Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-05-09
Joi, Printing
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Thomas Paine.

II was in the time when a band Of re-
bells sat in Carpenter Hall. when III,
smoke of Lexington and Bunker Hill
WAS yet in the gky. and the undrled blood
oi Warren and tie martyrs was yet up
on the ground it was in time, il the
blood red dawn OF our revolution. that a
scene Of some interest took pace III the
city Of William Penn. r.....u
Look yonder. and behold ,ha, solitary
lamp, finging i.s dim light through The
shadows Of . neatly furnished rom.
Grouped aronnd the table, the glow
Of The lamp pouring fn' in the .,.s.
sre four persons-a Boston Law a
Philadelphia Printer, a PhilaIeipilis
Doctor, and Virginia Planter.
Come witt NE to that lonely room.-
Let Us seat ourselves there. Let Us Io,k
into the faces VI these men-that man
with tie cold brow and resoute look, is
one John Adams, from Boston +; next to
MN sits the marked face ot the Printer.
one benjamin FsaHklin and last of all,
your eye rests upon man distinguished
above al! others by bis height, the noble
outlines Of bis form, and the sol mn
dignity OF bis brow. That man is named
"asb'ngton--one Mr.. George Washing
ton, from Mount Vernon.
And these men are all members Of tle
Hsbsl Congress. They have me, here Il,
talk over the atfairs of their countsS.-
TER conversation is deep toned --ea,,-
tlons-hurried. Every man seem afraid
% give usserance to tbs thonghts of bis
bosom.
Gonfiscation-the gihbet the axe J.
Ihese have been the reward of brave men
tefore now, who dared speak treason
against bis majesty By the grace of CID.
Therefore, is th4 conversation, Of he four
patriots burdenrG with restraint aut,
gloom.
lhey talk Of Bunker Hill. OF Lexinc-
ton, ottbe blood thirsty British ministry,
OF the weak and merciess Brisisl, Klnu.
Then from the lips of Fra,.kIln. comes
the great question Where is this war 10
end Are we ightin !. only f5r Il change
IN the British Ministry? Or-or-tor
the Independence Of our native. land
There Is silence III tha. room.
Washington, Ada'ns. Rush, all laok |
'nto each others faces, and are silent.
Bound to England by lies u ancestry |
-'anguage re'igion the very idea Of
sepaf st'on from her seems hlsspl,-my.
feA, with their to sns burnt. iiheir ppo |
Pc urdered-Bunk4r Hill SINKING
.oere' = Lexington bleeding yondvr vr--s,ilI,
these colonisls cling to the name Of Eng |
land, still sI,1dder at the big wore, tia,
cnokes Their utterance to speak-ISDEpEs-
DEYcE!
~ tnls moment, while all is still.
vh''of IS announced. 4 man somewhat
snort 70 stature, clad it a coat of faded
Drown. Hetakes his seat at the table, j,
introduced !, 70 these gentsemeD by Frank
nm y. ana tnen informed Of the pic under
o'scasslon. Look upon his brow, his
nasniDg eye, as ID earnest words be pour,
tosth bis soul. $50
washington, Adams, Rush. Franklin
~ ase hushed into silence. At first. the
nan N the brown coat s,srtlss horr;fies
'aen WITH his po'sica! blaspi,emv.
Ds' as he goes on, as his broad, solid
p Ilo~ warns with FIRE, as bis eye flashes
y. .ne null light Of soul reused into All IL
y ~, . those deep, earnest tones speak of
'ue !nas1'enaence Of Amersca her glorj.
ous iuture--her people. that shall swell,
.a', .ase osahs'ess aalIlions-her navy, that
- oAesn the u,termost ses--hey des-