Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-07-26
The heroes Of the Revolution vindi-

thew oman's Law by mississippi Is a
bright epoch in her history and illus
trates her name with an honor, which
her disgracefuI doctrines Of Re-
probationary have furnished them they
can not entirely eface. Palsied be the
hand that would erase from the records
of the State this evidence Of her refine
ment and civilization, this act Of JUS
tice and humanity, may ignominy and
disgrace settle down upon his Union
ored name.
In conclusion will offer a sentiment
which | am sure will receive the cor
dial concurrence Of all the gentlemen
present. 1t is this:
MIR. Henry Dickinson--when his adj
miration of the female sex shall be con-
centrated on some individual object,
maybe receive that return for his gal
tartfy and worth, which he so richly
merits, and may his coming years be
fruitful in blessings.
Mr.. Charles Crusoe being then cal
led upon made the following address,;
In obedience to duty we owe our
selves, as we'll as those to whom we
are indebted for the blessings we this
day enjoy,we have assembled together
TO keep in commemoration an event
and all important, not on
ly in the annals ofour own land but in
those of the civilized world. But it
cannot be denied but that there are
many who for some time past lave
been growing somewhat Indifferent to
the celebration of this day, it was
once hailed with emotions too deep
for words. The full hearts of men
overlooked in the copious gushing
tears Of childhood and silently went
up to heaven on the wings of praise.
By their valor and with their own
blood they had once their inheritance
ofpeace and they prizedit accordingly.
They were then fresh from those great
events which we read of as cold mat
tiers Of history. The storm had pass
ed by, but the swell Of the troubled
waters rising in dark heaving ridges
yet marked its duration and its vio-
Ience. All things then wore the beau
ty of novelty and long possession had
not dulled the sense of enjoyment; the
wine of life foamed aud sparkled in its
freshly poured cup. The glittering
dews Of the morning were above and
around them, the lovely form of Iiber-
ty to US so familiar seemed to have
lighted upon this oil from the starry
courts Of heaven and men hung with
rapture of lovers upon sher imposing
glances and her animatiog smiles. But
that individual is little to be envied
who cannot disentangle this occasion
from the secondary and defusiye asso-
Citations which cling to it from its noise
and vapid traits, and ascending at once
into brighter region Of thought and
feeling recognize the full and unin-
grained force or that grand uIaniftstu-
ton Of moral power which has conse-
Grated the day. He who greets the
light ofthis morn, with no trait Of gems
erous feeling is unworthy of share in
that heritage of glory which he claims
by virtue of the blood which flows in
his degenerate veins. That man had
he lived in the day Of peril would most
surely have been found wanting to his
country in her hour Of agony and
and neither with tongue nor
purse, nor hand would he have aided
the most inspiring cause that ever ap-
pealed TO magnanimous he~rt. We
celebrate this day in obedience to that
beautiful, and ennobling principle OF hu-
man nature which so connects the pres
ent with the past, the generation that
is with the generations that have been,
and which makes the individual man
feel that his fathersgrave is holy ground,
and through the successive periods of
life binds his Heart with increasing
stings Of affection to the home Of his
childhood: we haveset apart few hours
from the thick press of every day en-
gagements and cares ofcommon life to
keep high festival Recommendation;
to call up the shades of the past, and
to gain that moral power which springs
from backward looking thoughts. We
cannot too often go back to the old
times OR dwell too fondly upon them.
We may we'll feel proud that we can
find in our own annals the most admit
rable models Of every public and pri-
vate virtue. May the loud heart Of
JOY and gratitude which on this day
breaks from the full hearts of mighty
people never cease to be heard, may
no chasm Of suiien silence interrupt
its course, no discordant notes Of Sec
tional madness mar the general har-
mony. Then shall that Eagle upon
our banner which trinmphed over so
many fields ofvictory and whose gaze
has been gladdened by the stars that
have been lighted up around him, bea-
ming with the mild lustre Of freedom,
behold no dark spot in the broad
blaze of glory in which he floats but
bear them onward to power, the ever bur
ming type Of that Union which none
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