Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-04-18
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

of conveying to the world and to posteri,y
| the deep thought; and the stern purposes OF
a proud yet suffering nation. 1t contains
nothing new, for the grave spirits Of that
| Congress were too intent on their great
! work to aspire after ambitious Novelties
But embodies the eternal truths which lie
at the foundation of all free governments.
1t announces with singular holiness and
self-possession, their wrongs and their de-
termination to redress them. 1t sustains
that purpose. in a tone Of such high, and
manly and generous enthusasm; it breathes
around an atmosphere OF SO clear and fresh
an elevation, and then it concludes with
such an heroic self-devo,ion, that it is i'm
possible even at thi. distant day to hear it
without thrill to the SOUL 1t seems like
the gushing out Of an Oppressed, but still
unconquered spirit; the voice Of wounded
nation unsubdued even in its agony. They
have at last met-the genuine descendants
Of the northern pilgrims Of Penn, and Ra-
leigh--they have come from the far ex-
tremes OF climate, Of tastes, and Of man.
ners, TO this the common battle field. for
the great principles Of freedom, equally
dear to them ALL They feel untamed with
in them the adventurous spirit which first
planted their race on this desert; and they
bring to this desper rate struggle the stub.
born dcvotedness Of purpose, the unyielding
calrness Of resolution, and the impetuous
passions infused with the blood Of their an
cesfry. But the chivalry with which these
ancestors threw themselves on the ocean,
TO leave their homes and to make their
country. was even less heroic than this
proud Defiance TO the unbroken power Of
England. Their father RS came here be-
cause they would not endure the intoler
ancc they left behind, and they brought
with them the stern uncomprom;sing ten.
per which they had shared with the
reused spirit Of England during that tens
pest in which the commonwealth was es
tabished and overthrow. 1t could not
be that such men would long obey the do
mnlon Of strangers; or that having built up
their sequestered place of refuge where
they might breathe to God their vows in
their own sincere'simpcity, and here is the
sunay spot which they had hewed out Of
the wilderness beyond the reach of the cold
shade Of power, they would ever submit TO
see their harvests reapcd by the hand,
which had driven them into exile. AT the
first sg na o.! oppression, they had started
into resistance. Their early reverses on
lv hardened the temper they could not sub
due-and now, they stand so cree: in the
desperation OF their fortunes, so Young. so
lonely-yet even in that moment of danger
their voice is as firm, their dcmeanor as
lofty, as IN the earliest glow Of their pros
perity; and after reciting their wrongs in
the tone rather Of a conquerer than suppl
ant, they renounce forever the dominion
which had ceased to deserve their aIegi-
ance, AMI then raise the standard Of their
own young freedom to perish with it.
Their success had consccrated that stand
ard TO after times, and in every land where
men have struggled against oppression.
their dreams had been Of that Declaration
Of Independence which is now the magma
charta Of huna aity.-Mchozas Biddle.
Disgracefu3 Last evening two preach
ers oS Milerism or the doctrine announc-
ing the approaching dissolution Of the pre-
sentaframe Of nature, appeared at Concert
Hall, according to a notice to that effect,
and with a view Of explaining to their audi
cnce the reasons upon which their peculiar
belief was founded. Without entering into
particulars, which, as we were not there,
we cannot furnish except at second hand,
we simply add ,ha, The Milertes were boot
ed, pelted, and finally dragged down from
the stage on which they stood to harangue
the ssembly-their charts destroyed, their
persons insuIted and menaced with vio-
leDce, and the expression and discussion Of
their opinions met and silenced by lawless
and licentious outrage.-&. Louis New
Era.
0FThe Palmyra Courier of last Thurs
day, says that in the early part Of that
week, a family, consisting Of ten persons,
were all drowned in attempting to cross the
river at Quincy, on the ice. Their wagon
and team were also Iost.-St. Louis Nev
Era.
niSA Cherokee Almanac has been pub
lishcd in the Cherokee nation, in English
and Cherokee. The calculations were made
for the meridian Of Fort Gibson, and the
mechanical part of the work was executed
by Cherokee. 1t contains the names Of
the officers Of the Cherokee Government
an account Of their Temperance and
Bible societies, &c.-St. Louis New Era.
OFThe Missouri at ST. Charles, and
the upper Mississippi, are still frozen over.
Although the cold is not SO intense, there
has,as yet,been no thaw whatever, and the
earth is frozen eighteen inches to two feet
deep. The worst apprehensions in regard
to the wheat cropsare likely to be realized.
In our own neighborhood, if it does not
prove a total failure, it has in all cases
been seriously injured; and as the snow