Minnesota weekly times., 1857-04-18


Il Part Of q Speech by Theodore Parker. 70 u
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was neither born nor bred for servtude.
drew my first breath in a little town not far of
a poor little town where the farmers and mech
anics first unsheathed that revolutionary sword
4 which, after eight years of hewing, Glove asun
der the Gordian knot that bound America to th
British yoke. One raw morning in SPRING.
will be eighty years the 18th of this month-fIan
4 cock and Adams, the Moses and Aaron Of tha
great deiverance, were both at Lexington; they
obstructed AN officer with brave words. q British
/ soldiers. a thousand strong, came to seize them
and carry them over the sea for trial, and so nil
the bud of freedom auspiciously opening in thai
| early spring. The town militia came together
before daylight for training. A great, tall man
| with large head, and high wide brow, their
captain, one sswho had seen service" marshalled
them into line, numbering but seventy, and bade
l''every man load his piece with powder and
ball" 81 will order the man shot that runs
| away" said he, when some one faltered. "Don'i
| FIRE unless fred upon, but if they want to have a
| war, let it begin here.' Gentlemen, you know
| what followed; those farmers and mechanics fired
the shot heard round the world. A little monu-
ment covers the bones of such as before pledged
their fortune and their sacred honor to the free.
dom of America, and that day gave it also 'their
| lives.e was born in that little town and bred
| amid the memories of that day. When boy,
| my mother lifted me up one Sunday, in her re-
| igious, patriotic arms, and held me while read
| the first monumental line l ever saw: ''~4 "
"sAoRED TO LIBERTY AND THE RIGHTS OF
Since then, have studied the memorial marbles
of Greece and Rome in many an ancient town (;
nay, on the Egyptian 0belisks have read what was
written before the Eternal reused up Moses to
lead Israel out of Egypt. but no chiselled stone
has ever led me to such emotions as those rustic
names of men who fell
SIN THE SACRED CAUSE OF GOD AND
/ THEIR COUNTRY,'
Gentlemen, the spirit of Liberty, the love Of
Justice was early famed iuto flame in my boy
ish heart. That monument covers the bones of
my own kinsfolk. 1t was their blood which red
dened the long green grass at Lexington. 1t is
my own name that stands chiselled on that stone;
the tall captain who marshalled his fellow farm
ers and mechanics into stern array, and spoke
such brave and dangerous words as opened the
war Of American Independence the last to leave
the ield--was my fathers father. learned to
read out of his bible, and with musket he that
day captured from the foe, learned that o'
/ /" Rebellion to Tyronts is Obedience to God"
keep them both. ssSacred to Liberty and the
Rights of Mankind, ;" to use them both ssIn the
Sacred Cause of God and my Country" ''e'
RAILROAD Observation-Disclosures the Railroad
meeting at the Court House tonight. There
seems to be disposition on the part of the orig
inators of the movement, to postpone the Cele-
bration until the 18th of June. By adopting
such a course all political prejudices can be re-
moved, and the enterprise can be carried forward
harmoniously and successfully. Shall the Csls-
bration be postponed? s.s.
To MILLERs, GRAIN MERCHANTS, FARMERS, SALT
AND HAN DEALERs, &c.-Late advices from Chi
oago inform US that the ''Bag Manufactory of
g. W. Ashard, No. ll6 South Dearborn street,
of that city, after having added to his former ex-
tensive establishment, more machinery of various
kinds to facilitate the supply and conform with
the demand, is ready to receive orders for any
kind of bags or sacks holding from to 500 lbs.
1t is also the intention of the proprietor to con-
tinue adding facilities and making arrangement,
that will enable him, after the 1st of May next.
to.supply demand for 10000 bags or sacks per
day.
GYThe Legislature of Missouri has just pas
sed a just and wholesome law, granting to mar
ried women some of the rights to which they are
entitled. In this matter, We hope Minnesota will
take a generous stand, for the Northern States
are entirely behind the age, respecting this de-
partment of Legislation, From the act to which
we refer, we extract the following: ;sad} 'a1 Z
s'lf any man shall desert his wife or from worth.
lessness, drunkenness, or any other cause fail to
provide Tor her maintenance, so that she is COM
PEELED to labor for the support of herself and fam
lily, the earning of any such wife, and any
property, real or personal, purchased by her with
the proceeds of her labor, shall belong to her in
her own right, separate and apart from her said
husband, and shall not be liable to his debts, nor
in any manner subject to his CONTROL" s' -
W ssRotation in offce'' at Washington is
turning into pun on the word ssn.'' Buck is
not a bit revolutionary, leaving everything off :
cial about as it is that the rotators are sadly
down in the mouth. lie touches the Office hold
ers just enough to extort from them VOW Of
eternal gratitude and everlasting fidelity, when
he quietly tiptoes out, and the fulfilled ssins''
roll over in the comfortable feathers and snore
again. Our German was ousted rather cruelty,
but it is presumed that the Cabinet were not
aware of bis valuable and patriotic services here
The new Governor, Medary, will, we understand,
be the bearer of some important dispatches from
Washington, but he has utterly refused to bring
Gov. Germans grass-seed taa1s-1
GWA Kentucky paper says: "A law for the
appointment of guardians over the free colored
population of Florida has just taken effect Anoth-
er law forbids trade of any kind-buying or SELL
ing-with any free negro or mulatto in the state
without the written consent of the guardian. The
law is by many thought UNJUST" That last SEN
tence is decidedly cool-even for this weather.
0T A child fell from a third story window to
the pavement in New York few days since with
out the least injury After receiving the fall she
got up and walked into the house as if nothing had
happened.
u The vote cast on Monday for Mayor of St.
Anthony, was, Wales, Republican, 326 Stanch.
field, Democrat, 325. The vote was very close
throughout--in one ward being III to Ill. Ru-
NOR says the election will be contested, but the
Republican 'spresumes'' that there will be no re.
opening of the question.
GVThe Bank of Newcastle, Pa, has failed,
on account of one of its officers absconding with
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