The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-07-23


[tUBLIsHED BY REQUEST
For the Cadir Sentinel.
Grafton by W. u. Moore.
Dslpcras ct Red HI Slo1 Bcuse, Harrison
County, Ono, July Al, 1856.
Mn. ". NoonE: SIR
We, the undersigned, having listened with
pleasure to your remarks at the school celebra-
ZION on yesterday, at the Red Hill school house,
respectfully ask ofyou copy Of them for pub
licstion.
Signed byJ. B. Brslen, Maria Wsrssl, Mary
Hamilton, and fifteen others
Dated, July 5, 1856.
Ma J. B. BRApEx, Mrs. MARIA wARfEL,
Mas. MARY HAMILTON, and others:--Y our po-
lite note Of the 9th inst, requsting copy Of the
short address read to those present at our "Pic-
Mic" on the 4th, has been handed to me; and al
though those remarks were prepared under dis
couraging circumstances, and without the most
remote conception of any further publicity than
being read on that occasion; will, from defer
ence to yo1-estimation oftheir pertnoncy, fur
nish you copy, which you arc at liberty to
make such disposition of as you shall think prop
er. Yours most respectfully,
MN. B. MOORE.
1Au,altins P. O., Carroll County Ohio, July
7th, 1855.
Lo3'es, Gentlemen, and esteemed Papils:-T do
not suppose it Is at all necessary to inform you
that this is the fourth of July-tho glorious an
niTersary ofour Independence; and day on which
onr illustrous ancestors of happy memory, just
four score years ago, declared themselves indie
pendent, and pledged ther lives, their fortunes,
their sacred honor, to maintain their decisive de-
Termination until their British 0pressors were
forced to aequiesce.
It is true our principal object in being assem-
blsi on the present occasion, is not to have an
old fashioned celebration of this, the renowned
birthday of our National existence, hut we sho'd
to some considerable extent feel culpablo if We
allowed such an OCCASION to pass without mani
testing scne gratitude for the manifold priyile.
Ees, both civil aud religious which we enjoy, and
which are secured to us, as the legitimate off
spring Of the glorious act which this day is in.
tended to commemorate.
1t is very probable, but for the happy results
of tho deeds.of the Patriots Of '76 we should not
be thus collected at a pleasant "Pic MIC" at the
conclusion of a Public Free School where the in
valuable benefits ofeducation are open to all who
may choose to avail themselves of them.
Those tempting viands spread out before us
so mun6cently profuse, and apparently inviting
us to wake up and partake. would have been SER
we'd up, no doubtby liveried funkies to a swarm
of earl5, marquiscs, lords archbshops, bishops,
deacons, &c, &C., making up list altogether
too tedious to enumeIate, as the articles of
Household and kitchen furniture in public
sale notice. But such state Of things does not
now exist and it remains for us, "the people,"
to determine whether they ever shall
We who are citizens must see that the Ship Of
State is properly manned and steered; and after
US the responsibility will devolve upon those
small girls and boys who are just commencing
the journey of life. The females are mention
cd in this connection from conviction that the
principles of Romans Rights judging from their
past increase in popularity, will, before those
small girls have arrived at majority, be so far
legalzed as to confer upon them the elective
franchise.
Our government is emphatically government
oftha people, AMI its great conccntrativc princi
pies Or agents must be intelligence and n,orahty-
without these it will soon go to fragments or
be changed mo a despotism Of some character.
What has been the fate ofmoSt of the republics
that have preceded us ir the history Of the
world? The great Roman Republic established
by people remarkable for their Intelligence in
their day, sunk beneath its own weight, and
now exists only upon the Historians page.-
They were Intelligent, but not moral people,
which is sufficient to account for their failure in
perpetuating their government.
The French natcn revolutionized their gov
ernment in 1892, with the avowed intention Of
erecting ior themselves republic modelled after
the glorious one which some Of their great men
had assisted in establishing here in the United
States, but the heterogeneous character Of the
material out of which it was to be manuactu-
red were incompatible with the successful ac-
plishment of their object. A Voltaire, Volney
aDiderot D'Alembert and an host Of other
great men, Sti1ntifc and Literary, had done
much for the diffusion of learning and knowl.
edge throughout their country previous to this
memorable revolution, but it was so effectually
poisoned with infdelity, that when it was attcm-
petd to make it subserve the interests of re.
republicanism, it was soon found incapable o
yielding any thing but the bitter anarchy and
confusion A system Of religio- which aimed
no higher than the worship ola prostitute i'm
piorsly called the Goddess of Reason, and code
ofmorals, which extolled suicide and sanctioned
the almostentire disregard ofthe seventh precept
If the moral decalogue, did and must necessari-
ly render all attempts at Democratic Govern
ment miserable failure. All such nations will
soon fall an easy prey to such ambitious scheem-
ing despots as a Robespicre, a Bonaparte or a
Santa Anna.
A vital morality and the general diffusion Of
knowledge among the masses Of the people, are
the only sure basis upon which to establish a
free government, and just as soon as general