The Yazoo City Whig and political register., 1840-07-03
Eoural, of July.

si4tg.iouf year pgoslo-moffoW Mutton
was born. sixlg.sour years aso ihs great
blow ior human liberty Wi lrueh and lor
siSty-lour years iha vass improvement in
civil government has boen faily sustained
What iheme for contemplation Is pre.
senled lo he philosopher and tie patriot ID
the last years ot American history.
What change has been wrought II tho
minds of men upon ne subject of human
government. It's now for The frst time N
The worlds history demonstrated, that aristo.
cracy, ID any form o. allape, i not neccssa-
u FOR lhe safely ol welfare Of 1 civilized
people We have shown q the world what
was never proven before. that EouA1try Or
RI0HTs IS the strongest and safest tie to bind
people and Z government together. We
have shown 70 The world That y1RTUE and
rSTELIroEacE are the only necessary quaIi-
fcations % prepare a people Cor self govern
ment We have shown the world thatiOr .
people to be free and Independent IS 10 be
and happy Republication Is
no longer an experiment. Il has contingen.
cies, but as question ia the science of go-
vernmentit II is settled.
And to-mouow's sun viii usher in The
great SARaATH or LIBERTY. Let every
man feel glad and rejoice in.his heart. Let
him feel deyout and thankful 10 the great
Ruler Of oil Things, that the nations jubilee
has again returned. Let graduation and
good greeting pass round: and let the mind
go back sixiy-four years, and contemplate
that council Of great and good and brave
men. who, amidst the frowns Of kings and
the menaces Of subjects, DECLARED, in the
name of the Great God and the good peo-l
pie, that NATION SHOULD BE FREE. Be-
hold fifty-six men, VINO were called rebels,
deliberaling upon the destiuies Of mankind.
The greatly interesting question Of freedom
or slavery to the American people, was then
TO be decided; and in its decision was in
vOlved the life and being of the unaedged
spirit of RepubIicanism, tender and youth
ful. And over The sage council hovered the
Genius Of Liberty, whispering encourage
ment and consolation 10 the sages below.
They saw the old spirit of despotism deter
mined 70 tyrannise over them and their feI-
low men, and they determined, in the face
Of life OF dealh that il SHOULD NOT me-
And they swors il upon the altar Of the un-
alienable rights Of man, that Civil Liberty
should be established in the world-AND IT
WAS so.
And shall the sons Of these sires aposta-
tise from the faith and forget those seasons
Of trial and dangerg Shall they cease TO re-
Vere the memory Of those men, and cele-
brate their great achievement, in annual
hallelgjahs on the return of each anniversary
of the nations birth? They viii not As
long as the memory Of man shall last--as.
long as succession shall be known to the
present race, the FOURTH or jury, at each
temperance in the revolutions Of time,
shall be noted and celebrated by all who
love Liberty for the sake Of herself, as the
great Sabbatical jubilee Of national and in-
digidual Freedom.
But LET your rejoicings be in moderation.
Let your mifth be mingled with sober re-
minicences of the past Remember the
price that was paid for the great national
charter, and the seal that sealed the sacred
parchment. We are the sons Of the fathers.
Of sEyENrv-srx and If the Spirits Of the
venerated dead yet linger around the tene-
mants of clay, let q report go upward 10 their
paradistical abodes, that their earthly names
are yet nnsuIlied, that their patriotism still
bears itself down the lineal decent ofyears;
and let a confidence be Teposed in the
world Of spirits and the world Of men, that
the great institution Of human independence
and equal rights IS safe n our hands.
General Convention Of the wings
0f tie neD States al NaskvilIe on the bird
Monday IN .4ugust merit.
A General Convention of the Whigsof the
.snew thffteen' will be held as above. Ex-
Iensive propositions will be made for gath
pring of the people from the Sea-shore to
The Lakes. The men who work viii be
there; the men who vote viii Be there; the
the axemen, the hamermen will
be there: the men who are interested IN the
country and desire ..the greatest good to
Iha 0reafest nf1hnher,, will ba fhare. THE