Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-07-10
'nseiaDDRESS OF THE
HON. GEO. ". PASCHAL.

Declaration Of Independence, iusl read in your
hearng But neiher the time gwen for prrua m.
lion, the cha racter of the auditory 81 ab.
bath School Schoars-wlI Justify tins course.
! Indeed the bistory7of the American KryoIution
should bss we'll slno led by every ciuoI--;Dd |
'donJt not is freshasin the minds Of most Of you.
however youngss0
In nImoseesory age Of the woi' certain vents
and Resoiuiiohs have occurred " gch history has
ImuurIata1;df las ,epo.us. Ages thu, I,,e from
!nPur tant es ents, sand l,e return Of certain pc
roIs Is,nIby common consent, either my4rucl as
concentrating nicu omIly or naIy,! IT'S Il luuIIcc.
Many instances, .boih IN amer mt and uoIrru Ais-
tory might he cned III Illustration OF tins truth.
Bat not toadwelltuPon the past We may remark
that ihertlls fnoieYcn. in the history oi mauH md
50 well calculated 10 awaken IN tu" bosom OF the
aovcr ofiiberty. every emotion Of parlotlsu, as the
Il eIu rnsof tbe Alb OF July. 1t VAS on Ills day.
aust seventy-oEe years ago, tUal TINS proiuclon-
Engraved on the,t~O tables OF Slouc--thIs political
.Scrnoa upon ithe mOunt--ihis Declaration OF In.
,i!"pcndence-was first given 10 maun.ud. lis
e,.rnclPles of liberty Will be- as uurab.o as the
IINloms OF eternal tru!h,-tnc day Of its cuuucia.
On VIII become the moro sl2r, as the wuriI
grows wisera political science, tAI b-:tcr in their
social relations.
a AS my i0vitatiOn 20 ai lr"Ss tho y,.pr |
II III be Pardohedfor relating to You my ,oIDp.
.rends afEshe sSaboalh School, that II way r..
entity aAy yBeDd fortune to ,I,l, Independence
iiail-thh safnA old room in PnlludcIphIu. wlcrr"
Zach Hs0efsof the Declaration Of lndrpou.cacr
On that pecuiasIy bod hand which murkcI ,l..rI
Jehnraciers, afi1ed his name 10 the solemn .ns.ru.
Hent. s9iinf
n The room is left witiou. rIrnil.c.g.,I ,', G.y
raininns q. xcepI It ina be- "A rrr ~ ,. ,,,
old outlines and Strongly m4rhcI Us t4rs Of t.o
'cahesS and FntrIul.' m wac I'm, lTu'. b.'
sad 10 have Il g,>'".cd w,lh i..t,.> ah.a, ihgr
Hecks'- Form dec. 'lnG a, NJ. Faith anI .sr,l.
land thus deisdr the power o. 81. M.IL pI Iar.
Iands tiPy rommuteu IN IT," i.,.r Of the wlo','
w9rlG - IeIAs"N AGA.N~T Il.I. LAlra oF THEIR.
lSqvERElSSi md mad the sIru--,. for .5c.N
falled, there woulI lave been les hope Of .nic.,
70, ihsm han to the warrior Of tho tented GclI
And yet bcI"vc ll1t II is trl, that ~ ol, q,
Them, eyer Eel INTO the hands of the cuomy, Lu,
all, afler Eyin% I'cs of u>,fl 'n.,s. dcu a, roof
4s9 itissa,As was rrmor.la-. through all III
Sbapses, ,which tun and u..."lI t. ,i,yrui. n.y.,
have PRODUCE in n.'alrp p!.1. Id l..i ..u4 hg>
Disturbed lnd'Pcndrnco hail, tut tu,ro VIII it.
fSmabn sacred to the memory Of every ir.I, \ .
merican, as va, So,ouon's Tenn .... Of " uiru vul
read 10 your lessons, 10 'hr Jews. IAa D.c.lra.
ton OF Iu'L'pnnd,.uc vas nst pro,'Hunud from
the steps Of that Hal, to tie mu.utuIc wIiI.oI,-
II WIS spuad throughout the Conui. $50 Y.,in
wrrr lis principles that they were UNDERSTOOD b,
the r"moIrst IuhabltanlS-lho sworI was drawn
IN lis dvirmcc-aIcr bloody Revocation Of clghi
Years the foreign foe was driven from our IlnI.
and the 4lh Of July has >acc been {, lcuralcd
as tho holiday OF Am"rIcaus. the manner Of
celebration differs in different towns and ncIIl.
borhoolS. In som" places shc day is appropriately
uShercd in by the firing Of canuonS--In man,
they have burhrcucS, ic"s;S and auusy mru,s-
in many, as with You, they have great process.
sous-In some of tho churches preaching anil
Tr,l no or W ,,i
giving. all true patriots hatI the j4b,c-and wish
their chiIIrcn and cmIdren's clIIrrn for a"cs To
come, on tins day. TO read or hear read tho De-
cIaratt"n of independence, aud to praise tho Great
tilvcr of all good for the many blessings which
the people of this favored land cmov above u /. |
other inhabitants of the earth.
Since the establishment of SABBATH Schools |
throughout most parts of the United States, one
OF the most Interesting sprclaccs ever rxhrhl,rd
IS the joyous professions of Sabbath School Schol-
ON the 4th OF July. Indeed who can vii.
ness juvenile exercises without the most lively
emotions! They Truly exhibit the first blossoms
on that ''TRIE LIBERTY" of which YOU nayc
heard so much-ihc beautiful green frull before
it has rlpCncd--thc rising generation acting an
important part before they cntor upon tho lhoalre
where their fahers have been the heroes Of soI
many changing scenes.
Among the many dressings which the lndo
many millions of human beings, there is none so
valuable as the liberty Of conscience which II en-
surcs to aIl--the right which tho Old and young
of every persuasion has to worship God according
to his own notions of Rcliglon--lhc freedom
gunranlicd to the Baptist. tto Methodist, tho T.
plScopa, the Catholic, the Presbyterian, the
Quaker, or by whatever names Christians choose
to b. called. Each alike respected by our laws
arc allowed their own houses OF worshIp--thcir
own sor,ice--lhcir own songs and hymus--their
I own sncrancnts-iheIr own faith and doctrine.
This liberty of conscience-thiS incslma Ulr priv.
Iiege OF worshPping God not allowed equally
TO all children and teachers whCro they do not
admit that all are born free and equal. Nor are
the people of despoc countries left to their own
choice about the support Of the Church. the Sab
bath School, or any particular society for the diff
fusion ol knowledge. They are taxed for tho
support OF some established order; and all who do
not follow IN that path branded as horetcs,
As schsmntics, or by some other name calculated
10 lessen their respectability and influence in So
ciety. II is not so in our froe country. Our
forefathers came to the new world some three