The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-28

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And, Sir, when the gentleman, calling up Of.
leciIng "reminiscences OF The past, appealsd 10 US
Of Massachusetts TO be faithful 10 the obIirations
Oh patriotism, repeat, that trust his language
TEL prohtably as well as pleasantly on my ear
ne mas reminded us our stern but constant an
cestry. hope we shall b. true to their great
mission for Freedom and Right, and ali he more
true Tor having listened TO his own impressive
exhonaflon. The gentleman. remembers the
declaration OF Hume that ''t was 10 the Ptritans
that the people Of England owed its liberties."-
May their race never desert that work, as long
as any of it Is LEFT to dol Sir, as / come of a
morning to my duties here, am apt to stop be-
lore the picture in your Rotunda OF the departure
nom Delft Haven of that vessel, ''fIeighted with
.ne pest hopes OF the world and refresh myself
oy looking in the faces Of four ancestors of INV
own, depicted by the thinner in the group ON that
dismal deck-the brave and prudent leader of the
company, ms head and knee bowel in prayer;
his faithful partner, blending in her mild but
cale-won countenance, the expression of the
Wie' me parent, the exile, and the saint; the
young maiden and the youth, going out 10 the
woe sea and the wide world, but already trained
70 masculine endurance and perfect peace"
oy tle precious faith OF Christ. Not more stead
last than those forlom wanderers were the men
who, in the tapestried chambers of Eneland's
great sway, with stout sword on thigh, and
stouter faith in the heart and the ragged flaes Of
oteSsy, and Aglncoun, and the Armada, above
their heads,
= Set with Bibles open, around the eOuncil hoard
SAnd answered kings mIssive, with Stern, sfhus
saith the Lord"
MOI harder were they, who in the iron squadrons
OF Falfiax and Cromwell, had many hand trot
on many hotand dusty day TO get q, much "a n |
sight of the backs Of those silk and velvet Caya-
iers, OF whom the eloquentgentleman discoursed
with so much JUNCTION.
OH, me splut OF that stubborn race, il some
what soiIened by the change in manners and the |
lapse OF time, Is not yet extinct in their children
Inc gentleman IS welcome, for me, b, have veryi
nitie respect tor any who, in his language have i
made capital OF one kind or another out oil
human slavery. Butt ask him, did the Round
mead ever finch when battle was 10 be done forI
freedomG Sir, live in the midst of the scenes
o. ms last bloody struggle for that cause. Hum
Ole as am, aIa honored to represent the men
who till the earliest battle fields Of American In
dependence. Asi sit in my door OF stii sum-
mer evening, l hear the bells from Lexington
Common. The shaft over the sacred ashes oil
Bunker Hill rises within three miles Of my win
lows. leave my home, and in an hour stand
oy the ruined abntments Of old Concord Bridge.
and the green graves Of the first two British VIC
lns IN the hecatombs OF the Revolution Repre-
'eniing, however feebly, such people, in lin.
cage and IN ofhce-wamed by the lessons and
NE present monuments Ct such histoy-is il
or me to think OF helping to extend the foul curse
d slavery over another foot Of Gods fair eartb1
No; 'here stand; can do no otherwise; NAV
Tod help me."' | boast no courage; | fesr
might tdm out to be no better than fearful man:
1ut do trust that every drop of thin blood in ,
hese old veins ofmine, would be freely given TO
tain the scaold, or boil and bubble at the stake.
before, by any act Of my doing, the slavery of nv
brother man should take another forward step on
rec American soil.