of some new lodgment effected by the friends of liberty in the old and tottering ramparts of political oppression. 3. The people are up and doing. Link after link of their ancient fetters is broken, and inheritable power, the last strong ar of their political prison house, vibrates sensibly, and mat break, under the reiterated assaults of public opinion. The impulse is from the school-boy! Public instruction is the new and potent battery, the moral gunpowder, which the liberals of Europe have brought to operate upon their oppressors. 4. Bach has been the tremendous energy of this agent, that mother century is not likely to know a King or Prince in all that seat of royal splendor. But when Europe shall, in truth, be free, it remains to be seen, whether the aliment which nourished their young liberties into life, shall continue to be supplied, or fatally withheld. Yet another century may find its corrupted inhabitants crouching once more beneath an iron sceptre, or, preserving the image of freedom, becoming the slaves of licentious demagogues. 5. All reforms of government, therefore, must commence with the people, by enlightening them. Knowledge is the great corrector of abuses. If we would reform the abuses of our own government, effectively, we must begin at home, by enlightening, purifying and elevating the standard of public feeling and judgment. Such a course would be worth more than all the other schemes for the regeneration and improvement of the country, of which the times are so prolific. 6. If you would have good roads and canals, enlighten the people. If you would really cherish domestic industry, enlighten the people. If you would preserve the Union, enlighten the people. To those whose lot it may be to earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow, I would say, give your mite to this great cause, that your children may have a step to rise upon; and the inheritance of freedom is wealth to every citizen. 7. To the rich I would say, give a tythe of all your annual gains, or all you have if it be necessary, as the best security for the enjoyment of the remainder, and the safest means of transmitting it to posterity. It will be the most fortunate investment of your lives. It will repay more than the usurer's interest; for remember, that the tenure by which every thing is held in this country, is the public will. To keep it steady, pure and just, it must be enlightened. * * * * * * 8. But it is to the youth of the rising generation, that we must chiefly look for that support which the interest at stake so loudly demands. It is to those who may yet be taught, that their first duty is to their country; it is to the young and ardent and virtuous youth, who are yet uncontaminated with the pursuit of office, uncorrupted by the intrigues, and uncontrolled by the political connexions of the day, that we can most safely look for those generous personal sacrifices, the disinterestedness and the energy, without which, hope were vain! 9. We have nothing to expect, but much to fear, from that brood engendered by the besetting sin of the times, the thirst for office; from those who seek to win the public favor, that they may make private spoil of public interests; who would make a job of the highest offices of their country. And least of all, have we any thing to expect from that impudent assurance, which is ready to undertake every thing, but is able to perform nothing. 10. I have heard it avowed in private circles, that there is no honesty in politics; and that he is a dull fellow, after all, who, having the address to gain the public confidence, and the ability to turn it to account, does not make his own fortune. A more gross and wicked libel upon human nature; a more dangerous scepticism; a more alarming infidelity to the essential principles of our government, never was avowed. the 11. Would my young countrymen permit me to point them to a higher path to fame, and withal a surer road to fortune, I would say to them, swear, like Hannibal, upon altar of your country, that you will never receive office but when freely offered; nay, rather abjure office forever, than accept it on terms a freeman should blush to yield to. There are virgin fields before you, in which more enduring honors, more substantial rewards await the determined reaper, than office sought can ever give. 12. Go forth, the missionaries of light and knowledge! Preach a crusade against ignorance; and whether in the private walks of life, or in the senate of your country, let the flashes of your indignation blast those creatures of cor ruption, who flatter ignorance that they may live by it. Go! a determined Spartan band; throw yourselves in the breach; cheering and being cheered by mutual examples of fortitude, resolution and disinterestedness; content to seek glory, where alone she sits enshrined, in the hearts of the good and the wise. 13. Our free institutions are held up as a lamp to light the path of nations; as a model fit to reform the world by! Shall they fall by your neglect? It is your country that asks your aid. Will you be false to her? It is Tennessee that feels her honor wounded! She offers to her sons the soil of Egypt; the sky of Italy! She asks in return, that they will embellish her with their arts; illustrate her name by Science, and elevate her to an equal rank with her sisters; but chiefly, she unites with them, in imploring you to cultivate and guard the 'Hesperian fruit,' Liberty! LESSON XXXV The Kentucky Cavern.-NEW ENGLAND REVIEW. 1. In the month of December, 1826, the writer, in com pany with another gentleman, being on his way from Lou isville to Nashville, took occasion to visit this cave. entrance is in the steep declivity of a hill. Its 2. The dimensions of the mouth are, about forty feet in height by fifty in breadth, decreasing gradually for the first half mile, till the cavern is no more than ten feet in height, and as many in breadth; at which place a partition has been erected, with a door of convenient dimensions, for the purpose of protecting the lights of visitors. 3. There is at this place a current of air passing inwardly for six months, and outwardly for the remainder of the year. It is so strong, that were it not for the door that has been made, it would be impossible to preserve an open light. 4. It is called the mouth as far as this place, on account of its being the extent of the influence of day-light, which here appears like a small star. Formerly, when the cav. ern was first discovered, this part was nearly filled with earth, which has been recently manufactured into saltpetre. 5. Having prepared ourselves with a sufficient quantity of provisions, oil, and candles, and taking two persons as guides, we took our last view of the day-light, and proceeded forward, closing the door behind us. Immediately we found ourselves in thick and almost palpable darkness; the whole of our few lights spread but a feeble radiance about us. 6. Such is the height at this place that we were hardly able to discover the top; and to see from one side to the other was utterly impossible. From this place extended several caverns, or, as travellers here named them, rooms, in different directions. This part of the cave is called the "first hopper.". 7. The soil at the bottom of the cave is very light, and strongly impregnated with salt. The sides and top are formed of rock. We proceeded forward, passing several rooms on our right, and one on our left, until we arrived at the "second hopper," a distance of four miles from the mouth. 8. About a mile in the rear of this, was pointed out to us by our guide, the place where the celebrated mummy was found, which is now exhibiting in the American Museum at New York. It was found in a sitting posture, by the side of the cavern, enveloped in a mat, and in a complete statc of preservation. 9. We next entered the room denominated the "haunted chamber." It is nearly two miles in length, twenty feet ir height, and ten in breadth, extending nearly the whole length in a right line. The top is formed of smooth white stone, soft and much resembling the plastering of a room. 10. There is a small quantity of water constantly, though almost imperceptibly, falling from above, which, in the course of ages, has worn out from the stone at the top some beautiful pillars, which extend to the bottom of the room. They have the appearance of being the work of art, In one of them there is formed a complete chair, with arms, which has received the name of the "arm chair." 11. By this side is a clear pool of water strongly impregnated with sulphur. The sides of the room are elegantly adorned with a variety of figures, formed from the stone at the top, and coming down upon the sides of the cavern, like icicles in the winter, from the eaves of build Ags; the reflections of our lights upon them forming a most brilliant appearance. 12. At the end of this room we descended a kind of natural staircase, to the depth of near three hundred feet, in many places affording room for only one person to proceed. Here we found a beautiful stream cf clear water, winding its way along between the rocks. 13. The character in this part of the cavern is rendered really awful, from its being associated with a variety of names that traveliers have given it. The portrait of his satanic majesty, is painted here upon a rock, and a large flat stone, resting its corners upon four others, is called his dining-table. A short distance from this is a place said to he his forging shop. On the whole, they are admirably calculated to frighten the cowardly. 14. There are a number of pits of great depth in different parts of the cave, which make it necessary to be very careful in exploring it. There is danger also of taking some unexplored room, and becoming so lost as not to be able to find the way out. 15. This, however, is obviated, to some extent, by the precaution that has been taken, as far as the cave has been explored, of placing the figure of an arrow at the entrance of every room, pointing to the mouth of the cavern. should always be taken to preserve the lights, as it would be impossible for any one to find the way back in darkness. Care 16. We found the names of ladies inscribed at the farthest points we reached; and our guide remarked that they were the most couragous visitors he had. For three miles from the mouth, the sides and top of the cavern are covered with a remarkable number of bats, hanging down from the top, in the same manner that swarms of be secling together, in masses from two to three feet thick. They are in a torpid state, and are seldom known to fly. 17. There are about twenty different rooms that have been discovered, and but three of them that have been explored to the end. This vast cavern is, apparently, hollow beneath, from the sound that is made in walking through many of the rooms. 18. It would probably take months to explore to the end of all the rooms, that have been, and which remain to be, discovered. The moving of some few obstructions, at a |