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forcing it to rest for all its power and glory upon the breasts of its
people.
To Treland ton— impulsive Ireland— the land of genius, of elo­
quence, and of valor, il is rapidly carrying the blessings of a restored
freedom 2-r-ci happiness. In France, all of political liberty which
belongs to her, is to be traced to it; and even now it is to be seen
cheering, animating, and guiding the classic land of Italy, making the
very streets of Rome itself to ring with shouts of joy and gratitude
for its presence. Sir, such a spirit suffers no inactivity, and needs no
incentive. Tt admits of neither enlargement nor restraint. Upon its
own clastic and never-tiring wing, it is now soaring over the civilized
world, everywhere leaving its magic arid abiding charm. I say, then,
try not, seek no I to aid it. Bring no physical force to succor it.
Such an adjunct would serve only to corrupt and paralyze its efforts.
Leave it to itself, and soyner or later, man will be free,
RiiviiKUif J ohnson.

ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK.

r p I I E sun had dropped into the distant west,
[ The cannons ceased to roar, which tells of rest,
Rest from the shedding of a nation’s blood,
Rest to lay their comrades ’neath tiie sod.

3Twas early spring, and calm and still the night,
The moon had risen, casting softest light;
On dlhcr side of stream the armies lay,
Waiting for morn, to then renew the fray.

So neiir together a sound was heard by all,
Kach could hear the other's sen try-call.
The bivouac fires burned brightly on each hill.
And save the tramp of pickets ah was stil1

The Rappahannock silently Hows on
Between the hills so fair to Jo ok upon,