The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-06-22

saA No FHk1rss anu nov venerable foF
hrs years. sIls the son 81 The nabls heart.
ed aad daring Prsscou. Gideon Poster,
81 Dsnser; Eaos RsynolIs. of Borlosd;
Phiness johnson. Robert Andrews. Eli.
ish Dresser. josiah elsssslsnd, Jssss
sniih. Philip Bagley, Needhsm May
nsfd. Roger Plaisled. Joseph Stephens,
Nehemiah Ponsr, and James Harvey,
who bore arms for lhsir country either
q Conenrd and Lexington. on he l9lh oI
April. or on BShker I'LL. 81 nox Gar I'd
,snesd in age. have come here to-day. "a
loak once more on The f,lJ OF the exsr,
e'se Of their vslor and 10 receive hrarty
ou'pounng Of our respeci.
They have long ou.llyed lhs troubles
and dsngers of the Resoluion; they have
outllsed The evils arising from The want
Of united and efficient Government; they
have onllised the tendency Of imminent
dangers TO the public liberty: they have
outlived nearly all their contemporaries;
bot they have not ou'llsed--lhsy como.
oullise-ihs affeciiona,e gratitude Of their
country. Heaven has no, allotted 10 this
generation an opportunity Of rendering
high services and msnlfesting slrong per-
sonal devotion such as they rendered and
manifested. and in such cause ss rous-
ed the patriotic fires Of ,htir youthful
breasts and Rerved the strength OF their
arms. But We may praise what we cans
not equal, and celebrate sctious which
we were MT born TO perform. Pul-
ehruns est tengaesrs reipuJiice. etiam
6eRedicere hand. @
The Bunker Hill Monuments finished.
Here II stands. Fortunate 10 the natural
eminence on which il is placsd--higher,
infinitely higher in iIs objecls and purpos.
es. IL rises over The land and over the ses,
and sislble, 81 their homes, TO three hue.
bred thousand citizens Of Massachusetts
II stands memorial Of the last. and mo-
nlior to the present and ell succeeding re.
peralions. Ihave spoken Of The holiness
Of iis purpose. lfIthsd been without any
other design than The creation OF work Of
art. the graniie Of which il is composed
would have slep, in its native bed. II has
a purpose. and 'ha, purpose gi,es i, cha
racIer. That purpose enrobes il with Dig
nifty and moral grandeur. Tina, well
known purpose il is which causes Us 10
look ap 10 il With feeling Of awe. lis
Itsell the orator Of this occasion; il 10 no,
from my lips, it is no, from any human
lips. that that strain Of rloquence is
Tins day to Cow most pcompe,en, TO
move and excite the vast multitudes a.
round. The to'en, speaker stands m :
tionless befnre them. L. is PLAN shat.
IL bears no inscriptions, fronting to the
rising sun, from which the future antigua.
ran shall uipe The dust. Nur does the
rising sun cause tones OF music TO issue
from i.s summit. But at the rising Of the
sun. and a, the setting OF The sun, in the
blaze of monday. and beneath the mild.
er sffuleencs Of lunar light. il looks, il
speaks, il acts, to the full comprehension
OF every American MAD. and The awaken.
ing OF glowing enthusiasm in every Anne.
rican heart. LIS sfent but aw ful u,terance;
its deep pa.hos, as il brings to our contem.
plaion the Eth Of June, IT'S. and the
consequences which have resulted to Us.
10 our country, and 10 the world from the
eveais Of that day. and which we know
must continue 70 rain influences on the des.
TIMES Of mankind To The end Of time: the
elevation with which il raises Us high a.
bove the ordinary feelings Of life, surpas.
all tina, the s,udy Of the closet. or even the
inspiration Of genius can produce. To.
day i, spesks TO Us. It's future audi,cries
will be through successive generations oil
men, as they rise up befors II, aud ga,hel
round il. itsspeerh will be Of patriotism
and courage; Of civil and religious liberty;
OF free government; of the moral improve
ment aud elevation OF mankind; and Of the
Immortal memory Of those who with be-
ro'c devotion have sacrificed their lives
for their country.
In the Older World numerous fabrics
still exist. reared by human hands. bu,
whose object has been lost in the dark
ness of ages. They are now monuments
OF nothing bu, the labor and skill which
constructed them.
The mighty pyramid itself. half bnried
in the sands oi Africa. ba. no hing I, bring
down and repor. to Us but the power oil
kings and The servilude Of The people. II
IL hal any purpose beyond that OF msu.
soleum, such purpose has persisted from
history and from tradilisn. III asked for
its moral object. its admoni,ion. its sen,i.
men,. its instruction 10 mankind, or any
high end in its erection, il is s,lent--silen,
as the millions which lie in the dust a. its
base, and in the catacombs which Surround
il. Without, just moral object, there.
fore, made known 10 man, thopgh raised
against The skies, i, exciles only consic,
ton Of power. mixed with strange wonder.
Blu. il the civilization Of the present rare
oil men, funded as il is 10 solid science.
The true knowledge of nature, and vas.
discoveries in arr. and which is stimulated
aud purified by moral sentiment and by