Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-07-14

I upon ther own element, and bore Our
bright stars and broad stripes in triumph
over the deep. While on land onr ar
my sustained their glory at the MONT
of the bayonet against The veterans az
Wellington at Niagara, Chippawa, Erie.
and our volunteers calamity repulsed
the foe at Norfolk. Plattsburgh, and at
baltimore; captured them on the river
Thames, and inundated them stOrleans.
No sooner did the foe invade our terri
tory than all party distinctions were for
gotten, and citizens OF every rank and
every class rallied round their eountry's
standard and the blood of the naughty
invader washed out his foul footsteps
pollution.
Such my countrymen, are The politi-
cal blessings which have been bestowed
upon us by the sages and heroes of the re-
yolution, and said I not rightly that we
owed them unbounded Gratitude9
But this great political experiment
has not only resulted in our freedom and
happiness, but has inspired love for
liberty throughout the world. Yes. this
mighty republic stands as a pillar Of
fire 10 guide and direct the nations OF
the earth, from the land of bondage to
the land Of liberty. IT'S therefore that
she is hated and reyled by the bigot of
the altar and the slaves of the throne.
IT'S therefore that our manners have
been ridiculeG, our morals slandered.
our Institutions and government misre-
presented and abused by the mercena-
ry hirlings of the European press. But
the world was not thus to be misled. the
people saw us prosperous and happy.
they referred that prosperity and hap
piness TO our free institutions, they adj /.
mired and have striven TO initiate. The
fiery Franks frat caught the noble hame,
they entered with ardour the career Of
liberty. Warm and impetuous in their
nature and ever in extremes, they rush.
ed at once from the most abject slave
~ TO the most unbounded RIGHTEOUSNESS.
anarchy, confusion and blood shed. was
the consequence, which dessolated their
beautiful France for years, until pressed
by foreign foes, torn by internal dissen-
ton, she fell an easy victim to the iron
sceptre of the great but bad man who
enslaved her. Liberty like religion
suffered greatly by the fanaticims of
her followers, the enormitjes practised
in bername were greedily seised by the
friends OF arbitrary power and her be-
ni9nant spirit was repre- sented as savage !
and wild, delighting ". blood shed, des-
plslng all things sacred, not only over .
turning thrones, but poluting alta,s.
Urged with all tn, eloquencc Of Burke
and other court parasites and alarmists,
this false and Unjust reasoning from a
buse. did fora while check the progress
of liberty: But 10, the sacred spark
was awakened, and soon again burst
fourth III Spain and Italy. Twas then
that the alliance misnamed the holy,
was formed, twas then that the trem-
bling despot. finding they could cot
subdue the minds, resolved TO crush the
bodies of the friends of freedom, and
they have but too well succeeded in their
unhallowed purpose, the Iegions of
France subdued the constituencies
otSpain, while the Carbonari ofItalv well
ded with bastard rapidly to the arms
of Austria. They may for season up
hold their tottering crowns by the point
of the bayonet, but the noble impulses
OF modern regeneration cannot be thus
fooled and resisted, they mast and will
be ACCOMPLISH and these soveregns
but condemn themselves to the fate of
Sysirhus bv attempting thus TO roll the
ponderous weight of arbitrary power up
the fair hill OF liberty, sooner or later
some arm Will tire OF exertion, and the
whole iniquitous system with its sup
porters, be crushed to atoms England
already awakens 20 her real interest
and true glory, and takes her stand for
liberal principles and constitutional
rights. In the new world liberty il
triumphant; Chill and Buenos Ayres,
Peru, Colombia, Mexico, have expelled
the tyrants from their soil, and taken
their stations beside us as sister Repub-
lies. The Oldest and longest enslayed
people of Europe, the Greeks, un-
aided by their christian brethren. MAN.
fully struggle, for freedom and the
cross against slavery and the crescent.
ne Spartan knows himself once more
4 creek, the country men of Miltiades
and Leonidas, shsw that ages of seryi-.
tade have not tanned their indomitable
spirits, and the straits of Thermopoylas
the plains of Marathon and Platea are
once more illustrated by the deeds of
treemen fighting against their invaders
and oppressors.