Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-07-14
am gentIemrn, very respectfully
II. M. GARLAND

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ioOr obedltni servant,
II. NJ. GARLAND
10 the member fhe Committee
ofMe needing olthe An Of IN.
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ADDRESS.
| My counirylen aud FELLOW Citizens - mus
| IN the oulset bespeak your Kind indulgence iol
the very meagfe aud unsatisiactory maanet
| in which am we'll aware, the duties ASK gned
10 me upon this occasion, must, VI Necessity
be performed.
| Not knowing, until within a day or two past
that he celebration OF this day would ccIiain.
ly take place here, and TINT Il WAS required OF
the TO deliver an Address, appear before you
elmos, totally uuprepared TO do Justice to my 10
self 10 you, or to the occasion which has
brought US together. Resolved, however, thu,
you shall aoi be subjected 10 entire disappoint-
meat, IN II desire at oaee 80 reasonable and pa
tnotie, have, within thu compass OF the las,
lew hours, thrown together some hasiy rad
undlgesed Thoughts, with n hope that they
may not prove altogether unacceptable 10 you,
aud tina IL ihoy fad u instruct, they may serve
20 amuse.
am not aware, that there 10 q community Of
people on earth, assuming tho character OF
Autton, who do not. in some form or other, 70.
cogniZe the rites OF celebration Ia oommemo
/
or religious aonal,. And In ths more civil ,od
naIiOns, they are Of more frequent occurrence.
Thy have existed throughout all time, from
the patrisrchaI ages dowDward, to tho pissenI
day--and thereby acquired IA consistency OF
character too strongly marked 10 be looked up
on with difference.
Among Christians, there Is the Feast OF The
Birth, CTucih zion aud Ascension OF ChIiS,
aud the Sacrament ~ the Lords Supper. A.
l.. u.
of Unleayened Bead aud ibe Days VI Peniu-
cost Among Mahomednns, there !. the Feast
Of the iIrgyra, OF n,ghi Of Mahomrt. Add
among Pagans and Idolslers, just as many
Frasls az they can form conceptions oil God -
be him mortal or Immortal tangible or intan-
g,ble. These have been respectively adopted
M reIis ious rules, and celebrated with soemn
devotion.
Among notions ia Their social cbaraote
we ms, reco ut the great variety OF Fea,ts--
some eIInet, and some fttalntd--of the IN,
the coronation, or triumph Of august Mon-
aIchs OF Princes, who, III some disastrous bat
tie, may have cl0ven down the rights aud lib
efliea of mill!ons Of Tue human tsce--aud Ie-
daced their species to degradation aud misery q.
These are tue teasg Of Kings Or W. may
reverse the picture, aud recount the festivals
Of The Ri ,htS If Nun Such as thai orjalned
10 conmemmufa,e tho ever ino,abe event
OF Runnymeade Oh the An OF July. 1915, when
our Ango-oaIOn Ancestors, win swords ~
their hands, aud more than mortal courage ~
their hearts, wres ed from the damaged Bjug
John aud hs bigotfrd Barons, The gteqt
CadTiet IF British Liberty. But tou' was fe'
se,vrd the greater riunph OF laying 'he ira.
,ocner stone Of Ae Isaapic Of Human L.6cr'
U!
II wa, upon this same memorable 4tb OF
LII Ia, tlaf
i" Bone 0f0W Bone aud" Fie,h Of our Flesh,
our noDle faibers-dIss"lyeJ The slav 81
infatualion by which the human race had
been spetl-b0uHd--and proclaimed 10 the
world tue mighty truth that mankind OF very
right, should be (ree, ani were entitled 10 sell
government III was upon that very day those
God-like men veDturel upon tho unequal anu
hazardous attempt OF dissovDg tae ties that
united them TO Il foreign YOKE ; aud declaring
10 the nations OF the earth, that these U. , tates
--tlen Colonies ot the BIiiish government.
were. ana OF rlgut should be free aud indePer
dent S!q;eS aud 10 that eud pledged ihrm-
selves each 10 the Other --taen iues. Their Jor
tunes, anil Mep sacred honor conGding
IA the justice OF Heaven aud the purity OF their
cause, had appealed TO the God Of Battles, aud
=" The might thai stum6ers IN a peasants arm,
50 TO speed their cause as they mighi he found
10 DO faithful to me end. Aud iuli we'll diI
hey redeem their pledge, an seal IL with Their
blood. Thus, my Fellaw Citizens, has tins
day been cons Grated, aud hailed by ia, as the
Feast Of Freedom.
But, nay Fellow Citizens the spiri' engen-
deTed by The occasion vi our successful slrhg-
Gle Tor Independence was not suie'eito sirah-
ee Oh tie sol thai gave II birth. France. just
w approaching the tull force ot our exampie
made d vigorous effort snonlJ alter the close
OF our Revolution I'm which she partcipaied)
70 prof by il--She, too, soon rid he'seii OF
the miserable pageant OF crowned hsads.-5u
unfortupate France TOO soon found herself To-
tally unfit, in The habits, tenpers and dispo.
sllions of The people, TO sustain herself in the
mighty ea,erPrips--S.c fviled 20 secure h,r