Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-07-04
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Our National Anniversary.

| VOu N0tlVu01 houuvOI0oHys
In accordance with :he good old Us.
age Of Newspapers, we publish to-day
the Declaration Of Independence:
Although we have no general cele.
bra,ion, the faithful Sunday School
Teachers after learning that the people
Of the Town could not spare time from
their trades and business to make ar.
rangements 10 observe and commemor.
ate the Great Anniversary Of Liberty;
have determined TO call their classes 20.
gethcr in the Grove, near Town. TO hear
the Declaration read, and 10 listen TO
such addresses as may be made upon
the occasion. In these days Of Flunkey.
ism Of dollars, and Of sharp trade, it is
we'll to recur to our national anteced.
ents, to inquire whether we have made
any rial progress in the great cause Of
Democratic Liberty. Read the decIara.
,ion Of the principles Of our ancestors;
what additions can be made 10 the scope
ofhuman rights as therein defined! In
1910 the principles Of that declaration
were a living faith, reality with the
people. Had the Statesmen Of that day
adopted lower standard Of mans
! rights than the absolute equality Of ALL
| men, as therein affirmed, the instrument
would have been wanting in its vital
and most essential feature; that which
nerved the arms Of our fathers to draw "
the sword, and to engage in sanguinary
and deadly strife, in support Of the guar
anty Of the rights it proclaimed.
In the multiplication Of inhabitants,
the discovery Of useful arts. and the in.
crease Of matcra al wealth, we, as ma.
ton, stand without m 'del or paral.
lei, in the worlds history. DeTocgue.
vile, who in his great work on our in.
stitu,ions, never in the least sought to
aatter our national vanity. declared that
more is accomplished in this country, in
twelve years, than is done for human
advancement, in 4 century, by any ma.
lion in Europe.
With a new AMI almost unbroken
continent to subdue and prepare (or the
abode Of civilization, it was not to be
expected that we should soon excel in
the finer manufactures,the higher branch
~ Of science, Of art. Of literature, ,and
Of poetry Yet in the fine arts we have
produced a West, Powers, Cole. and
Greenough. whose works will loose
nothing BY comparison. with the works
OF those elueated in tho most splendid
capitols Of the old world.
In Poetry, Bryant. Longfellow, and
Whittier. are making national litera.
ture, permanent as the llIisd Of Homer,
OF the Poetry OF Milton. Shelly. and
Byron.
The historical works Of Bancroft, &
Prescott have bsen brought to tho test Of
the closest criticism, by the English Re.
viewers--and BY the German pniloso.
pbers; who declare that modern Europe
has prodHead no historical writer's, whose
works will compare fayorably with those
Of these two Of our distinguished coun.
trymsn.
In Ethics OF Theolog Edwards. .Ch an.
ming. & Wsyland, will eyer hold the
same high 'ank Tia, bs|ongs TO Thomas
Hooker. FeneIon, and Chalmers.
As writer on tho principles Of free
government, Jefferson for ptoIundiiy ol
thought, practical wisdom and far.sse.
ing ssgacity, stands peerless, and With.
out rival; his works are moro teujbla
10 tyrants and sristocrats, than the phi.
losopby Of Bacon was to the bisssted
sehoolmsn.
The discovsry Of electricity made BY
franklin. has bssp converted by Morse
! into practical agent for conveying in.
talligsncs from one sstrsms 81 . cont.
mont /, sno,hey. with the sapidity Of
1 / e
thought. American ships ass found on
every sea. and in every port on the
globe.
From The bssinnins. we have been,
and srs stll, a ssxrsssiss people. We
J have vassly seisrssd ou' dominion,', ,nssr