Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-15

as living bulwarR between you s"u ." ~
,roach of dangers-but 10 shed the o'ocu y.
your innocent people:-nay, cid most proiGsely
shed the blood Of your innocent peoPie.-LeA
;n.,,n.-,he streets of Boston, and the memo
ra6le heights OF Charlestown, even from the
s,eecbless cavern. of the earth, do all bear wit
ness of the fact. Thus stood our enemy reauy
a, auy moment 10 let slip in wild and desola'ing
fury the dogs of war, and 10 cry haVoc'-'o a'
which came in their way, or dared to oppose.
Here my friends let US pause---l' "asih
circumstances such as these that the American
Congress (rhe old Congress OF 76) were caiiea
moon by their constituents and the surrounding
world, 10 submit, in unconditional slavery 10 Tue
naughty power which stood before 'htn', or 70
rise up against the oppressor with might ana
main. and defend themselves to the last ,o'k o,
hair upon their heads and thr last drop OF oi"oo
which ,hrobbed in their arteries. lhey douo'>
ed not, nor could they doubt, they greatly ehoSe
the latter. r
will dare aver, that never in the history OF
any country, ancient or modern; never in INC
annals Of the world, s., rich with the spolls OF
i'm. and so plu,tcd with the revolutions oil en-
pire was there an instance, in which repre-
sent alive BODY was called upon TO act more
,mpor,ap, part: and never in such Trying Aour,
was DISPLAYED such combinat: On OF ialen',-
force as ,--mod-ra,ion aud frmnsss. a par 'ilei
may be sought for along he great pa'hway OIL
time but who shall find that para'i'l -Oha's
MAYED by the shadows and lowering CLOUDS
which rolled their threatening volumes 10 rear
full perspective upon he coming future, lhey
held their course unfal,ering' lhey coh'em
PLACED, i, is true, with deep anHIe'y, ana even
dread, he dark approach,-and 'ht devastating
energies If the now Inevitable s'orm;-oot per
cling its thick folds with the eye OF reason "nn
Of manly hope-c"uld, in the lmaginations OF
f,eemrn-behold al nature smiling IN peac.
and sunshine behind it They made no idle
boa discovered no crafty ambitlon,--no
,reacherous ftar--no hungry revenge,-ro wa
yerinp yicws,-no distracted councils. Moth
ing so ienobc and unworthy was suffered TO
| invade III, consec,a,ed hail where they sat-
Wiz Stern. high minded, and tranquil resolve,
| looking cumpr-hensiVtly 10 the pas, present,
future, they decretd-rhe time had come when
a esor, must be made 10 hose great prime piles
| of self preservation, and # self respe"' which
! nature in her eternal wisdom and goodness mas
ordained Tor the vindic, ion OF iniringed right;
| more especially Of rights so very dear aud IN
| dispensabe. lime was, hey thought, when
'"rwas not to stalk about from time TO time,
| To draw fresh air, and gaze upon the sun;
twas to be fec"
Yes fellow citizens, il was in an hour Ike this
| tina, those sons Of treemcn and OF eternal re-
nown were called upon to decide the great Is
sue Of laverv or dean: were called upon 10 say
| if they would sacrifice their lives 10 liberty IN
the fresh and CORY 6eld Of honor, OF wear thee
GU, in serviude and hains! and, being so called
! upon. ended their declaration in these memora'
United States in General Congress assembled
appealing 10 the Supreme Judge Of the world
| for The rec,iud. Of our intentions, do, in the
name, and by the authority Of the good people
| Of lhese colonies, snlemnly publish aud declare
that these United Colonies are, and Of RICH,
ought 10 be, free and Indtpsnden, States. And
tor the support Of This de- laraion. with Fl m
reliance on the protect tor Of Divine Pro.ldrnc
we mutually pledge TO each other our lives, Our
for unes, and our sacred honors." Frcemen,
rejoice! rejoice that unto you this dav is born
a new Republic. Rejoice to see The human
mind breaking its bonds Of s'avish feaT and OF
prejudice asunder, ana ming with wings OF
victory. Rejoice to see see great Tyranny,
with his heart Of stone and his sceprre of iron,
here thrown down from his untitled foundation,
and shivrred in the fall Here, once more, let
us pause and consider -
The Power against Which we had risen up,
was the mos: fearful aud potent On The earth
Possessing not only he vast &c ,ources OF her
own populous and affiuent ls'and-an Island
peopIed by an enlightened and wsrklike race
Blu, to these advantages were superadGed a
match'ess wealth, and an influence on the Eu-
ropean continent which could levy and eq. D
fnl eign armies to any exten, she pleased. TIE
Otean groaped under the burden of her ship
ping, and her Tag s,reamed in triumph and Clio.
ny as far as The breezes Of Heaven could bear
the foam of the binw-so hat, whether by sea
or land, she stood proudly prs-eminent over
NATIONS. AS 10 ourselves, we had but Thin
and scattering population, and, il has been said,
sarceiy cannon or bayonei on the continent
Without arms-without ammunition-with>
out soldiers-wilhoul ally-without experit nee ,
and without m"ney-to which may add the
dreadful danger Of dscon,ent and disunion
wi'hi",-what had We, my beloved coun,rvmen,
TO off r in daring conflict with the proud aud
imposing array of The British Crown! Was it
no, like the unarmed ant defenceless lamb, IT.
lring battle TO he hungry wolf?-or the inno-