Show capitals of the old and new hew world the tle following paragraph ft occurring 0 in in an article recently published in the low lou lonon ton fon times referring t to the revolutionary modem movements ants in the north american states has given offense to 0 some of the editorial fraternity on this side of 0 the atlantic meanwhile time brings round anniversaries which are celebrated as of yore but with the f feeling eeling that th they ey are a solemn mockery what are the declaration of independence the battle of lexington the birthday of glay clay and the other red letter days in the american calendar now that the glorious fabric is itself in the dust and the mountain made with hands shattered to pieces it was but the other day that all eyes were fixed on the capital of the old world as the single object of interest and the expected scene of the great events that were to mark the latter years of this century rome occupied the ibe attention of all men raeh A hundred clu ciu questions were asked but all of rome will rome be still a capital will it t be the head of a confederation or the throne of asking of the seat of a f foreign viceroy or the see of a universal bishop bla bia llop or the intimate of a national republic before these questions could be answered and while they are still asked the capital of the new world commes comes to the foreground and is jhc thc object of much mauch tile the sane same in inhumes humes the two cities of rome and washington are not so i at this thia moment nor are their pros pro s pacts so BO dlf dif Terent different as might be for the P pic pi pie re c flent sent indeed we shall all think anore ot of washington than of rome abe ahe albany journal in reply says it is pleasant to know that when we shake off this mortal coil our pur obituary will wili be competently written pleasant Preap rit tp to know that we M hawlett friends behind us who will speak ot of us tenderly and treasuries lovingly lovinel in their inmost hearts pleasant to know that there ble blk will twill be mourners who will follow us to our graves p and aliet that gentle hands will scatter flowers over oyer our sleeping clay la but one does not barele bareto 0 lire have his hs decease anticipated anticipate it is not quite pleasant to have a call from the undertaker to have your grave clothes made before your face and eyes to have the hearse waiting at your door to have your heirs and executors wrangling over fotr effects by your bedside to hear the bell tolled for your departure to see the sexton dl digging away at your grave graye before you have hare your last exit the times sings charmingly but it has mistaken the character of the music appropriate mate late to the 0 occasion eca sion slon it has given us a dirge when it dhave given us an ode it has bas hymned for us ili ill the e minstrelsy of I 1 grief when it sh should ouid have piped Anacreon ic strains si rains strains it has labored unger under ibee the delusion that it was expected to perform the role of chief mourner a at t a funeral funera linstead instead of consulting upon the case of an invalid when we have given up tile the ghost e we shall be most happy to have the great oracle of printing house square for one of our pall bearers buh bur until we are pronounced defunct by the doctors its tears might 0 as ag well be dispensed with at the same time it may ie be well to correct a mistake under waith the and other english journals seem to be laboring belaboring they assume that we are defunct they speak of u us s in the past tense they contemptuously r refer efe r to us ua as the late united states they coolly hola boll postmortem post mortem examinations over us discuss the causes ot 0 our death debate as to where they will bury us and speculate as to who will be our successors they hold us up as a terrible example of the weal we aLness aness of democracy and dismiss us with the mournful re reflection that we might have amounted to something had we not revolted against the mother country we beg to assure these prints which are so busy writing our obituaries that we still live our great republic has not yet fulfilled its mission providence raised it for a great and benefi clent purpose it has appointed it to do a great work that work it must live to complete its roots strike down deep they reach toward the future they grasp mighty issues storms may gather around it the surges of maddened seas may roar at its base but it will not fall it has a career yet unaccomplished it has bas alabon yet unperformed it will endure ion lon ieng after til ill the e pigmies pygmies who are conspiring against its life ilfe lif e shall have gone to their dishonored graves god does not build mighty empires for pa pastime s instruments in his hands for the f furtherance u of the great plan of divine achievement they fall only when their appointed mission is f fulfilled ul filled |