I have done. Long as I have been with you, I have only touched the most striking points. There are two documents which would have shed light upon the obscurest part of this subject, I mean the letter of ELDRIDGE GERRY to the Massachusetts convention, on the constitution of the senate, and JAMES MADISON'S history of the constitution, and debates of the convention. These were inaccessible, but whenever examined they must confirm the views taken here. Though the Sun of Montpelier has sunk in glory, below the horizon, it will thence shed a brilliant but mellowed light upon its noon-day track, and mystic truths so long hidden by its dazzling brilliancy, may be read by its milder rays, engraven in letters of gold upon the imperishable arch of Heaven. We must abide the coming of that time in mute faith, confiding in what we have already learned from Moses and the prophets; but, if it be no profanity to quote the sacred founder of our religious faith in defence of our hallowed constitution, I would say, “If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” ROANE. 'TIS THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER. 'Tis the last day of Summer, Now fading away, As behind yon blue mountain, The sun hides its ray; And the low breeze is sighing, So chilly and drear, That, methinks, the wood whispers, Stern Autumn is near! 'Tis the last day of Summer, And sad is the smile, That now lights up the gloom, Where it lingers awhile; Whilst the cloud that is wreathing, So gaily the west, But reveals by its brightness, The tempest's dark crest. 'Tis the last day of Summer, And fleet as its ray Hath departed, so fleetly, Doth life speed away! But beyond _this drear gloom_, Is a resting place given, Where the spirit shall bask, In the summer of Heaven. T. J. S. _Frederick County, Aug. 31st, 1836_. {693} THE LEARNED LANGUAGES.