The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-07
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Delivered on the .4anirersnry Of Amfrican m
depcpdeHcs, 1928, nj C0ut0rd, (CdBtpbeK)
bV IN Il. D.4FSOS, Esq.
Eiepds s. tclt9U cHaeuS-be fifty Sc
cond Anniversary of our Independence has
arrived. and it has fallen TO my 10, 30
address YOU ON this important occasion.
feel grateful for the honor conferred an your
speaker, vet feel Inadequate to the task. II is
with reluctance undertake il and If should
not entertain you in suitable manner, hope
Won will take into consideration NV youth and
~ experience, and they will be sufficient plea
II would he unnecessary to give you a sketch
Of the discovery, and settlement Of America. II
is presumable that you are acquainted with lis
history, 1t would be repetition of hat which
YOU have often and heard and be carua-
ted TO tire your patience. will with your con-
sent, go far back as the year 1904 proceed
from that up 10 the present tune ; compare our
present condition with the horrible state during
the revolution and conclude with few re-.
marks
AZ no period Of time the attachment Of
the colonies 10 the mother country greater than
at this q. 2. '64)-a time eve, memorable from
an &C, being passed by the Parliament of Great
Britain impuSng certain stamp duties on the col
onics and plantations of America, for the pur
pose of raising a revenue. The war with he
French and Indians, had but a few years pre-
viouSy ended in which war TO the language
Of NarshalD the English aud Americans had
co-operated in the same service their blond had
mingled on the same plaius and the obecl pur
sued was common to both They we're proud
of the lard Of their ancestors. aud glOrled IN be-
ing descendants OF Engshmcn. Every prov
inCP lent its aid, and every province lost some
of its choicest soldiers. III" war between the
FrenCh and English being ended, Lord North,
then prime minister Of Eng Hand, found, that by
his impoliiic administration, the Golfers OF the
Treasury were empty and was resolved that ev-
cry means should be used, whether lawful or
unlawful, Just or unjust, TO FIJI the emniv l,'as-
urv. Thus emhai raised, the attention of the
administration WAS turued cthe American Govt.
neut. lhrn. the partisans OF North. IN the
House Of Parliament TO repenish the empty
Golfers and snatch him from the pit of iniamy,
Matched up this Infamous bill 10 tax America
This bill fellow citizens. was Numerically OPP
posue 10 the letter AND spi,t of the English cor
>itullon. Their constitution has established
,fi4 fundamental axiom " that taIation aud
renrcSontation are iusrparable from each 9th
er "-Amrrica had some friends in parliament,
whose min,i, had MOI be me corrupt, aud whose
principles were not polluted by that English
BrIzebuh, NORTH. wh o yet retained some respect
for their constitution, and who did not wish 10
transcend is limits by sanclioning this despotc
Till Among them was Gen. Conway, who We
~ boldly ;old them that. as the colonies we're
not, and could NOT. from local aid political cauS-
&c, he represented IN the British Parliament, II
would br the very essence al tyranny 10 attempt
:, eyer else IN authority over them which, from
IL, nature, n.rst inevitably lead to gross abuse
but al was in VAIN. The empty treasury had
deaf,urd ihrjr ears to every firing like the sound
and constitutional doctrine of Conway. They
wouiI have sacrificed thrir constitution, and e.
ven the enroui,ls themselves so great was their
desire OF revenue TO repenish that, which 10 al,
had previously doomed many loyal and patri-
oic subject. " in scanty poverty 10 roam.
sco,. - sl'e ra-qai,ie1 adhererts OF North and