The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-07-04


hs Ecefih
anniversary q psndenee. tts
fr cro m observance haa made i day
81 exemption Ie1n boot q every kind, IN order
aes 4 nsar M devoted freely and without him
anaes. % mfoasi holyaay. The Crescent,
shaloe H aoi BE- issued una Friday morning.
81 hands ihss lheg WELD the pen Of tie type,
a.snd discard every thought about copy and
ldai. eeafhs and mails. news boys, news
aae end neNs-nak s--aiid alfer their several
out Seine way Of enjoying and cels-
s the recollectsns 81 the day. We recon-
- apr liiands every where % SO and DO like
ei asIa BE ono day Of universal repose,
aet merely from me distractions d business, but
Eon an controversies and discussions that divide
81 il sentiment "a any question ol public policy
ihoi iaela may throughout this broad land. one
,inissa eiIasia from iae national heart Of thank
hiaa fo4 nnnmheTed blessings we possess,
and 81 iual pride IA The virtues and achievements
81 lhess antgston who. in the ACT which this day
eommemoiaies. Iaia broad aud deep the ioanda-
ti6ns 81 rniionhl strength
Tie men who did this work were trained, as
neqag men were traiaad bsioFs, TO the task Of
Bounding Sc empire ier tie abode Of freemen
They Wee 40 rash innovatoFas plunging nation
into war for ne establishments Of uniried thsofes
Nature Ind pepared q continent for ihems upon
Whieh they had grownnpin habita Of free thought
end IA The plaeiice Of habiual enlightenment
THE subjects Of tho only representative govern
meni ID Europe, lae eaIlesi settlers here brought
with tism the sentiments and thoughts Of the most
revolutionary era 81 British history, the track.
lam woods tlley came 10 cultivate The wide
space open or fheif emancipafsd spirits, the long
distance from any restraining power at home,
ard iha ullipaied iBtelleciuai tastes which
Prevailed among them, made The British colo
nra Of North America the best material for
ilae expansion Of republican ideas, that was ever
known ID ,he history Of mankind. They grew up
practical ideas Of human rights, and the pFaet-
exercise q sslfgoyernmsni, q such an extent
fat rather 20 some Understandings, wonder
sY aequiesced So long ia monarchieal forms
n sat iley finally threw fhem Off Looking,
lhe event. % seems strange that the British
Government should have ever calculated upon re-
sainlng prolonged authority, Of any kind, over
aefliofiaa Of such rapidly Increasing power and
population, and such inevitable tendencies towards
Independence 81 that the wise men Of the Revolt.
sion shonld have delayed, Is seems to Us, 50 long,
On De moral aspects of resistance to British do
slenuouslg ioF WHIST Il was utterly impossible for
boy e realn BY recover. and that some Of the
pgles and bTayesl Americans shrunk fora long time
from breaking of dependence upon the supreme
sQiborig Of ihe British Government, confirms the
81 history, as recorded clearly in the
Declaration 81 INDEPENDENTLY mankind are at.
81 times more disposed to suffer while evils are
loieube, than attempt to right themselves BY
throwing oii forms % which they have been aeeus-
temed. The forms of the British Government
pressed not very heavily ca Ihe American Colo
mics The spirit pc liberty was, however, aagraniy
violated IN acts and assumptions which involved
denial Of vital civil rights The expressions were
slight in amount, but The principles were moment-
GUS No other people could have been rallied. as
this was, upon questions Of abstract rights IL.
then instead Of judging By the IDEAS now preva-
lent. and with the lights 81 Subsequent history to
ald ea. we examine the aspects Of The controversy
e. ouI fathers i0nnd u We shall nof wonder that
the ~ not resist sooner bat shall be penetrated
AailA incfsasad admiration ier the aagacity and
purity q patriotism which led them onward 80
24osaielY g So unequal 3 contest with gigantic
power j. heaalf 81 an abstract and yal INFESTED
principle Of right
- i this character Of the Revolutionary contest
which moaf demands our vsneFation and gratitude.
1he herolsm of the battles 81 the Revolution is
something % be greatly proud Of; but heroes have
aboundsd in every age. Courage. sublime in is
deedH, and pure after It's lights has displayed itself
y otg 10 other elimes. and ia behalf, too, Of bad
gslsms and wicked rulers Patience, under al.
sesailys long suffering and uniiinehng iortiiude in
'aril, are vifieaa thai have sgnalzed the wars Of
factions, and won ihe appanses Of mankind. Such
traits which Illustrate the pages Of our Revolu-
aoaary annals a making them bright with the
iecoids Of American yalor and conslancy-are not
lhe passages 20 whichthe American heart win turn
q most precious OF which will most powerfully
ahectihe hearts Of the nations after our day-vhose
elevation aud happiness viii dale from the era which
established freedom Do this continent. They will
look with more reverence to the moral grandeur IF
ne ideas, out Of which The Tull,grown system Of
American lihesty was produced in such harmonious
proportions al uncej and DO homage to The clear
ness q the Intelligence and the purity OF the pair
g isas which, aeizing the right moment, broke ,,p
sn anelens system Of government, aud replaced i,
o once with scheme, which, il not perfect IN ia
aeiallR, combined the elements Of all good govern
nent and ralionel liberty.
And, above all, will the dearest sentinsn4 ~
iltade pFepondente, that, as though by some
superior wisdom, mindful Of tie regeneration
end happiness Of the world--a vast continent shoud
have been preserved, for ages, behind the veil Of
the Western waters, untouched BY oorruptinr
and oppressive forms Of government, which had
been working SO much evil and oppression 10
the hpmpn race elsewhere that il should not
&c diaelosea for he appropriation Of Europe an
e about The period when despairing mulutudcs
were seeking for refuge ia some wilds, where
tAeY could escape the tyranny Of despots over the
body and the conscience and that when this race.
nuFtured in these habits Of hatred to arbitrary
power, had grown into aelfsustained communities.
hardened into the strength, as well as trained in
We habits Of personal freedom, they should have
'alsed up as leaders in the work Of national re-.
generation band Of the loitiest apirits-men OF
urpassing Intellect and the purest instincts and al
heirhead oRaE WAsHlNeroN.,o whom
Alonghaii ages and times, the world has Produced
y equal as the paFsonifeation Of an public virtue
These are themes to mediate upon-blessines %
% grateful ior-and grounds for special and rever.
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