The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1849-07-14

','" and the cause OF Prog
freedom throughout the world ana fol iIAGd
time demands that we retain unimpaired IN
blessings which heaven has benefcent
conferred upon our country and our age
The benighted pilgrim of freedom in the oil
world looks here torcheer and sympathy il
his struggles, From all nations rings hithe
the Macedonian cry DER the broad Atlanti,
Come over and help u.s." Tbe knsmer
of Kosiusco, of De KaIb and { IEfayette arc
battling for freedom in Europe lnd stretch
out their arms to us implorng aiA And tho
the strong arm of our government NAV be
bound and stayed by the inexorable prece-
dents OF despotic age, which we have Ia
Ken to be law to us, yet the true hearts of
our generous people know but the law of
free Natures God, and beat in responsive
sympathy TO every throb of freedom through.
out the world A loud cry of cheer goes up
from our land for the struggling republicans
OF all earth. 1t echoes over ocean, end thrills
and nerves and fires the children of Liberty.
Kings tremble and flee in disnay. Thrones
totter, and crowns crumble away. The A.
merican citizen is embraced as brother by
the free of all nations.
Our origen and history as a nation is an
ennobling incentive to others A band of
three millions of disconnected colonists by
yalor and virtue carved out for themselves a
name as free people This day sevenlhree
years ago they pledged "their lives, their for
tunes and their sacred honor to the cause of
American independence and now in less
than three quarters of century, that people
numbers twenty-five millions of happy, pros
porous and independent citizens. Thirteen
states have grown TO thirty and instead of
a narrow strip Of sea coast, we have a popu-
lous country extending from ocean to ocean,
blessed with genial climate and a fertile
soil. The products of American ingenuity
vie with those of the oldest nations, our agri-
cultural wealth can feed the furnishing of all
us with the sinews of war and the ornaments
OF peace, win the admiration and envy of
the age. On the Atlantic and OH the Pacific.
our harbors entice the bountcous commerce
OF every nation, and all the wide expanse of
the land is redolen with active life and buoy
ant industry, The war whoop of the savage !
is changed for the din of the looms, or the |
ringing of the anvil The light canoe has
given way to the huge leviathan of the wa.
lers that roars like monster and walks our
rivers and bays like thing Of life The deer
is trighted from off our mountains by the en-.
'Toachments OF civilization, but a steed of
ron nerve and sinews, breathing fire now
speeds over mountain and plain, and drags
along his ponderous train of heavy freighted
cars. The very lightning is tanned, and made
he harmless vehicle of intelligence. How
much of all this has been done toward the
of the arts and sciences by Ameri-
ans the lives Of Franklin, Ritenhouse,
Fulton, Whitney and Morse must tell
In our day, men stem the stormest ocean
Without sails. They rise aud fly thro' mid
III, They plough without horses spin with.
'ut hauds, and calculate by machines, They
laye found metals that swim on tie water,
md others that burn under it, They have
ounded new empires on the earth, and dis
overed new planetSi II the heavens. They
cad the rocks like SCROLL and decipher in
hem the history of races long since passed
way. They dig tunnels under the sea, and
'uld bridges over it. They travel with the
Peed of the wind, and send news by the
lightning,
Truly our progress as a nation has been
apidly and richly blessed But while we
il, let us remember that all this
las been won by the stout hearts and strong
lands Of hardy toll Industry has enriched
he land with smiling plenty, and decorated
with the mansions where contentment and
Ease enjoy life. A virtuous people were they
Who founded our nation, and their frugality,
emperance and integrity crown their laboTs I
With success Thky reared their families by
he precepts Of religious honesty and econo-
ny, and sustained their wise laws and free
Institutions by the eternal vigilance Of good
and faithful citizens. Let us remember what
made them prosperous and respected nation
when ,Ce would emulate their high example
aud let the nations of Europe remember what
characters those were which heaven blessed
with success and liberty
Aye, citizens, the past has brgh, spots It
has hallowed associations that upon a day
ike this make their pilgrimage to the inner.
most penetralia of the hearts temple We
may long for the time
"When none was for party;
When all were for the state
When the great man helped the poor,
And the poor man loved the great ~