Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-04-08
An yntsresting SkettB:
MAS PAIN E,
THE AUTHOR-HERo OF THE AMERICAN


It was in the time when band of rebels sat
in Carpenters Hall, when the smoke OF l'eXlns.
ton and Bunker Hill, was yet in the sky, ana
the undried blood of Warren and the martyrs
was yet upon the ground-it was in this time:
in the blood-red dawn Of our revolution, that
scene of some interest took place in the city OF
William Penn.
Look Wonder, and behold that solitary lamp.
tlinring its dim light through the shadows OF
neatly furnished room.
Groupcd around the table, the glow of the
lamp pouring full in their faces: arc four persons
"a Boston Lawyer, Philadelphia Printer,
Philadelphia Doctor, and Virginia Planter.
Core with me to that lonely room. Let Us
seat ourselves there. Let us look into the faces
of these mcn-that man with the cold brow and
resolute look, is one John Adams, from Boston !;
next to him sits the calm-aced Benjamin Rush:
there YOU sec the marked face Of the Printer:
one Benjamin Franklin; and last OF all, your
eye rests upon man distinguished above all
Others by his height, the noble outlines of his
form, and the solemn dignity of his brow: That
man is named WaShngton-one Mr. George
Washington, from Mount Vernon.
And these men are all members OF the Rcda
Congress They have met here to talk over
the affairs of their country. Their conversa-
ton is deep-toned- -cautious-hurried. Every
man seems afraid to give utterance to the
thoughts of his bosom.
Confscation-the gibbet-the axe! These
have been the reward of brave men before now,
who dared speak treason against his Majesty
by the grace Of God. Therefore, is the CONVEX
sation Of the four patriots burdened with re-
straint and gloom.
They talk of Bunker IIill of Lexington, Of
the blood-thirsty British Ministry, OF the weak
and mercileSs British King.
Then from the lips Of Franklin, comes the
great auestion-Where is this war to end are
We fighting only for change in the British
Ministry? Or-or-for the independence OF
our native land
There is silence in that room.
Washington, Adams, Rush, all look into each
others faces, and are silent.
Bound to England by ties of ancestry-lan-
guage-religion-the very idea OF separation
from her seems blasphemy.
Yes, with their towns burnt, their people
murdered Bunker Hill smoking there, Lexlng-
ton bleeding yonder-still, these coonists cling
to the name Of England, still shudder at the big
word TINT chokes their utterance to speak-lN-
DEPENDENCE!
At this moment, while all is still, a visitor is
announced. A man somewhat short in stature,
clad in coat of faded brown. He takes his
seat at the table, is introduced to these gentle
men br Franklin, and then informed Of the top
!; under discussion. Look upon his brow, bis
flashing eye, as in earnest words he pours forth
his soul.
Washington, Adams, Rush, Franklin, all are
lushed into silence. At first, the man in the
brown coat s,artles, horrities them with his po-
ltical blasphcmy.
But as he goes on as his broad, solid brow
warns with fire, as his eye flashes the full light
Of soul reused into all its life, as those deep,
earnest tones speak of the Independence ot
America-hcr glorious future-her people, that
shall swell into countless milliOns-her navy,
that shall whiten the uttermost sca-her desti-
nv. that shall stride on over the wrecks o
thrones, to the Universal Empire Of the Wes-
tern Continent!
Then behold
They rise round the tablc-thcy press tha,
man in the brown coat by the hand-nay, the
VIRGINIA PLANTER, Washington, grasps both hi:
hands and, in a voice dcepened by emotion
becs him for tie sake of God, to write these
words in a book
book that shall be read in all homes, ant
tbundered from all the pulpits in America.
Do you see the picture, my friends!
THAT man in the brown coat, standing there
flushed, trembling with the excitement OF hi
own thoughts-tbat splendidly formed Virgins
nlanter on one side, erasping him by the han'
those great souled men encirclins him on tn
other, John Adams Benjamin Rush, Benjamil
Franklin! Their cleaning eyes shine with ON
oo and read On !6a gssat sISSe 'e 'ooF