American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-07-15
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AemNFSs 81 Nndftrt H~TVmoA"H ~ t"c
Fourth ofJalY Celebration at the State |
Reform Farm.
OrFroERs AND INMArEs.-Whsn il was
frs, proposed to get mp modest Fourth Of I
July relebralion 1T this insituiian, the idea
struck me as a strange one, and II led me
20 a vein Of T, he"lions. which soon disipa-
ted nv doubts ss to It's propriety. and I
then determined TO use these sentiments,
by submitting them in few brief remarks
to you. after the Declaration Of 1ndepen-
dence hid heen read.
This is. it not prison. yet a place OF
severe and rigid restraint. By laws. rules
and regulations enxiron you- al eyery side.
end prescribe all your movements. To
celebrate freedoms holiday here then,
seems paradox. and 10 looks - 6rst I'M.
prsssicn more like being done in mocksry
Of liberty. than to.iis honor: buta second
theueht dispellsd-- this feeling, and sober
judgement whispers that men may. when
we view il rightly, be free even in pri.ou.
while on the Other hand they may bo
slaves under fhe least possible outward Ie-
straint ee' 1 % ,-e
All men love liberty. children sspeccial-
" do so,. and this love must necessarily
pArvade your hosoms most intenSly. An
Advise Providence has planted this emo.
bling emotion in every human heart. and
we should never Try to suppress Il. or even
blame persons for it;3on lbe contrary we
should enepulass il, and in the education
or rtforna ion OF youth try only 10 direct
itright. True liheriyis all mankini's g.
nal destiny; all lappiness consists 10 seek
ing It rightly and wisely misery
comes from chasing it ,wropRfully and
eusslessly, and the ultimate redemption Of
the human race isaoheiysd or r,ocrastins-
ted, as mankind understands ard acts up
on this great truth, that right and virtue
bring liberty and that vice and wrong en-
tail upon us slavery.
Moses lays down his doctrine 10 his
teGut'iul aliegory Of the fall OF man. The
great question is how to be free from evil
though ever tempted by it; how to enjoy
freedom in ths constant presence of forli'-
den ftuit. J,fftson relates ths, came
question in the Declaration just relto you
by asserting that highest OF all laws that
free Government rests upon, and liycs only
as il respects and reli9iously absiains from
infringing from those secured positive
rights ofindividua man, 10 rPcurf which,
Governments were instituted among
men," J4tfarson denies to naiont wha'
Moses denies to man, the right to fytr-
else the poUsr to do wrong. Noses shows
thai Psradis. was lost herause man abused
his liberty. Jefferson declares il tyranny
to violate individual rights. Both state
ths same great truth, and with both liber.
ty is bit another name for virtue and the
rght--slayory and tyranny fer vie and
wrong. .1 60 sal tlaa y1F
Liberty to DO wrong Is claimed by somc
10 be the very essenGe Of freedom, and in
the same senee. liberty 10 take the proper
ty Of another, is the aeme Of honesty. |
prefer to transpose the proposition, and to
contend that all tive hoerty worth having
is the liberty to do right, aud that all 9th.
ar liberty isnot liberty, as it letds to the
loss ofit. The power TO do wrong exists
but it does SO. sntject TO penalties and ,c
certain limits; the power to do right existt
without limit, and its reward is the con,
sIAnt increase OF its power. TIE excer
else OF The last named power is always fol
Lowell by greater liberty, while every ac
in the opposite direction PR duces create
restraint, and out Of this grows Ill the ent
slaving functions Of human authority.
All human beings are once entirely free
il is wien their hearts are pure. and bpfor,
they know OF the liberty TO do wrong. =
Slavery commences with every persor
with the first tr,nsgrpsson, and as the irs
error enters our soul, some Of it's precious
freedom departs. Wo sre free in life iu,
to the degree 10 which we are good. Chris
was the freost being that ever lived in hu,
man FORM Why? Because he was mos
perfect He was to liBself his own law
TO none was the liberty 10 wrong more
positively drnied, than to him; ho ever de
MED il to hims II. and yet nothing in,erve.
ned le,ween him aud god. SO with every
human bring. his freedom is measured by
his goodness. You, boys. do each anc
every one OF you remember the DAYS o
your innecence; you remember too til,
hours when you fell, and | osll thes
Iercolectons tefore you now, not to tan
you nor harrow your feelings, but to hav
ilcm as witnesses TO the great truth, whic'
an endsavoring 10 enforce, that as yoi
transgressed, go The cords Of restraint grew
upon you, and as they grew to he those q
iais and reform schools You lost you
liberty AS you sunk in vice. You hav
tested the extremes Of Liberty and slavery
To society at large tho tame truth is dali
aud hourly exempli6"d ia the same degree
All its laws and restr.ints arise from tn
abuse oflibrrty. and they must exist. eve
in the mosl revolving form. down TO chain
and bars. and bolts, and personal oha'
tisement. just in tho degree which ther
are nen. 'xerci-ing tter powsrlo d
wrong Even black 81 very would hav
never been known. il the children /
Africa had not sunk 80 deeply in vice an
degradation. One Of you Toys has ju,
spoken Ri'nzi's speech to The Romans;
" TOO is contained the same idea, tn
slsvrs nre made Of sls,ish men. and neitl
er that atm psphsro Of Rome. nor that
Amprica-aeilhpr there lie blood ofsll Il
C@sars. nor th,t OF all the Augolo Soxo
----protccIs man whose hearts are impu
and Whose desires are low, from ahjp
eervlude. No naliun, nor no indiviIu
can be free unless they are vi-tuous.
You. hoys. are apt to look for liber
beyondthis farm. and outside this isst;t
tIon, aud the rules and regulations are