Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-09-21
INSTANTANEOUS.
From the Saratoga Sentinel

From the Saratoga Sentinel.
Ertract from an Oration delivered July
4, 1922, by HoopER CUNNING, ID. ID.
| on the ground 7vhere Gen. Burgoyne
surrendered to The american army
under Gen. Gates, Oct. II, l777.
g But not to Washington alone are we
indebted. There were other noble spi-
rits destined to occupy, ifnot SO exalted,
yet glorious niche in the temple of
fame. Need point you to the heights
of Bemis Need direc, your enrap,ur-
ed view to yonder smiling plain, where
the minions OF despotism covered; where
liberty triuiuphed over oppression;
where the ruthless invader, environed
with discom6ures and shame, was com
PEELED to surrender his unholy arms
Already do you think OF Schuyler and
St. Clair, of Gates and Morgan, of
Brooks and Learned. Already do you
trace in imagination, the signal service of
Lincoln and Butler, of C.lley and Scam
mel, of Van Cortland and Livingston,
| while the veteran Stark, covered with the
honors of Bunker and Bennington, yields
to none OF his magnanlmous associates
in prowess and in patriotism. Posterity
does justice to the memory of Schuyler
But for him Burgoyne would never have
been captured here. GA post was
Abandoned, but state was saved" Why
were The Notifications of Ticonderoga
yielded! That the lives of brave men
might not needlessly be sacrificed that
the enemy might be decoyed 10 more
populous settlement that there picked
off by the Intrepid Virginia rilemen, or
stormed by the perseyering New-Y
militia, or trembling before the undaunt-
ed Jerseymen, or hemmed in on all sides
by the green mountain boys, and those
noble hearts that had been rocked in the
cradle of liberty, they might learn that
to advance was death-to cspitulate, their
only safety. The l7lh Of o ctober, l777,
is one Of the most glorious days in the
annals of human freedom. To that event
Schuyler and St. Clair etninently con;ri.
buted; and from the field Of glory point
ed to the triumph OF Yorktown. Yes !!
Schuyler, once abused for thy very vir-
tues, the genius ofpatrio,sm now weeps
DER thy tomb ST. Clair, doomed for a
period to calumny and penury, the sons
and daughters of Columbia will for cen
turtles recite thy worth and all thysnohle
deeds /! | had rather that my name should
go down to future ages, associated with
theirs, and those of their compatriots,
than be mentioned by the historian on
the same page which records the efforts
of Miltiades and Cesar, of Napoleon and
Wellington. would not for moment
hesitate to prefer that roll OF fame which
emblazons the actions III Hancock and
Adams, of Franklin and Jefferson, Of
Morris and Ru,ledse, Of Sherman and
Witherspoon, TO the brightest jewel ever
worn by Castlereagh or Sidmouth, or
Liverpool or Canning, or even the
younger Pitt. Infinitely more would l
rejoice to say, that he whose blood flows
within these veins, contributed to the
victory Of Saratoga, than be the son Of
the Gear Of all the Russias. Yes! ye
hoary headed veterans, who bled by the
side Of Washington, and with Gates
exulted, deem this the prondest day Of
my existence, when I may behold you,
and address you, and minister to your
joys. May this arm be nerveless, may
this tongue be palsed, and this brain be
seized with frenzy-may the mildew
blight our fields, the murrain destroy our
cattle, the pestilence that walketh in
darkness, and the destruction that wasteth
at monday" cut of on our right hand
the partners Of our bosom, and on the
left the offspring Of our care, when that
day shall arrive in which we forget your
disinterested labors, your fortitude, your
privations, your sutferings for our sake.
We will strive to pay you the debt Of
gratitude. Your courage will be the
beacon that will light us to the field of
valor. The privileges you have con-
ferred upon US, shall be dearly valued.
Your struggles to procure them, shalt
be held in high and honorable estimation.