Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-07-22

Sis was veto come. The Keystone OF tn
arch was yet to be inserted. Men VIII
had dared all, suffered all, in order to oh
} tain their rights, would not allow thos
rights to be confined within an humble an,
, oppressed province of distant empire, an,
the 4,h of July, 1875, revealed unto an as
/ tonished world the seal of this untried ex
pertinent in the science of government
Never, oh ! never, in the widest dreams O
political philosophy, or brightest visions o
the worlds reform, had such glorious il
lustration of the innate grandeur of human
nature presented ITSELF Gaze back on tn,
} far-reaching past-search with an eye of frt
the pages of history, and amid all the ex
amples of patriotism, you can find none
compare in dignity, importance and mora
courage with this, the declaration of ma.
toms independence. Never before have beer
seen united in such perfect harmony, the will
enthusiasm of patriotism, with the calm de.
Liberation of political polcy-the courage
which would endure dea tn rather than sla.
very, with the clear intuitiveness which saw
into the future, and planned so grand an en-
terprize. Revolution after revolution has
swept over the earth, but never before had
such sublime Development of mental
power presented itself. The doubts of real
or pretended friends, the opposition of con-
flicting parties, the threats of enraged England
could not check the determined spirit of re-
form. Calmly and peacefully these hoar a
pos'les of liberty stepped forward before
the world, and took upon themselves the
high responsibility of proving to bigoted
past that the future would not consent to
wear its ancient chains. Lexington, Bun
kerhill, Saratoga and Yorktown, and the
other battle fields of the Revolution, saw the
dreadful conflict between the bright spirits
Of freedom and the -das--At..+i.e-u slavery.
until Peace descended upon young America
and the time Of rejoicing had come.
Seventy-one years have passed away. and
through the length and breadth of the land
the defendants of the patriots of the Revo-
luton have met to do them homage; and !
know of no better way of improving the
present occasion than by the examination
of the system Of government which they
have left US, and the duties arising therefrom.
We have seen the grand aim of human
societies is the attainment of the greatest
amount of happiness. Let us before enter
ing upon the consideration of our republic,
look for moment at the condition of some
of those societies, and see how they are
fulfilling their primary objects. A single
glance will suffice at the various tribes and
nations which people distant Asia and AZ
RIGA. These are for the most part bowed
in the very dust by the chains of ignorance
and SUPERSTITION. The Swiss cannot pierce
the thick clouds of moral darkness which
rests upon their Inflated constituents. II
we turn to other parts of Europe, the picture
is indeed more pleasing, but even there the
dark shades are fearfully predominant. From
despo,ic Russia, from naughty Austria, and
from bleeding Poland, rise the cries and
signs of suffering millions, a mournful chorus
F drowning every strain which sweeps over
the harp of liberty-a chorus proclaiming
too truly the tale of oppression and misery
Greece, torn by faction, is valuable only fol
. her eternal monuments Of ancient genius
and for the bitter lesson she has taught
Italy, as her own gifted Mariatti has ex
pressed it, Giles far down amid the silen
waters, a tideless sea, a weary land, whose
life is only in the past and future" France
/ having recovered from one eruption of TIT
political volcanoe, is in that dreadful STATE
of uncertainty which is scarcely preferably
: to ceratin revolution. From the land o
Ferdinand and Isabella no CLEAN of ligh
F., comes to betoken happier day. And wha
f shall we say of England? Shall we speal
of her brilliant philosophers, statesmen AM
warriors, of her widespread commerce am
extensive manufactures Shall we begi
to breathe sigh over her departed great an
S good, and forget the mighty catalogue c
e misery, starvation and death SO fearfully il
$ Illustrated by her poorer classes? No W
must pass her by too as glorious kingdor
whose escutcheon is furnished by the tear
: of her own people. We may then saiel
n affirm that in these countries the great hr
Il man problem is not satisfactorily solved.
! Let us see how the case stands at HON
From the germs Of which have spoken h;
: sprung forth the mighty tree beneath who's
= protecting branches great nation no
y works out its happy destiny, owning no al
d ,hority, save its guard, and that derive
from the expressed will of the people. n
gorgeous magnifcence dazzle the eye, on
D, to show the powerful contrast between itse
J. and the usual attendant poverty. No gloon
10 fortress or romantic castle salutes the ira
eller from each beautiful height; but in the
!, stead the frequent spire and the still mo
~ frequent school house tell him OF moral
$, and education-feudal barbarism, proclaim
k ing the motto, "might makes the righp-