Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-07-21

had Gag been seated III gooulN fti"o N'''"N -.
walls ot tie jnQustiou, issuing lAr'e n'Ahla'GS "
destruction in pcohustion OF tlat religion whose
hr>t principles are mercy. To sweep away these
nox5us vanaurs OF deSpjuSm; TO dlspel the tn'aSma
wb.ch WIS schcuing the body polite, sad 70 purify
the political atmosphere, was not the peaceful ana /
silent operation OF dav. The verbal breeze OF
the summers uoan-udc sun could not eieet II
The Slgr and the Soplyst might reason on tue nS-
ure of the disease and sugEcst their remedies eHl
they proved Intellectual The inti>ion knife and
the cau,tc were necessary n eradicate tie maady
which was whitening and dccayug the tree 81 IL
berty-the storm, the hurricane, the winter b@SI
was necessary. The storm had been long lower
inr IN the political horizon; the rumhlNg vi the DIS
tant thunder hal been heard by the sentinel ON the
watchtower ot hberty-but the volcano lsG bccn
smothcTcd--i, was now to break lorth-the ball OF
revolution was put IN mouou--thc mandate had
gone inrth--the oacular voice ct Thomas Jeier-
son had been heard TO declare that all mcn were
born free and tuuat--the name oi liberty had been
heard ths saIua had rOvarbogetsa trnn MatAe to
TO Georgia.
Ii II not Tor me To attempt describing the storm
that immediately followed the declaration ot nde-
pendence. The faithful voice Of history has len but
httc 10 the pen OF the euloS>t. The toll and trout
bic which Immediately succeeded the declaration
the fiery ordeal that showed of what materials the
! souls Of men were composed 1t called into being
and active eXtrtun all the latent energies of the soul.
| 1t is truly consoIng reflection 20 the human mind
that the civil convu>ons by which empires are de.
vaSaed, call forth deeds, udn,s and sentiments that
cast gjlded halo over the pages OF history. The
| gloomy pictures OF the bloody hattc-heIls lose bali
, their horror when connected with such names as
WASHINGTON and Marion,
In ordinary times and on ordinary occasions, all
men appear equal or nearly su, Iii only N tunes of
revolution, that hrrn stars arise and irrad1tc the
beprblel henispbtrc IS The Coils in mercy work
un storms around Them 10 rive them scolio to show
Lthose virtues which lac concealed and ,hu1 lie aF "
poytc-tywI scarcely beieye ths etory ortLe ach,o,
menis 10 which the declaration rave birth. they
will ook upon them as The tirtitIeu4 tuycntinns Of
the poet or the novelist. Vet this is tie time when
All that 4. noble. eencre,s chiyarous and devoted
to HISTORY was achieved This IS tho fine which
tri,d mems soulsn When tbc 6nture historian SINH
transmit the story Of our rcyoutinn IN those Of COM
,nc tines when me tells If die conlitiou ot the A.
mcrican army. yhco he describes a few raw and
ineynerirncel militia. wjthnnt arms. without the
munitions of war whnut clothing and allen with
ont k-e,dp,bcn h, ten5 thrn th,i his army uirht
have been tracked by the blood shed from their ma
kcd feet when lraversinr the bleak barren and lev
| hills Of New Enyand-when he tells them Of the
smoking cottage, the bleeding victim and the hope
+-s,l,snalr of the American solicr--Nhen tn ellg
| tbcy, hot = n
iio 6. da,, ona t,,r ~ -, XIX - - '','
nrn,oc, IA tat,I , '''as ",e :"
when he ,.oSs ~, \, ,oIl ,,o5, a., Wa.l;o
,i,L 80 W. ~, ~ '0,' "l''i VIZ w "''''''R,'
tie fields of liberty thrv ,c,n Io,h unon ,I,c s,n,,
with more incredibly than the modern scholar looks
| upon the fabulous tales of the lahors of Uerrules-
when he turns their attention from hcer +, tlc pon
dion oftbc British army. nrona hon,btv. and ,.ro.
giant, well skilled armed and onoinns1 f,r ths ~
! c-Geid flushed with success and confident Of yie,o.
ry; when he tells thcntliS hlood C,e ,ae rh.prGly
confronted; that MI tbpsc rriynt,a zero r,iionll,
endured and al these dancers GaressIy resisted Nv
the American solder for no other motive but tic
love of liberty. he viii mango and reaect unaLo n
conceive Of the tone of heroic feeling (which GIcd
W soldiers bosom and mpcllrd him 10 action"
The Revolutions of every country begin autSGes
uy gn' 70 me .T,onhcncemeht Of open hostility aud
o"ls .s NC S', Soa' voice IS progressing on
n''" ','" le ,'fe ~ rt'oIHatoe caichng nom one
t..5. y 'o",' "nu' II reaches mat point Nefe
p5o1o' ''ipc I'o'' oc uSep 10 continue us l0t'hcr
IT, ~ W. n'aIch onward ieahho' DC s'oPpci
Se,''','' u'to''leS as prevalent ana an e'Fau-
~ n1 ''N no,pleie ""leh Hoa@ over uo hlS,
'V'''' t'o'S i',a on we press or on NE freedom OF
@ptcch ~ we depot are as Intellectual rs II be were
~ ISSUE ~" had edct loF the suppression Of the au-
W " past AS wen mght The crowned heads of
h''oPe 't'et'P 70 stop me operations by which the
moIn - eoErLneq' Or WIN The PRIDE OF al Eastern
Doso' command l9e sea, excited by the boIstcfoos
Ia'si o'9nu s'"1 80 - SoP e progress OF the
~, ''V'",'0"
=, NnGN BODY Of men take up arms IN defence Of
thclr liberties, they must inevitably prove victorious
lheFe IS not an instance recorded on the pages o
history, "Hefe bahd Of ircenen c0ntcndlng for their
just rlghls not eventually proved victorious Look
no" Intellectual was the innnmerablc host Of Xorxes
when conlendnH against the Laeedemonlan. De-
tefmed to be ree, the battle is not always to the
strong nor the race to the swift" There IS JUL
tod n heaven that nights the battles OF tho yrtu-
Gus. 10" elegantly true the language Of the ui-
mortal bard Of Avon:
"Tbrice armed is he who bath lis quarrel lust,
And he but naked though locked UP in stee