Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-07-16
Vol. 8.

| VII TIE vi uiiSS Jul poIltiCui sdUudtns tle
freemen Of America throhg from noun
tain and from valley, from every hill
and plain, and, sectional predictions
sacrificed at the shrine Of national well
fare, they are seen crowding to the
Temple OF Liberty, and burning their in
cense on the altar Of theiF common coun.
try. They meet on the rocks and shores
OF New. England; they come from the vast
valleys of the West; they start from the
verdant hills of Eastern chimes; and, bright.
ening the links in the chain Of political uni
on, they gather on the plains Of the sunny
South,
"where the eitron and olive are farest of fruit,
And the voice Of the nightingale never is mute"
The sturdy yeoman Of the North, the en-
terprislng citizen of the East, the hardy Pho
neer of the West, and the fiery son Of the
South, kneel around the same shrine, and,
forgetting in the "flow Of soul," the feel
ings which; sometimes, embitter political
legislation, their prayers are waited on
high, for the perpetuty Of those institu-
tons which guarantee happiness at home,
and the triumph OF liberal princi Piles
throughout the world. Our object is TO en-
iven a sense of the magnitude and impor-
lance of the achievements of the revolu-
tionafy patriots, and by manifestation OF
our gratitude on this occasion, 10 impress
upon the youth Of the present generation a
regard for those principles which shaped
their actions. To accomplish this, we must
revert to the records of the past, and bring
in review before US, the srfierings and vir-
tues OF the sages OF '75. A short time
since, and where the pride, the brilancy
and the beauty Of Howard are now Assem-.
bled, the smoke gently curled from the wig
wan of the Indian, and the diamond dew.
drop sparkled unseen on the leaiy gems Of
morning. Where we now behold our fields
verdant with generous crops, and our flocks
feeding on thousand hills, one dismal con-
tinuity of desert, bounded by the horizon,
was the range of the Ufus, and the hero Of
+" lion bearing" the theme Of the " touching
ballad" the ruler Of this wide domain. !
see before me the descendants Of the hardy
pioneer of the West, and no doubt it will
be gratifying to them, and instructive to
their children, to give brief history Of our
common origin. After the crusade agains,
the intidel Saracens had terminated, the
subjects Of the British isle applied them.
selves to the study Of their own govern
ment, and the redress of domestic griev.
ances. The house Of York and Lancaster
alternately maintained the ascendancy, the
Mowbrays and Plantegenets figured largely
on the stage Of action, until at last, came
on the iron despotism of the Stuarts. The
public mind was wrought up 10 state oil
ity and vitality Of the body polite, and
gradually extending the sphere of its visual
Horizon, prepared it for the comprehension
Of enlarged principles Of government
The people began to awaken from their
SAUNDERS, and encouraged by such men a:
Hampden and Sidney, they cast aside with
contempt, the long.cherished belief OF the
"Jure dlvino' rig int of sovereignty. A
few glimmerings Of light, penetrated the
pail, which lowering on the wings Of Chaos
had lsng mantled the world in darkness
Awaiting themselves of the discovery of ;
cline beyond the far Atlantic, the enduring
puritans of England submitted to volunta
~ expatriation. in order 10 en- ioy and prof
agate the principles of social freedom, anC
offer incense, on the altar Of the heart, tc
the Supreme Author of the Universe, unin
Inundated by the fulminations Of the Vati
can, or the unchanging dogmas of bigo
ted hierarchy. In solitary ship, bidding
adieu to kindred and 10 home, they left thei
.ea.girt island. Can the ken Of proph
ecy foIebode the fate of this selfexilet
band! The clouds were marshalled on tn,
: plains Of Heaven, the deep-toned organ o
eternity was pealing through the expans
Of ether, the !urid lightnings blazed in teri
fc gleamings along the surface Of the deep
the waves kissed with their briny foam tn
face of the empyrean-yet, led by the arm
of Omnipotence, they rode triumphant Of
the bosom of the seas. Beautifully an
proudly was it said, ga voice from Amer
ca shouted to liberty" Before Ccumbu
discovered this mighty continent; the spri
of the " chaniess mind" sat enthroned i
lher fortress, the freeborn watiderer on he
native mountains. Like the Goddess o
lPhyle's brow, her home was the munitio
OF rocks, and amid the stupendous palace
Of nature, she surveyed her magni6cier
d grandeur encircling her romantic abod'
b. and reveed IN its "glorious majesty.
~ The music OF her voice, rising on morning
dewy wings, scared where "angels basil
full looked" and her genius, pervading ii
universe, dropped, like Elijah from Carmel
HEIGHT, the mantle Of her inspiration on
world enslaved. Aroused from their stun
[, bers the pilgrims Of every land thronged
y, behold her spleudours, land offer oblatlons c
her altar. Accepting her invitations conve
ed in accents SO gentle, Roman would ha'
thought them intended for the Gods, OF
Il. Pilgrim Fathers, fed from political pers
ur cuiion to find refuge here. They plant'
d. colony on the stormy shores of Plymout
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