Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-07-24
Reception Address.

We give below the address delivered by
S C. BURNETT, Esq, to the Monroe Artiller-
lists, in this borough, on the Fourth of July :
SOLDIERS The duty dcvolves upon me
Of making few remarks to you upon the oc-
casion of this, your first visit to our borough.
You come for the purpose of commingling In
social intercourse with your fellowcitizens,
and TO participate in the exercises that may
here transpire, commemorative of the nation S
"great Sabbath" The day selected by you
is truly opportune, as the one hallowed in the
memory of US alias the one upon which a
bold and decided attitude was taken by our
ancestors against the unwise and impolitic
measures concerted by the British Legislature,
"a day upon which those high resolves were
taken which were so nobly and triumphantly
sustained by the prowess of American arms in
the dark and forbidding hours Of the Revolu-
ton, and which formed the glorious harbingers
of the after splendor and renown of cur COM
mon country. 1t is source of just pride, and
State pride is virtue as well as love Of
country, that the declaration of independence
was first promulgated in the chief city ofouI
State, that it was within the limits of oul
own good Commonwealth that those chiv-
alric and generous spirits of '76, in view o.
their political degradation and the gross In
Engagements of their most sacred rights, sec
their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred
honors, "upon cast" and swore "to stand
the hazard of the die"
1t is foreign TO my purpose to dilate upon
the scenes of the Revolution. | leave them
to another Suffice it to say that the Spartan
band brought their all, and freely offered it as
sacrifice upon the altar of their country
that many battles were fought, many lives
were lost, and much treasure expended before
they attained their darling object, that
Liberty arose, not in the sunshine
And smiles of Heaven-but wrapt
In whirlwinds, and begirt with woes;
Her birth-star was the light of burning plains
Never perhaps since the organization o.
our government has this country enjoyed suct
a season Of commercial and industrial pros
perity Our commercial marts are throngeC
with the richest contributions from all coun
tries and climes, and exchanged for the ne
less rich productions of our own highly ia
vored land, simultaneously enhancing the
gains OF the merchant and tradesman, ant
pouring golden harvest into the Golfers o
the government, while every city and town
village and hamlet, throughout the broad ex
tent Of our country,-from the great lakes K
the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic t.
the Pacific, is vocal with the gladsome sounds
of industry, whose splendid creations rebound
to the physical welfare and social refinement
Of our citizens and contribute to develop the
mighty resources, and ado, to the wealth, the
power and grandeur of this magnificent Re
public. The political and social condition 0
the masses are infinitely better than those o
any other people upon the face of the globe
We have no feudal privileges, dating far bacI
to the dark and barberous days ofthe Celtics
We have no established Church TO curtail th