Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-08-09

cnlated to call down the malignant pounce of
political enemies upon the reputation of the
author. Yet my consolation is, that l have
discharged duty which owed to myself and
to my country. To have done less would
have been criminal.
Yours respectfully,
A. w. CAVARLY.
carrollton, July 4th, 1923.
Fellow Citizens of Greene County,
The people of these United States &C
knowledge but one throne, and that is
the throne of God. They bow before
no altar, save the altar of their religion,
their liberty, and independence. They
give obedience to no government but
that which Immediately emanates from
themselves, and which guarantees 10 all
its subjects equal and wholesome laws !;
and where justice is equally and impair
TALLY administered.
Our assembling on this day is not to
celebrate the decline of civil, political,
and religious liberty nor the momenta-
~ triumphs of domestic faction. But
our assembling on this solemn occasion
is to awaken and keep alive, that noble
and patriotic spirit the hearts of
those revolutionary heroes, who planned
the overthrow of foreign do,ninions over
these states, and finally triumphed over
the enemies of freedom, and established
the independence of our country.
II 10 hat shirt ith the loya IS III ...,,
and of country, which ought to beat
high in the bosom of every American
citizen. The great and important
work of acquiring and establishing the
independence Of these states, was achiev-
ed by our ancestors, with feelings
as noble and as patriotic in their nature,
Is the struggle for freedom was success
full and final in its termination. 1t was
the love of liberty and of country which
moved a Brutus to battle his sword in
the blood of Cesar, who had triumphed
over the liberties of his country in the
fatal and decisive battle of Pharsalia, 1t
was this spirit, that led Sidney, martyr
to the cause OF republicanism. 1t was
the love Of civil and religious liberty
that courted our ancestors to abandon
their native country, and seek an asylum
ton this side the Atlantic, when liberty
was the birthright of the native, and
where Freedom had never smoked un-
der the scourge of a tyrant's rod. 1t was
here amid the doubtful chance of savage
warfare, they laid the foundation of the
liberties OF our country, and reared upon
it political fabric, the fairest that an as
tonished world has ever witnessed.
Let US recur back to the history OF
these times and trace up the causes
which contributed to the alienation OF
the people of these states from the go
vernment of England.
The Declaration of Independence bv
the thirteen original states-and finally
the overthrow of the British empire in
America. These causes are still fresh
In the recollection Of those patriots who
still survive the ravages Of time, and this
day assemble around the altar of free.
dom, to celebrate the anniversary Of that
day which gave birth to liberty, and
peace and happiness 10 successive ages
Of unborn millions Of Americans. Il is
- day that will be enumerated by Ameri-
can freemen, so long as these states So
cure to the people their liberties, and
We devoutly hope, until the thrones Of
the old world shall have crumbled in
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