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/ imperceptibly into the giddy whirl and engnlf.
ed; or the father himself perhaps Drigh'
one in that host, falls victim to his lncaution.
But these are deemed mere casualties, draw
ing forth momentary sigh, without long DIS
turbing the serenity or at all changing the
usages of their godships, who go on quaffing
their nectar, unteachable by any warning, and
learning nothing, forgetting nothing.
To this general .heartlessness we Joyiully
note a few glorious exceptions. pass over
the rest, and even over one who is the fore
most Virginian in every walk of benevolence--
the most ready to give and to do, to bear and
to forbear for humanity's sake-in order that
| may render brief tribute to the present
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.


He has had the moral courage, amid innu-
merable frowns and thwartings OF the great
and the fashionable, to exhibit upon his table,
and throughout his mansion, to guests, how
ever numerous or exalted, no stronger drink
than pure water His name is signed to the
pledge of abstinence from all that can intoxi-
cate; and his eloquence, unrivalled now in
Virginia, has repeatedly been heard In the
cause of temperance. To any well-made
mind, the true test of worth, the true measure
of greatness, is difusipe and eminent useful
ness. Tried by this test, our Governor is a
head and shoulders above the greatest OF his
anti-temperancc contemporaries. While they
do their utmost to perpetuate the bane OF their
country, he is emitting himself to place
among the highest and purest of her benetac-
tors. May he, and not they, be the model Of
our young men! And may the honors which
shall deck his brow and grace his monument
prove that still, as Of old, that enviable title,
"THE FATHER OF Cities" belongs only to
him who wages uncompromising war against
licentiousness!


O, quiesquis violet impas


Cedes ct rabiem tollere civcam,


81 queret PATER URBIUM


Subscribi status, indomtam audeat


RefrBnare licentiam,


Clarus postgenitis!


Now, all the best interpreters agree that
impias cedes, rabiem cipicam, and indomitana
hcentiam, all mean, in English, ALCOHOL, how
ever mixed.


Yours, respectfully, M. L.


VIRGINIA, July Z, ls45.