The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-05-08

wide. snd vas s. feet in height. IA vss
formed Of 5000 yards Of canvass. covered
$4,000 feet Of land. vas capable Of con-
laining Il dinner, $500 persons; and. On
This occasion. covers were laid Cor 5000.
sii Of wmrh wsre used.
The proceedings commenced wiih
VOLUNTARY from The Boston Brass Rand.
which vas sxesuIed in the usnal splendid
style Of This corps OF Musicians.
Judge liozr said. IN accordance with
ne custom Of our honored fathers in their
peril. and in accordance with the dictates
Of reverence in oss own hearts. the SER
vices Of this suspicious occasion viii be-
gin BY invoking The blessing Of Heaven.
A most impressive and appropriate
prayer was ihrn offered by the Rev. J.. r..
Woodbury.. Of Acton.
The following hymn was then sung by
the audience. 10 the tune OF Old Hundred"
The voice Of God.fesring. grateful. happy
Independence. a. il arose from the thou
sands Of voices within and without The
pavilion. spoke rom. and 10. each heart.
and was by Ear the most impressive detail
Of the whole ceremony:
O God. supreme o'er earth and skies,
To Thee our fathers supplisnt eyes
Wee raisd for help. when loud the slarn
OF battle called the brave 10 arm.
Here, on this eonsecraisd ground,
Where sleeps their msryrd dust around, 4.
Their sons exulling raise to Thee
Thar grateful hymn Of Jubilee.
The blood that dyed that day the Geld,
A nations independence seald;
That blood sent up lie cry TO Thee,
A nations pledge Of victory.
Our fathers deeds. in desihless song,
Time in bis course shall bear along;
Their sons. still happy, brave and free,
Shah owe their boandIcss debt TO Thee.
The Grafton was delivered By Robert
Ranlonl, ESQ. Al ils conclusion The rich
and bounliful repasi spread out before
The assembled maAilude was duly discus
sed.
She Chairman. then. after some appro-
pirate remarks, announced the FIRST lossi,
Is follows:
The 10Th Of april I775--LsIilgion Gem
NON. and Concord North Bridgs-iheir fame
belongs to all who manfuIly stood up. on that
day, In their eountryIs cause-tos sscrcd TO b
the theme Of local jealousy, their glory ID our
common inheritanee.
This sentiment was responded 10 by
The Hon Rufus choaie. His concluding
remarks were substantially 40 follows;
Thsl was glorious morning. the 10Th
Of April. l775; and wherein. he would
ask, consisted the specific, transcendsns
glories OF that dayi Wherein lies that
strange charm that belongs TO everything
connected with this plsce, iis incidents
snd de,ailss Why is il that our hearts
grow liquid, and tina, we can pour them
oui as water when we listen again 10 that
old story, older than lie words Of our
mothers love, needing none OF that bril-
lisnt genius which had that day touched
their ears. 10 invest them with power
which should never die!
Why was IL so pleasant 10 come up
here from The miserable sIriIes and bicker-
ings of every day life, 10 dwell and wor.
ship for short space Of time in such
charmed presence as This! What is il
that makes the specific iranseendent glory
Of the dayi |. was because il WAS an
event so rare, so strange, SO ominous Of
good or evil TO future generations of man.
II was from these instruments. and from
these flags, borne by these trembling
hands il was that essence, SO subtle, 90
rare, so extensive, so myslerious--lhat
free, and that stirring spirit, the sentiment
of American nationality, which was frst
brealhed into the life Of this people, and
made 10 pour itself through and about The
body OF The people, and which should las,
until the heavens be no more.
Let, then, he added. the events of which
we are reminded by these scenes, and
these men, mark the strong oirihlove of
the American people. On that tIay. with.
in the space Of twelve hours, The old CO.
lonial party passed away, like scroll. The
veil Of the FIRST temple was tha, day rent
from top TO bottom. That day American
Liberty was then and there born. Sir,
our aged and reverend friends of Concord,
and Lexington. and Acton. &c Carlisle,
Sudbury and the surrounding towns, went
into ,ha, battle British colonisis the bap-
iism Of FIRE was laid upon their charmed
brows and they rose from their knees A.
merican citizens. The Flag Of Massa-
chuse.,s, The Pine Tree Flag, iha, old
Flag. was carried into baile in The morn.
ing, and if the survivor who rolled il up
that nigh. had noticed il. he would have
seen cleaning through blaze Of light on
one side the Pine Tree. banner. aud on The
/, other the glorious Stars and Stripes.
Mr.. Choa,e concluded his eloquent and
fervenl address, Of which The above is an
imperfect sketch, by offering the follow
ing sentiment:
The Sentiment Of Anerican NafionaLfy-I
awoke to life on the 18th of April ITS, on III
banks Of the Concord, and on the green Of Lex
!, ington. Il has grown with the growth an
Z strengthened with the strength Of America, unit