less fortitude" was overplied in liberty's defence; it was with him, when fallen on evil times, he consorted with the

Spirit that does prefer,

Before all temples, the upright heart and pure,

to cheer his dark but not solitary hours. Can we not invoke in illustration of the same philosophy-in proof of the glorious principle of our nature in which it springs, and of the lofty purposes to which it leads the well remembered list of those illustrious spirits, who are scattered along the annals of successive ages and various climes, the brave, the pious, the gifted, the generous, and the devoted, around whose brows the wreath of immortality has been bound by the consenting gratitude and applause of the race whom they have adorned and served?

Hic manus, ob patriam pugnando vulnera passi,
Quique sacerdotes casti, dum vita manebat,
Quique pii vates, et Phœbo digna locuti,
Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes,
Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo,

Omnibus his nivea cinguntur tempora vitta.

Are these examples, so glorious and exciting, presented to dull and unadmiring eyes? Are our bosoms callous to emulation of their excellence, and rivalry of their fame? Ah, no! there is within us all a spirit which, if it bears us not to the same lofty height, will carry us triumphantly into the purer regions and the brighter skies, through which they have soared. May it be ours ardently to cultivate that spirit; may it lead us onward, glowing with irresistible devotion; and may it accept us as votaries not unworthy, point out to us the stars which should be the beacons of our course, and make plain to us the ways of immortality and virtue.

UNITED STATES BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE, LEDGER BUILDING.

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DEAR SIR:

Philadelphia, November 19, 1847.

The undersigned, committee on behalf of "The Young Men's Democratic Association of the City and County of Philadelphia," respectfully request a copy of the Eulogy pronounced by you in the Upper Saloon of the Philadelphia Museum, on the life and character of the late Silas Wright, feeling assured that those of our citizens who had not the opportunity of hearing the same, feel a lively interest in its publication.

We also take this opportunity of returning to you our heartfelt thanks, for the kind manner in which you consented to become the medium through which the young Democracy of the City and County could convey a tribute of affection to the memory of their beloved Wright, and in bequeathing to our country a paper that must become a part of its history.

In sending you a copy of my Address, I cannot lose the occasion to express to the Association my sincere acknowledgments for the favor with which it was received, and to assure them, that while no office could be more grateful to my feelings than to commemorate the virtues of such a man, that gratification was largely increased by knowing it was done at the instance of those who so warmly and justly admired and honored him.

With great respect,

Your friend and fellow citizen,

HENRY D. GILPIN.

TO HENRY W. BROWN, THOMAS H. BREEN, CHARLES S. WHITEMAN, WILLIAM RANKIN, and M. J. DAUGHERTY, Esquires.

Officers of the Young Men's Democratic Association of the City and County of Philadelphia.