St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-08

as it were in a day with the very flow
err of eastern civilization-men and
women of the highest intellectual
character, enterprise and refinement
sent forth from the older States to
populate and build an empire upon the
vast savannahs that stretch away be-
tween the two mightiest rivers of the
world, lying in the very heart of the
continent. Allusion was made to the
beauty of our landscape scenery--the
unrivalled fertility of the soil--the
purity of the rivers waters--the salu.
brity of the atmosphere-and the in
domitablc energy of the inhabitants.
Mention was made of our common
schools and higher seminaries of learn
ing--of our social, moral and religious
privileges. We were also pointed to
our early and yet recent history, when
the pioneer settlers had to contend for
their lives with the willy savages who,
under the leadership of Blackhawk,
sought to restore these magnificent
hunting grounds to the people Of his
own race, yet in vain. What a con-
trast was there between the periods
when the red man chased the deer up
on our prairies, caught pickcrcl and
salmon from our rivers, and cultivated
his meagrc patches of maize, and that
now, when the plains are dotted over
with lowing herds, when the river
tolls in our workshops, and every
thing is busy with the hum of indus
try and the activity of civilized life -!
For threc-fourths of an hour the orator
held the attention of his vast audience
in almost breathless silence, and when
his peroration was pronounced they
seemed still feeding upon his words.
We have heard but one sentiment ex-
pressed in regard to the grafton, and
that is in terms Of unmeasured praise.
REGULAR ToAsTs.
| l. The Day W. Ce,ebrute-America claims its
glory, but gives its blessings to the world.
J. G. Patterson, Esq, being called,
responded as follows:
"The Day we Celebrate" A day
rich in events held sacred by an ever
grateful people. The day on which
our young eagle first poised upon his
newly fedged pinions and sank hei
talons deep in the writhing flesh OF
Tyrany. "The Fourth day of July
There is music in the sound. States
men, Heroes, and Scholars would
you do homage at the shrine Of Liber
ty, honor these words.
To-day, Washington, and an attend
ant train of Revolutionary Patriots
descend from their abodes Oh high, tc
this their beloved country From
Maine to the southern point of Florida
and Texas-from California and Ore
gon on the Pacific, to the Atlantic
coast, every heart beats in unison to
day May the time never come when
an American citizen shall so far for.
get the tribute Of gratitude, due to
our Revolutionary Fathers, as to re-
fuse or neglect to spend one day in
national liberty.
2. The Memory Of Washington.
g. The Memory Of Lafayette.
4. The Presidency Of the United States.
S. Our Army and Nary.
Response "a Song, ("The Red,
White and Blue,") Solo, by L. L. Hunt
ley, Esq.-Chorus, by the Choir.
9. The Memory Of Our Revolutionary Heroes.
7. Christianity and Lib~ty-May they walk
hand in hand on earth, and travel soul and
soul to Heaven.
Rev. j. II. Parmelee was called, and
remarked, in response, that the toast
embodied true and noble sentiment,
to which all our hearts respond,
amen. Christianity and Liberty do go
hand in hand. They are welded. As
husband and wife walk hand in hand
on life's pilgrimage, SO Christianity
and liberty walk hand in hand over
the earth, ameliorating the condition
of mankind. Christianity unfoIds the
Divine government which is the mod
ell Of all free human governments. 1t
makes the mind familiar with the ele-
mental ideas that rule, obedience, and
equal rights are essential to maintain
liberty. 1t keeps before the mind the
idea of God, thus restraining the tur-
bulcncc of passion. 1t cultivates
philanthropy which makes men, jeal-
GUS of others rights, as careful of their
own. In England Christianity has
been widely diffused, and the people
are comparatively free. In France
Infdelity would write in her temples,
There is no God" and death is an
eternal Sleep" If Liberty attempts
to rise, she trembles. totters and falls. |
As Christianity is diffused, the idea of
civil liberty becomes silently and deep
ly implanted in the minds of the
revolutions break out, and a
higher order of government takes form
to more perfect civil
liberty. That Bible which Luther
found suspended in the convent worked
a revolution. Its truths emancipated
his own mind from error. These
truths disseminated by him and his
coadjutors, wrought moral revolu-
ton from which came forth larger
degree of civil liberty to many of the
nations of Europe.
The mind and heart of Roger Will
liams were early imbued with the
spirit Of Christianity. His principles
were too noble for Old England, and
he sought an asylum in this western
world. He came
TO plant the tree of Life,
To plant fair Freedoms tree
He planted in Providence, Rhode