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Jk MilledgtviUe, July 5th, 1830. Dr. EL B. Searct, Sir—The undersigned Committee take leave to express to you the high satisfaction and pleasure they derived from your Speech delivered on the 3d instant, and in be* half of themselves and (eliow-citizens respectfully solicit H copy ot' it for publication. We are very respectfully, your ob’t. serv’ts, j. s. Calhoun, WM. T. HANSELL, JOHN B GORMAN, C. L. BASS, ., EVERETT H, PIERCE, Committee. GcirtLEMCN—Tour communication, soliciting a copy of my audrtss for publication, has been received. Your 'expression^ of “high latisfaclion and pleasure,” derived from this production, are certainly very flattering and highly gratifying. 1 submit it to you, with all its imper fections . Accept, gentlemen, the assurances of sincere regard and esteem from your friend, and ob’t serv’t, D. B. SEARCY. To Messrs. J. S. Calhoun, Wm. Y. Hansell, John B. Gorman, C. L B iss, EvtrtU H. Pierce, - Committee. ORATION. Tn the history of the human race, rov friends, many great epochs stand forth to recollection. As occupied by man, this globe has been ama Z'iig!y fruitful of changes, revolutions, and events. Fixed immovably in his bosom, the facul ties and qualities proper to him- the love of self—of ambition—of glory—-of becoming magnificent spectacle in the eyes of the world— the ardent desire to endure—of immortality, are the primalive elements of these changes, and constitute the mechanism by which they have revolved with each sun, and kept pace with the flight of time. His soul, vast, capa cious—loves, and grasps at, what is boundless and infinite But nature has fixed her own unalterable bounds to every ihing. He rises upon the theatre of existence—advances across it with n steady pace, is thrust from it, and no suppli cation, no entreaty can prevail, for him to de lay a moment. A life time only is allowed to each individual. His deeds of glory—his work of ambition—his institutions, his empires, have but the same. The Species of animated be ings, and Matter, the only solid work ol nature, alone stand fast; the one perpetually modified by reproduction, the other, running through an endless mutation of forms. So trua is this, that tho* dust of many great cities, reared, by the industry of successive generations, in the bosom of beautiful conn- tries, the pride and glory of the ages in which they stood, is now scattered in the wilderness and solitary places, and not a vestige remains to point to their original situations. And ma- Dy nations which flourished in the early annals of time, have become extinct, and whos. names, even, are forgotten and cease to figure in the historian's story. How forlorn and gloomy is the picture which the past history of our species presents! Ma- Dy frightful revolutions have suddenly chilled the world with terror! All that is good, that is tranquilly and happiness, have often been banished from it, and nought left in their place, but dismay, wretchedness, mourning, and des pair! How often has power, accumulated in the hands of an individual, made vice triumph over virture, wrong over right, iniquity over justice—made those amiable qualities univer sal in the human bosom, pity and tenderness, offences punishable with death; and commit ted outrages and crimes unpunished, unpumsh- aide] nay, by an unaccountable perversion, male those very crimes, virtues—the iashion- able virtues of the day! How often have the veins of whole nations, been opened by the keen edge of war, and what amount of human existence, have famine and pestilence, more sanguinary still than war, following iq its train, consumed. Could the earth pour back the blood, she has received, what a red Ocean would roll o- ver her surface! And were all the wrongs, the abuses, the crimes and the outrages.^ames ofjire, how would her glowing orb light up Am ora’s Car, and shame the splendors of the mid day sun During 2100 years of this history, four Em pires rose, endured, and fell. Each succes sively gained universal dominion, and the civ ilized portion of our race was subjected to the domination and arbitrary will of a master, in the terrible movement, the succession and re- volution of these Empires, almost every spot from the sun-lit fields of Lybia, to the snowy summits of Siberia, from the Chinese Moun tains, to where the Atlantic washes the shores of Europe, has often witnessed, and been the theatre, where the awful form of War, has rais ed her bloody Crest,—where the tumult of battle has raged—where nations have assem bled to decide upon the mastery of the world, the destiny of the human race; and, by the miseries and calamities, which have been in flicted upon them, they have become consccra ted to the eternal memory of man. How of ten has the Jourdan of Palestine, rolling its waters through its beautiful valley of Cedars, the Bosphorus, the Euphrates, whose, waters forever reflect the beautiful image of the palms and date trees, which so georgeously decorate its shores—the Rhine, the Po, majestic for its fir trees—-the Volga, the Danube, echoed the long, deep cry—the groan of death!—reddened with the blood of innocent men! and instead of a limpid, rolled a vermilion wave on to the great Parent of waters. Spirit of Liberty, forbid, O forbid! that any spot of my country, upon such occasion, should ever be dedicated t<? such a forlorn and calami tous memory—that any of her streams, conse crated more especially by nature to tranquili ty and happiness, as it would seem from the pleasiog, charming scenery, which she has ev ery where lavished to beautify their fertile ihores. should ever drink the life, and crimson with the misplaced blood, which she herself pounces! Nothing could have been more disastrous, more hostile tc the true developement of mao—of those faculties, which I have said are proper to his nature, than thjs state of things— this successive, universal Empire, which last ed,. as 1 have observed, 2100 years. An Em pire whose extent embraces every climate of the world, many parts lying beyond the seas; composed tf nations of different languages, customs, habits, morals, roligiocs, institutions, itc. hs ttiSse were, iota goveirhed by i power empaling from a single point to l»e eipanded. over such vast extent; to bfe ruled by an indi vidual seated on a throne; distant, thousands of miles, from aby part of it—by one who knows not, nor can know the pvople*he gov erns, is absurd in principle, and contradictory to the Very nature, relation, constitution, and immutible reason of things. Should it excite wonder, then, that crime, oppression, and outrage have so long held the victory on their tide, and triumphed over vir tue, liberty, and jastie- 1 That humanity, ten der and moving humanity, should have so long uttered her pitiful, mournfijl cry unheeded.— No wonder it has so long been a heinous crime for a man, in whose bosom the love of life is innate, to refuse to crimson the field of war with his own blood, under pretense of fighting for his country, in order to accomplish what? to gratify the avarice, the caprice, or ambi tion of a master, whom lie never saw, and who esteemed the balance of hunripn kind as his toys, or his play-things, created only for his disposal, his amusement or his pleasure. Rea son, uprooted and confounded at these out rageous doings, exclaims, where during thi s long series of ages was the silent, watchful eye of Heaven? That eye which sees each star revolve and watches each beam as it shoots? Revelation answers. But I continue. No wonder that philanthropy and those amia ble qualities that are wont to beautify and strew the world with flowers, were exiled from its abode in these forlorn and gloomy annals of the past. No wonder that Liberty, undying Liberty in the breast of man should have so long endured oppression, but who occasional ly rose in her exasperated strength, threw a- side the mighty arm that held her, and crush ed to dust these powerful Empires, but crush es them only to suffer again a like oppression. Why? why, my Friends, when she was free, did she not walk forth in her bloom and glory, breathe the pure air of life, and take up her march down the path of ages, to charm and bless’mankind? Why did she delay, so tedi ously long her arrival, when the world was so long bathed in tears, and overwhelmed with sorrows and calamities, waiting for her appear ance? Why was she first found here? Wbv did she not cross the Atlantic with our Fath ers? Why was reserved for my country, the proud honor of becoming her birth-place—the cradle in which sh° was rocked, and the only temple worthy of her sojourn? When she convulsed the fabric of the poli tical universe and razed it to its foundations, at the times, when the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian, and the Roman Empires fell- why did she not stand fast to existence; and not fall back again to slumber in nonentity like Aphelia, who bursts from her prison on gay painted wings, mounts on sunbeams, flut ters for a moment in the breeze, and dies,— was she a stranger in a foreign land? Did no one welcome and greet her appearance with joyous acclamations? Was there no bosom o- pen to receive her a welcome guest? Was the earth too unripe for her abode; and was she condemned to houselessness—to wander forlorn, unfriended? Did she .ndignant fly the face of man; and wait for a more auspicious day to visit him—the day when our Washing ton was born? Would it have made much difference with the world, my Friends, whether Caesar or Pompey had gained the victory On the Phar- salian plains, whether the Assyrian or Persiar had triumphed when they fought for universal dominion, or when the Grecian and the Persi an contended for the same glory; or afterwards, when the Grecian and the Roman contended? When Caesar invaded Gaul,could the bold and ifiterpris'ng Helvetians have found their wav Jirough the waters of our Atlantic to our coun try, and planted themselves here a Colony, when all the old world should have stood pre ciselv in the same relation to them as it did to our Forefathers, think ye, think ye, that they would have wrought out their freedom as we have done, and that Liberty would have been born, and received a Temple here 2000 years before she did? All these are great and weigh tv questions, fundamentally and equally belong to the philosophy of government and of man, but which, io due time, I shall discuss and an swer befo-e you. I shall here take my leave of the great tomb of antiquity. I have said more about it than I intended. 1 shall no longer disturb f he dust which time has let fall upon it. Let it repose in all its prodigious silence and grandeur—its deeds are vast and many. Its lessons only we should learn. They all teach us that all past government is but one great experiment, which has required and consumed more than 4000 years for its full completion. But I said kndwn? Where is Greece?—has ehe not?— would no longer disturb what has dropped in to the tomb ofthe past. I began with epochs, with them I am still concerned. I am going to speak of the epoch of all epochs—The 4th of July. I am going to speak of the birth of Li berty. on this her birth-day—of her beautiful and charming biography—of our Republic— of the resources of our country—of its arts and sciences—of its improvements and prospects. The subject is agreeable and pleasing. I know I shall have your attention. The 4th of July is only one day out of 365, and happens but once after our planet has made a complete revolution round the central orb. Do net pie same accidents, the same honors, if I may 60 call them, happen to all other days, executed by the same sun, and the earth’s same diurnal movement? It is one of those days, in which the sun pours the full tide of liis splendors and glory in our hemis phere, helping forth the laboring earth with her harvest. But are not other days the same? Does not the earth grow fuller of greenness and fruitfulness under the repeated movement of the sun’s bnrning, fecundating chariot? Fut what makes this day differ so much, and so essentially from the days which are its kindred, and physically, so exactly resemble it/ What removes it from the rank and cata logue of common days—of all other days, and arrays it with so much gaudy and enviable dis tinction, covering up, hiding all others in its shade? Shall I tell any one who hears me/ Shall 1 point to him the precioos, the beauti ful gems, that glitter and burn upon it? Where is the corner of (be earth that has not heard of it? Where is the land where its glory has not beamed? Where its eternal fame i? out When will rise the Historian, so untrue to his trust, who will dare to separate from it, these undying numbers, 1776? Will they not go down tbe path of time together? Did not our Fathers reach up to the Heavens, 6f write them together with fhe points of their swords, od its inlestructable orb, that we might see them as they come round in the progress of the seasons? Have we failed to watch for them and see them when they come; or why this universal expression of joy—this great na- tiimal smile—this festival, which every time since, has spread through this continent—this loud joy, thatynakes the earth vibrate beneath it? It is not national phrenzy. It is the board of reason, the festival of well founded joy. It is the natal day of our common mother, not of our physical, but of our moral and political be ing—of her for whom the Romans built a Temple on the Aventine Hill, to whom the Greeks paid honours, under the name of Elu- thcria, but to neither did she ev^r reveal her self in her true form and loveliness. It is the natal day of Liberty, and the festival is in hon or of her birth. Who can not join in with it and give up his soul to the transports of joy? This day is a true triumphal arch whose two extremities rest on the two Oceans, that roll o:' each side oi us— the Sun's path, itself through our Hemisphere, on which is inscribed the name of Liberty. It reaches on high,-and can only tumble down with the world. Other people, then, than we, will gaze on its symmetry and beauty, be struck with its charms and its glory, and from the sympathetic movement of man, the 4th of July may become dear to the other three quar ters of tfcs globe. How delightful the idea, the prospect of u- niversal disfranchisement of the human race— of philanthrophy, of patriotism—-of happiness, when this arch shall extend roun J and cincture our woild’s orb in its radiant zone! What a magnificent ornament to it!—magnificent as if another morn should rife in the North, and drive her glowing chariot down the South, bles sing mankind with two days at once. But it is the 4th of July! If the Artillery deafen our ears with its loud pealing thunders, it is because Liberty walks forth this day to occupy her Temples. It is because it was with this voice shi- uttered her mandates in the revolution. It was this voice that rever berated across the Atlantic, reachedthe palsi ed ♦-ar of rtm British Tvraht, and smd to him—- "These are my people, <they have manifested their zeal and devotedness to my cause; they have raised Temples for my worship' and sanctified them by Martyrdoms. Let them alone." He heard and obeyed. Now that we give ourselves up to Ceres, that we follow the mild and peaceful arts of Minerva and Apollo, let us not forget that she employed in the days of our Fathers, the Or chestra of Bellona, that she composed for this Orchestra the famous ballad, “Yankey Doo dle,”* a bright gem among songs, an un quenchable flame in my country’s bosom. Let us not forget it was the music of this orchestra they heard, when their veins were ready toj open, when the field of battle thronged, when War laid hold of the Earth, and shook it be neath their feet, blotting from their sight the beam of day. It was this music, they heard in fhe thunder of the Artillery; the sound of the drum and fife, when their valorous blood was bursting from their hearts to form unnatural rills upon the earth. We hear the same music today; let us never forget its meaning. It reminds us of that dark and perilous day, when our nation, like the de scendants of Abraham, crossed the Red Sea.-- As we have been, our posterity will be remin ded of if. Still and silent our planet will tra verse the orb of time, but at each successive revolution, when she returns from her long journey, to that new sign engraved on the Zodi ac, the 4th of July, then this Orchestra will ring; its music will revive to quick and lively vibration, the still sleeping air, which fills the blue vault ofthis Hemisphere To astonish the eyes, and excite the gaz° and admiration of living men, we raise no Tem ples, no Pillars, no Obelisks, no triumphant ar ches to Victory—Things in the changes of the world to be desphed and neglected—to be troddeo under foot, snd forgotten—to become foolish and hateful to posterity, ridiculous un meaning legends, ornaments to decorate waste and solitary places, to moulder in the dust and disappear. Let Egypt have her Pyramids, and the bal ance of tbe World, their monumental piles — The Pyramids, monuments of our country, are hid in the country’s great bosom, where time will carry them forward to endure We raise no Temples but to Liberty. This is the day we should weave garlands to orna merit them;—oi in other words; we worship only God; and this is the day we should offer up our gratitude and adoration to Him, to whom only, rightfully, all worship and suppli cation should ascend; from whom, philosophi cally, liberty is only a blessing; a blessing, which should make our hearts, suppliantly, look up to Heavfen with universal thankfulness and love. But ether themes await us. In ail these revolutions and succession of Empires, the wcrld only changed its master, not its prospects; and saw all the works of in dustry—the improvement of age reduced to ruins. Each successive revolution moved in tbe path of the one which preceded, and was marked by aggravated crime and oppression- In all, wretchedness, misery, famine, and death were the prospect and reward of those, who fought for victory, who endured the toils and wardships of war. When America waged war for Independence, tow different were the prospects and hopes, which animated her SoMiers. And when she achieved her Independence, what Nation was injured, oppressed, or enslaved? Did she say to her enemies, ye are the spoils of War, my slaves—serve me/ Did she seek to extend, the boundaries ef her conquests, or impose up on the balance <f mankind the mandates of a Tyrant? Did she saturate the earth with the blood of innocent men, or scatter around her devastation and misery/ Did she erect her Temples to Liberty, and command the balance of tbe world to bow at her altars submissive ly? Did she bora cities, desolate whole coun tries, dothe the earth in sadness and gloom, or * Siojaandi’s £$r. Utt, Sou. Eu, people the air with the crlei ofltte helpTet* ahd the wretched/ Did she not 1° her P$°pK ** Ye are and of right ought to be free?" Hews are my blessings—my lofty Mountains—my fertile Plains—my streams for tbe waftore of Commerce: enjoy their comforts as the re ward of your virtue and your courage? This is the peaceful language, the voice of freedom, which charmed the ears cf her votrf' ties; and these the laurels that decorated her warior’s brow. What operated this wonderful change amid the revolutions of the world, in the character of man—that restored tranquility and happi ness to this portion of the earth, and caused the bosom of a Nation to open for the recep tion of the exiled, the stranger, the unfriend ed: that made our country a suitable abode tor the Goddess of Liberty and Justice? Was it not that the human mind had become generally enlightened? Was it no* the in crease of knowledge, which poured birth its splendors at the epoch of human affairs, t» light up the genius of our country—the. bril liant flame, which blazes in those u» ms. tha glitter on the triumphal arcii of Liberty Ignorance! Foe to Liberty and Happiness! stand forth. Thou who hast trampled in thr earth the precious rights of humanity and jus tice; and consigned to the Tomb of forge.fill ness the memory of thousands! Thou »vh<> hast triumphed in the field of battle and cmr tured whole nations with the galling chains o- slavery, stand forth; Lot us view you in ah your hideous forms—in the miseries—the out rages and calamities you have isifl'cted upon the human race, when you exited Lib; rtv fr ,rn the land of Greece, and caused the Rom. n Empire to tumble to dust! Thou who hast ut last, overturned thy own Temples, on the ru ms of which Liberty has erected a Monument that will tell to all succeeding generations, the glory of her triumph. Let us now look at the beautilul picture oi our country, after the uproar and tumult of war are over. The Soldier, with a light heart, returns from the field of battle, bearing the laurels his patriotism and courage had won and rejoices to find his long left home. Vic torious, he quits the scene of bloodshed and misery to enjoy (he peace and comfort of do mestic life. The forest that waved its green foliage to every passing breeze, is felled by the hand or the industrious husbandman. Where tin. noise of War, and the shrieks of the innocent mingled, are now heard the songs of the con tented and happy. Commerce stimulates and rewards industry. The fertile soil of this once neglected country, yields its richest bounty l< cheer the labourer amid his toils and priva tions. The coasts which were once thronged with the vessels of the enemy,- are now visited by the friends of the Agriculturist, and the pro duce of our soil is borne on the bosom ot the deep to every Nation. Our vessels frangtn with the blessings of a flourishing country, re ceived a salute of friendship from every Port. Thus, till now unknown, a thousand a venue- of wealth present themselves to the aspiring genius of America From all parts of ibr world emigrants flocked hither and sought protection under its tree and equitable Gov eminent. In this way, our population increased from abroad, and from its own rapid developement, the colonies soon commanded the respect and admiration ofthe world. For manly vigor, in tellect, and fine sensibility, the native born of our soil were not surpassed by the Romans, the ancient Britains, or the Gauls. The same genius that taught them the stratagem of drop’ ping from the pending cliff hogsheads* of stone upon the defenceless heads of their approach ing enemy, yet characterizes them as being surpassingly fruitful in invention and capable of making unforeseen accidents subserve their better interests. Breathing a pure fdr, and not yet subjected to the debilitating effects ot luxury and idleness, they enjoy the plea, ure. 1 that surrounded them without satiety or < ! ^ gust. It was here they erected altars but ior the worship of the true, and living God, to whom the votaries of the cross offered up their acclamations of joy, and thanks for their deli very and the triumph of freedom. The mind of man being naturally restless and inquisitive, soon tired of the same objects when frequently presented to it, seeks involun tarily for something new, and capable of keep ing up the exercise of its noble faculties. Hrs first thoughts centre in his own wants, and he is tractable and peaceable, or furious and tur bulent in bis disposition, as they are gratified on the one hand, or disappointed on the other. In this wide-spread country there existed eve ry possible variety, to call into full activity all the powers of his soul, to engage him in in dustry and every variety of noble enterprise. The sciences and the useful arts could not fail to have been early, and eagerly cultivated, as being subservient to the operations of his in dustry, and crown^them with success. Ashe becomes more enlightened his thirst for glory advances apace. No longer content with the limited range of his thoughts, wit hr) he grovel ling state in which he existed, he scans inf- nite space, marks each star that glitters in the blue abyss above, creates for himself new em pires of thought, the beautiful abodes of his soul which he surveys with rapture, and paints the forms of sublimity and beauty. He examines now by the aid of philosophy, the laws that preside over the phenomena and regulate the movements of this vast universe, dives into tbe hidden causes that operate in the transmutation of the forms of matter, stu dies their relations, and views with rapture the powers of attraction, as they unfold from discordant elements, the curious and beautiful forms of chemistry. Even man himself be comes a source of infinite study. His thoughts, feelings, and dispositions become the objects of the most profound speculation and disquisi tion, as they relate to morals, religion, Hyge nics and Government. The Metaphysician, the Logician, and tbe aspiring votary of the ars medicines, discover in them unlimited ran ges for their thoughts, and vast realms, in which to rear the temple ot the sciences. It were needless, my friends, to mention, tbe successive grndatioa which has characterized the march of intellect, since tho revolution, in all those various departments of knowledge.— The interest and feeling manifested by every father for the education of hit d&to*, mu confirm the fact, that our country is not want ing in talent, ambition, and enterprise, ibr the cultivation pf Literature and the Sciences But I cannot pass entirely over in stk&ce, the rapid and prodigious developement, which is now going on among us, in almost every de partment of human knowledge. The intellect of our country is daily making contributions, -and extending the dominion ofthe sciences.— Jj s productions, long, but unjustly despised and ridiculed abroad, are now rapidly commanding the respect and admiration of the other parts of the w<nM. Our reviews and scientific jour nals successfully rival similar productions of other countries The labors and literary pro duction* of Other nations are promptly transla ted into our own language and lend their im pulse to the intellect ha* career of our country. A- a proof of its growing taste for the sciences, nd demand for in& me^ns oi their acquisition, inthiccort of composition, / will only mention ♦ he >p : a hd translation, from the hands oi rro- t e- -r iiotvfh’ch, or the great work of La P ! ice r r * -!ta! mechanics We ire assured that our country’s gen ivj is plumed for a bold and lofty flight, its carnsr • : ies through the course of ages; and its fame :«:.«! glory u ill be universally acknowledged — It has .already accomplished much in Geogra phy, Mineralogy, Geodesy, Geology; in Biog raphy, Zoology and Natural History, Legisla tion, J un-prudence, the Science of War; in Chn;cs Hygenic% Materia Medica, and The rapeutics; in Electricity. Galvanism, Statics &c. It is the arts and sciences which develope the physical resources, which nature lavishes. It is they which perfect man in society; they are the beautiful ornaments of our Republic. I would like to speak of the mechanism of our government—of its beautiful symmetry and proportions, decorated with these sciences, but time forbids. From th^ variety of our territory, of it-s itfte■*“ rests and advantages, circumstances must nat urally exist, whicli will occasionally jar this synrroet y.and these harmonious proportions of .ur political edifice. Let us boldly and iude- •at'gably maintain our rights and privileges as a State: But let us be of a forgiving spirit, that we may inspire our brethren of the North a proper sentiment—that w. ^nd they too*, when it is seen to tremble from the vibrator # movement of conflicting intereM.*, mev have but one tender sympathetic feeling -may jo. k upon it, recoliect its cost- be struck with its worth, its beauty and magnificence, and say, with one loud voice, echoing from one extremi ty ofthe country to the other. “Let it stand, it is worthy of eternal duration? And now, wherever yo be, stand forth ye traitors to the best interests of your countri! Ye who would create civil discord, where ‘tarmony, peace, and good will exist—who sow the seed of bitterness and dissention n- round the tree of L bertv! Who ars ye?— Tne invectives of a Nation rest upon you.— Would you have the spirits of those who sleep in the dust to rise from their repose to admon ish you, and teach you tne painful lesson3 of wisdom and ju-ticf ? Beware! lh' ground on which you stand is sacred. Disturb not tbe ashes of the patriotic di ad! The Wood millions will rise up to testify against you!— Let us preserve the liberty that was seated to us by the l)!o r< d of our Fathers! With one voice pot down those who would sav dissolve the Union. Let us preferv<?inti- olate the sacred compact whicli binds the Hume's Hist, of England, yol. 7, lives, the fortunes, and the honors of my coun try’s people nor saflor the hand of Tyrarny to oppress, nor Aristocracy, in its winning shapes, to overset the Temples of Freedom When we lock at our country in the retros pect; x mark the rapid developement and mi- proveaieut of its resources; its increase in pop ulation. wealth, and commercial arts; advance* iient of the state oi Society; its increasing iov^ Lderature, the sciences and fine arts, we have ample foundations, upon which to rest the most lively anticipation of its future great ness and prosperity. The day beams brighter and brighter upon it. To the industrious and ambitious, who third for fame and distinction it opens the most unbounded theatre for tho exertion and display of their genius and tal ents New prospects arc daily unfolding, and chan- g s going on as to the extent and limits of its tertitory. The Western wilderness is yield ing to the spirit of enterprise and civilization, and its natural wealth and resources are in a slate of rapid evolution. Georgia is nut the least favored State ofthe Union. The physical means of her wealth are unbounded. The lofty trees of her forests, we are assured, plant their deep roots, and vegetate in beds of massy gold; and her fertile valleys send forth the cotton and the sugar plant — Gold not only glitters in her bills, bnt marble r that beautiful ornamental material in the arts of building, has recently been discovered by an enterprising citizen of our own town, based on the strong foundations of which, she lift* her mountains where summer breezes blow, and far around beneath, extends luxuriant plains, through which is heard tbe murmur of purest, sweetest waters, the realms of health-, longevity, and happiness. Wisdom directs ia her Councils, and prudence and intelligence preside over the administration and execution of her lavve. But to conclude. Finally, what is there that our country may not hope for? How beautiful and magnificent is her futurity? Her moun tains prop the purest, bluest arches of the Heavens; her climate fine and healthful; her bosom full of all that is to decorate, cheer, and nourish life; her Latitude nearly the same as Rome, Athens Sparta. Persepolis, and Lace- demon, she will develope man in all his great maturity; and with the nourishment she yields, will inspire him with all that is beautiful and magnificent in thought; with all that is great and useful in science, art, and elegant letters. And here too, as in the countries of Homer and Lysander, will be felt, with all their exquis- ite force and power, the beauty and loveliness of womvn. to soften the public manners. Her charms will brighten, and her love will burn io our country’s great, harmonious Lyre; incense will be offered to her in the Courts of our Mu ses; she will give, by her soft and brilliant in spirations, the last finishing touch to our natu ral Poetry; and her song, full of her own sweet ness and tenderness, will flow on to future time**