P. No, friend Charles, no right, no right at all: what right hast thou to their lands? K. C. Why', the right of discovery', to be sure; the right which the pope and all Christian kings have agreed to give one another. P. The right of discovery? A strange kind of fight, indeed. Now, suppose, friend Charles, that some canoe load of these Indians, crossing the sea, and discovering this island of Great Britain, were to claim it as their own, and set it up for sale over thy head, what wouldst thou think of it? K. C. Why-why-why-I must confess, I should think it a piece of great impudence in them. + P. Well, then, how canst thou, a Christian, and a Christian prince too, do that which thou so utterly condemnest in these people, whom thou callest savages? Yes, friend Charles; and suppose, again, that these Indians, on thy refusal to give up thy island of Great Britain, were to make war on thee, and, having weapons more + destructive than thine, were to destroy many of thy subjects, and drive the rest away, wouldst thou not think it horribly cruel? K. C. I must say, friend William, that I should; how can I say otherwise? P. Well, then, how can I, who call myself a Christian, do what I should abhor even in the heathen? No. I will not do it. But I will buy the right of the proper owners, even of the Indians themselves. By doing this, I shall imitate God himself, in his +justice and mercy, and thereby insure his blessing in my colony, if I should ever live to plant one in North America. FRIEND OF PEACE. QUESTIONS. What part of the United States was purchased and settled by William Penn? Of whom did he purchase it? Upon what was the king's right founded? In whom was vested the real right? Why? State the reasoning, by which Penn convinced the king that America did not belong to him. What plan did Penn propose to adopt, to secure the good will of the Indians? Was, he successful? What instances of interrogative exclamation do you find in this lesson ? What examples of relative emphasis ? In the last sentence, which are the personal pronouns of the first person? Which of the third person? Which are the verbs? Which of them is a participle? Which are in the future tense, indicative mode? Which part of it is the complex sentence? Which, the simple ? Analytical Grammar. See Pinneo's ARTICULATION. Clinch'd, fists, makes, smoothed'st, struggl'd. He clinched his fists. He lifts his awful form. He makes his pay: ments. Thou smoothed'st his rugged path. The president's speech. He struggl'd strangely. LESSON XXXV. PRONOUNCE Correctly.—Whole, not hull: dis-so-lu-tion, not dis-sylu-tion: at-tack, not at-tact: la-ment, not lum-ent: mod-er-ate, not mod-er-it: cli-mates, not cli-mits: rav-a-ges, not rav-ij-is: hea-ven, pro. heav'n. 1. Dis-so-lu'-tion, n. death, separation 7. Ex-trem'-i-ties, n. utmost distress: Ve'-hi-cles, n. carriages of any kind. Re-cep'-ta-cles, n. places in which to receive any thing. 9. As-si-du'-i-ties, n. services rendered with zeal and kindness. 10. Con-ta'-gion, n. pestilence, sickness spreading from the touch. |12, De-ci'-pher-ed, p. explained. HORRORS OF WAR. 1. THOUGH the whole race of man is doomed to dissolution, and we are hastening to our long home; yet, at each successive moment, life and death seem to divide between them the dominion of mankind, and life to have the larger share. It is otherwise in war; death reigns there without a rival, and without control. 2. War is the work, the element, or rather the sport and triumph of death, who here glories not only in the extent of his conquests, but in the richness of his spoil. In the other methods of attack, in the other forms which death assumes, the feeble and the aged, who at best can live but a short time, are usually the victims; here they are the vigorous and the strong. 3. It is remarked by the ehildren bury their parents'; nor is the difference small. cerely, indeed, but with that most ancient of poets, that in peace, in war, parents bury their children'; Children lament their parents, sinmoderate and tranquil sorrow, which it is natural for those to feel who are conscious of retaining many tender ties, many animating prospects. 4. Parents mourn for their children with the bitterness of despair; the aged parent, the widowed mother, loses, when she is deprived of her children, every thing but the capacity of suffering; her heart, withered and desolate, admits no other object, cherishes Lo other hope. It is Rachel, weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are not. 5. But, to confine our attention to the number of the slain, would give us a very inadequate idea of the ravages of the sword. The lot of those who perish instantaneously may be considered, apart from religious prospects, as comparatively happy, since they are exempt from those lingering diseases and slow torments to which others are so liable. 6. We can not see an individual expire, though a stranger, or an enemy, without being sensibly moved and prompted by compassion to lend him every assistance in our power. Every trace of +resentment vanishes in a moment; every other emotion gives way to pity and terror. 7. In the last extremities, we remember nothing but the respect and tenderness due to our common nature. What a scene, then, must a field of battle present, where thousands are left without assistance, and without pity, with their wounds exposed to the *piercing air, while the blood, freezing as it flows, binds them to the earth, amid the trampling of horses, and the insults of an * enraged foe! + + 8. If they are spared by the humanity of the enemy, and carried from the field, it is but a prolongation of torment. Conveyed in uneasy vehicles, often to a remote distance, through roads almost impassable, they are lodged in ill-prepared receptacles for the wounded and sick, where the variety of distress baffles all the efforts of humanity and skill, and renders it impossible to give to each the attention he demands. 9. Far from their native home, no tender assiduities of friendship, no well-known voice, no wife, or mother, or sister, are near to soothe their sorrows, relieve their thirst, or close their eyes in death! Unhappy man! and must you be swept into the grave *unnoticed and unnumbered, and no friendly tear be shed for your ufferings, or mingled with your dust? 10. We must remember, however, that as a very small proportion of military life is spent in actual combat, so it is a very small part of its miseries which must be ascribed to this source. More are consumed by the rust of inactivity than by the edge of the sword; confined to a scanty or unwholesome diet, exposed in sickly climates, harassed with tiresome marches and + perpetual alarms; their fe is a continual scene of hardships and dangers. They grow familiar with hunger, cold, and watchfulness. Crowded into hospitals and prisons, contagion spreads among their ranks, till the ravages of disease exceed those of the enemy. 11. We have hitherto only adverted to the sufferings of those who are engaged in the profession of arms, without taking into our account the situation of the countries which are the scenes of hostilities. How dreadful to hold every thing at the mercy of an enemy, and to receive life itself as a boon dependent on the sword! 12. How boundless the fears which such a situation must inspire, where the issues of life and death are determined by no known laws, principles, or customs, and no +conjecture can be formed of our destiny, except so far as it is dimly deciphered in characters of blood, in the dictates of revenge, and the caprices of power! 13. Conceive but for a moment the consternation which the approach of an invading army would impress on the peaceful villages in our own neighborhood. When you have placed yourselves for an instant in that situation, you will learn to sympathize with those unhappy countries which have sustained the ravages of arms. But how is it possible to give you an idea of these horrors! 14. Here, you behold rich harvests, the bounty of heaven, and the reward of industry, consumed in a moment, or trampled under foot, while famine and pestilence follow the steps of desolation. There, the cottages of peasants given up to the flames, mothers expiring through fear, not for themselves, but their infants; the inhabitants flying with their helpless babes in all directions, miserable fugitives on their native soil! 15. In another place, you witness opulent cities taken by storm; the streets, where no sounds were heard but those of peaceful industry, filled on a sudden with slaughter and blood, resounding with the cries of the pursuing and the pursued; the palaces of nobles demolished, the houses of the rich pillaged, and every age, sex, and rank, mingled in promiscuous massacre and ruin!! ROBERT HALL. QUESTIONS.-In peace, does life or death reign? How is it in war i What is the difference between war and peace, according to the ancient poet? Who are victims of war beside those killed cutright? Mention some of the most prominent evils of war. What example of antithesis in the 3d paragraph? What, of relative emphasis ? LESSON XXXVI. REMARK.—The tones of the voice and the style of reading should correspond with the nature of the subject. [In reading the following extract, some variety of expression is required. The description of the ball should be read in a lively, animated manner; that of the distant alarm in low, hurried tones, as if intently listening and deeply anxious; the haste of preparation and departure requires life and the 3d and last two stanzas should be read in a mournful and plaintive style.] GIVE ther a distinct but soft sound in the following and similar words found in this lesson; there, fair, hearts, hear, car, pleasure, hark, more, tears, ne'er, morn, forming, thunder, soldier, ere, her. 1. Rev'-el-ry, n. noisy feasting and gay- | 4. Squad'-ron, n. a body of troops. ety. 5. Ar'-dennes, n. (pro. Ar'-dens) a forest near Waterloo. Chiv'-al-ry, n. knighthood, a body of knights or brave men. [pleasure. Vo-lup'-tu-ous, a. exciting animal 6. Mar'-shal-ing, n. arranging in order. Blent, p. mixed, united. BATTLE OF WATERLOO.* 1. THERE was a sound of revelry by night, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush'! hark!. a deep sound strikes likes a rising knell! 2. Did ye not hear it? - No'; 't was but the wind, This battle was fought on June 18th, 1815, between the French army on one ride, commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte, and the English army and allies on the other side, commanded by the Duke of Wellington. At the commencement of the battle, some of the officers were at a ball at Brussels, a short distance from Waterloo, and being notified of the approaching contest by the cannonade, left the ballroom for the field of battle. This was the last of Napoleon's battles. He was here completely overthrown. |