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I herewath u*zm.1:Mic:1tic.m_. :2:-cordimg 10 your request. \’Vi—*._h great respect, your obedient servant, C}. B. HADDUOK. HM.sm' R. S'1‘]L2V}C1\’S, Ammnam Pwssmxxc, Twrowmz T.M'LoR. ADDRESS. Imam‘s:m'1*is.m lies £‘.Li'VVi**;"L’yS been 1‘@Ci{O11C(i.Z.1I1'lO1].g the iVir—- tiles. It .11 rletiirzil zmd l1I1i.V(3I‘S£X1 S.i('3'I'1tit."'I1¢3I"1t§,—---- <::he1'ish- ed cwpiaziililiy in the niost 1fmf1*ie11pies. It glows I.1,i.;ii.§'.0 in “ the ﬁery heart of 'yc>utli,” mid. 2ELl’I1(")1'}g the embers of age. The S'[)Ot,i\VI“1e1‘0 .21 nimzi was hc:>1'1:i, has, at 1.e:1st,, one el;ie1'rri for: him. A.ri(1, so 'l.<:i11§g as life itself is }j:>1'c:c:im:is te hihzi, so long as he loves to ].C)Ok upoxi the sun, or the stars, er the 1ne.tei'1m1 ezzmh, so long as he feels one feiid zzitteehxhemt ta.» 111z:u1 or xieture, the place, Where his eyes were ﬁrst opeiied to the light, the land, in which his hGE1I'tﬁTSti.')Gc‘1t\\7i,til gledness, will be dear to him. It may be sterile and aiiistere; hilt; it is his native land; and this gives verdure to its hills, and music to its streams. It is the home of his cI1i1dho0d.; and the brzight, wmm colors of a. ﬁlial 11ee1"t are S1')l‘(3{i,d all over its riiggecl zmd held feetni'11'es. Its name may not i”I2'l.V(§.‘. heel). s.igx:m1.izery ; to him, however, it is veiierw 4 hie without the erown ef gray’ «‘EtI’1tit11’IitY, and fr.:tgi*ant with~ out the odors of fame. As life rims on? numerous cettees conspire to develope and mature the sentiment. The scenes erotmd us acquire a beauty to our eye ; familiar sounds became eloquent to our ear. The mute objects, ‘With which We hetre iived; come to he memorials et‘ what we have been. We comrerse with them as with eeriigieiiioiie (if our €43£3.I‘i.’§7 days. We bid them aﬁiett with tetirs etici return to them. with greetiiigs. Domestic incidents itripzswt e. eerretity to this eﬁ‘ectien.. Our family history is €Dg1'&VB1’1 on the sides of our native hills. The forms of these we have loved hover are2:md the place, where their day of life was sperzt. Good beirigs seem to preside over it, amt good inﬂueriees cerisecrete it. W’he.tever of respect or feridrieee We feel for our parents end eeriy ﬁsierids is still attached to» the houses Where they liver} mid the graves Where they lie _; and is irisetisihiy dif- fueeeri over the land to which thejgr belonged. Pubiie events; tee, in vririeii greet traits of character have been diepie:3»*ed, and important cheiiges in hUﬂ'1a.‘t."1 af- fairs eﬂieeted, expend arid digiiify the proud feeiiiig, which binds: tie te em“ cetiiitw. its Governiiieiit, its Laws, its Literature, its Reiigieii, whatever beionge to us as seciai, iiitehigent, moral ‘beings, form so rr1::~tr1y' strong ties to at- tech us te it. Thus I118.1’1j,7 iriﬁueriees unite to riourish and render steered the natural love of 0r1e“s arm: iatlti. This pessieii hes, ee- eor'&ing1y*, adorned every peopiei mid given irispiietieii te e:i0qe.e11ee and art in et*ery' age. Next after pi.ety' to their hr .1’) Gecls the ancients placed Love of Country. And mankind have consented to brand thetraitor, the recreant citizen, as the meanest, basest of his race. , This universal feeling thus operative everywhere, every- where evinces the common care of Providence for the whole human family, by equalizing the sense of happiness under the most dissimilar Governments, and ensuring con- tent, if it does not create enthusiasm, in the most une- qual climes. ‘ The sentiment has, however, been, in some degree, modiﬁed by the character and circumstances of particular nations. Among the principal people of the ancient world it was substantially the love of national glory,—-the pride of dominion ,-—-—the desire of achievement, ——--the triumph of arms. A country’s welfare was identiﬁed with its military fame and the wealth of its tributary provinces. Patriotism was clad in armour, or robed in office. If it appeared in any other form, it was, mainly, conﬁned to the Orators and Philosophers. In all, it was exclusive and idol-atrous. lt had no syn1~ pathy with man as man. It recognised nothing great or good beyond the limits of their own country. This it worshipped. To it it sacriﬁced all other interests and all other loves. To die for it was glory among men and piety to the Gods. The State was, in their esteem, above hu- manity ; its honor paramount to virtue itself. The Jews, though not one of the leading nations, were net behind their neighbors in patriotic feeling. They ti could not sing the Lord’s song in a strange land. They fought with desperation for their mountain homes. They counted it greatness to belong to the land of Judah. They meditated no conquests ; they indulged no thirst for dorninion. Their greatest pride was to be Iraelites, chil- dren of the promise, heirs of the l~’atriarchs. Judea was to them, all holy land, —-—-—a theatre of miracles and Rove»- lations. Angel feet had pressed its soil. God had there. visibly, cornniuned with men. A supernatural atmosphere invested the land, and consecrated the people. Jewish Patriotism was eminently a religious feeling. It had little of the character of that virtue, as it appeared in ancient Europe. The pride of Israel was the glory of ‘God. They fought for their altars and the name of the Lord. The land ﬂowing with milk and honey, the Garden of the earth, was dear to them, chieﬂy as the Heritage’ of the Lord, the Dwelling place of the Most High. There seemed to them to be nothing out of it on earth, and but a step be- tween it and heaven. Christianity introduced ideas entirely new. It did not condemn the feeling of Patriotism; it allowed and cher- ished it, but under important modiﬁcations, which present the virtue in a new light. It attached us no less to places; but more to persons. it stripped the scenery of a country of none of the beautiful and inspiriiig associations, which great events and great traits of character were wont to hang around the elorpietit mountain passes and crimson seas, Where valor had ti'iutnpl1ed and the destinies of em.—- ‘pires had been chai"iged ; but it raised the .«o'.ro;a above the 7, sense‘; it gave new dig‘it1it.yl to nnni as 1\i’AN; it drew aron:nc'l the transient dweller in the vallies and on the hills, associations more interesting‘ and more snhlime,tl1an ltiad ever consecrated any ﬁeld of war or scene of g.;reatness. lt ehanged the point of light. in Wl’llC'.l1 events are to be View- ed. It eiigaged attention more to the fleeting generations that appear and vanish sway‘, in snolfi rapicl succession, than to the theatre on which they G3flIl2Zt(.:l" their part, or the noon-— uments they leave beliitid them The Stars became a. less irnportant object ; and the PEOPLE of the State, more important. Man came to he more regarded in his essential character;istics, arid less, in his accidental circumstances. "Whilst, tl1ere‘l'ore, Clnxistienity recognised and fostered the love of country in the disciple, it taught him to consid- er all men as brethren, to open his heart to the whole world. It assumed, what science has since demonstrated, that the true interest of the whole is the interest of the parts ; that the prosperity of one nation is the prosperity of all. it, therefore, inonlcated philanthropy, Without, at all, obli—- ging us to stifle any reasonable attachment to our own land. At a time, when no people had conceived the idea of common, mutual interests among the entire Family of man, our blessed Lord unsealed the treasures of his Grace to all, and commanded us to count every man, without distinction of race or origin, a neighbor and a brother. “ I am the ligllt of the WORLD,” said he. It was the first dis» tinct announcement of the common interest of all men in the Covenant of God. Tlie command, with which the Son of man concluded his last interview with his disciples, S “ Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every ereature,” was the first commission of uniyersal mercy. i And the enterprise of the Apostles for the conversion of the World, in pursuance of this command, was the ﬁrst Mission of charity to man, as man, upon record. After so long a time We are, at last, beginning to see, that this great principle of mutual love ainong men is the true interest of each and all. Conquest and oppression, however they flatter the Vanity and feed the avarice of men, are ultimately fatal to the conquerers as Well as the conquered. The only unfailing resources of individuals and of nations are in themselves. All real and safe pro—- ggress is the developernent from the centre of life within us. Production is the only source of Wealth. To buy We must sell ; to sell, We must find a market, and our market is the world. The narrower and the poorer that World is, the less it will want of us, and the less it will give for our products. To oppress, or to irnpoverish other nations is, therefore, just so far, to limit the demand and, of course, the price of our own productions, and just so far, to discourage our industry, repress our enterprise, and dry up the sources of our greatness. T The real Patriot must, therefore, be aeChristian Patriot. An iritelligeiit love of our own country creates no narrow jealousies of other countries. Their gains are not our loss; their elevation is not our depression ; their prosperity is not at our expense. In truth, every new nation, planted on the most distant shores, stimulates our industry and aug- r merits our resources. Every million added to the poppula- El tion of any part of the world, is so much additional de- mand for the fruits of our labor; every thousand pounds, accumulated by industry and prudence anywhere, is so much increased ability to pay for the products of our skill and the savings of our economy. It all goes to enlarge and quicken the common market for the whole production of the world. The Patriot is, thus, a Philanthropist ; and the Philan- thropist, a Patriot. No industrious and enterprising man can wholly extpatriate himself. The man of Science, the Artist, the Navigator, who seeks the gains of industry, or the rewards of Genius in any quarter of the world, is still doing his own country good. The Missionary, in his er~ rand of love to the remotest regions, cannot wholly spend himself abroad. “There is, that giveth, and yet increas-» eth.” And we may add to the maxim of the wise man, that giving alwctg/s increaseth. Our charities to the world return into our own bosom. The man of christian philan- thropy, in his farthest wanderings, is not obliged to feel, that he alionates himself from his native place, when, taltirig his life in his hand, he crosses the desert or the sea, to minister mercy to the poor of other clirnes. Patriotism stands between the Benevolence, which em»- braces the world, and the private affections, which unite, in holy bonds, the inmates of the same house, --between the love of man and the love of kindred. The former is more generous, more disinterested, more divine; the latter, imore vivid and more active. Between the two, and,in- deed, in some degree involving both, love of country has i 2 10 ample scope, and is oiiynnected with some of the noblest enterprise and best character, which give interest, or value, to history. The Patriotism of History is, mainly, that of the Soldier and the Statesman. The Patriot King, the Patriot Vifar-— rior, and the Patriot Orator have left no room for emnla- tion. The annals of all countries exhibit bright names, - perfect models of Patriotism in the field, in the Senate, and on the Throne. There is, however, one form of the Vir- tue left for the new World. The Patriot CITIZEN is not de- lineated in History. This character, in its full develop- ment, seems reserved for these shores. It is the appropri- ate peculiarity, I may say, the characteristic glory of the new Republic. In what other form has not Love of coun- try been represented? _ If we speak" of Art, or Eloquence, they grew to perfection Where they had their birth, under the genial skies of Greece. And they devoted themselves, with ﬁlial gratitude, to the land that gave them inspiration. They have made her name as imperishable as her moun- tains and as fragrant as the airs that fan her islands. Valonr was the Roman’s Vz'7'z‘~2.z.e, and his Country the idol to which he consecrated it. Of Patriotic Policy and Administration all history furnishes examples. But in no state has the Citizen, in distinction from the Soldier, the Prince, the Artist, and the Orator, been so important a personage. No where has a mere member of society had so wide a sphere of action. No where has as single man been so powerful in private life. In no part of the world has so little de- pended on the Ruler, and so much on the people. Never 11 was it of so little consequence, what the Government is, and of so much consequence, what the people are. Never before has the experiment been made to determine, with how little power the ends of society may be attained, ---— how little we must submit to be controlled, and how far we are capable of governing ourselves. In proportion as the sphere of duty is thus extended, and the responsibilities of action increased, the Value of life is enhanced and its dignity raised. It seems to me to be one of the principal felicities of our lot, under the smiles of Heaven upon this goodly land, that a citizen is here so inncli of a rnztn,--m-a plain citizen, without Reverend or Honorable, Colonel or lilsqnire, appended to his name. I object not to titles or distinctions. Let them be Won and worn. Industry and Virtue, in the ungenial soil of our world, need to be s'tin;1n1ated by all means; And the man who grudges his 13e:ig'l1bo1° the reward of honorable studies or gerierotis deeds, is akin to him who has not soul enough to aspire to them. But otlice and honors are accidents of citizenship. As to be a man is more, than to be a citizen, soto be a citizen is more than to be in office. Place is an appendage of the man ; not the man an appendage of the place. It happened to me some years ago to be present at a Council of the New York Indians, in the vicinity of Buﬁ'a- lo. On the way I passed by the grave of the celebrated Red Jacket, and thought of Brandt and Corn Planter. Great images passed before me. Great but rude minds seerned to be near me, ----- men of native nobleness, which 12 the disadvantages of savage life could not suppress or con- ceal. Glimpses of lofty natures, ideas of the common great- ness of our human being occupied me. I was feeling What it is to be a man‘, and capable of such things, capable, un- der better light and with better advantages, of inﬁnitely greater things. Suddenly an opening presented itself in the half ‘cleared forest ; and the House of Indian Legisla- tion appeared, proudly eminent among a score of huts. Withiri were arranged, with studied regard to rank and dignity, the Fathers of the Nation, -—-the Chiefs of the as- sociated Tribes, witit Items feathers (and red stm'72.gs on thee’? liars. And I have sometimes thought of a citizen of the Republic, ﬂattered with the hope of a petty oﬁlce, or vain of the honors of a place, or a title, as a MAN with a feather, or a red string on his hat. There is a simple dignity, above all accidental distinc- tions, in him, who neither seeks oﬂice as an honor, nor shuns it as a duty. The condition is enviable, which titles can- not dignity, nor applause make happier. If this condition is ever realized, it must be in the Anlnmcan O1-rrznn,-—-— the sensible, reasonable, independent, Farmer, Mechanic, or Gentleman. Whether he breathe our Wholesome moun- tain airs, or prefer the stir and fever of the city, he is the last man, in the world, to be haunted and tortured with the lust of office. He Whose heart, unquiet and dissatis- ﬁed, is yearning for something in the power of the people to bestow, is equally ignorant of his blessings and his dan- gers. Happy the man, who with talents, that cannot be obscured, yet courts retirement, and, conscious of virtues 13 that ennoble, covets neither station, nor distinction; who quietly enjoys immunities for which he invokes no power but Heaven, and patiently and cheerfully fills a private sta- tion. And happy will it be for the country, if no false no- tions of respectability, no foolish pride, no chimerical ideas of enjoyment, induce a more general discontent with the rewards of ordinary industry and the satisfactions of ordin- ary life. A dreamy impatience for promotion, restlessness amidst fountains of plenty, betrays feelings incapable of be» ing satisﬁed, in any State and with any measure of good. A nation of office seekers can hardly be a nation of honest men ; certainly not a quiet or happy nation. Mistakes prevail on this subject, and the fear is not un~ reasonable, that the very commonness and constancy of our richest privileges may cause them to be undervalued, Whilst the glittering prizes of oﬁice allure and beguile us. It can never be useless or unsuitable, therefore, to dwell on the sphere of pt."i*t-rate life. To the younger men, espe- cially, assembled on this birth day of our Liberties, I am desirous of presenting some considerations, which may serve to place in a more attractive light, the c/z.a7'act‘e7' and riclutries of tits Patriot Citizevlz. You may be called to take office ; if so, shrink not from responsibility. Responsibility, imposed by duty, is not un- grateful to noble minds. To be thought ﬁt to sustain great interests, to be esteemed worthy of important trusts, is ground of rational satisfaction. Toaim at the attainment of such character is a worthy ambition. And our history is not wanting in beautiful erzamples of patriotic service of the State. 14: You may be summoned to ﬁght your eot1ntry’s battles. if so, you may not refuse to die. For there are higher objects tlisn to live. And, clear as life justly is, there are occasions, on whicll the sacriﬁce of it is a duty’. Patriot soldiers, in our own emials, show you how to conquer,ai1d how to (lie. Most of us, however, have no such scenes in prospect. Our Patriotism must be clisplayecl in other ways. Wliat we do for our country, we shall be called to do in the com- mon relation of citizens, the uupretending, noiseless oﬂices of private life. Bear with me, therefore, a little, while I suggest some of the particular, piecticetl forms of that goodutill, which We all owe to our common country. The Patriot citizen, then, will, it for his country’s sake, mmire the most of itt'»22tseif. He is part of the State. His talents eiicl virtues go to iiielre up the comiiioii mind. His intellect sod spirit are so much of the intellect and spirit of the people. His pl‘lV«‘l’te worth is an. ornament of the na- tional Cl1EtIt‘EtCt6I‘; his clishoiior, a stain upon his couiitry; his gtiilt, at public W'1‘Ot".lg. Caring for the State, therefore, he ‘\VlllCL't1‘e for himself. liriproviiig himself, he improves the community. If he can do nothing else for his native land, he can, at least, irecogiiize her claim to him. lf he can add nothing else to her resources, he can add one more sound head and one more true heart. And that is much. A good member of society’ is a public treatsure. He is counsel and strength. A right iniiidecl, well principled citizen is more than a. mine of gold. No riches cert eniioble, or preserve, it corrupt and 15 ptisilaiiiinous people ; no power can enslave intelligent and virtuous men. They will be free in spite of tyrants, and great, though poor and few. The ‘Value of a great, good man may be measured by the rareness of the spectacle. He is not easily raised. He is of slow growth. The chances are against him. Strong downward tendences are to be overcome, great victories, must be achieved, before a character of real Worth is formed, -———a character ﬁt. for a patriot citizen to bring to the altar of his country. I can hardly imagine a more heroic purpose than be con- ceives, who, amid the wrecks of mind, which cover all the sea of life, —-the ruins of character, more sad and more disheartening than the broken columns of prostrate tern- ples, or the melancholy remains of dilapidated cities,--~ resolves in the depths of his heart, with the blessing of God, to be (Z wise cmcl agoocl mrm. 1 ﬁnd no enterprise, in his- tory, more beautiful, or more honorable to our nature. A "young man, of profound sensibilities, renouncing the pleas- ures of life, rebuking its follies, and aspiring, with resolute ambition, to its highest ends, is an object of moral gran- deur. But, when Ithink how often this resolution has been taken, and how often it has been maintained, by men of no extraordinary capacity, or advantages, I Wonder it is not oftener taken. I wonder that every young man has not taken it. Let your country hope, my young friends, let our native State, distinguished by the enterprise and energy of the noble minds it has nurtured and sent forth from its bosom, let the State expect of you a manly intel- 16 lect and an honest heart. Let the recollections of this day determine you to be citizens of whom no coumry would be ashamed, men who respect themselves. Time is not wanting 5 opportunities Wait for you ; means are Within your reach. The cultivation of all your powers is possible to you; education, in its truest sense, is practi- cable. Only resolve; begin ; begin somewhere; begin now. Husband your resources; seize the fugitive moments. Open the eye and the ear ; assume, that any thing can be learned; doubt not, that every thing can teach. Shrinl; not from the arduous; despise not the humble. Be not ashamed to be ignorant; nor afraid to inquire. Months and years roll round faster than We think. And the thoughtful man, the patient cultivator of himself is rich in knowledge and in merit, before he is aware. And, then, think of the reward, —-— the consciousness of mind ; the inward sense of a manly spirit; the feeling of moral dignity, ---resources in our own nature, beyond the reach of accident, out of the dominion of power, a part of ourselves, independent of life, imperishable, immortal. Fortunate man, favoured above the ordinary mercy of Heaven, Who, in this free land, and in this clear, bright day, has life yet before him, and sees the Way still open for him to eminence and happiness. The Patriot citizen respects the Government and Laws of his country. He is not» unmindful, that a free‘;'Gov~ ernnment is sustained by public sentiment; and, of course, that general disrespect to Authority and general disregard of Law, are the virtual abrogation of both. In ahealthy l7’ of society, the lqaiv, "invisible. impalpable, impersonal, residing nowhere, having" neither vcice nor substance, reigtis with a gentle and unfelt dominion, descending upon us, and enriching us with its blessings, like the silent cornirtg on of the seasons. But, when the public sentiment is cor- rupted, when bad humors vitiate the public conscience, this mysterious inﬂuence ceases to be felt, —--- obedience and the Law disappear together, ——- Society falls to pieces; or is subjected to an iron rule. Wliatever, therefore, tends to weaken respect for the ll/lagistrate, or the Law, is so much done, in a free country to unsettle the order of society. And a considerate friend of his country will speak of the public authorities with re- spect, and judge of them with candour. He will be care- ful, in no Wise, to impair, in the public mind, the sacred- ness and obligation of the Laws. A government like ours rests, mainly, on the conﬁdence of man in man. Univer- sal distrust would be fatal to it. And a prudent man will hesitate to foster a disposition, too prevalent already, to as- sume that men are not to be trusted ; a disposition to im- pute public acts to the "worst of motives, and to ascribe sinister Cl8Slg1’lS to the best men. Suspicion and distrust are not natural to geuerousmincls. An eye for minute faults and a little heart belong to the same man. A querulous, jealous spirit, is, commonly, as unjust as it is uncomfortable. society infected by it as “ unvvorthy of liberty as it is unﬁt for it. , There is no Worse man in the state than he, who, with great shrevvdness, and a plausible eloquence, stands daily, in the market and at the ‘\ O 1 Cf: corners of the streets, to taint the places of concourse, and poison the air, with foul aspersions of merit and authority. The Patriot citizen will study the improvement of his country. Liberty is but a means. We contend for free» dom, not that We may be free ; but that we may, freely, pursue great ends and accomplish Worthy objects. The Patriot is not, therefore, satisﬁed with liberty ; he prizes, still more, those ends of life, which give value to liberty, --—-- the physical, intellectual, and moral objects, which a free mind may, of right, propose to itself. The man, who loves his country, desires its advance» ment, the development of its resources, the increase of its wealth and comforts, the elevation of its character, its beau- ty, and the honor of its name. And the Patriot citizen will labor and make sacriﬁces for these ends. He will not feel that his duty to the state is dischargedby enjoying its pro- tection,-—-that he pays his “Alma Mater” for her indul- gence by being nursed at her bosom. He will look about him for occasions to show his sense of herfavors by ﬁlial services. It is Wonderful how few devise the good that is devised. It is mortifying to think how few do the good that is done. And yet the capacity, and the ‘enterprise, requisite to usefulness, are common facilities multiply as We use them; occasions increase as we look at them. , I cannot be particular. _ A few examples will illustrate both our means and our opportunities ofdoing good. It is but a few years, since the farmer, as soon as he made an opening in the forest, and put in his ﬁrst crop of wheat, set about erecting a house, two stories high .l. 9 and large enough to hold his whole posterity. “ The square room” and the kitchen were “ done off ;” a lodging room or two made comfortable; the upper part secured from the weather, used for a Granary, and left for posterity to ﬁnish. The man who first departed from this eXtraVa- gant style of building, and put up a snug, white cottage, just large enough for hirn and “ her,” all ﬁnished, enclosed with a neat fence, and ornamented with trees, did a service to New l3ng'lar1d, which should not be forgotten, while conrifort dwells in her farm—houses and taste adorns her towns. He who so lately discovered, that it is just as far round the bail ot" a kettle, when it stands up as when it lies down, and appli.ed the principle to our turnpike roads, is entitled to the tlianltzs of man and beast. The kind citizen, who says an encouraging Word to fainting industry, or hesitating ambition, or tempted integrity, is a benefactor of his coun- try. To introduce a new fruit, or a new grairi, a new in- strument or a new mode of culture, does the state some service. The ercainple of a neater husbandry, of more dur- able architecture, of more tasteful ornaments, of improved education, of rational enterprise is not lost on the commu- nity. It is a public beneﬁt to plant a tree by the road side or on ones own grounds. The hand is not busy to no pur- pose, which rears a ﬂower, or trains a vine. It is a narrow spirit, that calculates the probabilities of living to sit under our own vine and ﬁg tree. What matter is it, if we do not? Others will enjoy what we leave behind us. The children, for Whom our life is so much spent, will thinlt: of ‘M us with kindness, when they succeed to the places we improve and beautify. The tree, will cast a cooler shadow for being planted by a father’s hand. The rose will be sweeter, which a mother reared. We may die; and chil- dren may not come into our places ; not adrop of our blood. may run in any man’s veins. But, still, our country will remain ; our liberties, our schools, our arts, our ﬁelds, our houses will survive us, and will bear the impress of our taste and our charities down to posterity. If every man were careful to do something directly for the public, what an aggregate of good this accumulation of blessings, grain by grain, would, by and by, present. if in dividing his estate at his decease, or in his life time, each man admitted the community to a tenth, or an hundredth. share, an amount too small to be missed by his heirs, vvliat changes would be gradually Wrought around us. How many useful objects are yet unattained ; how many good institutions languish. Andhow natural would seem the wish of a considerate man, about to take a final leave of the beautiful earth, about to bid adieu, forever, to his na- tive spot, how natural the wish to leave behind him some slight testimony of ﬁlial regard for his parent land, some visible rnernorial of his gratitude to the country that nur- tured him in the infancy of his being, some durable rnonn- ment of his attachment to his race. To whom will it not be grateful, at the last, to think, that the spot, Where he has lived, will record his beneﬁcence? To whom will it not be pleasant to have improved the house where he has wor- sliipped, or to lhave ornai“rt1ented. the place of his last repose? ‘:31 Who, in his last review of lil:'e, can -be insensiblo to the szsit-— isfeotion of liziving done something, in his day, to promote knowl.edge and faith among men? There was born, in a retired town in ELl16lghl)O1‘ll1g state, not many years ago, a man, who, in the course of his ed~ iientrioii said with e. resolute look, to an intimate friend, “ lﬁrother, you and I are little men, but, before we die, the w<:irlr_l rnnst feel oii1'ii1tli"1eiice;” The bones of that yoling nnni rest in the bosom of the seat; but his prophecy Wes :l.’nl;iillec§l. Tilt}: ntiine of Smiiiiel J. Mills is associated with the t)l‘;lg‘l..I”l of the Ainericmi Board of Foreigi1lVlissio1is, the jl.tl‘lt“it~’m?flC&l"l Bible Society, atrial the A.r11er:ice.n Colonization S(}T)(I:,l<.3lJy; and the charity of his great heart will distil, the clmv, upon all lznriids. A irizm bent on doing; good, finds good eve1‘ywhere to be done; and means of doing“ it. His eXempleispe1°sL1asive; his taste copied; his enterprise is emula.ted. Isle can- not live wholly in vain. If this spti1'it of beneﬁcence is s'n.isteii.iei:l. by ex'tre.oi'dir1ery tzilent, or graced by le€.t1‘1"1it1g‘, or d;ig;1:i;iﬁed by zn1tl:1or:ity, no spectacle is so bemitifiil, no (:l"1E1,1‘t1Cl;(31‘ so enviable amoiig men. '1‘he Patriot Citizen regzinds, with especial interest, the moral. habits and principles of society, ----the proper ele- ments of individual and national character. Tlie exteriiel condition of :32. community, its arts, institu- tions arid laws are objects of just concern; but its spirit is of inﬁnitely gireater moment. If this be sound and true, Y10l;lfll]li]g in the ontxvzird forms of" life can longresist it. it’1.‘$llljl,ttl.0l'153, iilmvs, Arts, l_Vl:.‘+L1,11]t3l'S.4, are (T31.‘(i3a‘l’€t(l, or ‘remonld- 6} ed by it. They are the natural inariifestations of it. Ben fore it the vallies rise and the mountains melt away. This spirit of society is what we study in history, and in passing events. It lies behind the mere facts of life. ltself invis- ible and hard to deﬁne, it is the proper character of a people ; and the true index to their destiny. To this spirit, therefore, the intelligent Patriot looks with peculiar solicim tude ; its signs he notes with a watchful eye ; its growth and developernent, he studies to control, with the habitual feeling, that Whilst every thing else belongs to the mere outworlts of society, What is done here is vital, —-———is put»- ting the hand upon the springs of the political machine, casting salt into the fountains of social life. In this View he will cherish the moral independence of men. lt is a dangerous mistake to suppose, that we are free, because we are not manacled, nor driven about with the lash, nor sold in the ruarlret. 'l‘here are Worse tyrants and more fatal to liberty, than Monarchs or Parliaments, nor Planters. There are chains more galling to the spirit than are made of iron. There is a more humiliating ser—- vitude, than any of the Pliaroahs, or the Caesars exacted. lt is enough, that the son of ill fated Africa is tasked, and worked, and fed from his rnaste1*’s crib, like a brute. But this is not his chief rnisfortune. He might bear this, if it were all, and be a man still. Many a freeman has borne as much, and fared as hard. The worst of his miserable condition is that, though ever so Well fed, and ever so well clad, and ever so mercifully treated, still he or slave ,' the brand is on his soul; and the feeling kills the spirit of ,7, ‘J; » I. A titan withiii him. it corrupts the vit:;ifl mi: ; it pt>is01‘t:3 the well spring of life; all that is intellectual, spi.1'ituel, clivine in his nature sinlrs and is l.ost in the zmima.l {.l.l,‘1(l the earthly. Witliout the element of Liberty God never rrralres EL ]Wa.7t. Arie yet this servile feeling, this degrading spirit is in intmy 8. R6pUlZ)liC£l.11’S bosom; many EL slave votes at the poles, (lGll,bBl'Zl/(GS in the I.GglSl€llIl,ll‘G, and admir1iste1‘s the Justice of this Great Cotmtry. There is, th.erefore, work" for the i’etr:iot now, just such as our Fetl'ie1‘s (lid, whose riames we this clzzty honor. There are still fetters to be b1‘oltet1. ; men still. wear the gelli.ng yolte. Ariother Decleratiori of imleperiderice is to be iriiatle good; :_ti'1other throne to be e.ss:ti.l.ed. For‘ this spiriiitual ‘tV£lli‘f{;l1’6 the patriot ci.tizet1 will gird himself with the whole ermour of God. He will not put off the harness, so long as there is slave of appetite, or lust in his native land. Happy the generation, which shall keep the e.nnive1~sm'y of this second emelicipetion. Happy the age, that shall usher in with soiigs eml triimiphzil. processions, the Jubilee of our Morel In.rleper1c.le11ce. I l‘.‘1£1V(;‘-5 one more topic only to totieli. The spirit of Liberty, l;l’I.Ot1gl1 necessary to l'n£Ll1 does not constitute hiimi Cl'1a1“£LC'l(31" implies more than Freeclom. The chief glory of our nature is moral. We fell below the beaver in in- stinct ; we excel not the ent in inclustry; we are not more prudent tlieri the bee. The fowls of heaven are as free as we. But altogether Wgmo, rnalte up our idea of hurt- mzzmity. lVlL1ltiply brute intellect, and (1lSCipll1'l(3 it as we will, there is nothing spi1*itua.1 about it ; it wants the crown 53,3, ~47‘, of intellectual beiii,g,——--—a moral I’1Etll’l1.’C',---~»-lim :‘:‘c1l:?~f.r~.': ell’ duty, the ‘feeling of 1?esponsil)ilcity,.--the idea of G(T.)('ji.. ll. has no self" respect. it l~;:nows not i4‘aitl:1 in God. it no worth, no sublime sentirnent, no lofty and pure passiori in the Universe. Ci'eati1ig Power am';l l?Ledeon‘iiing Love, Truth and Grace and Glory have, to these poor creatru‘es, of a day, no interest, and no iniport. These ideas lielorig to us, and whilst they give dignity and moment to our present life, , ally us to higlier beirligs, and connect us with other“ Worlds. The true friend of his country will prize the liigli relations, and immortal destinies of his countrymen. ’l"l:ie Patriot Citizen will maintain and foster the Institutions or’ knowledge and religion, ——--the means which God has or» dained for reforming and sanctifying the character of man, ————~the sources of all noble sentiments, ——- the nurse of all true principles. He will he a friend of Education. Sl.l.g'i'll. causes will not alienate him from the house of his God. Light occasions will not estrange him from the sympathies of good men. Overlooking all minor diﬁ'erences and 1'isins; above vulgar prejudices, he will stand on the great princi- ples of reason and Revelation ; and, shoulder to shoulder, with all who regard duty, and fear God, will contend earnestly for 'T‘rutl'1 an<:l Piety in the World.