The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-07-18


himself and his country; he shares the responsibility
of his leader he feels though the ark of the
nant of the palladium of liberty entrusted to his
own peculiar care, and the virtue of his insp
\ ring him with confidence, and freedom neryng his
arm, he fearlessly exclaims,
"what are fifty, what a thousand slaves,
Matched with the sinews of single arm
That strikes for liberty?
That strikes to his fields from fire,
HIS couch from lust his daughters from pollution
And his large honors from eternal infamy % /,
Citizen soldiers, your country looks to you the
buwark of her safety, confidently expecting to find
YOU ever ready to obey her summons-to emulate the
deeds of your ancestors and to prove that you
the degenerate of noble sres and, that in the
day of trial, victory may lead in your van, and
the smiles Of the fair, the most acceptable boon to the
brave, may be the reward of your services, the
sincere wish of him who has the honor of addressing
\ vou on this occasion.
In conclusion let pay heartfelt but hasty trb-
ate to the names of the mighty spirits of other times
of the sages patriots and heroes of the revolution,
] how few yet remain with us They nearly all have
gone down to the cold and silent tomb-but gratitude
FOR their services-eseem for their worth and venera-
\ ion for their memory, will wear an everlasting
geen" in the hearts of their descendants, and their
country constitutes their proud and lasting monument
ITO the few survivors-the remnant of bye gone
1age, the connecting link between departed race of
heroes and its posterityet that honor be given and
that homage paid, which freemen best know how to
render.
Fellow citizens, all the blessings of which we are
lin possession, have grown out of that declaration of
rights which fathers made this day So years since,
|and to celebrate which we are now assembled that
declaration which they pledged their lives, their for
tunes and their sacred honor,' to maintain. Do you
Task how have they redeemed that pledge? Let the
privileges you enjoy and the liberal institutions under
which you live, answer. Let the present happy and
prosperous condition of your country, and the still
brighter destiny which awaits it, answer ;-let your
national character abroad and the lofty and conspcu-
ous station you hold among the nations of the EARTH
answer and above all, let the few surviving heroes of
he revolution step forward and tell you of their suf-
erngs and prvations of the tolls and dangers which
they endured and of the treasure they spent and the
blood they shed in the redemption of that pedge--let
them but speak out and every of you will fall on
his knees and return thanks to God, for the nestna-
BILE comforts he enjoys you win also bind yourselves
TO each other and to your country, by the same sol
emn pledge, to preserve unsullied the rich legacy
which has descended to you, and, at the close of
your earthly bequeath it to your offspring as
the most glorious inheritance which you can leave
them, and let of the latest aspirations which you
may send up to the throne of grace, be for the liberty
Of your country" este perpetaa I"