Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-12-09

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by the transit. The curse that in 'sthe swea
OF has face he shall eat his bread" seems t
; be removed and he approaches his rristin,
likeness unto the 'image" of his God. Sucl
the light shed by the dawn ofFreedom, wha
shall be lis noontide Here then is an epocf
pregnant in IFS bearing upon the future. Here
was laid the corner stone of that great TEN
pie, at whose altar an enfranchised world i.
soon 10 worship. For upward of half cen.
tury the anxious gaze of oppressed nations is
fixed upon the shoot of Liberty's Tree here
nurtured. Tyrants, Ohe wish parent to the
lhought) foretcl its decay or overthrow
whilst the prayers Of their subjects assembled
TO Heaven for its protection. AS the children
of Israel gazed upon the column of fire that
guided to the land of promise, so are the
hopes of the suffering of all nations, directed
to this Western world, But hope seems ex-
tinct; Nations groan in bondage who sub
init are ensaved-who resist expatriated, and
their land apportioned amongst the spoilers
The oppressors of mankind rise in fanced se-
curity; but the eye that sleepeth not DER
looks them, and the hand of him who smote
the host of Pharoah is upon them. Hark
''there is a voice of one that spoke;' ''Son of
man stand upon thy feet" AT the sound,
the Inhabitants of the world start from soff
their face" and spring erect For an instant
naught is heard but the clank of sundered
chains dashed upon the ground. Another
instant and it is succeeded by the wild shout
ofFreedom that burst from the heart of an
enfranchised world. Vire le Libertie a world
joins in the chorus of Freedom; lis parts
voiced by nations, and Heavens angels its
auditory. The task masters of the Earth fly
in terror before the frown of those, who late
trembled at their nod. Bondmen make bau-
bles of Thrones at whose foostools they so
lately bowed the trembling knee, and the
festive Halls of Royalty are converted into
Lazarets for the martyrs of Liberty.
Such are the events that have marked the
middle of the 10Th century; who can fortel
their results, or the granduer that may charac-
terse its close. Results from the united ef-
fort of world of mind made free. The His
torian who shall record these things, the
causes that have induced them, and the con-
sequences that shall ensue, will find volumes
too narrow for his labor; whilst the history
of the past from the earliest recorded time
will find its place in marginal notes as tend
ing to trace their connection, and illustrate
their dependence the one upon the other, but
all tending towards the same grand design of
the creator,-the liberation of mankind We |
are lost in wonder at these things enacted |
around us, and conjecture is baffled in its at
tempt TO pierce through the vista of
years in search for results A thousand
questions crowd npon us, the solution of no
one of which we are equal TO. The men of
the time, are they equal to the time! Oh!
let us hope that he who prepareda Washing
ton, has also fashioned Lamartine. We
have warrant for this hope, for surely since
the day of the "Father of his country" no
have dictated, the "address of the Provision
al Government" Be steadfast, be firm,
brave heart! Yield not to the mad counsels
that summoned thee, the voice of freemen
made mad, or worse, mad men made free.
The freedom of man be thine only aim, the
appreciation of good men, and of thine own
conscience, thine only reward here, the ap-
probation of thy maker thy reward hereafter.
Remember, if upon one side of thy path is
slavery, upon the other lies Licentiousness
tits but narrow ridge that divides them.
A pure heart single to its purpose-a wisdom
dependent upon God for counsel, and a hand
nerved by the consciousness & purity of intent
axe necessary for the guidance of the chariot
Of nations. In avoiding the dangers ON the
one hand beware of those that threaten on
the oiher-neither TO the right nor TO the left
hiverge then. In medic t,tissimus ibis
CAL.