The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-07-02
Our National. Sabbath.

VIII usher IN upon our country the eighty
hrst anniversary of the day on which oul
foreiathers proclaimed to the world the
emancipation of the thirteen colonies
from the yoke of British oppression, and
thereby assumed among the nations Of
the earth the position of sovereign and
independent people.
Of all the anniversaries within tba cir.
cling year, no one is fraught with as much
OF thrilling interest or lasting Importance
as the one which commemorates ma.
tons birth. Clinging to and clustering
around the 9Th of July, as if set with
glittering diamonds, are all the associa-
tons of our country's wrongs, trials and
triunphs, which awaken honest indiona-
ton or just pride in the patriotic freeman's s
breast.
Ofall the nations of the world, ancient
or modern, no one has in its infancy
graced the page of history with SO many
scenes of heroism and patriotic fidelity
and endurance-no one has bequeathed
to posterity SO rich a legacy of blessings
as these United States during the days of
the Revolution; and in its growth and
prosperity it may challenge the world to
produce its parallel.
The associations of the early days of
our Republic, not only inspire our own
people with patriotic emotions, but send
thrill Of JOY and hope to the down trod-
den and oppressed of every land and
every cline for the cause in which our
forefathers were engaged, fer which they
periled their lives and fortunes--for
which they sacrificed ease and LUXURY
was the cause of human rights. The
struggle and victory which gave the bles-
sings of civil and religious liberty to our
people, was but the initial of the series
that are yet destined to disinthral the
people of the world from the sway. of
monarchy and the scepter of despots.
What a glorious hope it is fer the
American patriot to cherish, that it is the
manifest destiny" of the example and
influence of the liberal Institutions of his
country to establish liberty, equality and
fraternity among all mankind 1t is no
vain hope. If we, as a people, are
true to ourselves, to our country, and to
the memory of the sages and patriots
through whose. sacrifices and sufferines
the foundations of our government were
established--if we are but true to the d.
vine and eternal truths on which the fab
rIc OF our republic was reared-that des-
,lny is as certain as the recurrence of the
for ii rests on "the eternal fit
ness of things" Aye more; when the
nalienable rights of man, the right to
worship the Creator in the spirit of his
'wn convictions, and the right to partici-
'ate equally in the enactment and execu-
ion of the laws which govern him, shall
'ecome the established fundamental nrin-
iples of all association between man and
nan-when freedom of speech and an
press shall leave truth to
RELY combat error, and "the might with
be right and the truth shall be-" may
7e not hope that the living waters of ius-
ce and humanity gushing forth from the $
ltar of freedom, will ultimately enable
lankind to attain and sustain a HIGHER F
nd more ennobling social existence than b
le world has yet witnessed, and lead on o
, the solution of the problem of the des- S
ny of the human race. t.
1t is the hope of the hearts and the
'nvictions of the minds of those who =
esire the happiness of their fellow men. :,
lat the day will arrive when truth shall VI
ave conquered error and reign supreme.
hen the baser passions that control the J
'tIons OF men shall yield to the sway of q q
lIversal brotherhood, when Justice and :, :,
ercy guided by truth shall walk hand u
hand filing the earth with gladness, :
when a more heavenly song than the :
'arse trumpets breathe, or the loud .
outhed cannon utter, shall roll its har-
onles through the vocal creation, swell :,
g Its solemn sweetness to every ear
eace on earth and good will to man. -
With such soul inspiring hopes placed D,
fore them. how can the American peo- n,
ever prove recreant to the trust con so
ed to their keeping 1t is a duty we be
'e to our country and the human race on
cherish with undated deyotin tho dc
rlt OF our free institutions, for eternal tn
glance is the price of liberty - and III
hing conduces so much toward keepino do
We IN its pristine purity the spirit Of
edom among the masses, as the cele-
ltion, with appropriate ceremonies and be
nIfestations of joy. Of each recurring its
llversary which commentaries the Wi
'tlsm of our nation with the eyer-en- ins
ing principles of human liberty and nu