The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-06-01


through one of the fairest sections of New England
and spent few hours in the pleasant little town of
Concord II one of those calm, refreshing
days of the JOY Gus spring time, when the spirits of
youth and hope abroad upon the earth, and even
the rudest minds acknowledge the purifying inAu.
ences of world
So clothed with beauty for rebelious man.
IL twas the Sabbath, and hundreds were focking TO
the house OF prayer. No snowy equpage came roll
ing along-no sleepy children of lordly Incidence
were here-but the free, prosperous, and contented
sons and daughters of honorable industry, went on
their way TO their unpretending village churches.
there TO offer worship, more acceptable, we doubt
not, than ever resounded through ''ong drawn aisle
and fretted vault" where grandeur knees in all the
tnselry of pride.
The influence Of the whole scene was inexpressi-
bly, delightful. The blossoming the dark
green grass-the dazzngly white cottages-the
well cultivated farms-the smooth winding road.
at every point revealing some new landscape-tbe
fragrance OF the ar-the varied outline of the dis
tant hlls-the magnificent piles OF heecy cloud-all
lett an Impression not soon to fade away Then
there were the thronging associations iconnected
with the localities through which we passed. Our
thoughts reverted to the days of the revolutionary
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of confusion and blood thus recalled, the eye of
sense rested on the evidences of prosperity and
peace every where apparent. 1t seemed to us that
peace and liberty rejoiced together as they walked
hand-inhand among those quiet hills, and that their
solemn words OF prophecy and triumph were re-
echoed by thousand airy voices in the Wales be-
low
Concord is very pleasant village, delightfully."- sit
uated on finely cultivated plain. Here Ralph
Waldo Emerson Nathaniel Hawthorne, and other
writers of emnence reside, and give tone TO the So
cety OF the place. The mos; interesting object we
saw, was the simple monument erected on the spot
where the first blow struck against the tyrdn-
nous government OF the mother country II stands
the bank Of the Concord river, about quarter of
mile from the village 1t is an obelisk, about 30
feet high, surrounded by plain iron railing The
following is the inscription which it bears-the
touching simplicity and beauty of which we have
never seen surpassed -
HERE
nthe 10th Of April,
1875
Was made
The first forcible resistance To- British Aggression
On the opposite bank
stood the American Militia
Here stood the invading Army
And on this spot
The first OF the enemy fell
in the war oil that Revolution which gave Independence
TO these United States.
In gratitude to God
and
In the love ofFreedom, this Monument was erected,
A. ID. 1896.
The monuments approached from the public road
by wide avenue, carpc,ted with rich green sward
aud lined on each side by 1ourishing young trees,
which give good promise OF meeting over head here
after, in many fraternal embrace. This is a con-
secraied spot. Here, on the calm summers eve,
lovers breathe their VOWS and the old recall the
pi aud bless God that those glorious principles for
Wh'ch an army of martyrs in many land have bled,
nave AZ last, IN this western world, forced them
selves lno areslsess superiority, before which the
hauen.'es' Po'en'atea Of earth have been made TO
trembe.