The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-11-18

s;s,al Of the Uaiisd Stalks. delivered Al
=, ,saaesl Of the Mayar. AldfTmen and
cannon Council II tie city " BosIon.
S..,ember 81. 1896. Il Is hnble per.
frasnce. and makes q Psmphlei 81 81
/ ,,g,. large $50. We annex llF eaHelu
slng paragraphs. Johraaf Com.
This Constitution. my e"uaIsymen. Is
,hr grea, result a. the Nonh American
R.saiu.ion. This j. the giant stride IN
& he ,pofaEemeat u she coadiIion Of the
hunaa rare. consnwnaied 20 a period 81
u. Than one hundred years. or the
,;saers nj The address'o George Ill 10 the
congress OF I77i--of the signs-es u ,he
Dsel,ralion Of Independence ~ l776--0f
a, s,eneFs Of Iie AriIeles II c"niodsra.
man m 1881. and ii the sIgHgrs al dIs
1 Eed,r.l and naiiOaal Constitution 1T Co
xs,amra, under WINCH We live with IN .
,,ymsa,s never beiare allotted ~ man.
m, sus remains in me land vi the hVIRg,
The last SURVIVOR Of them all was he 10
hnaar whose memory We are here as
s.nhlei A. oaes wllh InaaTRiag and with
at. We reverse Ihs nuier al senlunenl
and rsfeeGina II the ancient PsTsisa sing
-se I,sk bafk an the eenlurv gshe by
I've I,ok m ,mad with anxious aad "a.
.er eve far one oi that iiIusir1nus hosl of
,,,r,",s aud heroes under whase guidg nre
,hr Rsvoluliun NJ American Independence
Wi. l,egun and continued AMI completed.
n We laak around IN VAN. To them this
cr.wdrd theatre. inll oi human life IN all
II, yes ~ existence. full III The glowing
exall.iina uf Youth. Of ilnr steady matU
nv II manhood. the sparkling eyes OF
bsaaGv. aud The gray hairs Of reserend
AZ all this To them j. ~ I!Ie solitude ii
~ ~ lulchre. We think Of ihIs aud say.
ssw short i. human hIe. But then, then.
~ turn back our thoughts again 10 the
.eeaes over Hhlch the falling curtain has
bal noe closed upon the drama al the
d.y. From the saddening thought that
,hey are no more. We call Cor comfort
spaa the memory Of what they Irers. and
our heau. leap Tor joy that they were
or lalheFs
". see lhem. true aad falhinl subjects
Of their soveteign. first mGenng with firm
b., respectful femonsuance the approach
Of a.urpauon Wpsn their rights. We see
thu. FEARLESS 10 IhcIr fprtrade aud cru
aArh m The righteousness ol their cause.
b,i deianee In the arm II power aud he.
clare themselves independent STATES We
SEE then wsging ior seven wears q war
Of desslsllon aud glory, ~ most unequal
contest with their own unaa,ural step.
nrher. the mistress oi the seas. I'LL IN.
der the sign manual of their Kmg theW
iadependence was acknowledged; and
las, Aai best Of all. we see them lnIIlng
IA var and in peace TO form aud perpe.
,aa,e q union. under farms II rawrn.
'nenG Instlcatcly but skilfully adjusted, -
a. IT, secure IL themselves aud their yos.
,en.y the PRICELESS blessings of Ins"paTa-
Die Liberty and law.
Their DAYS on earth are ended. and We,
their century has not passed away. Their
portion NJ the blessings which they thus
isbored to secure they have enjoved, and
transmitted u Us, their posssrliy. We
ENJOY them ~ m nherIlanca--von, not
nv our ,ails--walered. not Nv our tears
-->adltIe,ed. No, nv the shedding Of any
b''"d Of ours: ,i,r ct, Of Heaven through
their blool and achievements, but mi
without charge nj correspondent duty
incnmheni on ourselves.
AID what, INV lrirnds and fellow citi'
zeg. what IL thai duty OF our own! l.
II Ia demonstrate. To The adder's ear Of ;
k,9s beyond the Atlantic wave. and Clai,T
tom hIn the restoration u violated right
M Is IL To sever the ties at kiudTeC
aud Of blood with The people from whom
We sprung! Ia cast away the precious
name ol Butpus. aud be 10 more III,
cHantrymen Of Shakespeare aud Milton
al Newton and Locke. Of Chatham AM
Burke! Or. more and worse. is it I,
meet their countrymen in the deadly
c"atlicI df a seven years war! No. L
The last and tde greatest Of the dnlle
fulfilled by them! Is i. TO lay the fonn
dallons Of the lairest government and III
mighuest nation that ever aoaled on ID
tide Of time! No! These awful and 81
emn duties were allotted to them, an
ny 'hem they were faithfully performed
Via. then is our duty! Is il not to pre-
serve. to cherish. 10 improve the iDheri
lance which they have LEI. us. won b
Their tolls, wa,sred by their tears, sadder
I'd but fertihzed by their blood! Are "
the sons Of worthy sires, and in the on
ward march Of time have they achieve
/" the career Of human improvement. s
much only that our pos,eri.y and .heiI
may blush for the contrast between the
anexampled energies and our nerveles
lmpoIencel between their more than lie
culean labors and our inlolent repos,
No, my fellow citizens; far be from III