Southern telegraph., 1837-07-11

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list solemn cefea
duml IlWas
ous smagle fa 1aaaa
dashed lbe pasaHed c.alice IS 6rafessaa
tram ihcr lips, lie usr sIaHdE liberty Haal
like elauaa lhraHh Hhe Ianl Fhe fe.
sivo step was Haw ukea-ide hHe
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and is eRemies-aad g lsial.s laaffi lHal.
was uaw g. De nude whether & was t8 81 8
cuuntry ofircemen ur ef slaves Is uas
dark au1 -ljumy pcrid. Aa aiat5at F1a..a
soatiered over a widely cx'cnled Territory.
wlih scantT resources, surrounded IS uar
like ln1mns, and with nashna bat stout
hearts AMI good e3use toaid llsla. 8.d
now marslnlled themselves in array against
the muSt pMerIel aaliua 10 tic world. They
knew well Jhe diShearleaing disadvantages
unlcr which they labored; they iaresaw Inc
dangers al the con lest, the difficulties, The
srcr,ti,es, The privations, which thoy must
cncun;er in the conili 't---aut thcY weighed
them with the burden uf tyranny aud OPP
preston under which they were then graan-
mg, andthcir chnicc was snnn decided upnn.
"lr VIC fail tmid one If the N StiAusrinus
patriots oClhat da, ~if we r,il, it can be 40
worse for us. Blu; we shall moi fail Tho
cause Will raise up armies; the cause will
create navies. The pcaple-thc people,
tive arc true to them, will carry ms, and
will e-"ry themselves girri hlsIy tlraagh
The struggle" II know the people Of these
colonies--lud | know that resistance ta
British aggression is deop and settled in
their hearts, and c1nnot he orndicatcd.n y
II is impossible, my lolnw.cii;ens, to con
template the ferYent p1iriD'ism, the glow
ing love of liberty, the heroic sell.deYolion
which hreatllel in every word, and animal.
cd every thought and act Of the illusirioas
men of this period. without mingled emo.
tiups Of W nder, nf admiration, and graft
hde Who can callt0 his rccolcciions
heir b,,ll def nee uf danger, and their un-
hcadiag aad indamilable attachment to the
holy eaasn which il.ey bid csloased, and
n.a 5Ie ~ alTu Niili indignaiion at
he4Fl lhroh with pat
o cah remember their
80 IS efefg nrivalh,n. and
z.....|..sI..s .sasarsl "a MI .,eesini.
IS z.s's .Iesa.i5I,s. without loeIias elevated
IIs..ia nIlfilv0ftlaeir senlasnen.s9 Whoc can
caII II nsia,I lheir nnllinchin4 irnness n
every difficulty, and their patient subinis-
siBn lo every misfortune, aud not feel q ven
euiIaH for lhe almost sublime intropidity oI
their ehalaclefG When we look back 10 this
solemn aud e.0amv period Of our coIntry's
hissasy. and hehald with the eve Of fancy,
lhe olJ revolutionary Congress assembled
a Philadelphia uhen we see de bold and
doleFninAd. bnlanxiens an.l caroworn coun-
tonances a IIaneock. and Fanklin, and
Adamls: und Jefferson, and others, conlerr-
ing together upon he best measures Cor tho
welfare af their mnhappy country-when
we imagine VIC hear The impnSsioned
strains of elOqucHce that burst from their
lips, summouing the friends Of liberty to the
rescue 0f their country, IN j invoking the
aid Of Heaven with lervent soIemnity, we
are constrained 10 regard these mighty men
MS the commissioned agents IL Providence,
To achieve its own holy and glorious pur-
poses.
Europe looked on with astonishnarnt; and
the throne Of Britain treInbled with dismay.
They had smiled with doriSion at our coloni-
al Congress as an asscmblage of wild, and
visionary, and ambitious p)liticians; but
they found il composed of profound states
mon, Of able and accomplished scholars,
and Of powerful and sml stirring orators.
They sent out troops to snhdue few re-
Iractory rebels, and they found men who
could not be cOnqcred, because they loved
liberty better than life. They had expected
to find a few ambitious and mcrrenary lea
dcrS, whom god would brlLo into submis-
slon,nnd ihcy lornI men whD were willing to
sacrifice their fortunes and lhGir lives up m
lho altar Of their country. Bribo, did | say?
Daring the siege at Boston, Gen. Washington
consulted Congress on the proprioty of bonn
harding the town. While the subject was
uRdCPVDinu diScuSsiDn in C,nrrpss Mr.