Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-20

sensfor Everett dined with his tovnsmen.
aiFsneui Hall. on The fourth Of July. and wa.
provoked 10 make = speech BY the punning
compliment ofihe following fossi IS ! be Sc
pzie Of the L S.-~ ben ohenseo u speaks,
di.cord aud disuuion hide lheir besJs.''
The keys,ope Of tbs brief discourse Wa
caszssiron. the IDEAS Of staJility anJ T'yogyess
o. wsich American Independence uas org
nally founded az the corner stooes d cur 90
CA ard political fabric, NJ. Everett spoke
di.cteetly upon ''eonservatism' ard 'fogyism'
and showed tie wisdom If. a least. respect
ing Il not reyerencing The eonnsels Of men
whose trials and experience placed Their char
sclers above suspicion. Fie then glanced a,
.fprogress, = hich be does not regard as the
Antagonist Of pairiotic and constitutional "sta.
bilify;"-snd ghus he vas led 10 consider
Brother Joos,hau's las, born and most pfomis.
Ing child
.'Yorxs AMERICA" said he. Is very bon
eel iellow-be means vel, but Ike other
young folks he i sometimes little TOO much n
hurry. fbaughter and cbeers) lie needs
TIE curb occasionally. as We old ones. pefhaps.
It'll more frequently need The spur Lau : b.
ter There = a principle Of progress N The
human mind-in slithe works Il mems hands
10 all associations and communities. from the
village club 10 the empire that embraces 4
quarter Of the human race; N sll political ~
stituiions IN art, literature and science: and
most especially 10 al rev countries, where
must, from the nature Of the case. be the lead
ing and governing principle. (Great .hcens
Who can compare the old world. Iis condition.
its aris il. institutions. with The ancient world
aud doubt ttis; the daily newspapers snok
ing every morning from a hundred presses.
with strip If hieroglyph'cs an the SIDE 81 an
obelisk, pefplexIng tic world " Itb us dubious
import, and even that found on, within the
last thirty years--fhe ocean steamer with the
row galley. creeping tlmidly around the shore
the railways 10 the Uritcd States alone, with
oot merti"ning those If Europe. with those
famous Roman paved roads. tie Appian and
Flaminian ways,to which the orator alluded
ahch cor railways exceed tenlold IA extent
10 say nothing ol Their superiority IN every
other respect a. mesns Of communications
the printing press driven by steam "iih the
sefibe's tolsome pen; the electric iele
graph with the mail coach. the pos, horse, aud
the pedestrian courier; and shove all, a rep
y
over a Continent - It'll Eudd Jespoiism bUd
ding palace on the nccks II people, or a
stormy Grecian dctuociacy. snbsting as citi.
zens by public arg.ss dermng al labor ser
vile, o.iraclslng sirs good men. in.uitlng and
oppressiog 81 all, q aud rendiag us oAn Vi
tails within the circuit # the CITY wall 10 which
il vas coufued--a Who. ray can make this
Comparison. and doubt thar The principle Of
i q 4
the principle Of conservation, ord that true
practical ~i.lom AID bill natioral policy re
eide IN e mixture & jojat ACTON Of the tw 0
Enthusiastic applause)
Now SIR, This as he wisdom Of the men
Of 76. Tins is tie lesson Of the Fourth Of Ju.
ly; this The oracle v hich speaks to rs from the
shrlnes ofths consecrated hall Great Cheer
ing. If We study the writings of the men Of
that day, we fad they treated the cause Of civ
u liberty not only az one Of Justice and right
OF sentiment and feeling but also as one of his.
tory AMI tradtilon, Of charters and laws
Cheersl They not only looked to the future
tut they explored the past. They built wisely
snd ekiliuiy, .nsuch sort, thnt after times might
extend the stately front ofrbe temple Of freedom
* enlarge lis spacius courts and pile its stories
arch above arch aud gallery above gallery to the
'N"F'"o' ltdl iHtAiS I'll lHey Jug lHe
foundations deep down to the eternal rock
the town, the school, the militia, tie churches
these were the four corner stones on " hich
they reared the cdifce Enthusiastic cheers
III we look only at Que part Of their work
III we see them porting over musty parcl.
rnents by the midnight lamp--citng the year
hooks against wrifs Of ossistance-disputi
themselves hoarse about this phrase in the
Charter Of Charlie, |. and that section in stat
ne of Edward III, We should be disposed 10
class them with the most bigoted conservatives
that ever threw drag chain ground the limbs
ol young aud ardent people Cheers. l.
But, gracious II, svens look at them again
when the trumpet sounds the hour Of resis
lance; survey the other aspect Of their work
Great Cheering. See these undaunted pa
'rlots IN their obscure caucus gatherings, in
their town meetings, in their provincial assem-
bies, in their Continental Congress, Lreatiih
defiance to the British Parliament and The
British throne; marching with their raw mali
ia TO the corfict with the trained veterans Oh
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