Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-26
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION AT EAsToN.

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION AT EAsToN.
The Easfonian of Saturday last brings us the
proceedings Of the celebration of the anniversary Of
American Independence at that place. Edwin Sit
greaves and Alexander E. Brown. Esqs. delivered
orations on the occasion, and large number of
letters were read from those invited to be present
Among the letters published is one from President
Fillmore, one from Mr.. Webster, one from Gen.
Cass, one from Ex-senator Dickinson, one from
Mr.. Buchanan, &c. We have only room to pub
lish the following, which was received from Sena-
tor Cooper:
PorTsvILLE, JUsK 80, 1851
GrsrIKMxs Your fvor Of the I'd instant, requesting
me- in the Of my inability to meet with you the 4h
of July next convey to you my Sentiments the ques
ions that have disturbed the peace Of the Union was duly
received To unite with The citizens Of Eason in ceeba
ing day halowed you express it. "by the recoecons
Of the past and connecting itself with the present by SO m,ny
associations" would afford lively eradication. The
vva Of the recollecons Of period when fathers sacr
feed every thing personal and selfish at the shrine of duty
and the foundations Of present Union laid by the
thirteen colonies joining in common but holy object and
pedgng themselves to stand by and sustain each other in
every extremity Of peril which contest with the power of
England might involve hardly be otherwise than
able and sauta Amidst the rage Of sectional dscod kin
died by the furious zeal Of anacism and kept alive by the
Of demsgogues, we should be careful to forget
the fact nor permit our couAtrymen to forget it. that
the Union Of fathers blessed, and that in con-
fearuly unequal the God Of battles with them
king good their weakness with bis strength and conducting
them through pes that infinite Independence Could
Union thus blessed, thus rendered triumphant be
holy one No, never. And yet the colonies thus united
and thus triumphant some Of them slavehOldns
munities! ~ .
There is another fact to which should not fail to advert
often, especially in these days. when Northern demsgogues
and Southern nufes, though protesting objects wide
asunder the poes engaged in preaching crusade
against the institutions Of the country end preparing shake
hands their ruins The fact is that the Constitution
and Union the work Of the sages ot and heroes who
through the Revolution together and purified in
its fires from much Of the dross Of earthly seshness and
ambition mortals likely be. Would these men,
to whom their country and the word indebted for such
noble examples Of virtue, WISDOM p,iosm and self denial
have lent themselves the formation Of Constitution de-
serving the e1ecraon Of the friends freedom and humanity,
the asaans of the Union wouH have the people to
ieve Ia every sentiment of rspect gratitude and ma
ona pride which have been tugh to cherish revoted
at such supposon Our fathers when the duty of FORM
ing constitution for the States of tie confederacy was COM
mied to their hands, found the institution Of slavery existing
in most of them. In of them this institution entered
deeply and thoroughly into the teamwork and Of
socieyso much that any ATTEMPT to interfere with
would have defeated every ett establish union
do The States in which the institution Of slavery was
deeply and permanently seated had stood with their
sister States shoulder to shoulder throughout the whole of
the revolutionary struggle. The bones Of their lay
moulderng the fields Of Brandywin Monmouth and Sa
atoga Remembering this while they remembered that their
children fallen in the contest lad found their last
resting place Camden, Guilford and Yorktown the dele
gates from Pennsylvania and New England could not resolve
to break Union thus cemened and cnsecrated Massa
chusets could forget the generous symahy Of Virginia
and the thrill which through the atr when she heard
that Massachusetts, had resisted that the battle of freedom had
begun and that blood had been shed in Concord and
Lexington had not yet ceased to vbrae when the question
of Union separate independence be by the
delegates Of the several States assembled Convention
crowd Of memories Of common dangers enured Of hope al
erna,ng with fear, almost with despair eventual
achieved by great mutual Sacrifices all apparel to the
bes Of the Convention in favor Of the Unin Were hose
they asked themselves, who had been associated friends
and brethren in the pes Of war; to sepate and become
enemies and strangers whom safety peace and the blessings
Of independence had come to crown their rs What
the necessity for such separation Whatgood would it do?
Would conduce TO the general prosperity and welfare Of the
country Of either section, then in the future No moth
ing Of all this to be hoped from union Of such Of the
States might have consented to the ultimate abolition of
slavery On the contrary number OF independent States
contiguous to each other could have long existed without
jealousy arising disturb their peace an eventual
y 10 involve them in war would the boniage Of the
States have been in any degree mtgated rendered less
hopeless by the failure to form union embracing The whole
We 90 uopproVe0 OF slavery,
and hope for its abolition. But they were ws as we'll as
prudent men, who knew that Government could be abso
utey perfect An approximation perfection is all that can
be hoped for in human institutions and who doubt that
the trainers Of the American Constitution proved they had
been in many trials, sought honestly and earnestly fr the
highest degree of perfection It possible TO attain in the
Government which they gave TO their country Those who
doubt their perfect devotion to the great duty they had in
hand have studied their characters with but little
Let us them genilemen-rcmembering that Providence
has smiled upon this Unon formed first amidst storms
Of revolution, and blessed with prosperity hitherto unpa
rseed in the history Of nstons-be slow to believe that it
reproach to freedom to humany, certain
wild enthusiasts have declared il to be- Under have en-
oyed liberty of conscience security Of person. property and
life. Let be broken asunder by violence the bonds
which hold together be ooened by the continual agitation
Of the subject Of slavery, and it likely that another be
reconstructed out Fits scattered fragments homogeneous
just and enduring better calculated the happ
ness and prosperity Of The people Doubt it nay, be GER
tain, that the fabric be thrown the ground can
never be again erected Let Us, then, eschew all agitation
perform all our duties to sister States with scruPulous
fidelity and labor restore the county, lately distracted
and in DANGER whatever ignorant wfu demagogues may
assert TO the contrary peace, harmony and fellowship such
as enjoyed in the earlier and better days Of the republic
1t would have afforded pleasure have united with you
10 celebrating the anniversary Of Independence but as
it out Of my power accept my views hastily thrown
together on the subject to which they refer.
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