Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 5, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 March 1825 — Page 4

Poetical

v THE FARMER.

Ye Farmers, who

tonished, but not intimidated, at thi invective, Tell freely inquired of what he was accused, as he was

j unconscious of any crime. Con

toil and who labor to ; temDt j dr:s:on nf mv nm.

crown I . , . . .

Columbia's rich fields in the pride cf

nown, A world is your own, and yours 'its to stand The highest and first in Freedom's fair land. Rie anew with each morn, ye favored of men; Recount to your children what wonders have been; How Liberty called you and how you obeyed; How ycu fought in her cause, and how were repaid. From your station on high one moment look down On the myriads beneath you that grovel around: Survey the wide world, and yourself you will find Must peaceful and happy cf all human kind. Go, cross o'er the deep and then nations explore, Where va&scls are cursing the Kings they adore; Whose millions are squandered for pomp and for show: Where life's little prospect is shrawded with wot! Disguised with tyrants "disguised with slurs, To your own native land the return o'er the waves: There blest Independence and Freedom enjoy Ko despot shall rule or fanatic annoy, There lords and there vassals alike are unkr ovvu; The Kii g and the courtier, the court and the throne; There Peac e kisses Freedom and Man is contest. Of titles uie greatest, the noblest and best. With this highest title see Farmers aspire 'To Senators the Bench and the President's chair; See them gird on the sword, teach monarchs to bow, Then triumphant retire and follow the Plough !

;:.oto.:

MISCELLJXY.

j said the tyrant. I had no notice.

replied Tell, of your edict; and .1 . t . - - .

witnout oemg instructed. I should never have dreamed of saluting a pole or that irreverence to a hat was high treason against the state. Enraged at the tone and air of derision with which this was pronounced, and the reasonableness of this still more humiliating reply, he commanded the unfortu nate man to be dragged away to the lowest dungeon of the castle, and there loaded with chains, to await his execution. While the tyrant was revolving the subject in his mind, and endeavoring to invent some unheard of punishment, which should strike terror into the Pwiss, the only and beloved son of Tell was brought into his presence by the soldiers. His ingenious cruelty immediately conceived the barbarous design of compelling the

virtuous Tell to become the mur

derer of his son. For this pur pose.

he ordered the child to be placed at a considerable distance, and

then placing an apple upon his

head he offered a foil pardon to the wretched parent if he should

strike it off with an arrow Horror struck at the proposal, he fell at the feet of the tyrant, and besought him to take his life, and not insist upon the fatal ex perimcnt. But the anguish of

WILLIAM TELL. Before Switzerland was deiiv ered from the dominions of Aus

tria. the governor of Uri. named

Gez'.er, resided in the city of A I

turf; ho, by abusing the power

entrusted to him, miquitously ex

eroded tne most eruel tvrannv Interest or caprice alone directed hi- decisions; justice and reason were banished; judgment u as sold; the innocent were punished arbitrarily; and the ministers of

boat performed half the passage;

when a turinus squall covered tne surface of the lake with threat ning waves. Geizler. as humble in the hour of danger as he had been arrogant when fear was at a distance, entreated Tell, who was accounted a very skiliul boatman, to save him; and unbound his nrisoner with his own hands.

crfuliy contributed towards gai rV ing the battle oi Boyaca His well known firmness gave him a title to the Vice Presidency; in which situation he has displayed the possession of such talents md merit as are seldom to be found Sucre is not yet thirty years of age and like Santander, has ac

quired his distinction by gaining

Tell seated himself at the helm a battle tor Bolivar, namely, than

and steered the boat towards a

rock, leaped upon it, and then in an instant, with the same manly strength, pushed back the boat into the lake; escaped and conceal ed himself. At length the storm abated, and Geizler gained the shore. As he was about to enter his fortress. Tell, v ho had by a circuitous route reached the spot before him, discharged an arrow

at the tyrant, which pierced his

of Pitchincha, which procured him the post of Commandant General of Quito. 'Urdanita. descended from a respectable family at Santa Fe, has the merit of possessing much coinage; he has been ill for some time, and seems to have retired from the service, by accepting the Presidency of the Senate. 'Bernuides, fifty years of an-e.

was born at Cumana, and entered

heart; and thus paved the way for! eai ly into the American Revolu-

tliat conspiracy which laid the j turn, in which he has acquired an foundation of "his country's lib j influence which, though eonsider-

erty. mm MILITARY LFADS IN SOUTH AMr. Mollien's character (in his Travels in Columbia) of Bdivar and the other military leaders is worthy of being cooied: 'The American Generals who have most distinguished themselves in all thene wars are: Bol ivar, Santander, Sucre, Urdaneta, Bermudes, Paes, Montilla and Padilla. 'Bolivar is forty two years of age: his military abilities, and his political character, have already

been considered; his disinterested

the parent only strengthened the ness is greatly extolled, his in

determination oi ueizier; ana me come beij pfinc;pav devoted bow and a quiver tull of arrows t0 (he pavment of the pensions were brought torth. The gov-; which he 'Mows Q he w;jows ernor attended by his satellites, and children of the soldiers who now proceeded to the square, to have fallen in battle. Although witness the cruel scene. The un- his education had been much ne happy boy bathed in tears, was Ucted, a residence of some length conducted into the centre, bound m Europe Vd( ivcn to h;n a to the p le, and the fatal apple ta,te for an2rnaaeS an(j historywas placed upon his head. Gei in which he' made a rapid pro z?er thrilled with joy at the pre- gress H has hitherto contented n;ir:i.tinn! hot a or man nf horror i .tt r i- i i

r - r- - mni'-cu wiui lounoinu a renun re.

arose on all sides from the popu

lace who had assembled

Although Tell was accounted

the tyrant committed the most the m0st skilfnl , the can

enormous crimes with impunity

lie at last added extravaoenee to

cruelt y; and having caused a pole

which is but a had imitation of that of the United htates, and which he can only maintain by a standing army. 'Phis is chiefly

composed of shepherds, who fol-

ton. it was some time before he

could obtain his usual self posses- iou(j hjm ,yorn tjlc pjajnft to th,

s i n. a r msr ivim ;i in in naiiu. k;u i u . i :

to be erected m a nuolic square, j iP nirpri thp armw--mrl when he ' "V i r i i i , , i i ' ne piaixu tne auov , ana vvulii ue wanting in eloquence, for his

,.rw.. ... ..v. w. (ilew tne latal stung, tne specra- speeches i

cierea. ui.ue. pain oi neatn, mat ; lors who had lemained breath

all who passed that way, should j

bow down before it as they did his own person. In the same canton, there lived a man of rough but frank manners, named William Tell, who having come on business to Al

less burst forth into a convulsive groan. At that instant the arrow

sped with the velocity of light- j

ning, and piercing the apple, bore it to some distance w ithout inju ring the child. A shout of ap

plause testified the joy of the

toil, passed through the public S)ectators The gov ernoc alone square and beholding the pole appeared dissatisfied with the ie-

..Kvm h. uwiiuiui c.i n an,t tnrnpii hi; p.vp unon me

...... .

fioment net ween wonder and sllCi.eSsful archer with the aspect daughter; but nnt knowing its oh- 0f disappointed revenge, jo t and butlntle curious to en j At that instant another arrow, q i e. he negligently passed this which Tell had concealed under emblem of power The irrever- ; hs coa- fe llpon the ground, ence paid to the pole, and the rn- Unequalled archer' said the ty-

iracii Mi oi ine ere euici, were ; rant sjnce yoll wce ony to shoot

r

once, lor

see on ci arrow

hav

what purpose wa- this

aled? To

co nee;

speedily tcported to the governor, who. being tilled with rage, ordered the criminal to be instantly ar rested, and brought before him.

He received the offender with the Y had bcen so untortunate as to

I

iave pierced you to the heart, rehed the matrnanimous Tell, if

sav age look of cruelty peculiar to

&.hae mmd. jealous of us authority! and ferocious when it is nude the subject of derision. Villian. said he, is this your res pect for my power and decrees? Hut you shall feel their full Weigbt, and afford a wretched prool that my dignity is not to be insulted with impunity. As-

kill my son. For this heroic an swer he was condemned to perpetual imprisonment in a dun geon at Kuffnacht. the residence of Geizler. Tell was accordingly bound, and placed in a boat that Geizler himself might con vey him across the lake of Altorf to bis castle. Scarcely, however, had the

neeenes possess great warmth

of sentiment, though thev are of ten diffuse; but thh,it must be ail -mitted, is a fault difficult to be avoided in the Spanish language lie married in early youth in early youth, in Spain, and a few years at ter wards Inst his wife, since which he appears determined to pass the remainder of his days a widower. The possession of a throne has not yet tempted him. Miranda said, that America was not destined for a republic; and Bolivar does not think it cal

culated to become a kingdom

worthy of vying with those of

Europe. The title of Liberator, by which he distinguishes himself, i new in Modern language.

and is synonymous with those of

dictator and protector.

sauiauuer was very youn

when he entered the army Xa

rino distinguished him, and made him a Lieutenant: he afterwards

marched against this General with

Barraia. When the Spaniards

were in posesMon of Santa Fe,

he established himself in the plains

oi meta, where he tormcd a band

ot three thousand men, with

which he afterwards joined Boli

var; a reinforcement which pow-

oie, is not however, equal to some d his companions in ai ms. A Khan of Tartars, an Arabian Sheik, has given the rudest

locks to the Spanish Power in

America. The mulatto Pars, at

the head of a few thousands of

his savage lancers, has often de.

Icated whole squadrons of disci-

piined troops; particularly the hussars of Ferdinand VI 1 Paes affects great luxury and polyen

es; yet, notwithstanding the van

ity natural to a savage, he Ihes upon terms of perfect equality with his troops; when he is with them, their food, their games, and tht ir exercises, are his own No one rides a horse better than he, or wields a lance with more dexterity, or attacks an enemy with more fury. -Montilla, the rival of the Chief of the Llanos, formerly served in the body guard in Spain, and expected to find in the Revolution the means of improving his tortune. The influence he enjoys appears danger ous in the eyes'of the govern merit. The mulatto Padillo, is a General whose her vices have not been without advantage-to American Independence- This pilot of Carthagena, raised by the Revolution to the command ot a flotilla, contributed more than any one else to the capture of Carthagena from the Spaniards and subsequently that of Maracaibo. All these men. at present the subalterns of Bolivar, appear rather his equals than his lieutenants; but after his death, or even after a defeat, it is possible they may put themselves at the head of the parly that they have secured to their interests. It ic in this particular that Bolivar will most resemble Alexander. Paes, with his negroes, will occupy the plains; Montilla. Caraeeas; Padilla. the coast; and Sucre-, Quito. Thus, all depends upon the existence of Bolivar. A lady having expressed her wonder to Dr. Johnson, that Milton, who had written so sublime a poem as Paradise Lost, should have been so inferior to himself in the composition oi sonnets, the doctor replied, uIt is then a matter of surprise, madam, that the hand which was able to scoop a Colosses of the most perfect symmetry from a rock, should fail in an attempt to form the head of a Venus out of a cherry stone '

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