Mary Baldwin College - Bluestocking Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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IJf The Augusta Seminary Anmcal. Speech Of Ed.nnu.nci Bu.rk:e, Esq., On Moving His Resolutions For Conciliation with, the Colonies, March 22, 1775. Introduction. Two principal questions to be decided.] 1. Whether England ought to concede. 2. What her concession ought to be. Part I. Condition of S mcrica. 1. Population. 2. Trade. (1) Growth of the Colonial Trade. (2) Agriculture. (3) Fisheries. R. Digression on Objections to the Use of Force. America is a noble object well worth fighting for, but (1) The Use of Force is Temporary. (2) Uncertain. (3) Impairs the object. (4) Experience is against it.

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The Aiigiisita Saninary A)iniial. 13 virtues and the seven vices, and here are three heads. It is called the Apprentice ' s Pillar, and the story is this, and the tone was sing-song in spite of the tragedy, as if the story had been told a thousand times before. The model of the pillar was sent from Italy, but the master mason could not carry it out until he saw the original. So he went to Italy, but in his absence, here our guide sighed at the daring of the boy, — his apprentice cxcciilcd the model. This so enrag- ed the master, that he killed his apprentice. And the heads are those of the apprentice, the mother of the apprentice, and the master mason. Another party now entering, our guide left us, eager for more six pences, and I was glad to retire to a quiet corner and muse over what was before me. Ever was the sing-song of his voice an accompaniment to my thoughts, as here in Roslin Chapel, I fancied the night scene: Secm ' d all on fire that chapel pronci Where Roslin ' s chief ' s iincoffined lie. Each Baron, for a rable shroud, Sheath ' d in his iron panoply- Seem ' d all on fire within, around. Deep sacristy and altar ' s pale; Shone every pillar foliage-bound, And glimmer ' d all the dead men ' s mail Blazed battlement and pinnet high, Blazed every rose-carved buttress fair — So still they blaze, when fate is nigh The lordly line of high Saint Clair. M. B. Wayt.

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The Aui usta Seminary Annual. 15 ' . American Character. Love of Freedom, the chief characteristic of the Amer- ican people is due to (1) Descent. (2) Form of Government. (3) Religion in the Northern Provinces. (4) Manners in the Southern. (5) Education. (6) Remoteness of Situation from First Mover of Government. This Spirit of Liberty meeting with the ex- ercise of power in England has kindled the flame which is ready to consume the Empire. Part II. How to Deal writh America. Necessity of determining on some fixed course. First Alternative. To Change the Spirit yy Removing the Causes. 1. By with-holding land grajits. Objection — Impracticable. (1) Because of the quantity of land unsettled. (2) People would settle without grants. 2. By impoverishing the Colonies. Objection — Impracticable. (1) It would weaken the object. (2) It would be temporary. 3. By falsifying their pedigree. Objection — Impossible. So long as they speak the English tongue. 4. By changing the Rcligioti ajid by abolishing their public Institutions. Objection — (1) Inquisition is out of fashion. (2) The army would be too great an expense.