Jefferson continued.] nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigour, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; . . . . freedom of religion; freedom of the press; freedom of person under the protection of habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, - these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. Ibid. If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few: by resignation none.1 Letter to a Committee of the Merchants of New Haven, 1801. LORD STOWELL. 1745-1836. A dinner lubricates business. Boswell's Johnson, viii. 67, n. The elegant simplicity of the three per cents. Campbell's Chancellors, Vol. x. Ch. 212. 1 Usually quoted, "Few die, and none resign." JOSIAH QUINCY (JUNIOR). 1744-1775. Blandishments will not fascinate us, nor will threats of a "halter" intimidate. For, under God, we are determined that, wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever, we shall be called to make our exit, we will die freemen. Observations on the Boston Port Bill, 1774 MRS. BARBAULD. 1743-1825. Man is the nobler growth our realms supply, The Invitation. This dead of midnight is the noon of thought, And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.1 A Summer's Evening Meditation. Life! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear; Perhaps 't will cost a sigh, a tear; Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not "Good night," but in some brighter clime Bid me "Good morning." 1 Often ascribed to Young. Life. Thrale.-Dibdin. More. 379 MRS. THRALE. 1740-1822. The tree of deepest root is found Three Warnings. 1745-1814. CHARLES DIBDIN. There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. Poor Jack. Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? Captain Wattle and Miss Roe. HANNAH MORE. 1745-1833. To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee know all words are SIR WILLIAM JONES. 1746-1794 Go boldly forth, my simple lay, A Persian Song of Hafiz. On parent knees, a naked new-born child Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled; So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep. What constitutes a state? From the Persian. Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain. And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Ode in Imitation of Alcaus. Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.1 JOHN LOGAN. 1748-1788. Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year. To the Cuckoo. 1 Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Solid men of Boston, make no long orations; Solid men of Boston, banish strong potations.1 Billy Pitt and the Farmer. Oh give me the sweet shady side of Pall Mall. Town and Country. JOHN TRUMBULL. 1750-1831. But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen. McFingal. Canto i. Line 67. But as some muskets so contrive it, As oft to miss the mark they drive at, And though well aimed at duck or plover, Canto i. Line 93. As though there were a tie, And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed and nurse. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Canto ii. Line 121. No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law. Canto iii. Line 489. 1 From Debrett's Asylum for Fugitive Pieces, Vol. ii. p. 250. |