Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-07-17
THOMAS r. BLACKBURN, Il. S.
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STAUNToN, Jury sth, 1916.

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BRos SrRpINe, WARTS HARLAN, comariace
ADDRESS,
Brethren Of the Sons Of temperance respected 4udiors
Two hundred years ago, this place part Of the
wilderness spread grca, continent Here where now
stand the Churches of God where
otes OF praise end the voice of prayer where the hustle and
hear the hum of civilized life, the deep still
and lonely magnfence disturbed only by beast
and the yell of 'he Indian And far and wide hill plain and
mountain and valleys the same presented itself The rushing
river the roaring the purg vule, the deep
rest the choral BIRDS had their the throne of the
great Creator for almost unmnged with the The
old world was the world of the the world of nature In
The iorme the virtues and the vices the greatness and the folly of
man. had had their day had passed and been forgotten Egypt
bones of despo brute and reptile gods but
Egypt had become land of slaves, he of the kgdoms
The Asyran, the Persian the the
ur The desune OF the World and carried fire and sword through
wasted provinces and burning y desert
peace They left mark of blood upon their generation then
sunk INTO the oblivion which covered the generations before
earth was ~a'ercd with the blood of her and sl if
tins or the agents of still deadlier slaughter
Here meanwhile the beat against the silent shores of
fought for his hunting grounds but the slaughter Of his
battles rarely extended beyond few scaps Mexico revolutions
tants had rome down ono annr .nn,r - h d, inai I'LL
the page me and the tall forest waved their
undisturbed by the shock of armies and the of cities With
nifcent lakes its widespread paies fertile varying soil
its treasures of mineral wealth. seemed if the Creator had formed
and preserved America the last for the cultivation of the
of peace and the experiment free government free opinions
On the Sd of Angus. 1892 three small were TO set
from the harbo of Pos towards the uncd waste of western
while groups anxious and forebong friends lined
shore Little thought the bold Navigator whose perseverng spirit
had led him from court court had sustained him under dsappon
Enen and contempt and which aid he
so long sought in vain, mpled him the dangers of
known ocean, thou of what chain great events and
benefcent results this voyage link
pehensve and enthusiastic mind Columbus would nave been
whemed could the Panorama country history pros
Pey and its greatness have him like vision
Their world indeed need this audience, The progress of
his need tell how with firm resolve and unconquea
lowers and attained the great object of his enterprise need
describe the expeditions of other discoveries relate the difficult
ties the ardshps the and the Of the first
tiers The oppressed needy adventurous of
dom and the lover of God sought and found home the
world The of the woodnan esounded deeper deeper
the Forest the tide of rolled with gradual
less progress l soon seemed as youthful nation had sprung
like Minerva full armed into existence ready battle for her
rights with the most powerful nation OF the eart and from
n giant grasp the fair inheritance assigned by the Providence of
VIII not dwell upon the causes or events of the Revolution they
are known to every schoolboy Nor will hold your view
the virtues OF those heroic who pledged their lives
tunes and their sacred honor achieve the freedom enjoy
Their amar household wordsn May their memory
and their example be lorgoen there one name which
cannot thus pass by which the warm, fresh feelings my
childhood and the deeper age have ever cher
shcd with still increasing and love which
cated with all that great and noble nae which
SANDS alone on the page OF History far above the Aexanders the
Csars the Napoeons of the world which will green
ana uhdng IN the memory Of mankind forever for God hath sad
"The righteous shall be had in everlasting remebance The name
OF washington! No meteor that daslcs the sky
zng ou uncertain glare, and leaves the bode
than before gns auu formed from exhaaons of some
putrd marsh shining but deceive and leading be@er but
polar STAR SO there but WAsHNeToN Let your children
taught to study his history and initiate his Example And
reVong year brings again the anniversary of Independence
ms name be borne by the WINDS Of heaven from every city hut
from every mountain and valley universal flow veneraon
and respect and let men OF all parties all ceeds
the lofty par'om the stern integrity the noble disnteresedns
Washington
Revolutions have generally been brought about by the immediate
and CALLING OF and Such was the exou
sion Of the PeisisatdG from Athens arou from Rome
and such the of things which led execution Of Charles
l Our ancestry had learned wisdom from history They encoun-
tered Tyranny embryo and while enjoying measure of free
dom and comfort they yed themselves against the Druce Of
misrue the which they Knew if unchecked expand and
withe all their hopes The serpent Of Tyranny had expected to
find the Hercules asleep his cradle but he wouy
taken Under the blessing of the Almighty achieved
their Independence and America took her place among tie
the earth.
From that time this her progress has been Enjoying
citizens do the privilege of wosbppDg God according