The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-07-27
The Principles or the Declaration
of flnd0Dendemce, 49,


OF Independence. 49,
From Ben Mctealj,s Oration, delivered in Ralida,
July Sd, l847.
1t now remains that We reassert the great
truths Of that sac red instrument They are the
nme doctrines Of which have spoken as first
directing our Fathers to the shores Of the New
World--seeking home where they might live
them--an atmosphere where tbe soul, that near.
est approximation TO the divine mind, might be
free.
It teaches that all political power ema mates
from the people. That oil legitimate Govern
mont rests upon their united wisdom, and will
That sovereignty is theirs, and theirs alone
That II can not be alienutsd by their own will,
nor forced from them by othors; but sits en-
throned forever, in the mighty arcanum ofhuman
liberty--tha breasts of the people; above all
delegated supremacy; the great head and
source of all social and political prosperity; the
giant or dem god ia whose hand is placed the cuIb
on public servants, and the club Of Hercules to
punish the enemies Of the commonwealth -
whose wachful eye forever rests on the palla-
dium Of liberty-the constitution. II regard s
all men in the State as equally parties to the grsat
contract of Government 1t teaches the sacredness
Of that contract. 1t denounces the heaviest ven.
geance of popular fury against him who attempts
to wrench the power delegated by tho people fer
the good of the people to the promotion Of his
own schemes of avsrice or ambition. 1t ineul-
Gates resistance to tyranny as one Of the greatest
duties owed by man to his maker and to his fell
low man. II recognizes the unseen Deity as di.
recting and controlling, in the armies of the
world for his own glory and the ultimate good of
man. AS it assumes the populor mind as the ba-
sis OF nl legitimate rule in the State. so il teach
es the dissemination Of useful knowledge as one
of the great fundamental duties Of the Govern
meat. Our fathers sought freedom from ignor
ance and intolerance, mind freedom. And in de-
volving on the masses Of the people, the unquss-
toned right to control for good or evil the desii
nies Of the Republic, they imposed upon thsm
the absolute necessity OF Intellectual freedom.--
In makiug eaeh man in the Stale law giver,
as well as an aSider of the law they imposed up.
on every man the obligation to qualify himself
Tor the the discharge of the important trust re-
posed in him. In opening the avenues to dis.
tnc,ion to al, price for menting the good opin-
on Of their brethren was offered to all. They
looked TO Government controlled by the wis
dom, love, and emulation Of the masses, and in
this the corner stone of the mighty edifce Of gov
ernmcnt since erected, they manifssted the most
implicit reliance on the popular wisdom, and the
popular integrity fer all purposes of Government.
The Declaration teaches, "That all men are
created equal'' That they have rights which
are unalienable. "That to secure these rights
Governments are Instituted among men." And
in this simple averment it develops the whole
aim and object Of that complication Of monstros-
tiles, which in the old world passes for the Gov.
eminent. 1t points out in q few words the OBJ
act Of Government. 1t treats it as a very SIM
pie thing easy of Comprehension by men in gen.
eral and not as hidden treasure to be attain
ed only by intense stud and nocturnal vigils.-
1t tr eats the complicated features of Government
as the tricks Of tyranny--tho weapon with which
the few cunning and corrupt battor down the cit
idel OF the peoples rights.
Government according to Its teaching IS enly
instituted among men to secure them in the en-
joyment of those rights which are the gifts Of
God to man. Government does not create nee
essarily new rights. 1t confers no new favors. l,
does not pour wealth into the pockets Of the people
1t neither satisfies the cravings ofhungsl nor GOV.
ers the body with purple and fine linen" Il
simply ''protects men from irjuring one another. !.
There is the simple and sublime truth never re-
cognizsd by any People until the American Rev
oluton. A truth sought for aAd perhaps discov.
cred by individual patriots and Philanthropistl
before, who suffered martyrdom in their attempt.
to teach it to the world, and carried their invalu
able discovery with them to the grave. Oa
Fathers rescued it from the blood and rubbish o
| forty centuries. 1t was their darling idea, ant
was made the basis Of the American system -
the system of popular safety---the system, OF
the close adherence to which depends our indi
vidual freedom, the happiness. and prosperity o
our people.
Whis Promises.
Here is q specimen Of the promises of FEEDER
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