The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-07-19


lshed clergy bot whose hearts were plov,e
WIN we love Of liberty, preferred rather 10 on
,vpo'ef lhe ruthless savage and brave tho In
nv".ne totthefios oi his seapDp knife an,
V1ns"aWh, than taoitly yiolj their dcafca
/. 'R"s 70 increasing csactous. and bow ibei
. nees 70 the ibsiduous yoke " slavery Tb,
!. ea"v pP'flt arose IN other nations producini
sHhaf effects, and thousands Of their most on
'fi,o'P,'snr ana negnnnilnous souls with thei
= ,an'lies ned ffom gpominy, shame and dealt
D W 'n's once forest atsylum Of peace. The satin,
oPP' ossiofs existed IN France. hut still NOR,
0 appalling, The bloody scourgo II her pious lIu
I gonots are familiar 10 every historical reader.
Yea even at this distant period can fancy tina,
! almost hear the death knell OF lolIing bells or
d. Barlholomews night, telling TO Tho world
mat The time had arrived for the butcbery al
twenty thousand christian martyrs, who differ.
90 10 opinion ~ refcrouce 10 the hellish dopmas
ned 10 by the proud and arrogant of the land.
ict tins sea OF blood quenched not their zeal.
ihey pefsevered through the tempest Of tortue
upon every hand. They regarded rot their
property being confscated aud their temples
burned to dust. They dsdained the scoufpes
OF themselves, wives and children, until the
great high Priest who never fails to conduct
The battles OF the just, opened 10 their lingering
visions requiem in the bosom of America,
lii'her to the desert wds they fled with their
IamIiies, and our country soon smiled under
TINS happy influence and by them received great
accession on thus day, that we as freemen com.
memorate. And who shall now say that The
pecpling OF this country with the best and bra.
vest OF souls was the mere results of chance
NO one, fellow citizens. But we are all forced
to believe that the same God who permitted
Pharaoh to cypress Israel, for season that she
might thereby be delivered ont Of Egyptian
bondage and become the oracle through whom
God mghe reveal his law, permitted the old
dominion to Cypress the best OF its population to
people this, that here upon pure soil the temple
OF liberty might be reared and the doctrines of
the cross preach in all their simplicity and pu-
rity Nor has this guardian Influence, which
led them through so many pCris and difficulties,
deserted 1t. 1t still shields them and their coun.
try by its protecting aegs. The sou ID of the
axe Is now heard along our hills and vallies;
the dense forest has fallen beneath its stroke;
immense Summaries of erudilion are now sen.
ding their spires to The armament, in alteration
OF that g ID who preserves them from dllapoda.
ton; and the gloom of of the wilderness has Civ.
en- place to the gayeties and Improvements of
civilization and peace and happiness. The off,
spring of freedom now recine upon the lap of
our country fellow citizens, our country was
prosperous, and growing wealthy when England
hrst viewed US with an eye of lust and avarice;
and in order 10 pamper the extravaganza and
of her lords and puns, who had
already sucked out the very life blood of their
own country, system of odious and unjust tax.
alton was set on foot, violating egregiously the
rights of The colonies, taking from
them even the rights of British subjects and |
subjugatng them TO more servie vassalsge
han the degraded serfs of her own polluted soil.
An'accumulated burst of Indignation agitated
The breasts of the dauntless coonists as this
unparalleled scheme ofinjustice was developed
still no passionate outbreaking of violence was
suffered to tarnish the justice of their cause;
but like men conscious of their right and resol-
we'd at all hazards to mania ain them, calmly de.
termined with unexampled composure to ex.
haust every pacific means of accommodation
before appealing to the last dreadful resort.
And tc this end they petitoned, they supplica.
ted and mp ored the throne for its interpositon
10 arrest The hands of the tyrrannical parlia.
ment. Their petitions were sighted, their sup.
plicailons disregarded, and they were spurned
from the foot ofthe throne. Such unholy ex
actions, insults, anG indignites continually prac.
tised, eradcated the last spark of flial affection
and converted their devoted allegiance into the
most confirmed antpathy. And they resolved
instanter to throw off the calling yoke of op.
which caused this declaration, this
guarantee of our rights TO be published and held
forth to the world; in which they pledged to
each other their lives, their fortunes and their
sacred honor to maintain Their freedom.
The restless and animated spirit which per-
vades the breasts of freemen IN the celebration
of this day, would not justify me on such an
occasion in sketching before them fully the
scenes that followed.
The thunderings of war which in thick and
maddened clouds gathered upon our coast and
hurled it's ghtnings IN desolating vengeance
upon our land, still fingers in the memory of iv.
ing witnesses. The deep impress Of its hurri.
cane track is still to be seen upon the plains of
Yorktown, Saratoga and Trenton. The sacri-
flee of life, the patriot blood which was shed as
free as gushing torrent to maintain the rights
OF freemen, still constitute daily topics nara
ton, that command the listening ear and the |
eve to gisten with sympathetic and phllanthro.
pic tears. Eight years did our brave ancestors
nebly contend face to face with their fierce and
unfeeling invaders; until finally upon the plains
of Yorktown they had the satisfaction OF seeing
the tyrannica1 and presumptuous Lion of Eng
land crouching beneath the Eagle gaze OF the
bird of liberty: and those who had but recently
branded them with the foul epithet otrebels and
traitors were now seen suing for money at the
feet of those whom they had endeavored to en-
slave. Here would pause and contemplate
the ashes of that noble band ofpatriots and weep
with the mournful willow tree that kisses their
tomb. Here would attempt an encomum
upon their character and entwine fresh wrea'hs
for their victorious brows. But the ever green
garland of fame is around their memories; their