Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-05-24

+ NJ artyr5 oil my country now tonSSWIll
it YET be till like joy will thrill through
your departed soulst When will the smile
Of that Joy play around your lipsl How
long will yet the glsh q your wounds cry
for revenge fatherland still bleeding
down troddeD, oppressed There is q sor.
row in tha, thought, casting the gloom of
sadness even over the bliss ol a Paradise
Almighty Father Of si,nnkind, lei the day
Of thy mercy be not TOO far ECheers.}
Excuse my emotion, gentlemen. The
association of my ideas are natural. Your
Bunker Hill and our Kapoina are twins
both called defeats, and both eyen,ful victo
sies, both resulting in The declaration Of an
! Independence; bot yours acknowledged be.
fore II was achieved and supported by for
eignaid ours not acknowledged even when
achieved, and meeting foreign aggression
instead OF aid.
Well, past is past, and cannot ba chang.
ed; but the future is open yet; and often |
have bowed before the recollec,i1ns Of this
hallowed ground. adore The almighty
with unlaItsring hope. Part Of my hope
rests in the justice ofI1i,n, who rules the
universe, aud holds in his hands. the desli-
MES of mankind and OF men. My peoples
suGefings are recorded in the book of his
eternal DEGREES, and the tears Of my peo.
pie numbered in his scale, i trust to Him.
Part of my hope rests with our own
selves. We know that God helps those
that help themselves; and we will. We
look not for unmeriIed good luck, bu, for
| well merited reward; and we decided 10
merit IL. A low me to say tha, lam proud
of my people; proud no. only Of its pas,
but Of its present also. An exla heaft
not often does rejoce 10 know how my
people behaved; greater and nobler yet in.
lis present sufferings than whom it bore up
against world in arms, and raised its
country's name higher in lis very fall than
it stood ever in lis brig Ehtest days. The
responsibilities ofmy position do well guard
me from easily believing what warmly
wish. weigh calmly every incident; bu,
joy is so communicative that cannot for>
bear so much TO say TINT havo reason 10
be proud of my people, and bow with pros
found venera,ion at iis name. The tidings
| receive entille me 10 say-"Young Nero,
in old Viensa's wills, thou maysl ruge aud
pour the embers of,hy fury owe: my peo
ple's head; thou inayst raise thy scofFald,
and people thy dungeons with thousands Of
new victims, and drain The life sweat Of
my people, and whip, it with The iron rod
OF tiny uupurattsttsd tyranny, defy thee
to break my peoples high minded spirit!
Foolish boy thou may $. torture any family
break The heart Of my old mother-mur-
der my sisters, and send forth thy ussussius
against him who, with iii faled. but homes,
generosity, once saved Thy crown. Thou
lnaysl do oil thou cansl Thy days ure
numbered; thy power is falling. aud my
country will be tree" [Cries Of "a men!''l
But part Of hopo resls also with ycu,
Americans! The distinguished patriot
whom the genius OF his powerful mind and
The confidence Of his natlys land entitled to
ac, The par, Of Interpreter Of his peoples
sentiments at theinaugurn,ion Of this mon
ument, has but spoken al irrefutable truth
when he said that the results of the battle
of Bunker Hill will continue to rain ipflu.
ence not only upon our country, but upon
the world. Aud indeed, no was right to
say that at the rising Of the sun, and The
setting Of the sun, and The blnzs of noon
day, and beneath the milder efulgence of
lunar light, yonder obelisk siil look and
speak TO the full comprehension of every
American mind.
Il has locked and spoken for nine years
in its accomplished mnj.sry. Meanwhile
you have gloriously fought tho battle of oc-
live vitality, and extended your sway tothe
shores Of The Pacific, uniting with new lies
your own fulurs 10 the desiin:es Of the Old
World. The comfort Of indolence, small
party considerations, and even tho reputa.
,iion of well founded authority, may grasp
into the rolling wheel Of necessity-the ne
ycessity will not change-nnd you people
of America have decided to answer that
necessity. hnye laid my hand upon your
peoples heart, aEd have watched Tho .og.
ic in The progress Of exigencies, and dare
say with firm confidence, the (oretold in,
siruction Of thai monuments majestic elo
qaence is felt by the peoples instinct .und
is fully comprehended by the ip.slligenee
Of Massachusetts. And the new exigen>
cies Of new times will be- answered by
Massachusetts with that energy with which
it has answered the exisrncies of all forGef
times. The Pilgrim Fathers founded a
cosnmunily-the approaching s.rugg,e for
Liberty in Europe will see this nation
mighty power Oh earli.l That is wha! we
wish, aid ihat is what hope. And tha,
hope will not, canno. fnil. [Cheers.]
Genllemen, q great crisis is approaching |
in the condition of the world, But the |
world is prepared for ,hnt crisis. There is
Il great change in the spirit time. now.a-
days (and myself am an humble evidence
OF it. Principles weigh mnre thnn sues
cess, and therefore principles will meet
success. Cheers.
remember well, when your farefa,hers
were aoout TO fight The battle Of Bunker
Hill there was a periodical paper at Bos-
lon Tory Massachusettenis was its naine
which daredto say that the annals Of lbs.
world have not been deformeds with o sins
gle instance Of so unnatural, causeless,
wanlop, and wicked a rebellion. So il
styled the sacred cause which the Adnmses.
Ihe Hancocks advised, Washington led, and
ror uhich Warren bled. r TCheers.7