The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-09-24
BUNKER HILL CELEBRATIONS

me great meeting Al Bsnker Hill. IN
Oha'is'sown. Mass. look place sgseeably
70 hoiiee. The numbers presen, ger.
sar'ously estimated u from 50 70 Is, 600.
The procession vas one hour and forty.
eight minutes a quick march in psssin,
The City Hall. There were men in !,
IRON almost every psn Of The Union.
This mighty sssenblsgs having been
called 70 order. The Hon. Daniel webster
appeared, addressed the people. and read
The following:
Bunker Hail Declaration.
September no. Isfo.
When men pause from their ordin.rv
occupations. and assemble in erea, mum.
ben. proper respect Tor The JUDGMENT
Of The country. and Of The age. requires
that they shOuld clearly SCI forth The
grave causes which have brought them
iagsshes. and The purposes which they
seek 20 promote.
Feeling the force OF This obligation.
more Than hfy thousand OF the free
electors Of ths New England States.
honored also BY the presence Of like free
eleeiors from nearly every other State in
lhe Union. having assembled on Bunker
Hill. on this IGsh day Of September. 1870.
proceed 10 SET forth DECLARATION
ofil,eir principles. and OF lhe occasion and
objects OF their meeting.
10 ihe firsi place. we declare our unsl-
ierable attachment 70 that Public Liberty,
the purchase Of 90 much blood and ires-
sure, in the acquisition Of ~hich The held
wherein We stand. obtsined early and
imperishsbls renown. Bunker Hill 10
no. spot on which We shall forget the
principles Of our Fathers, or suffer anv
thing 10 queneh within our own bosoms
The lore Of freedom which We have Inherit
ed from them.
In The ner, place. we declare our warm
and hearty devotion 10 ihe Constitution OF
The country. and TO ,,hs, Union Of the
states which has happily eemenled. and
60 long and so prosperously preserved.
We call ourselves By no local names, ne
recognize no geographical divisions. while
ne give uliersnce 10 our sentiments on
high constitutional and political subjects.
We are Americans. citizens of The United
States, knowing no other country. and
desiring 10 be distinguished BY no ether
sppellstion. We believe The Consiiiu-
,iop. while administered wisely and in
its proper spirit. 20 be capable Of protect
ing all parts OF the country, securing al
interests. perpeiuaiing National Brother
hood among all the States. We believe
thai 70 fomsni local iealousies, 10 aiiemp,
10 prove the existence OF opposite Interests
between one part Of the country and
smother. and thus 10 disseminate feelings
Of dislrusl and alienation. while il 10 in
conlem ptunus disregard Of The counsels
Of The grea, Father Of his country. 10 but
one lorm in which irregular ambition.
destitute Of al true patriotism, and love
Of power, reckless OF the means Of It's
eradication. exhibit their unsubdued and
burning desire.
We believe. too, tina, party spirit, how.
ever natural or unavoidable il may be. in
free Republics, yet when il gsins such
an sscendency in mems minds. as leads
them 10 substitute party for country. 10
seek no ends but party ends. no appro-
baton but party appreciation, and TO fear
no reproach or con,umtly, so that there
be no party dissatisfaction. not only alloys
the true enjoymen,s Of such institutions,
but weakens, every day, the foundations
on which they stand.
We are in favor OF the liberty ofspeech
and Of the press; we are friends TO Tree
discussion; we espouse the cause Of popu
lar education, we beliesein mans capacity
for self government; we desire TO see the
frees, and wides, dissemination OF know
ledge, and Of truth; and We believe. espe-
cislIy, in she benign influence Of religious
feeling, and moral instruction. on The
social as well as on the individual hap
piness of man.
Holding these general sentiments and
oo;nions, we have come together TO de-
clare, that under The present sdm'nis'ra'
lion of The General Government. q course
Of measures has been adopted aud pursu
ed, in our judgments disastrous to th'
hes, interests of The country, threatening
he accumulation Of still greater evils
utterly hostile 10 the true spirit OF th'
Constitution and to the principles OF civil
liberty, and calling upon all men oil homes
purpose, disin,eres,ed patriotism, and On
biased intelligence, to put forth the'
utmost constitutional efforts in order 4
effect a change.
Gen. Andrew Jackson was elected Pre-
s;jen, OF the United States. and took tn
oa,hs aud his seat, on the 4th OF March
1929; and we readily admit. that undo
his administration, certain portions Of ID
publ,c affairs we're conducted with ability
Bu, We have 10 lament, tina. he was %
proof against ihe institutions AND lnii'
ences of evil councillors. or PerhaE
against his own passions, when move
and excited. Hence, in one most impor
an, branch Of the public interest. 10 w
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