Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-07-01
Fourth Of July.
JOY, 10Y in London city, now l-sHAKspEARK.

Three days from this hour, the United States
will present spectacle, which, whilst it shall1ech
a rising and mighty people that they are in the
possession Of the dearest gifts Of HEAVEN, will
tell the world, that man, governed by iiimself-or-
ginating his own nlaws-conceving his own immuni-
lies and controlling his own wishes and desires-un-
trammelled by the bigotry Of papal authority, and
freed from the despotism of ecclesiastical law, is ev-
er happy, free, and independent. On "that proud
day"-that eventful anniversary-a grateful peo-
pie, with bosoms swelling high with national pride
and patriotic zeal, will spontaneously assemble a.
round the altars of their country and there in the
fulnes of grateful hearts, offer to the Creator their
praises and Thanksgiving for the bounties he has
bestowed upon them; and in the merry pealings OF
the bells, and the thunderings o: artillery, ascend
their rejocings to the high arches Of heaven -
whilst from shore to Shore fond echo will bear their
spontaneous acclamatons, and thrill this vast Con-
federacy with the joyous exultatons of more than
ten millions of freemen.
1t is thus that the only free people on earth,
nually assemble in commemoraton Of the birth
day of their liberties-n holy reverence ofthat hour
when our fathers barred their bosoms to the storms Of
war, and pledged their fortunes and their honor, to
throw off the yoke Of oppression, and no longer to
submit to the cruel indignities of their unmerciful
tyrants. They decreed that their descendants
should not suffer what they had been compelled to
endure-they vowed they should not wear the yoke
that had CALLED the necks of their siresthey fought,
they bled, they conquered, and they TRIuMPHED.
Undismayed, and reckless Of danger the gallant
band for seven long and arduous years fought for
the ghts of freemen, and the gifts of Heaven, and
though they were few in numbers, weak in re-
sources, and opposed by the myrads Of Europe, and
the treasures Of naughty Britain, they went on to
conquest and to conquer-for their arms were nerv-
ed by the Most High: and the God of Armies, and
the God Of Battles, presided over their marches,
and the Genius of Liberty was their patronisng dei-
ty. They met an unnatural foe on their own
shores; they fought their enemies on their own
soil, and marching into their very citadels and
strong holds, drove them to the border regions,
captured them in the fight. No narrow mnded
policy, or misguided zeal. was theirs they were
actuated by the noblest impulses Of our nature
they sought not for war-they deprecated the efu-
sion of blood and the sackns of towns and cities
and peace, honorable and holy peace, the object
they pursued. They beield country, which they
had toiled to cultivate--a country which they had
watered with their sweat, and reared to compare
tive greatness by days of toll and nights of suffer-
ing-retrogradins in its magnifcence, and retarded
in its progress by the oppressive acts of their
lenting and unfeeling masters. Their commerce
was curtailed-their artzans discouraged, and
denied the free exercise Of their native energies
their work shops and manufactures deprived of the
freedom Of operation-and the whole people were
groaning beneath the rod Of oppression, and mpov.
erished by excessive, by unrghteous taxation.
! They knew that within that countryside soil Of
which they inherited from their ancestors-there
sufficient, and to spare, in rich minerals, ines
| Unable stores and unvalued Jewels" and all the
riches the earth can aferd to exalt people to the
highest pinnacle ofnational glory--and they resolv
ed it should no longer linger under the persecution,
of domestic thraldom. Twas theirs by inheritance,
and they vowed it should be, by conquest their he.
ritage, or they would perish in the conflict. The
leader Of the gallant force whose sacred ashes now
quietly repose the summit Of his own favorite
mountain, unsheathed his sword and led them on to
| conquest. Around the noble cheftain, the holy
band of patriots rallied, and he spoke, he filled
their souls with patriotic fre-when
| "-each and all
Fired by the hcro's FIRE, brandished their swords
Smoto their broad shields and shouted,
Right! Cheftan right! we'h conquer, or we'll die!"
1t was said, and it was done; and the hostile
band, who vanly struggled to retain US in state
ofabJect dependence, covered with nfamy and dis
grace, dsbanded, disorganized and contemned, re-
turned to their native realm to receive the execra-
tions of their disappointed employers.
| Peace once more restored, America smiled, and
prosperity and happiness were the inmates Of her
habtatons. Relieved from burthens and op-
pressive taxation, she commenced her march Of
greatness and after the little period Of fifty years,
she found herself the first among nations, and the
greatest among Republics.
Her fleets now wave their pennons over every o.
| cean, and Spread their canvass over every sea-