Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-07-07
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring

From every mountain side
Let freedom ring
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name love;
Hove thy rocks and rs,
Thy woods and tempted hills:
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedoms song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breath partake;
Let rocks their silence break
The sound prolong.
Our fathers God! to thee,
Author of liberty
To thee we sinr;
Long my our land be brighs
With freedoms holy light;
Protect Us by thy might,
G eltGpi our king!'
Yes, Col orr King. for we acknowledge
nn otler prince or potentate, than the God
of Heaven We have no rulers, the peo-
pie are th' sovereigns, making their own
laws. they choose their executors, who SIM
ply execute their will, and are the servants
of the people, looking to them oithe tenor
of their Office, and the payment Of their sal
aries Here in this happy country, the
son of toll, though born in cot or cabin,
has the way to fortune and to fame opened
wide before him; he needs but energy ami
virtue, combined with talent, to place him
in the most honored positions
We have thus, fellow citizens, glanced
over the history of American Liberty, brief
ani meagre though our reviews have been,
we have seen enough to desire--to deeply
esire in our hearts, that our rights, ouI
liberty. our honor and our nationality, mag
forever be preserved, and so down to oul
posterity until the day of universal peace.
when tyranny and despotism, like other
crimes, will be unknown.
To preserve the rich legacy bequeathed
us by our fathers. let us study, and study
carefully, every element of our greatness
and every cause that may tend to decay
Let honesty, integrity and manly virtue,
both in public and private life. mark the
course of every citizen. Let us encourage
religion; foster schools academies an collie
ges. Let Us encourage every man to be the
| poSsesSor of a home--a spot upon this greer
earth that he may call his own-a plac,
upon which to rear his cot. upon when the
ivy and the woodbine may climb, and arounc
which fragr mt flowers may grow, and with
in which he may rear his offspring, and wor
ship his Col. with the feeling that this i,
nv country in which have home Let
Us be an orderly, quiet. law abiding people
submitting to the i'll of the majority
which. If we deem not right, endeavor tC
rectify through the medium of the press
an on the stump; but let US never be foun,
aking the law from the sovereign people
into our own hands, fermenting mobs
which, although the object sought to bt
accomplished might appear plausible a
first, would. like the letting out of waters
pass beyond our control, and lead to anar
chy and confusion, which irfollowed woulc
soon find for us Robespierre Or Louis
Napoleon.
Let us foster love OF our country; he
institutions and her laws: let us rejoice to
day in the glories of her institutions; il
our might and in our freedom. For one
thank God that this is my country. M
country! thou choicest gift of God to man
preeminent in the institutions that homo
heaven. The light and hope ofthe world
May thy honor thy renown, burn npon
my lips. and add to every thought and ev
cry word, the radiant hue of fire."