The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-06-13

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cd before or since"
After desising measures for The safety
Of their new government. and Tor the Sc
CURLY Of The persons and properly Of the
citizens. and the future progress and sue |
cess Of The Wing cause IN our section Of
state, our Convention dissolved: and lie
delegates again returned 10 the ranks Of
the people. but no. 10 be idle spectators
Of the heart stirring events that were oe.
curing in our country.
Look then. my friends. 81 The glorious
deed a. we have described ii-a deed
worthy the cause Of liberty. e. the praise
and gratitude Of her friends as long - she
can find hons upon tie earth. For this
noble deed. We are assembled TO do crate.
FOL homage. not 10 an illuslrious line Of
titled nobility, not 10 The memory Of .
military despoI. whose laurels have been
dyed in the blood Of thousands. inglori-
ously slain. but 10 the patriotism. the G.
nergy, the prudence, and unyielding firm
ness Of small but fearless band Of plain
but intelligent men. who knew their
rights and dared 20 maintsin them OF
men. Who, sllUred by no promptings Of
personal agrandizemeni, and nnawed by
all The frowns Of power. took the first
bold step in the history Of our liberty So
Of men, who. unsided bur by the COM
mon sympathy flour people. and uneoun-
selled but by knowledge Of their rights,
were the precursors Of all others. in pro-
claiming themselves free from the shack.
les Of royal dominion. II was an act wor.
Thy the enduring admiration Of pos.eriiy,
deserving the noblest gifts Of the orator.
and the brightest page of the historian.
IL evinced heroism equal TO the bes,
days Of Greece or Rome. Il was un-
surpassed for iis daring boldness and NOR
al courage. do not mean that reckless
audaciiy which 10 needless Of consequent
ces, and forsees no danger. but lha, true
: for,itude which 10 seen in great exploits
that justice warrants. and that wisdom
guides. Recur, then, fellow. citizens, for
: . moment. 10 the 20sh May. l775, and
reflec, under what circumstances thai
. declaration was made. We were then Z
feeble nation, ihinly settled. in whs
} might well be termed, the wilderness o.
/ the New World. We had also domes
. tic foes 10 divide our ranks, and cripple
our resources, some from The naiura
? propensity Of men 10 uphold The forms
!, Of government under which they live
4 and others from The bsser motives OF in
!. terest, Of fear and subserviency 20 9Th
d powers thstbe." We were without mean
y or friends, excep, the cheering encourage
!. menis Of the friends of freedom. WiIhou
4 arms. except the double srmor of the jos
Il lice of our cause. Without an organizes
e and efficient government for our proiec
e lion. Without concentration OF powe
!. TO give energy 10 action. Without cred
o i, abroad, or an army at home. Yet. i
e The mids, OF all these priva,ions and oh
d stacles to success, with the gloomies
: prospects before them, little band {
n patriots assemble, in remote section G
/ the country, and hurl defiance at th
10 common enemy, dissolve all conneciio
d with government on which they ha
n been so long dependent. proclaim them
d selves free aud self governing associ;
n iion, and pledge their lives, their fortune
d and their sacred honor in defence Of ,hei
j. principles! And against whom. my cour
a irymen. was this pledge given ! Why
e against the then most powerful kingdoI
70 on the globe--sgainst q nation who's
IT proves had humbled the proudest a
= mics of Europe. whose wealth abount
IT ed in every land, whose commerce viii
IT ened every sea, whose victorious srmie
j. were spread in every quarter Of th
e world, and whose navies had won be
d the proud title Of Mistress Of the Q
e cean." To oppose such odds. was a
d, elevation Of courage. and frmness Z
10 purpose that we can scarcely realize !
v this our day Of pslmy prosperity.
), has few parallels in the annals of time
d Lsonidas and his Spartan band have no
d more deserved the applause Of mankin
;, Tor their invincible vslor against the Persl
N an hosts. than our ancestors for the no
d BILE boldness of their manifesto in beha
,t of liberty and the immu,able rights Q
}. man. 1.-THE heroes of ThermopylG hav
e gained Immortality for their desperat
II bravery against the invasion Of thei
country, by the armies Of Xerxes; equs
!. ly high in the temple Of fame shoul
10 we inscribe the names Of those VII
l. pledged their lives and their all. upon ID
4. issue with an enemy not less terrible
>. in defence not only Of their country. b.
k, Of their principles, sacred TO all mankind
n But. fellow.ci,izens, our forelssher
ID were men, no, only Of words aud pre-
E. LESSONS. They practiced what the
Of taught, and acted out what they pre-
10 fsssed. The delegates Of the 2Osh
d. May TITS. were The heroes Of many
" well.fought battlefield. Throughout ii
10 campaigns Of The South, their heroic ';
" *Ths pious. eloquent and distinguishe
- John Robinson, d. D., who himself well n
n -. H.