The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-13

drawn IN ihe val III lHf i'foh''"a ~
- hieh severed the coloDirs from dn'at
Bfl, in. and .xsited thrm from ih"ir on
scure aud humble situation, To seal a
moagst the mighty nations of the rarfh'--
Thr blood Ut those wha tell at Lexington
aud Coururd. proved the firm cement ui
an extensive UiloD--they were resri"d
by their country Inen rs martyrs VII" dird
in thr cause of liberty martial age took
zpnssession of the breasts of thousands
The inhsbitsris bound Themselves togeih-
pr. nv the sacred ties AT honor, religion.
and lo,p ol country, 10 do Whatever their
spnblr bodies directed for the preservation
,of thrir librriies-The bloody battle OF
Bnnker's iilll followed shortly after. II
twas there, thar our raw and nudiscipllned
ancestors, withstond the chosen haiiali"ns
Iof the British NATION, and strrwed the
|f"ds with tseir bleeding bodies. Al
lfhnnrh charlrsipwn, fred nv order of the
lBriiish General, was blazing In their faces,
them ammunition nearly expended, and
Themselves almost surrounded on every
lside yet. Il was with the greatest reioc-
>tance thai those sons Of liberty retired
from III. sangulnary sceue. The cup of
reconciliation, at length became emptied
IL the bottom.
II was on the 4tb of July, 1873. that The
Representatives of the United states 10
aCongrrs- assembled, trusting in the JUS
stlca of their cause. and To the aid OF Hea-
1ypn, DECLARED themselves and their COZ
slturnts free, sovereign, and an inde-
,prndrnt people and that the political
iconnr xipn which formerly bound them tn
tGrrat Biitain, was Dissolved forever
THE anniversary of the day, on which this
great event took place, has ever since been
.con-rcraird by thu Americans to rtli-
/ giou, rrai,tude, and social pleasure. II il
considered by them, as the birth day OF
Then freedom.
At that evrnlful period, the navy OF
Great Britain, "lih numerous aud well
fappointrd army of British soldiers, aud a
shosi oi nr c.narles, ransack ed from Ger
MAJ prineipalll-s, were towering on the
American Coast. To many, the cause OF
,hberty appeared hopeless, and that the
.conduct al the Americans, would only
4 serve tn rl,ei the galllng chains nf slavery
lmore close. The emergency WAS great,
land called forth the most exalted Virtues
iand consammatr ialrnts, that have ever
been exhibited nu tue broad theatre of nu
man life. Ia the cabinet. VT bad Il jet
te son, an Adams. u Franklin, a Laureu-
aud Hancotk, with many Other illustrI-
.ous patriots, who earned imperlshabe no
nors. aud who are worthy of the eyerlasi
ing gratitude III succeeding generations. ---
In ,he field, We had Washington, q
Greene, Putnam, Montgomery. 4
balaA cite, ID sullivan, and Morgan, with
a hosi of other worthless, " hose names viii
stand glorlously enrolled on the records q,
fame, when the names of tyrants and drs-
pots will be swallowed up IN the vortex ol
rrvolntion. Thousands who acted IN d
subordinate station, tore themselves from
tine tender embraces of wives aud chill
den, from Gtthers and mothers, and from
all ihr rndrarments of peacetll life, IA nd
boldly marched forth To the martial pairs
here thea Juln,d Themselves To the em-
haliied ranks of Freedom there they eu,
counlerrd, cold heat hunger and naked
nrss--Oiten were ice bound roads stained
{ With the blood which trick,ed from theu
! enurmuus load of accumulated evils, The,
gcontluu.d mistaken in their pnrpos,
6Thry resolved 10 he free They view ed
4 slavery rs the greatest evil, az the Panho
ssra'S box, Then pouring out 90 each quarter
sof the globe. They looked beyoud thei
Ylndi'ldua suffrrings. Their minds wcr,
f5nn Their offspring, aud the chains whict
Ewrrc forging for their tender hands, aut
3rrsovrd 10 hurst asunder the shackle- q
Edcs2oism, or nohl, perish in the attempt
HAlthough untutured in the art of human
Ehutchery, Yet, like the youthful David
Aths. rnnrageously encountered the &c
Mh'th of British veterans. The heights -
ESaraioEa, the plains of Eutaw and Yerk
Etown, with many other scenes of dpadl,
kfstrltr, point out to the present gencratio,
Hih,lr heroic deeds. Time has not vet DE-
EmoIlshrd the Notifications with which III
MB'Ilish ronghened this country, nor thos
d he Americans raised for their defence
MthP traveller need nol search for tho ditcl
(which served To encumpass them-it
Ayet in many places open beneath his feet
HScatterrd RUNS of towns laid waste, ar
Nyei TO he found in the Uoited States. Th
Thoar' headed veteran, can yet point on
@to his children and grand children tn
4 fields, where Britons and Americans me
Atoeethrr IN all the horrors Of deadly strife
{ Ne can tell them, in that spot fell my "a
X her and there my brother, covered viii
Nwounds, persisted by his side He can tel
q hem. in yonder row of graves, n.rp depo
E"lted the last remains of 0nr friends uh,
kfe'l IN freedoms cansc; and there, by then
Msde, slumher the dust of their enpnips
E"h" fell on the same bloody day. Let II
& pause for moment, felsw.citizpns, an,
ssrcH,ci ON the suffering of our country. du
Snng our struggle for independence. H.
4msnity would shndder at particular reel
,si'i at The 'a'amiiirs felt by those, who r.
4 fused to be slaves. A bad Of foreign ruff
ahans, let loose from every principle If So