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tten by A. NJ. ScorT, and delivered by CHA's w
ussELL, in the Van Buren, Thespian Society, on
ne evening of the Sd July, inst


This is the great, the hoasted age, -.
Foretold by prophet, seer, and sage;
When mind its fetters all should burst,
And leave the world no longer curs'd.
Pass'd is the dark, the Egyptian night,
~ freedom floods our earth with light;
The Mon age of war is gone,
The tyrant's sword has been withdrawn;
Mind untramel'd bears the sway,
And rules supreme, the god OF day.
Our eastern homes, we have forsaken;
Our leave of native land we We taken;
We We left the graves of those most dear,
And travelled west, and settled here.
Here in this goodly western land;
Where native forests proudly stand
Where streams of crystal, bubbIing run,
And flowers leap DO kiss the sun:
Where the wild Indian, no longer here,
Slew the painting, beauteous deer:
We We built our houses, and spread our fields
While each its golden harvest yields.
Why may not we, free from strife,
Enjoy the charms of social life I?
Meet on tho stage, and vice denounce,
And virtues praise with Joy pronounced
1t is that we may drown dull care,
And save The young, from vices snare
That we may Improve the immortal mind,
And seek for pearls of costIiesl kind;
Pearls which now in rubbish lie,
Bright as the stars that deck yon sky:
1t is for this, we mount the stage
And call for youth as we'll as ago.





: In mimic light,we aore portray.
Vices which lead the young astray
While this we feel to be our duty,


We ask the aid Of youth and teauty.Sys \ !,
Give US your aid, your hand, your smiles,
Sweet as the balm from nowerv isles
Then shall we each with joy proceed, 5,
And help afford to those in need.
Here on the shores Of Arkansas.
Where late nought was bu. savage law;
We here can find life iingod with Joy,
Which doth its bitter ills alloy.


We then to.night, will raise our banner
With topic fit, aud graceful manner;
And leave results with virtues friends
The means shall Justify our ends.