The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-08-20

husbandman and carrying animation
life and gladness to every bosom. How
long before we shall see the germs O.
our free institutions spreading theil
heal,hful branches over every class Of
this newly settled country, and the tow.
erins sanctuaries of God reared in these
villages, as well as seminaries of learn.
ing, where truth and virtuous principles
will be disseminated and intelligence
aud refinement be the glorious results
TO this happy people.
But fellow citizens, reverse this pic
tire! Let ignorance with all its sad con
comitants enter this community, this lane
ofliberty; and where shall we look for the
strong hold of our free institutions, ant
let them be demolished, and where is ou
liberty! Upon these glorious institution.
we stand or fall! Like cherubim o
mercy they are placed over our republic
to frown down with wrath upon all tina
would invade the sanctuary Of her inalien
able rights.
Let ignorance have her uncontrolled
sway, witt, all her attendant evils, ane
with the bosom of destruction she would
deluge these plains in blood, and the
length and breadth OF onr continent would
groan in sadness at approaching dissolu.
tion!!
The glorious fabric, that has braved
the storms and tempests of past genera
'ions, would begin to tremble at its base
and the last expiring echoes of liberty be
family heard upon transatlantic shores.
These were the doctrines of our faith.
ers, and these are the doctrines that are
moving the nations of the earth: it is a
truth that springs up from the test of ages
past, and cannot be denied; we should
cherish it then as the sheet anchor of our
Union; for when we as nation fall into
ignorance and abandon our free institu-
lions, it will be said of us. as of the i'm
perial King of Babylon, God hath num-
bered the kingdom and finished it.
Cherish then these principles, my fell
low citizens. as you value the prosperity
and honor of your country; it is the only
way to promote the welfare and save the
purity of our republican government.
Happy for us this day these principles,
like SO many vines Of gold pervade our
institutions throughout the land! 1t is for
these heavenly principles, that we are
this day permitted TO assemble, and cele-
brate our National Jubilee.
Rest not satisfied that our Liberties
are won. and our rights apparently Sc
cure; with a belief that our government
is managed in justice without your aid :;
but walch its revolving wheels, lest una
wares you are encircled in the :rms Of
despotism.
You that have been Pioneers to this
beautiful land, be not cast down nor dis
heartened! those days of peril and adven-
ture are nearly gone; those daeary hours
in which you first planted your homes,
are remembered only with mingled sad
Ness and surprise; but better days will yet
arise and not only you but your children
will reap the reward Of your toll and suf.
ferings.
With this view of our country, fellow
citizens, what have we to look for, but
peace and plenty.
As a government. we stand in the his
tory of nations, as country we are unri-
vailed in our resources; and as a people
in our condition. With watch
fulness and care over our free republic,
We may stand, and the floods and storms
of despotism, may beat against her ram
parts with redoubled fury, yet her bull
warks can never be shaken, and he who
inhabits the frailest cottage, as we'll as
him who dwells in the most costly edi-
flee; the proudest as well as the most
humble citizen-they who enjoy the lux /,
nries and reinements of wealth, and they
who labor on the confines of civilization, (,
IAN now rejoice with us; and the same
glad notes of Jubilee, be heard from the
lakes on the north, to the waves of the
Gulf of Mexico on the South, and ere
long from the Atlantic on the east, the
same great Anthem of Liberty will be
sung upon the Rocky Mountains top, and
'e.echo along the shores of the Pacific
Ocean.
The BIBLE.-We do not know where :
here is SO good a description ofthe Bible,
N SO small a compass, as is to be found in =;
he article below from the Hartford Cou-
rier:
A nation must be truly blessed, if it (
were governed by no other laws than :
those Of this blessed book: it is so COM
plete system that nothing can be added ,
to or taken from it; it contains every ,
thing needful to be known or done; it af- I
fords copy for a king and rule for a
subject; 1t gives instruction and council ,
TO the Senate, authority and direction to .
a magistrates; it cautions witness, re-
Quires an impartial verdict of iurv. and