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Peace to thy ashes, bold, dauntless soldier, and proud unyielding supporter of the rights of man. Although thy gallantry has never yet been breathed in the sound of song, and thy name is denied its place on the pillar of fame, yet they must ever strike upon the chords of triumph, and be engraved upon the most noble feelings of a Virginian's bosom.

CONCLUSION.

The death of Bacon was at once the signal for renewed endeavours on the part of Sir William Berkeley to recover possession of the Colonial Government. As the Insurgents were left without a head to conduct their military operations, they began to feel the necessity of coming to some conclusion which should be of a peaceful nature. Aftersome efforts of resistance, which were rendered totally unavailing by want of concert, they began to discover the tremendous loss which they had sustained in the person of their General, and became more than ever anxious to compromise the difficulties which existed with the regal authority. Sir William Berkeley's force had also in the interval been strengthened by reinforcements from England, but the old Cavalier had experienced the desperate spirit of the Insurgents sufficiently to show him that à temporizing, rather than a hostile course, was to be pursued to effect his object. Accordingly, he issued a proclamation, in which he proposed a general amnesty to all of Bacon's followers, with a total exemption from the pains and penalties of their re

bellion, if they would acknowledge and submit to his authority. This plan at once succeeded. The Insurgents were so blinded by their hopes, that they could not perceive the snare which was to entrap them, and without any hesitation gave up their power, and reinstated the Governor into a full possession of all his former privileges, without any reservation, and with a full dependence upon his pledged faith. But, severely did they suffer for their imprudence ; for, no sooner was the old Cavalier fully reinstated than all feeling of principle and honour was absorbed in the deep spirit of that revenge, which, in the dark hour of his misfortunes, he had sworn to inflict upon them. His ministers of punishment were armed with full authority to scourge the rebellious band who had so long defied his authority, and the infatuated followers of the Insurgent Chief saw themselves left without any recourse against ten-fold oppression and misery. The trial by jury was abolished, and military law proclaimed throughout the land, and death and confiscation were by turns employed to punish those who had asserted the rights of nature in contradiction to the principles of royalty. Diligent search was made for the body of the Insurgent Chief, in order that it might suffer the last dishonour which could be inflicted upon it; but vain was the search; the bonds of friendship which he had bound so firmly while alive, around the feelings of his comrades, were not to be severed after death by any power, although armed with all the terrors of tyranny. The corpse of the young Insurgent remained unmolested beneath its covering

of earth; some sorrowing friend alone was the confederate of the unfortunate Clara, who, bereft of every source of enjoyment by the loss of that man, whose existence was linked with and formed a part of her own, soon sunk, heart broken and miserable, into the arms of death. By the feeble glare of torch light was her frame consigned by the hands of his sorrowing friends and followers, into the same tomb which contained her husband.

A century and a half have elapsed since the death of the Insurgent Chief; the Colony, which he laboured to free from bondage, has become a large nation, and a member of a confederacy which bids defiance to the world. But the memory of the man who was first to put those principles in practice, which have elevated her to this rank, has been suffered to remain "unhonoured and unsung;" and his remains have mouldered into the dust from whence

they sprung, without any memorial save that of tradition, to mark the place of their interment.

INTRODUCTION.

The great improvement which has almost totally changed the features of the vast Continent of America in the last thirty years, is a phenomenon not to be accounted for by any precedent; it is one of those mighty events which sets calculation at defiance, and is the most powerful argument which can be urged in favor of self-government. This mighty revolution has not been confined to any choice spot, or any situation blessed with superior advantages by the hand of nature: but it has acted alike upon every section of this country, and upon few more peculiarly than the State of Virginia. It would be vain to particularize the mass of objects which have been embraced within the scope of this magic influence; it is sufficient for our purpose to advert to those in their turn, which are immediately connected with our subject, and we will leave it with our readers to discover for themselves, those which shall be noticed.

Many of the younger part of the present generation of Virginia, more especially those who were raised in the upper counties, doubtless recollect the great importance formerly attached to a journey to the Capital of the State. Many were the farewells from the whole household; many the wise saws and cautious maxims delivered by the older part of the family to the adventurous traveller, who had the

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