The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1840-07-03
From the Boston Post.
BUNKER HILL BATTLE.

events OF the seventeenth Of June, IT'S,
The anniversary Of which to day is go
appropriately to be celebrated. Mara
then and Thermopyle, and such ae
these, are world-renowned battle fields,
where liberty struggled nobly against
oppression where patriot bands, whose
life blood ~elled forth so freely, perform
ed deeds that will be hallowed by ge.
MUS through ell time, IN history, elo.
quence, and undying song. Its splendid
panorama moves before The minds eve
in awful sublimity: it presents in one
grand picture all that can inspire the
soul or touch the heart. There not on.
ly was The same Liberty that infused its
god-llke energies into the heroes of
Greciau or Roman story, but there, also
as il were, was poslerity assembled TO
pronounce lie judgment-there we're all
the objects for the preservation Of " hich
man can be nerved to strive the hardest.
wives, children, kindred, friends. They
crowned every house Top, every altar
spire, every surrounding eminence for
the sunrise guns ofthe Lively frigate,
when day light revealed the works Of
the daring provincials 10 the astonish-
ed eyes Of the British, warned the
neighboring population that the curtain
Of the great drama Of the revolution was
then to be raised. And thus the green
hills that enCircled the pa,rio. soldiers,
as in an amphltheatre, echoed their
shouts triumph, or freely shared their
wounds.
And what scenes met the anxious
gaze Of that vast concourse Of specta>
tors The rolling smoke. issuing from
the ships and batteries; the hurried
march ofbaltaions preparing for the
contest F.; the brilliant array Of polished
musketry, and shining cannon, and splen
did uniform; the fleets Of boats moving
over the calm waters to the fated shores;
the imposing columns Of British infantry
advancing up the hill to the attack; the
temple Of sacrifice! Of which the burning
town was the base, and the sheeted
flames, as they curled around the lofiv
church steeple, the pinnacle, and where.
in th6Toar Of cal.non and the shrieks Of
the dying we're the funeral dirge; the
eightrod square redoubt, where Prescott,
in his hunting shirt, waved his sword in
triumph; the breast-work where Warren
fought, with more than a hero's bravery;
the memorable rail fence, where Knowl,
ton aud Putnam pointed their MURDER
Gus weapons; the astonished, broken,
twice -repulsed troops Of Britain, flying
even to the water side; the rally, under
the gallant Clinton; and then, with their
heavy accoutrements laid aside, aud
: with the bayonet for their reliance, with
their pride humbled, but their courage
still undaunted, their last cool attack
over the bodies Of their fallen country
men-the storming Of the redoubt-
the slow retreat Of the provincials-and
the faint shouts Of the conquerors fol
their dear bought victory; and then the
dying away of the guns, one by one, as
if they themselves were conscious thai
enough, yea more than enough, Of hu-
man blood had that day been poured out
=, as the required Hbation TO freedom
! Succeeding these, too, what scenes o.
] heart rendIng angush-what tears o
, the widow, what cries Of The orphans
The throbbings Of all that immense mu
,itude no pen can painl-no tongue cal
, describe.
D Wonderful, indeed, were the event!
? of that day. 1t took centuries TO btlnl
j it to pass. He who would ascribe it 4
I, accident, thinks but little ofthe change
of time or Of the progress Of liberty
Our whole colonial history was ils pre-
8 lude. The landing Of the Pilgrims O
8 Plymouth speaks Of its coming; eacl
t years progress in wealth. in intelli
Q gence, in the knowledge Of their rights
}, on the part of the colonists, hastene'
= it's approach. The far seeing. who ar,
= permitted to live in advance Of their age
to stand as il were ION mental promon
tories" and see far down in the future -
predicted that the day Of strife must 500
If or or later come; that American princi
n Piles must be baptized in American bloc
:. and on American soil. High time is
n that The notion that Patrick Henry Sc
J. in motion the "Ball of the Revolution,
or that james Otis gave the "birth I
Q American Independence should
n done away. 1t was the constant, uuer
II tng working Of great principles that en-
il sured political freedom to the colonies
l. and the Revolution may be considere
but as step Of our nation from yOuI
IL to manhood.
o But though our colonial history Wa
M the time Of preparation, yet the comba
ants, on our side, were but i'll prepare
4 for the task. The British knew but Ii
10 lie of the character of their opponent