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hounds 7 to ex- | tirpate the wretched | natives of | Mexico;|77| we, | more | ruthless | loose those | brutal warriors 7 a-gainst our countrymen | 7 in A- | I merica, | 7 en- | deared to us | 7 by | every | tie | 7 that can | sanctify hu- | manity. | 77 | 7 7 | 7 I | solemnly | call upon your lordships, and upon | every | order of I men in the State, | 7 to | stamp upon | this 7 | infamous pro- | cedure | 7 the in- | delible | stigma | 7 of the | public ab- | horrence. | 77 | 7 7 | More par- | ticularly, | 7 I | call upon the venerable | prelates | 7 of our re- | ligion,

| 7 to do a way this i- | niquity: | 77 | let them per- | form a lus-tration | 7 to | purify the country | 7 from this deep 7 | 7 and | deadly | sin. | 7 7 | 7 7 |

7 My | Lords, 7 | 7 I am | old | 7 and | weak, | 7 and at | present | 7 un- | able to | say | more; | 7 7 | but my | feelings and-indig- | nation | 7 were | too strong to have allowed me to say | less. | 77 | 77 | 71 | could not have slept 7 | this 7 | night | in my | bed, | 7 nor | even re- | posed my | head | upon my | pillow, | 7 with- | out 7| giving | vent to my | stedfast ab- | horrence | 7 of such enormous | 7 and pre- | posterous | principles. |77|77|

ON THE BEING OF A GOD.

Young.

7 Re- tire; 7 | 7 the | world 7 | shut 7 | out; 7 | 7 thy | thoughts | call home : | |

7 I- | magi- | nation's | airy | wing 7|7 re- | press; 77 7|

Lock up thy senses; | 77 | let no | passion | stir; 7 | Wake | all to | reason: | 77 | 7 let | her 7 | reign a

lone; 7 |

7 7 | Then 7 | 7 in thy | soul's | deep 7 | silence, | 7 and the depth 7 |

71

7 Of | nature's | silence, | 7 7 | midnight, | 7 7 | thus in- | quire, 7 |

7 As | I have done; 7 | and shall in- | quire no more. | 7 7 | 7 7 |

7 In nature's channel | thus the questions | run.|77|77| “What | am I? | 7 and from | whence? | 77 | 7 I | nothing | know, 7|

But that I am; | 77 | 7 and | since I | am, | 7 con- | clude 7

Something e- ternal: 77 | had there | e'er been |

nought,

Nought still had been: | 7 e- | ternal ! 7 there | must | be. 7 | 77 | 7 7 |

7 But what e- | ternal? | 7 7 | Why not | human | race? | 77 |

7 And | Adam's | ancestors | 7 with- | out an | end? 7 | 7777

That's hard to be con- | ceived; 7 7 since every | link 7 |

7 Of that | long 7 | chained suc- | cession | 7 is | so 7 |

frail; 7 |

7 Can | every | part de- | pend, 7|7 and not the whole? | 77 |

7 Yet grant it true; 7 | new | difficulties | rise; 7 | 7 I'm still | quite 7 | out at | sea: 7|7 nor see the shore. | 77 | 77 |

Whence earth, 77 and these | bright | orbs? 7 | 7 E-ternal | too? | 77 |

77 | Grant | matter | 7 was e-ternal; 7 7 | still these orbs 7 |

7 Would want some | other | father; | 7 7 | much de- | sign 7 |

7 Is seen in all their | motions, |77| all their

makes; 77
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7 De- | sign | 7 im- | plies in- | telligence | 7 and art 7|77| That 7 | can't be | from them- | selves | 7 or | man; 7| that 7 | art 7 |

Man scarce can compre- | hend, 7 | 7 could | man | 7 be- stow? 7 |

7. And

nothing | greater | yet al- | low'd | 7 than | man, 7 | 7 7 |

Who, | motion, | 7 7 | foreign to the | smallest |grain, | Shot through | vast 7 | masses | 7 of e- normous | weight? 7 | 77 Who | bid 7 | brute 7 | matter's restive | lump assume 7 |

7 Such various forms, 7 | 7 and gave it | wings to | fly? | 77 |

Has matter

7 As

atom,

innate | motion? | 7 7 | then 7 | each 7 |

serting its in- | disputable | right 7 |

7 To dance, 7 would | form an | universe of | dust: 7 | 7 Has | matter | none? | 7 7 | Then 7 | whence those | glorious | forms |

7 And | boundless | flights, 7 | 7 from | shapeless | 7 and re- | posed? | 77 |

7 Has | matter | more than | motion? | has it | thought, | Judgment and genius? | 7 7 | Is it | deeply | learned |

7 In mathematics? | 77 | Has it | framed | such 7 |

laws,

Which but to guess 77 a | Newton | made im- | mortal? |

7 If so, 7 | how 7 | each 7 | sage | atom | laughs at ¦ me, 7 |

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7 Who | think a | clod in- | ferior | 7 to a | man! 7 | 7 If art to form; | 7 and | counsel to con- duct; 7 | 7 Re- | sides not | 7 in | each 7 | block; 7 | 7 a | Godhead | reigns. | 77 | 7 7 |

Grant 7 then 77 in- | visible | 7 e- | ternal | mind; 17 7 | That | granted, all is | solved | 77 | But 7 | granting | that 7 |

Draw I not | o'er me | 7 a still | darker | cloud? 7 | Grant I not that 7 | which I can | ne'er | con- |

ceive? | 77 |

7 A | Being without | origin | 7 or | end! | 77 | 7 Hail | human | liberty! | 7 there is no | God! 7 | |

7 Yet why? 7 | 7 on | either | scheme | that 7 | knot

sub- sists; 7 |
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7 Sub- | sist it | must, 7 | 7 in | God, 7 | 7 or | human |

race:

If in the last, 7 | 7 how | many | knots be- | side, 7 | 7 In- | dissoluble | all? | 77 | 7 7 | Why | choose it | there, 7

Where chosen | still sub- | sist 7 | ten | thousand | more? | 77 | |

7 Re-ject it, where that | chosen | 77 all the |

rest 7 |

7 Dispersed | leave | reason's | whole ho- rizon |

clear? | 77 |

This is not reason's | dictate, | 7 7 | reason | says 7 | Choose with the side 7 | 7 where | one 7 | grain | turns the scale; | 77 |

7 What vast pre- | ponderance | 7 is | here! | 77 | 7 can | reason |

7 With | louder | voice ex- | claim | 7 Be- | lieve a | | | God? 7 | 77 |

7 And reason | heard | 7 is the sole [ mark of | man. 7 | 7 7 |

What things | 7 im- | possible | 7 must | man | think | true, 7|

7 On any other | system! | 77 | 7 and | how 7 |

strange |

7 To disbelieve

lity!" | 77 | 77 |

7 through mere cre- | du

If 77 in this | chain | 7 Lo- | renzo | finds | no 7 | flaw, 7 |

Let it for- | ever | bind him | 7 to be- | lief. | 77 | 7 And where the | link | 7 in | which a | flaw he | finds? | 7 7 |

And 7 if a God there | is, 7 | that | God | how | great! | 77 | 77 |

THE GRAVE.

Montgomery.

There is a calm 7 | for those who | weep, 7 | 77 7 A rest 77 for | weary | pilgrims | found, 7 |