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Show 232 ROEBUCK . not the ruin that " 'ns yeL hidden in the darkn e~s of that very ni,o-ht. I fappy ign oran ce~ of the fu Lnre ! They ha<1 fort.iLttde to be:lr tl te iii ~ which Lh 'Y hnd known Lnt ·who could c n<1nre a kno wl edge of tho t inle to COllle (? FiLzhngh took Ic:t\'e or C t>lonel Fair~ f:n.: and J\Irs. l i''airEtx: 'vith words of ch eerfal nu t i<..:ipation, nnJ in accents that becatue sad, in Rpite of his c:tTorts to cheer th eir h earts, he 'vas about to bid 1;1re~ 'vell to Julia. lie }Jausetl and 'aid, ' J\Iy dearest Jnl ia, I n1ust carry 'vith n1e the n1en1ory of your s wect voice in song. Sing one song for n1e b efore I Ioavo you." At such a lHOineut h er voice could not be quite free frotu the tremulous effect of h er emotion, but she, too, 'vas exerting herself to lighten the sadness of hearts she loved, and n ot pennitting h er tones to betray her heart too plainly, she sung a song- VII{GINIA. Virginia bleeds and weeps for woo But feels no touch of shame· Beneath eclipse her glories glow' vVith undiminisltccl ilcuue. A virgin queen wiLl1 laurel crown, A sovereign of tlw free, She vows to trample tyran ts down And bleeds for liberty. Not nlways thus shaH droop her bead, She will rejoice again: No IJlooc.l so pure for freedom shed \Vas uvcr sl1ed in vain. Au altar every battle-field On whi<..:h her sons llave tlieclIts smoke, like incense, llas appealeu Where right is ne'er denied. RO E B UC K . 233 CIIAPTER XXI. TIUSII\VH ACKING AT n OEBUCIC. A:\TO~G the F ec1er n1 officer at the vi1Ja0;e ' vns Captain Dakin, who lecl a company of m:lrandin o· C:l'r'tllry. lie " 'ns ac tive, d aring, cr uel nntl t rc:1ch eron~. Tie was a :fhvoritc in. t rnment of Colonel \V c. d in executing a11 plans of bold n<lven ture or ru thless revenge. By virtue o f n. ronn el, rod face, a jolly hup;h, nnd a fon c1nes for t he b ottl e, he was callc<l a good follow. The licence which he allowe<l to his 1non n1ncle hi 111 popnl:tl' :unon g then1. lie ha1l been :1. preacher. Aftc l' ' vearing out r lig ion as a thrmo of populnr eloquence, he t ook to pre:whing polities from the pulpit. The p ol it icnl ng i Lat.ion of the <lay wn.s the controversy bet,veen the North and South, nn<l that, curiously enoug h, turned 1nninly npon • onthcrn sbvery, 'vhich excited no dissension where it exist cl, but ofic nclecl the Nor th, ' vhere it was unknown. The pretext for in t roducing it into tho ::tcrod de'k, nn<l be:1tino- the " drmn ecclesiastic'' for recruit · in tho b poli ticnl wnrf:trc of the North ng:1in. t the South, was thnt slavery ,vn.s a sin. From tho exelu. ·i \'e attention g iven to i t, the r ever end gent1eman'8 hearers n1ight have concl uded that it ,vas the only in extan t, and, con sequently, th:1 t those who " rcre free f ro1n it \Ycro saint8. It ,vas so a t rocious a crime, that the preacher in denouncing Hlave-holdors, danceJ in the pulpit wi~h sacred fury. The sentiments 1vhich foamed fr01n h HJ |