birth days of kings or em kerors with games festivities and sacri p - : yet in our national history and in our political calendar there are sacred : days with which are connected fallowed remembrances those periods of our personal history which have been marked with uncommon rospr-riiy : those epochs in our lives in which those event have occurred that bave had an important bearing on tbe fu ture we are cateful to note in their an nual return this is natural : the prac tice accords with lhe nature of man ; with he best feelings — the noblest sentiments lof the human heart a nation is but a calendar of individ an addition of units into one great mass retaining the qualities slill of the vinous parts and there are events in ur national history whose days of recur e we delight to commemorate be those events have an important ing on what we are and what we hope to be the l5thof may 1771 when in the battle on the alamance on the soil of north carolina the first blood was shed in defence of human rights in this country riie 20th ofthe same month in the year 1775 when in the lown of charlotte and ounty of mecklenburg was made the grsl declaration of that independence that state in union with others finally at i 1 are at least worth mentioning they are days connected with ts to which the sons of the old north . however much decried by others be justly proud and not only so we may add tbat on the 8th of april i 77 1 vt thc town of halifax by the legisla of the same state was also the first aration in favor of an entire separa tion of lhe colonies from the mother country but these may perhaps only be reckoned stars before the sun ; when we approach either that day that added to the of living men the father of his coun try or inscribed the name of lhat coun try itself in the register of nations the 22d of february 1732 and the 4th uf july imu will ever stand in the esti mation of americans ; in that degree that the events therein transpiring stand out a bold relief in the history of north ame in the annals of the world and 0 it is not a little remarkable how in the course ol time almost every revolving year adds lo the sacred interest in the hearts of americans ol these consecrated days the linger of providence in a way not to be mistaken or lo pass unheeded points them out to be celebrated not only with joyful acclamations but with funere al obsequies not with wreaths of laurel and ivy alone but mingled with the cy press tears of joy wiih those of sorrow who knows not that our literal jubilee the fiftieth n-turn of this anniversary was consecrated anew by the departure from earth ofthe two illustrious men who act ed so con picuous a part on the day of the nation's birth : who afterwards stood at its head tbe names ol the author and of the strenuous advocate and de fender of that noble instrument will live not only because thus associated ; not on ly because in immediate succession after the immortal washington they filled the presidential chair but because john adams of massachusetts having arriv ed to the age of 91 and thomas jeffer son of virginia at the term of 83 in , death were not divided on the 1th july 1826 and what shall we say of that na tional bereavement of the 23d of febru ary 1 s is which more than canonised the second john adams and added another star to our national galaxy the true son ol new england but the citizen of the u states in whose service he spent a halt ofa century : and who having en joyed her highest honors — died in the house of the nation — under the dome of the capitol at bis post of duty with bis armor on — " contented the statesman the poet the annalist the philosopher the christian though with the faults of human nature his name will stand high in rank among the great men who have filled conspicuous places in our govern ment having lived to eulogise some of the greatest men ol the age and some whose fame belonged to two continents ll now becomes the subject of eulogy : equally high : //* will have a fame that will belong not to two continents only but to two worlds it may be called too fulsome praise but we believe the day will come when thc name of john quiu cy adams will stand in the list of the worthies of this hemisphere second to none but washington the faults that mar his character in the eyes of cotem poraries : will disappear at length amidst the superior blaze of his estimable quali fies as the spots though vast on the sun's dim are hidden by the effulgence of his rays the death of such a man in such a place on such a day is a sublime theme ; a subject worthy the pen of the poet thc pencil of the painter tbe style of the his torian it gives increased solemnity to that day that gave washington to the world 1 1 h years before it belongs to the annals of 1848 the 72d of our indepen dence it is said lobe the business of the k orator to instruct to persuade to please the latin poet declares that he has sue , the carolina watchman brl'.ver fc james ) r i e n i " l - r a check ctou i.i your editors y proprietors \ rulers do this aim liksitb-ure i series gael harrison \ volume v number 12 salisbury n c thursday jul v 20 1848 ceeded well who mingles the pleasing and the useful : there is no more fitting occasion in connection with any of our secular affairs to accomplish this than the present and would that it had fallen to the lot of some one more competent to the task of an orator to day : one of more lei sure * of better acquaintance with those soul-inspiring themes that form the more appropriate topics of discourse to address you it is an occasion that should not pass unimproved many lessons from the rich treasures of our past history may be im parted right principles of political wis dom : much knowledge of the true theory of government may be impressed upon the minds ofthe rising race from the proper observance of this day may go out an influence that shall form in no small degree our national charac ter to history nations are sent to school : and no history affords more profitable in struction to us than our own familiari ty is needed with those events which it is the object of this anniversary to comme morate to assemble as one man on our nation's birth day ; to refresh tbe memory with the recital of the deeds of ihose who perilled their lives on the high places of the field flatters our national pride keeps alive the spiritof 1770 and rekindles the pure flame of patriotism in many a heart how sublime the spectatele of 20,000 000 of people meeting around one com mon altar : xot to celebrate ihis day with empty pageantry not to spend it in noisy revelry not to devote it to bachanalian excesses to the destruction of that very independence of which we boast — not to desecrate it with the bickerings of party contention ; but to commemorate the no ble deeds of a noble ancestry to repeat the names of those who declared it was not only useful and honorable but plea sant to die for their country and in obe dience to her call it is not the duty of the orator then in this place to advocate the claims of this or that aspirant to the first post of honor in the world not to denounce or to defend the policy or the measures of those in power or those who hope to be it is not a.s democrats or as whigs ; as clay men or cass men or tay lor men tbat we come into the temple of liberty to offer our sacrifices at her shrine but as freemen of the same blood — of the same great political faith — casting aside all minor differences but as dwellers in a land of broad rivers and streams un der the shield ofthe same wise>nd equi '' table constitution of government ; and sharing alike in the civil political and re i ligious privileges it confers and secures fellow heirs of the same inheritance of territory of religion and laws of manners and of glory let the spirit of the sires rule in their sons — let that high sense of character that love of what is noble and great in sentiment or in action that mark ed the age of the revolution be not only the predominating spirit of this hour but of this with all coining ages it should be the great matter of gratitude with us towards those who marched to victory or to death and esteemed life too mean a sacrifice in such a cause — not only that they conlerred on us such a country as this the fairest portion of the globe — not only that they went and saw and fought and conquered — not only that they con structed without a model such a govern ment as exceetls the wisdom of the wise men either in the east or west in former ages ; but that they perpetuated by their precepts and their examples the manners the principles out of which sprung all that they did without tbis all else had been in vain what boots it any one that he bears the name and inherits the vast estate of an estimable parent ? what though that parent bequeaths to him the wealth of an astor a gerard a roths child or a croesus if there is not instilled into his mind those principles that shall lead him to use aright and to preserve such treasures ? how soon may he waste in dissipation debauchery ; boundless ex travagance or at the gaming table his immense wealth ? how soon may his ex cesses lay bim in the grave ? here is a matter in our case we are apt to overlook external advantages alone may prove curses instead of blessings correspond ing character must first be formed laws and institutions of a popular character are not the creators but the created : they may help to perpetuate what gave rise to them : and what they express as already existing in the framers but where this is wanting laws on paper constitutions like those of locke for carolina cannot call them into being we must not trust to the operation of the government itself for the preservation and perpetuation of lhat true sentiment of liberty that has been transmitted to us from the days of out fathers which they infused into the crea tions of their minds if we do we shall fail on the other hand we must labor with ceaseless toil to preserve and transmit that richest ofall the inheritances of our ancestors that inward state of mind ; that elevating principle that will obey but not serve which the philosophical historian tacitus found even in the ancient inhabi tants of britain this is the great means of upholding the constitution of the uni ted states olher nalions may look to their government for every thing the subjects of despotic government are formed and fitted by it to be its subjects and when they look at us they are inca pable ol estimating aright that moral force mat here pervades the mass of the people and produces such results as astonish them the author of democracy in america says '• the american laws are good and that to them must be attributed a large portion of the success which attends the government of this country ; but he does not believe ihem to be the principal cause of that success " too much importance is attributed to legislation too little to manners i am convinced that the most advantageous situation and the best pos sible laws cannot maintain a constitution in spite of the manners of a country while the latter may turn the most unfa vorable positions and the worst laws to some advantage despotism may govern without faith but liberty cannot how wise the observation of this wri ter ! it is said that in ancient times a beg gar set up a claim to the title of king and when called upon to show where his kingdom was situated pointed to his soul as the seat of it he who rules himself is king is free he is the freeman whom the truth makes free and all are slaves beside so every true hearted republican is a king self-governed — ac cording to the spirit and genius of our in stitutions the day of our enfranchise ment is the day of our inauguration — that anniversary we now keep our country — what was she — what is she — what will she become ? what is to be the destiny of this great republic of the setting sun occupying the fabled •• isles of the blest these are themes of in tensely thrilling interest cold i.s that heart and cold let it be that feels not a glow of patriotism and a just sense of pride when he looks around to see what a land is this we call our native land — we think of it as washed by the waves of two mighty oceans as stretching through 25 degrees of latitude from the lake to the rio grande — as having a great variety of soil climate and produc tions — as having abundant mineral re sources — as having easy intercommunica tions with all parts of it — as a land re served for us by a beneficent providence who " sifted three kingdoms to find the pure seed to sow the wilderness the land of religion and law — of science and arts — peopled by those who speak the english language we take our stand on lhe top of the alleghany mountains and cast the eye across that mighty val ley that stretches far away over rivers and prairies to the rocky mountains ma ny hundred miles in one place the hills are covered over with flocks — in another the vallies are clothed with corn : there is the whitening cotton field — yonder the luscious sugar cane — here the orange groves of florida " loaded at once with the rich golden fruit and balmy silver flow ers but these views ol the greatness iind grandeur of our country — its sublime scenery — its improvements in the arts — its increase in population wealth and re sources do not fill the soul ; as when we consider that here is the soil that contains the bones of those slain in the cause of liberty tbis is the land wet with the blood of martyrs in that most sacred cause '■ rome lost her breed of noble bloods or her liberties would not have been cloven down but far olf be the day when an american unmoved can survey the bat tle fields of bunker hill white planes saratoga bennington trenton prince ton brandywine camden cowpens guil ford and yorktown how was the greek fired at the thought of such scenes as ola ten marathon and thermopylae wit nessed ? so let us consider that here whatever laurels may have been acquired since here are the monuments of our country's glory what though our armies have seen and conquered the servile mex icans ? w 7 hat though victorious they have revelled in the " halls of the mon tezumas what are matamoros mon terey resaca de la pal ma cerro gordo chapultepec or even the ancient capital itself of mexico to the names consecra ted before and made famous by victories gained in a better cause let the bat tles of the revolution when eagle-winged victory perched on our banners and the god of armies shaped our ends — the bat tles where life liberty and all that men hold dear in life was at stake — always bold the first and foremost places in your thoughts you owe this to the men that there and then poured out freely their blood like water in the cause of human rights and purchased for you such a birthright but we may be permitted for a moment lo allude to passing events : to enquire where we are in the course of time and what o'clock it is by the chronometer of heaven what period ever before mark ed with more important changes or oc curring in more rapid succession ? when thrones are tottering : when dynasties are passing away : and when he who presses a monarch's throne a king to-day may be a beggar tomorrow plato we are told thanked god that he had made him a man and not a brute ; that he was a grecian and not a barbarian ; and that he had been permitted to live in a time of so great a luminary as socrates but how much greater cause of gratitude have we than the athenian sage ? here are in deed " scenes surpassing fable yet true and no doubt our eyes will see greater things than these before many months pass away how rapid is the progress ! how irresistible the force of republican principles ! the human mind cannot ul ways remain crushed under the iron rod of the despot the day of vengeance and just retribution at length has begun to come wesward the star of empire was wont to take its way ; but no sooner was this new world explored to its wes tern limit and our laws extended over it lhan the tide of revolution began to set eastward and who can tell where it will stop ? the bristling steel and thc ranged cannon of the czar of russia will not probably arrest it : not the ural moun tains or caucassus or the walls of china if he who rules among the nations is now about to arise to shake terribly the earth the rock cut out of a mountain on this continent must needs strike the colossal image of despotism on the other conti nent upon its feet prostrate it in the dust and grind it to powder which lhe winds of heaven shall carry away what a fer ment among the population of europe especially of that portion of it once inclu ded in the roman empire ? what was yesterday but prophecy is history to day the king ofthe french a refugee ban ished from bis country an object of char ity though he had hoarded up treasures with miserly care and with the advan tages of royalty many now return to his former oflice of pedagogue if he will repudiate atheism catholicism and mon archy france a republic and no long er chained to the car of the pope who according to reports himself is exchang ing the vatican for a prison ; and few so poor as to do him reverence who once trod the necks of kings to mount his horse ; who once sat in the temple of god and claimed the sovereignty ofthe whole world so rapid have been the changes among the governments of europe that a few short months have witnessed the over throw of the established order of things in most of tbe slates and kingdoms this side of the dominions of the autocrat of russia this seems to be the year fatal to mon archies ; a fearful disease the kings evil prevails and though england as yet siands proudly erect queen of the isles and mistress of the seas with de pendencies in every quarter of the world ; upheld by nobility army navy clergy and vast resources yet she cannot remain unmoved her queen sits on a giddy height on the apex of a pyramid under which combustible materials are daily accumulating for explosion 20,0')0,000 out of 28,000.000 in the united kingdoms burdened with the weight of that pyramid deprived of what we so freely enjoy will one day and that not distant arise in their terrible might and reverse the order of things and erect a government not for the benefit of the ruler but the ruled — the points of the charter must be carried at length but while we stand afar and see the heavings of that restless sea and hear its angry roar shall we be unconcerned for ourselves ? is there no need of vigilance lest our exultations though repeated this 72d time on this anniversary be turned into lamentations lest our prosperity prove transient as the day dream of fancy on the bright morning of love : lest dem ons of darkness chant their wild requiem over the grave of liberty murdered by a matricidal hand and buried beneath the ruins of her own temple we are apt to feel as though our principles were so self evident — lhat they were so in accordance with the best interests of man and tbe best feelings of the human heart that none can wish to demolish so beautiful a fabric we are apt too to feel that we are tbe children of fortune the favorites of heaven whose walls of adamant and angel guards surround us but our feel ings of security may itself prove our ruin and a salutary fear of destruction may prove our salvation many indeed are the grounds on which we may hope that this glorious union may stand till the last sands of departing time — till the last trum pet shall sound — and then only be dissolved with dissolving nature and the crush of worlds yet let us not overlook the fact that there are many and powerful oppos ing influences tending to dissolution — it is highly probable that the seeds of that disease which is to prevail over the pow ers of life in every human body are plan ted there at birth so it may be with us judging before hand wc should hardly suppose that any one and especially one who had enjoyed the benefits of tbis free government could be found with a heart so black base and fiendlike as to seek the ruin of his country and blast the happi ness of untold millions ; yet the man may be found that will put his impious hand to the work who will gain a notoriety as unenviable as that of judas or cain — the genius of history as she unrolls her scroll page by page written out before hand may at length be seen pointing her finger of scorn and indignation to the name of some cataline some benedict arnold some political judas — and saying at the same time " vendidit hie patriam auro that is the man who sold his coun try for gold it is no unfitting theme for this day to consider both the hopes and the fears of the friends of republicanism in these uni ted slates then full discussion would fill volumes and occupy days instead of hours separated from the old continent on both sides by broad oceans ; our terri tory measuring this continent in breadth we possess by the gift of providencs by purchase by conquest by the fierce strug gle of a seven years war and a series ol brilliant victories the best portion of america with a climate happily attem pered between he frosts of the pole and the burning heat of the equator a rich territory inexhaustible mineral resou and boundless forests there wa a common struggle for indepen dence — we have a common religii n — aa same language all claim a share in the a enlevements ol loose days lhat tried meu's souls the memory ofthe martyrs of li te r ly is the rich inheritance of their sotis " n i matter where th fell • q0 matter on what al tar they were o tie red up ; or what priest ofii ciatedat the sacrifice xo matter whether the monument that crowns bunker-hillc \ : - mortal remains or iheir bones moulder under a more southern sky whu though your speak er first drew breath beyond — not only the po tomac the delaware or the hudson bul even the chief stream of new england the sun of puritans of lhe days of cromwell and cl ii ? h hat though lie inhaled ihe air of free dom amongst the turnbulls the wiliiamses the shermans ihe huntington's ofa state lhat was always self-governed canuot he whose ancestors were immolated there claim a share too in lhe victories and sacrifices accomplish d on oilier soils and hy those of diflerenl descent co abroad — visit olher land — and you will be proud to claim the heroes and the statesmen f the revolution as your coun rymen in whatever part of the land they lived ' and what have been our circumstances and what ear sue cess ? we labored under groat disadvantages ; with a heavy debt and a depreciated paper cur rency at lhe close of lhe war p>ul what can not industty perseverance and indomitable en ergy effect .' our rapid strides to wealth and power ; our progress in the arts and sciences in the development of our internal resource ; ibe degree in which a a people we have come to enjoy the comforts and even what but latelj were regarded the luxuries of life — all this st.ands unrivalled in the history of nations we push our commerce fo the remotest re gions ofthe world our ships visit every shore w hat has three score and ten years done for us — the life time of one man ? need we point you to the high destiny assigned us by divine providence 7 to set an example to the world — to become a beacon lighl to the nations — a stationary sun irradiating both lhe eastern ami western hemisphen we exist not for ourselves only bnt for oth ers and if lhe experiment of a free elec tive government cannot succeed hei on , expressly prepared for il with the bo.-t rare ol men with the experience ofall ages before them mi ihe science of government then can it ever be realized is it a utopian dream 7 who will say '.■. ; despair of the re public and not rather feel railed upon to see lhat it receive no damage ? for there are com mon enemies both within and without our bor ders as to some thing the greater lhe o lernal pressure the more firmly the parts are held together while the force that destroys most ucl from within outward we fear no external violence unaided hy faction at home united the power of the world could not crush us true the kings of ihe old world entered into a league and said that this hated republic of united america mu-*t fall hut while de lenda est carthago was on their lips as is the fate ia general of those who seek lo destroy others they fell themselves — swift retribution overtook hem linked together by our mighty rivers — by our mountain chains — by our canals — rail-roads and telegraphic lines : transmit ting the produce and the manufactures of ever ry part to every other : sending thoughts feel ings sentiments on the lightening's wing ran we be torn into fragments ! are we nol one people ? is not the feeling of mutual >'. dence and common interest deepened ' pre judice allayed — the clanking of the iron 1 fed on lire may be heard in his rapid lighl as he passes wiih his heavy train from city to city from state to state over mountains rivers and plains how soon vill the extremities ol the union be hrough into lhe immediate vicinit of each other ? here are the triumphs ol art over nature of mind ovet matter — sinews ot iron bones of rock nerves of steel veins of gold and silver conned tbe members of this great confederacy and lhe lies of kindred anil affection still stronger than all the silken bonds of love in europe men are fixed in place and it rank as the irees ol the forest not so here : what a constant commingling of races and ranks : we are restless as thc waves of the sea : we will pass an ! repass to and fro look through the land who are the men that fill important posts in society 1 whence come ihey ' there is a governor of a north ern state a native of north carolina there is a member of congress irom north carolina a native of massachusetts this is but a spe cimen : and doubtless divine providence has so ordered this that these strong cords might bind the country together in every direction — but degenerate days bave come — rank corrup tion spreads through various departments ol the government the lust of conquest the great bane of republics has seized many — where do we lind that whole-souled patriotism thut generous self-devotion lhat characteriz ed the times of washington and hamilton ' — selfishness and love ofthe polls of office pre rails : the individual will set himself above his country there are those living who heard ihe booming of british cannon on lhe ware the polomac or tbe catawba v fore thev all pass off the sin some one may arise to act the part of irailoi lo lhe 1 of his country : some cataline lo stii great conflagration anothei burr to pi the enterprise of a great central empire other cawar to pas the rubicon or the ne i ces or the del nolle and plunge i ia civil w>,r temptations will be offered lo corrupt mind -■ rnres will ari rest daring - hemes of villainy * isi m fgnoraal minds another name i r edu nee are found just suitable for - "'•? at-roaues to act upon and u m heir tools without individual independence how eat 1 exist in the mas 1 men must first gu.de gov — :--: whh , intelii » jusl v hem j ml lilrj *'« n t ' : !,- l ",: :,: -\/'-: : cui " '-■ i--e:hca-s d6ha : ,' :: ' ppior v jersey ofi r when thai ceive a slab a . «" united s 1 • ' ■' '■ '""■'■■ ■'•• s functions and vi»m ! - i-o un i i,i beautiful nu ebwcry will fly ,., a . ; .. ls . t >;> p il 01 i to republics ; hut ours is • lic lj ■•:.-. ibat has existed ,., re than in name and whether those who stand here ,„ i.'l-.u even „, 197 will fi***.doure bjsereiaajj me and a shadow is tho i ,,!, om io b(j • hie d me aad the form mav remail . - - d.evoatan wbal was he mexicau republic of 1826 worth ! what va iched lo.bose of sooth merica . .■ en the famed republic of antiquity iu italy aad greece they wanted the principle t life i:.e 1 reochrepublieof 1793 need ml jaw i and why were ihe pealed minds who lived iu republi , of that which the greatest roiuds 11 w mosl deprecate mon archi *, ' it i said thai ilerodilus pialo aris u»tile xennphon isocrates cicero seneca 1 ac • is and plut irch dissatisfied with the fierce ■ - 1 times and giving p all es p e ' realizing the proper idea af a re-mblic finally declared in favor of monarchy but from the aim ., ,.; greece and ihe con suls ol rome to the lima of luther there was progress from luther and the reformers in the early pari of 1 ha igtfa century lo crom well there was prog re from lulu to lttfi there was progress the rights of man were better understood the distribution of powers m different departments of government was better understood shall we say lhal from 1776 to 1648 ihere has been progress ! and is it nothing against us lhal we are receiving with open arms the overflowing population of europe i and immediately conferring open them the rig of suffrage ' shall the wiley jesuit thai even monarchy cannot bear foi in decep lion and intrigue be freely admitted here and ei.t listed with funds by lhe act of a stale for the education of its youth and his be no cause ;•' alarm ' shall the romans come and be invited and aided to take away our place and nation ' h is no favorable symptom when ve see a disposition abroad to elevate inferior men to oflice to ihe disparagement of iboee af mi perior talents and statesmanship let us hear lhe voice of one almost a prophet on this point i mean burke the greal orator lie says ** woe to that country thai would madly and impiously reject lhe service of th talent and virtues ci vil military or religious that ait given to race and lo serve it : and would condemn to obscu rity every thing formed to diffuse lustre ami glo ry around a state woe to that country too that passing into the opposite extreme consid ers a low education a mean contracted view of thing a sordid mercenary occupation as a pre ferable title to command so peaks the voice ol wisdom from another land and it i ob vious lhat when men of lhe least capieily but the iinst subservient lo party measures are chosen before men ol the best rjualifieations bul of incorruptible integrity that is both a si-m of degeneracy and of danger unskillful banda cannot steer iu a storm our ship of state be tween scylla and charybdis but she must eitb er be driven into anarchy or a great eonsoli dated government and may we not enumer ate among the sources of danger a neglect of our past historj .' when we see not or count not the cost ot any thing we an apt to neglect ils preservation lei a man trace the wars of the revolution : lei bim follow a suffering ar my without food clothing or pay in lhe depth of winter : lcl him go through thc stirring scenes of that period and light tlio«*e battles over again let him vi**it the camp — the fo rum — the banle field — the private home : let him see the zeal — the energy — the self-denial ihere found lei him learn and weigh what was all this for it was for what wjine would consider a small matter taxation without representation ;" bul deep principles were in volved that man will sec that in the circum stances the issue of the contest in the success of our arms was little less than a miracle — when on the one side was ranged lhe immense wealth and resources of great britain the first power iu europe : her navy and merchant hips covering tlie ocean — tier well disciplined army — her officers of skill and experience in lhe service of war the name the reputation the pride of lhe lirst of nation and what stood against her ' there was here no gen eral government 13 separate sovereignties were to be consulted there were pining lo cal iuterests troops officers ammunition — all the means of war wi re lo be provided by ;: nation weak and without an ally what a sublime spectacle lo lhe world when this contest began and the brifi-h lion attacked lhe american eagle leondidas and bis i ( 0 spartans before lhe hosts of xerxes - arcely furnishes a parallel \ el ihey ha i courage — hearts resolved c mfidencc in tho god of host3 to fight their battles for them they made this declaration : they sustained it — heaven sustained il foi them they fought through vears of blood and carnage they buckled 0:1 their arm mr and : lid il nol 1 till thev consecrated it with lhe banners ofthe vanquished in the lemple of concord man a dark cloud covere i ibeir sky : many a time their hearts almost sunk within ihem : but at length the sun of victory shone — the capture of cornwallis crowned their arms neglect ihen ihis gloriou bi shade these important facts i • ■ im pulse ofthe hour a blind passion may dii then bid farewell to the republic and we reckon among ihe favoral ic omens the in crease and cultivation ofa military spiril this lust of conquest and extension of ten when we have more than we ki with tin is ick ol other republics thai wars ofc nq lesl arp < nt ins ofa : '' we lu "' th way of hold 3 ' u * t but figfal first for ■■■■ ■■ and ihen about then have we 1 lit n of th • '•' '•* " '* *' ''''' ■*>« ' ' j ,. v „ nse ol lhe legi al what binders a military pn idenl and lic.o ' i::o „ • what ihougl - "" don f ' what though bv the i i mm what thou - ''"' the end i/n . yet : 1 ll • ..:■ ledial f i engendered