A Soul,--a Spark Of The Never-dying Flame

Liberty Is Not A Matter Of Words, But A Positive And Important Condition Of Society. Its Greatest Safeguard After Placing Its Foundations On A Popular Base, Is In The Checks And Balances Imposed On The Public Servants.

It Was A Feature Peculiar To The Colonial Wars Of North America, That The Toils And Dangers Of The Wilderness Were To Be Encountered, Before The Adverse Hosts Could Meet. A Wide, And, Apparently, An Impervious Boundary Of Forests, Severed The Possessions Of The Hostile Provinces Of France And England. The Hardy Colonist, And The Trained European Who Fought At His Side, Frequently Expended Months In Struggling Against The Rapids Of The Streams, Or In Effecting The Rugged Passes Of The Mountains, In Quest Of An Opportunity To Exhibit Their Courage In A More Martial Conflict.

The American Doctrinaire Is The Converse Of The American Demagogue, And, In This Way, Is Scarcely Less Injurious To The Public. The First Deals In Poetry, The Last In Cant. He Is As Much A Visionary On One Side, As The Extreme Theoretical Democrat Is A Visionary On The Other.

Where Are Your Combing Seas, Your Blue Water, Your Rollers, Your Breakers, Your Whales, Or Your Waterspouts, And Your Endless Motion, In This Bit Of A Forest, Child?

There Are Evils Worse Than Death.