The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-07-23
IrupLIsmrp ny REQUEST OF THE DIVISION !
Ladies and Gentiemen -

Icongtaiulaie you on the auspciousness @
the occasion which calls US together. w
meet under btigh, skies and green trees, and Il
the very shadow Of tho Sanctuary. for III
purpose Of pushing forward one of The mobiles
enierptizes Of the day. But | regret that
in consequence Of the pressure of ecciesiasti
cal duties during the las, few weeks, | an
hut poorly prepared TO meet The responsibi
ties Of this hour. And yet have the sails
faction Of knowing that the success of N,
cause is not dependent upon the presen, ef
fort. Happily for US, we live in an enligh;
ened land. II is no longer necessary, in ihi.
community, to argue the utility Of Tempe.
rsncc. Hence. we meet at lhi, time rather
TO rejoice over trophies won, and TO devise
ways and means for the universal diffusion Of
our principles.
And surely no day could be more appro.
pirate for such a work tban this, which i.
he'd sacred TO Lbery. Precisely three
quarters of a century ago, the immortal De
elafaiion vas reported by a committee con
ss'ing Of JefIsfson, Adams, Franklin, Sher.
man and Livingston, ard was adopted en-
crossed and signed by SO members of Con
gtpss. And il was immediately read from
The Snulh door of lode pendence Hall 10 Phil.
atelphia In an immense crowd of patriots and
hernes, whose spontaneous shouts feet the air
and shank the surrounding hills. And these
notes Of liberty we're soon botue, as if upon
the winds, 10 every part of The country, and
we're echoed back BY the roar OF artillery,
eselled at the armies of the enemy. TITUS
It VAS that noble words were backed BY still
nobler deeds. Thus it WAS that the actors
IN that terrible drama, king only to main.
lain their lnslleHsble rights. uoeonscleu.y
wove for themselves gaflaods # glory which
10 ffas. can ever blight-no sun ever aiter.
And 1t is meet that deeds So lliusirious
should be remembered and perpetualed from
sge 10 age. down 10 the last $, liable Of re-
corded time" Hence, we have left our va
rous sveeatious to celebrate a day, the mem.
CRY of which will be cherished by patriots.
and deissied by tyrants. until the las, rain
bow shall have vanished from inc heavens.
aud the last rose shall have faded from the
cheek OF " mot her earth"
And while wc arc here on this gala day,
We esnno. ta, receect that the Nations
heari is stirred. Thrr. ere. at this hour,
The liseliest demonstrations Of gratitude and
Joy in every Cry, Town, Village and Ham
let, from Maine to Mexico, aud from The
green hank. of he Missouri to the beached
shores of the Atlantic.
That same old bell which, IS wears ago
sung The birth song Of our liberties, is at this
moment pouring forth The notes Of Freedom
IN shattered tones from The steeple OF Inde.
pendcoce Hall, While the whole land resounds
with the voices Of patriotism, uttered forth
from The mouths of eoquen, orators aud boom
log guns, and mirroted by thousand ban.
ners, streaming over tens of thousands Of CIT.
izsn soldiers Nor is this exullalion coufned
to our own country. He who wsnders far
from his native shore is, at this instant turn.
'hg his eager eyes towards !" he land Of the
free and the home of tho brave" Yes, al
though " mountains rise and oceans roll be.
t~Ix' him and The home of his childhood, he
thinks Of the land OF Washington aud ex
claims,
Sweet elm. of my kindred tis st land my birth.
Inc tAitsst, the brightest. the dearest on earth"
but what connect Ion is there between the
Gay we celebrate and The ohjrct we have met
10 promote I We reply that Temperance
and Liberty are so closely allied that the one
cannot exist without the othef. But what is
liberty what are The elements which con.
Ai'u'e true freedom L does not consist in
resources, either natural or acquired. lis
essential qualities are not to be found in fer
"e heids, noble rivers. safe bar bors, and nu.
"ef"us water falls nor in splendd cities,
"sgn'heen' fleets, impregnab!e forts, gallant
''"Ies and full treasures. Neither do the
essentials Of liberty reside in paper Consli,u.
'""s and 'orms of government, however ex,
'''eot. these. II is true, prescribe wha,
''ea' TO DO, but they cannot enforce compl.
"ee with their mandates. Greece exchau.
wv "onarchical for Republican govern.