Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-07-10

able. and religious institutions, cuntr hutina
a large share 10 the worlds current history
lmpregnabie i'll military strength. and having
more ship tonnage aioat than even the late
mistress Of theSeas" herSelf-was eluquently
sketched. The progress Of our nation IN the
material arts-railroads, STEAMBOATS,, magnetic
teiegraphs-was also alluded 10 as proofs of
the genius and power of the American me-
chanics' minds as well as ofthe skill of their
hands In this mass Of newly acquired popu-
latlon, we had gathered in from all parts Of
the civilized world much of the very best blood
of men who would ubvy the behrs,s of
temporal or spiritual tyrants.
The great doctrine of HUMAN RIGHrs-not
simply that'I am as good as you are" but that
''you are as good as am lay al the founda-
ton Of our prosperity. He argued from the
express terms as well as from the general
spirit Of the Declaration, that the sole object
Of Government is, to secure tie rights of men,
aud thai rights must not be sacrificed 10
maintain governments. When a government
does not defend human equality, then such
government should be altered SO as 10 protect
her humblest citizen in his God-given rights.
The inability of the best informed but un-
travelled Englishman TO comprehend the vast
extent Of our territory, and Of some of the
achievements of the minds and hands of the
Americans. Judge Kelley illustrated By vari-
Gus original and telling incidents.
His description Of .'Jonathan's" defeating.
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has grandfather John Bull and all the word in
Yachting, in Reaping, and in useful Machine
~ geneTaIly-as decided by competent Judges
from the most civilized natlons-was mos,
happy and entertaining, as further illustrating
the trIumphs OF American Arilzans and Me
chancs. (The Lock making and picking
tests he might have included in the catalogue.l
Even the London Tin.es-ihe paper of Great
Buiain-which alternately sneered and thun-
dered al the American contributions, was at
last obliged 10 confess our superiority in util-
ltarian matters; and to-day the Times is prin-
ted on one of the fast Steam Presses made by
Hoes workmen in New York
But, while our physical progress was thus
ton was decidedly the most educated, best
dressed and fed, most prosperous, and best
governed nation on earth, II was also matter
for most serious consideration and well wor-
thy Of inquiry on this our National Sabbath,
whether in eighty years we had given the
world any additional governmental truth
whether we had made any advance in human
liberty. Excepting the noble letter of Daniel
Webster 10 Hulseman, in which he announced
that Repubicanism and Americanism deman-
ded that even diplomacy should be understood
and governed by the voice Of the people, he
feared we had done nothing 10 awaken the IA
vorable attention of the world in the science
Of government. What mean the recent de-
nunciations Of that sacred instrument, the
corner stone of our republican Institutions
the Declaration of ndependence-as a"glit-
tering generality aud dangerous docu-
ment'' and that, too, by men high in rank IN
our own land
The Orator next alluded at some length 10
the debaSement of American coin, and the
ban shment, by the Government. of the word
d" "Llberty" from our circulating medium. with.
in few years. Not long since, the director
Of the mint Of Great Britain, in ordering a
small coin struck, had, simply as a matter Of
convenience, erased from the inscription to
Queen Victoria, on one side Of the CON, the
words Dei e,afia," (by the grace Of God }
But when the people came 10 see the new
coin, and found that the cherished words de-
clarlns the divine right TO royalty were erased,
they denounced il, and so strong was public
opinion against this innovation, that the often
ding officer was elected from office, and the
old words restored. If the people of England
are so jealous for their monarchical supports,
ought not Americans 10 guard well their watch
word, Liberty" And yet, for some few
years past, an evident attempt has been made
by those controlling our Government to pro-
scribe that tyrant-hated word" Liberty
from our pieces of money. Some OF our latest
coined gold dollars have the word Liberty"
on the female head in such small letters that
a magnifying glass is required to enable many
10 see it at all-like the infamous old tyrant,
who compelled his people to suffer heavily for
disobeying his laws, yet wrote those laws SO
fine and placed them SO high that hardly any
one could read them. Liberty" is TO be
worked frcm these coin by degrees. But the
new cen'-while displaying the nondescript
bird, the original Of which is not an eagle,
whatever il may be-is also subServient. and
the word Liberty" which spoke from the old
cents, is erased altogether! Whatmean these
studied, silent. secret /" "crushings OUT of the
talismanic word Liberty, How important
that We all guard well our sacred privileges,
and transmit them, unimpaired, to the latest
posterity.
This is brief outline of Judge Kelley's
Grafton. as revived from our memory. 1t was
listened 10 with profound interest, and furni-
shed, we hope, food for much after-ihough,.
gTo the Mechanics of other places who
attended our celebration, we are especially
grateful. Had we dared nope for the pleasant
day we had, our own ranks and display would
( have been much larger. A delegation from
Sunbury, and numbers from Milton and other
I places, came in too late for the organization,
some of them having supposed it was to be an