Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-03
BeautifInI and Patrfotfc idea.


Some time since, the following eloquent
preamble and resolutions were offered to
the Select council of Philadelphia We
commend them to the members Of the
next Legislature of Virginia. whoever
they may be. The Philadelphia Sun
says:
Independence Square, though situated
within the confines of our city, belongs to
the entire Union, and there are thou
sand stirring recollections associated with
it. No spot in our country is so proper
location for the erection of some enduring
memorial to the men of the Revolution,
and the times that tried mems souls
The eloquent preamble of Mr.. Waterman
SO fully recites the motives which should
induce this movement, and the resolutions
so perfectly embrace all the preliminary
action necessary to be taken, that 1t seems
unnecessary to enlarge upon either, The
patriotism of the various Legislatures will
impel them to enter zealously upon the
contemplated movement, and we can as
sure the Delegates appointed to represent
the thirteen original sovereignties that
they will receive warm and earnest
welcome at the hands of our city author
tiles.
The resolutions arc as follows.
The spot on which the Congress of the
American Colonies declared their hide
pendence should be dear to the whole ma
ton to which the act gave birth. 1t is
hallowed not only by the heroism of the
men who, in the name of small and
scattered people, renounced the rule of a
powerful King, but by the first formal
PRONUNCIATION of the principles of popular
liberty, which are the inheritance of our
great Republic, and the guide and hope
of the friends of man throughout the
world.
Viewed with this reference, the Hall of
the old State House of the Colony of
Pennsylvania may take precedence in in
terest of every other edi6ce, ancient or
modern. In it assembled the Apostles
of Political Freedom. In it, calling God
to witness the truth of their cause, they
pledged their lives to the Revelation of
Rights, from the progress of which, in
the brief period of human life, we are as
sured that in due time it will embrace the
convictions, and secure the happiness of
the whole family of mankind.
Itisa ssumed, therefore, that the thirteen
States of 1916 feel common and special
pride in the alliance of their names with
the Declaration of Independence-with
the wisdom which conceived it, the valor
which resolved 1.-THE glory which still
confirms it, and that they will unite in
further consecrating the place of its
adoption, by memorials worthy of the act
and of its authors. Entertaining these
views, be it, and it is hereby
Resolved, By the Select and Common
Councils of the city of Philadelphia
First: That it is eXpedient to have cree
ted in the grove belonging to the Hall in
which the National Independence was de-
clared, thirteen monuments commcmOra
tive respectively of the States and of the
men, parties to that glorious event
Secondly, That in order to accomplish
this patriotic design, the Presidents of
Select and Common Councils are hereby
directed to furnish a copy of these pro-
ceedngs to, and memortalizc the Legis- !
lature of the States of Massachusetts, !
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Conncc
ticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva |
mia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia,
suggesting to these Legislatures to APP
point each two delegates to a convention,
to assemble in Independence Hall on the /.
4th day of July, 1859, as guests of the
city of philadelphia. there to deliberate
upon plan of carrying into effect this
in a manner becoming tho
means of their constituents, and the mem
cries of the illustrious dead.
Thirdly, That in the event of this pro-
position having favorable response from
the States addressed, the Select and Com
mon Councils of the City of Philadelphia,
in the name of the citizens, are pledged
to hold the grounds of Independence Hall
free from all encroachments upon the |
Monuments to be erected, and to guard
the same equally with the Hall itself, as
a sacred and national trust forever.