Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-10-10
TI0yyeSS and Influence of American
LibertY.

LiDtI'a.
We have assembled hrrr, in accordance
miih .ha custom uf cur country. to cele-
brac hat day which gave birth to our
independence. Not only We, but thro'out
tn, wide spread continent, every church
and every schoo-hou>r, every forest and
every grove, every city and every village,
is re<oundlng wi'h The g'addenino noieS Of
cheerful! hearts rcni,rin: just homage to
The virtues f the patriots OF Inc Revolulion.
We ra!>e NJ marble tomb 10 the memory
"' Il military dHspot who has swept over
,hc country like tornado, blasting ,s
thire>, crops, ami leaving in his wide track
.."lhing but the biackUe,> of deso,aiiGn AMI
d'spai- We rear nn sculp;ureJ monument
10 ronind pos;eri,y of the sum Of The spler-
DID d, eds OF those ho were covered with
icuo'nny aud disgrace. Bot We, as patriots
aud cn'is hteued cirz'ns Of al 'ndependen,
rpnb'ic. meet 10 commeror..e Ihe resIr-
;eciicn OF liberty, the dawn Of the univer-
sai emancipation of mankind. We celeb
rate aa event " hi 4 rot only cn'a led the
beS ,ings Of liberty upon US and all no as
American citizens may come after us, but
which IN lis progress and Influence, has
also resoiniionized the dark corners Of des-
? ism, and spread terror among al! the
m.ni'ns OF royalty. But in remeTbern.
The nuhle deeds of those " no were engaged
n The Revolution, lei Us mt forget those
'lnal!y genuine patriots, who first fos'eied
Ice germ of liberty berenh the dsm1I
shade Of desroric power in It" old world.
aud irsnspian'ed i, on the shores of the
h'w
Lei US examine for Il moment. the heroic
daring aad inviucible determination ofihose
mho first landed ON The Rock nf Plymouth,
n the wlds OF the western con,ncnt. They
hal crossed a stormy ocean Of th1ee ,boa-
sand miles, over whose fafhotnicss bosom !
waved the black frg Of piracy, 10 endure
al me trials and dangers incident to all /
unsettled country. They were not aliured !
b. the golden dreams OF avarice, or ,hc /,
Siawln2 descriptions Of a soil abounding
10 perpetual fruits and flowers and ,eeming
with all lha, could rcgale the sene's or
s1'is!y ,he appetite; neither were they as
some colonists. a surplus mass, disgorged !
ffom the mother country 10 keep the rem |
aiming population sound and pure. and 10
preven, national apoplexy. What was
thu, country which they lett, \ country
in which they had been maiured in youth. |
strengthened in manhood, where they hal
contracted the neares, and most solemn
relations Of life, and in which were entombed
'he haIlo~ed remains OF their ancestors. |
why did they sacrifice this their country,
with all lis endearing recolecions, for the
painless forests Of a vas, wilderness WHY !
oid they deprive themselves of all the com
ior's and luNnries OF civilized life, 10 suffer
and ,oIl and iami>h aud de in the desolate
regions Of North America Was it for
seIf-aagrandizemen,. or poshumous fame
that they nigh; return in few years
rewarded with riches, crowned with honor.
and brieh, with glory Had such been
the motives which induced those hardy
pioneers to settle this country. we their
descendants, instead Of bask,ng to-day in
the smiles Of Liberty, nigh, be crouchng
under The frowus Of Tyranny. They had
higher, holier. purer aim in view. II
was their anxious endeavor and firm deter.
mnaion 10 found settlement, as home
ior themselves and their los,eri'y, where
each might enjoy freedom Of though, an