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Could I move the authorities of our city in the cause which 

 1 espouse, our publick squares and parks should become plea- 

 sure-grounds, disposed and decorated, to regale our citizens. 

 Within their walks should be no fumes of the intoxicating deity, 

 but the pervading pure, and salutary influence of Nature's God. 



And in the suburbs of our Metropolis should be a Cemetery ; 

 it should be " a garden and in" the midst of " it a sepulchre," 

 where the ashes of the departed might repose in peace ; where 

 children might be literally gathered to their fathers ; and where 

 the vernal buds, the summer flowers, and the sere leaves of 

 autumn might teach lessons of morality, and speak of the resur- 

 rection and the life to come. 



Could my voice reach the Legislative Councils of the land, 

 I would say : Appropriate to those who have fulfilled their trusts, 

 and arc withdrawing from the paths of publick life in the in- 

 teresting manner of the heroickf age, appropriate a te.me.nos 

 (rsfisvot) ; a portion of that soil, which in their hearts is conse- 

 crated as their country and their " sweet home." It will refresh 

 their spirits, when they look around them, and reflect : this is 

 the nation's gift. There is a peacefulness and a serenity in rural 

 scenes, that have at all times had a charm for the philosopher 

 and patriot. That hand, which held the destinies of ancient 

 Rome, when it had guided and had saved the nation, held the 

 plough upon the farm of Cindnnatus. In the hearts of all his 

 countrymen is the memorial of him, who loved mount Yemen's 

 calm retreat. The, shades of Monticello have been forever con- 

 secrated. And at this moment, the beloved Lafayette is seen 



t See Homer, Iliad. M. 310314. Z. 194. et al. and the notes of HEYNE. 

 STEPHENS, Thes. Grsec. Art. -4fjnw<, quotes the appropriate passages to 

 show: heroibus et principibus peculiariter haec Ttusw tribuere videtur, aple- 

 beiorum agris sejuncta et separata quibusdam tv 



