Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-07-07
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Our National Anniversary vas celebrat-
ed by respectable concourse of citizens
of the District and ofour sister State, Geor-
gia, at Red Hill on Saturday the Bird ins:.
Two Companies having attended for Drill,
one of Infantry, aud one of Light Icfanlry,
after the drill and The firing of National
Salules from muskery. Procession was
formed by the two companies. escorIns
the, Reader, the Orator Of the Day, and
the citizens, 10 the Baptist Church, few
hundred yards dslaut, where after few
perlinaut remarks The Declaration Of Inde-
pendence was read by MIR. John P. Tai
bert, aud an Grafton delivered by VIM.
w. Adams, Esqr., in an eloquent and i'm.
pressive manner; after which the audience
repaired to the table and partook of din
ner prepared by our worthy citizen John
NJ. Clarke, in. a style suited TO the OCCASION.
The cloth being removed, and the table
furnished with the sparkling juice OF The,
grape,tlhe meeting was called 10 order by;
Col.M Martin: Holmes and Capt, B.lM. Tai;
bert. when The following sentiments was
read with much applause.
lst. The Day we ceebrate-lhe birth
day of American Independence.
2nd. The Memory Of General George
Washington.
3rd. The Signers Of The Declaration of
Independence. In the face OF the British
lion, they fearlessly, and with the approba-
ton of Heaven, did sign and guarantee 10
US our liberty; their memory will ever re.
main fresh in the minds of all lovers OF
freedom.
4th. Our venerable and patriotic ances.
tors, who Struggled /, in those dark and
gloomy DAYS, that tried mems souls, for
the Liberty and independence we now ell.
10Y, may their memory be handed down
with fond recollection to their latest pos
terity.
5ih. Lafaye,te--Whosc magnanimous
spirit and love of justice, inspired and
prompted him to assist our oppressed an
ceslors in their glorious struggle for liner.
ty, though he is now no more, he yet lives
in the hearts Of The American people. and
his name will be lisped, and fondly cher
shed by generations unborn.
9Th. Our Navy.-The safeguard Of our
maritime operations.
9TH. Our Army.--Energe,ic anu brave,
they have maintained The honor of our
country, and we are confident they will do
it in every crisis.
Sth. The Mexican Wharf.-The battles
of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, the
storming Of Monterey, the battle Of Bueno
Vista, The bom5ardmenl Of Vera Cruz, and
the battle Of Cerro Gordo, prove our Off.
GERS and soldiers 10 be faithful representa-
lives of the Anglo-S Saxon race.
9th. The Press.-When confined 10 its
legitimate object, viz the diffusion Of
true and useful knowledge, will ever be a
safeguard for the protection OF our liberties,
but when prostiluted as government pres
ses often are, 10 unholy purposes, they are
unworthy the patronage of free people.
10TH The adherents of the Wilmot
Proviso. they persist in their un-
just and fanatical project, they will receive
from the South the breath of scorn, so unit
ed, so strong, so withering, that like mush-
rooms, they will droop 10 revive no more.
1lth. John G. Calhoun.-Through all
his political course, he has acted with
promptness, irrespective ofparty dctation.
18th. Somh Carolina.-Firm in the Re-
volulionary struggle. unwaverins during
the last war with England, true TO herself
in '32 and '33, and ever on the side Of the
Constitution.
18th. Women.-God bless 'em, we love
them all.
VOLUNTEER Toasrs.
BY the Pesiden-South Carolina--May
all her daughters be chaste, and all her
sons bc brave.
By the Wee President Genl. Taylor
Old Rough and Ready-Democra,, Wing,
or what else he may be called, he has no.
bly, sustained his country's hooor in The
Mexican War.
By John P. Talberl-Death to tyrants
and freedom to The oppressed ofall nations.
By5S. Broadwater. Esqr.-Hon. Geo.
McDuffie-Though retired from public
]. life, bis zeal for Southern interest,", and his