The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-07-02
InGependence-A Patent Sermon.
BY DOW, JR.

| Ana we re the boys to boast ont.
NV Hr.prps. Next Saturday is the birthday
of American Libert, the day upon which our
star-spangled banner first waved IN the ialI
breeze of Freedom--the d. v 'nat the proud eagle
I of the mountain first looked down from MS eyiy
on free and independent matt "n--'he gay up.
on which the fat, ragged and sautY cWldren o:
Colum bia broke loose rom the apro.1 strings ol
tn ir mo ther country, and kicked up t.1eIS heels
f,r inv. Ii <e so many colts released frLm the
hopIau,, of winters confinement. You Ought.
on tbis occas ION, to be as full Of glory as a
in bnttIa nat his blessed anniversary is about
once more todEwn on your heads, and find you
reapng the har, pst OF those blessings which
your ia theirs soweu in revolutionary soi--wa-
tered with their own bio ," ahu 'i'ahureu WIN
their own ashes. Yes w, ought 10 throw up
your cans, and make the hail. of Freedom ring
with loud huzzas; and then SIT Town and meii;
ta'e on the gIoans and the PEI 70 Ti naVdll ,ha
which atlenG1dd this mighty Republ,,- o"iiS 'he
delivery OF her first born--lhBERTY. ..,;on
Ny friends next Saturday the celeb u ho
will take place. Then the whole nation vii. " y.
alive, like beggar's shirt; there will be geh
eral stirring up OF the genus homo from Que end
of the nation 10 the other. The fires Of enthu
siasm will Be kndled in every breast; and many
of those who lack in patriotic glory, will doubt
less supply themselves with the article at the
booths round the Park. Bat, my dear frinds,
this sixpenny patriotism is most horrible stuff
it is patriotism of the head and not of the
heart. 1t makes you feel too indie pendent alto
gether. 1t induces you TO ightin times Of peace,
and takes all the starch out of courage in times
OF war. While this artificial patriotism is
eflervescing in your cocoa nuts, your boasts Of
independence are loud and clamnrous but when
its spirit has evaporated, you are the veriest
services that ever writhed under the lash of des
potism. II you suppose, my friends, that the
proper way to observe our national indepen-
dence is by drinking brandy slings and gin cock
tails you as much mistaken the boy was
who set bear trap 10 catch ed-bugs. But !
there is very little use in scattering the seeds
of good advice upon such barren soil as the
bosoms of many now present. 1t is just about
as easy to preach salvation into a basket of
sinking fish as to turn them from the error OF
their ways.
My friends while you are citizens of a free
and independent republic, you should always let
Independence be your boast, but never forget
the price at which it was purchased. 1t cos.
Uncle Samuel something more than mere pow
der and shot. 1t cost him some of the most
precious blood that coursad through the
veins of mortality; aud the bones of martyred
heroes that now lie crumbling in their sepul-
chres, or bleach upon the battle field, are the
melancholy memoranda of the price at which
our liberty was purchased. They offered them.
selves up as sacrifices upon their country altar
in order that you and your chldren's children
might live in clover, AMI feast upon the rich
fruits of freedom, to the stOmachs and hearts
content. VIII you then, my friends break in
to the enclosures of the dead, and hold drunken
carousalS upon the graves of your fathers who
fought bled and died in defence Of your dearest
rights? No--I am perfectly well convinced
that most of you won't do any such thing;
but, on the CONTRARY, yOn will behave yourselves
~. Il
should aud not like soap locks and rowdIes
who would glory to dellower even the Goddess
of LibCrty herself, in her own sacred temple
know there will re some who declare thlm-
selves free and independent of all moral law.
restraint, order and decency--whO will BE- so
carr,el away with brandy anl enthusiasm that
it will take whole week for them TO gather up
their scattered fragments of ideas, and return
again to the homestead of common sense and
rason.
My ar hearers | like to hear you boast of
your independence, if it be not done in vain
aud bragad ocial spirit; and my gratuitous
prayer is, that you may maintain II so long as
you are permitted TO squat this side Of the deep,
sili river OF dea tn. To reserve your collective
strength, your hearts, your feelings, and your
pure sympathes must b. all Joined together,
like the links of a log chain. You must all
hang together like a string of fish, and stick to
one another through thick and thin, like bunch
of burdock in bellweathprs fierce. Remsm-
ber my friends, that with all your boasted in
dependence, you are poor, weak, miserable, de.
pendent beings. That same Almighty hand
which provides you with soup aud shirts, beef
and breeches. can take them all from you in
little less than a short space of time, and leave
you as naked as an apple tree in winter. Yes,
my lrieIds you must recollect that You are de-
pendent as well as independent; and that all
the favors you receive are donations from Heaven,
brought down by angels of mercy and distIibu-
ted impartially among the grabbing, snatching
and thieving sons of sin. So mote il be.
N. B.-We, that is the mayor, common coun-
Gil and myself, have thoughti it well not to have
any booths round the Park next Ssturdsy-not
! that they HAVE BEEN The cause of disturbance