Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-07-11

kinds laden with the youth beauty and stamina
of Orange, poured into our peaceful village, adding
to its quota of the fair and intelligent. already on
the gui to sustain their deserved reputation for
urbanity and warm hospitality and soon in response
to 1.-The sound of the church going bell" whose in
viting tones pealed merrily among the venerable
trees of the Campus from the solitary tower, the
revered and ancient Chapel embraced within its walls
an auditory of the elite of our vicinage. Shortly
after the audience seated procession, consist
ing of the members of an Odd Fellows Lodge, locat-
ed at this place. in full regalia, and making fine
appearance, headed by Professor Mitchell and the
Orator of the day, and accompanied by rather
martial band of sable musicians from sister town
of Greensborough (and here we would hint that our
sister make her sable disciples of Apollo Keep better
ti1ne) entered the Chapel. The Marshal read the
programme of the day, and the gentlemen appoint
ed to read the " Mecklenburg Declaration" and the
(" Declaration of Independence having done so, he
introduced H. NJ. Willis, Esq, of San Francisco,
California, as the orator of the day. Mr.. Willis de-
livered glowing and patriotic address, touching on
the various points of interest ELECTED by the occas
on and for nearly an hour entertained the audience
with terse and eloquent speech. He was repeated
ly applauded Mr.. w. was followed by esteemed
fellow citizen DIR. Gloss, who the rep1 esentatve
and defender of the benevolent principles of the or
der of Odd Fellowship, and their the Odd Eel
lows) champion in the good cause by especial re-
quest" delivered very able Grafton, sparkling here
and there with shy veins of wit; and faithfully defend
ed the banner, which is inscribed the noble trio
" Friendship, Love and Truth" from the attacks OF
the ignorant, or the aspersions of the bigotted.
meeting like this must ever be dear to all lovers
of true freedom. How vastly different the American
character appears under the suspicious smiles OF
brotherhood met together forget in the sacredness
of the which called them together, the patry,
selfish narrowminded dognas and tenets OF party,
to that it assumes when blinded by fanatlclsm or
stimulated by desire 20 clutch the opama spot,a 1T
deyelopes itself under the cloudy canopy of night
in the secret room to stigmatize and prescribe its
fellow man because he dared to exercise the privi
eye of an American citizen to believe as his heart
directed. Thank heaven that men have learned bet
ter-that the people, who always honest, and
though led astray for while invariably return to
their true standard and visit the heads of the deceit
full guides with deserved contempt, have awakened
to their real interest cast off the political incubus
and stand forth again in great strength the worthy
guardians of the noble principles of civil and re
gious liberty. The monster, that for while dis
turbed the purity of social and political waters
is no more with the celebration of the anniversary
Of that birth day of liberty, came back the health
full truths, nculcated and fought for by the mixed
band of native and foreign PATRIOTS without whose
union it never could have been accomplished; and
Americans felt again the warm pulse of the days of
'76 before whose genial beam the cold, repulSive,
unpatriotic creed of " Know Nothingism dissolved
ice before the rays of spring.
May each consecutive year find our lovely and be-
loved land, not only sriding onward in the colossal
of intelligent progress, but the possessor of
fearless and faithful as the little band of farm
ers mechanics, and traders, who this day seventy
nine years ago proclaimed to the world that ours at
least should be the home of the free
The " exercises of the occasion " finished, the pro-
cession again formed and marched in order-the
band playing Hail Columbia ,"-through the Cam
pus, and each person returned to his home edited
and degh GIFTED with the tout ensemble of the affair.
Respectfully, CLIO.