The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-07-18
( NUMBER 43.

was told, that for wan, Of ammunition and
other causes, the militia yielded the ground
TO the English troops, he asked # the mill
Tia of New England stood the ERE Of Ea-
gish regular troops, and being told that
they did, and reserved their own till the
enemy were within eight rods, and then
discharged il with fearful effect, he then
exc!aimed-" The liberties of tic country
are safe !" (Great cheering.)
Tho consequences, then, Of the battle ct
Bunker Hill are Just OF tie same ilnpUr.
lance as the revolution ITSELF II there ~
nothing Of ya!ue-if there is polhing wor-
thy tie regard Of mankind IA The fcvol"-
tiov iiself-lhen there Is nothing worthy
Of regard in the battle Of Bunker Hill, and
the consequences flowing from il. But II
The American revolution be an era IL the
, history Of man favorable TO human happi'
: ness--if it be an event which has marked
) the progress Of the human race from des-
potism to iberty-lt II be an event which
has shed vast influence on not only this
continent but the world--then that monu-
ment is not raised without cause-then IS
Bunker Hill not unworthy Of perpetual
memorial.
Whu men is the principle Of the Amer
lean rev luton, and Of this system Of po-
liticai government, which il has establish
ed and confirmed
I Now the truth is that the American
Revolution was not caused by any instan-
taneous adoption of ii theory OF govern
ment which had ever before entered into
the minds of men, nor the embracing the
ideas and sentiments Of liberty before al
togeth unknown. On the contrary, II was
but the development and application OF
sentiments and opinions, which had their
| origin far back in American and English
history.
The discovery of America, its colonial
ton by the several states OF Europe, the
history of the colonies from the time ct
their establishment TO the time when the
principal of them threw off their allegiance
10 the States BY which they had been
planted, constitute train of events among
the most important recorded III human an
nails. These events occupied three hum
dred years, during which whole period
knowledge made steady progress IN the
old world so that Europe herself, at the
time Of the establishment of the New Eng
land States and Virginia, had been great
" changed from that Europe which had
commenced the colonization of the conti-
nent three hundred years before. And
what is most material to my purpose IS,
that in the first Of these centurles-that is
' to say, from the discovery of America to
: the settlement of Virginia and Massachu-
0 sctts-eyents occurred especially in En-
q gland, and some parts of the continent OF
= Europe, which materially changed the
, whole condition of society. Now We
know that. after some few attempts in the
|. reign of Henry VII. to plant colonies in
!; America, no effective effort was made for
thai purpose, either by the crown, or the
subjects under lis protection, for almost
century.
Without inquring into the cause of this
long delay, It's consequences are sufficient
" clear and striking. England, in this
lapse of century, unknown to herself,
was becoming fit and competent TO colo
, uize North America, and men were train.
, ing Cor that purpose, competent TO INTRO
duce the English name and the Anglo
Saxon race into greater portion OF this
western world. The commercial spirit
; was encouraged by several laws passed in
I the reign Of Henry VII, and countenance
was given also to arts and manufactures
, in the eastern counties of England; and
! some not unimportant notifications of the
D Feuda System were effected by the pow
d ell OF breaking the cntailmen, of estates
d These, and other measures at that period,
o and other causes, produced new Glass Of
!, society, and caused it TO emerge from the
= bosom Of the Feudal System. And this
itself, on the community of Europe
). Thus was a commercial or middle class
= "a class neither barons nor great land
IS owners on the one side, nor on the
u other mere retainers of the great barons
- or the crown; but class of industry, Of
IS commerce, Of education, thus produced
b, change on the face of Europe.
V, Operative causes were arising and ouI
le land produced an effect, which, from the
n. accession of Henry VII. to the breaking
" on, of the civil wars, enabled them to en-
Of Joy much more of peace than during iht
OF controversy of the Houses of York an'
D. Lancaster. Causes of another description
ds also came into play-tho reformation G
Ok Luther broke out, kindlins up the mind
rst Of men afresh, leading to new habits
ar, thought and dissenson, and the wakin
he energies Of individuals that before wer
he wholly unknown even to themselves. Tn
IN. religious controversies of that Perio
changed the state as well as religion, an
ar, indeed it were easy to prove, if this wei
os the proper occasion, that they change
EN- tho state IN instances in which they d
nde not change the religion of the state. III
ell &; spirit of foreign commercial en'erpri'
ties and adventure followed the revival OF cor
ack merce.
ha, Sir Walter Raleigh and his Associat
cen in the settlement of Virginia, may be T