Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-07-16

all good. Ny God! unhurt they have
shaped their devious May Through number.
Tess and a"tried ha'lshipS, which. like en-.
venomed lcgions. ,lnenaced swift destruction
upon heir ships. and. swi.hstood their dis
embarkat'0n. # - -
They are here, but .ihcs IS no home 70,
their recepton-no f'oa but that procured
by chance or gond luck with the m,.ske, and
ho"k-n" friend but that jehovah who feed
eth the little birds, and VIII" was now tl,ei,
only hope. From the bosom Of the gloom
forests issued the painted Savages-u.,lscl
IS tigers to the influence Of mercy. S.ern
winter RACES with oil is horrors, claiming
even the ocean in its cold embrace. Is;
famine. by ckness, by the ruthless savage,
was sure destruction menaced-but did they
falter or despair? Was there a gr,,an Vi
de>ponlency ?-was there 4 fear that the
Lord had for AIKEN them? No! worse than
death they suffered, but the more the glory
they horea t" merit Even that un err tue
favor Of God they might bscom, the prvgen.
'tors OF great and mighty nation. and scat.
ter the seeds Of that faith an hope that un-
told generations cunning after, would, Xix,
them, rejoice in. Aud fos,ered by the pity.
ing hand Of heaven, seconded BY their own
determined efforts. remnant Ut that Israel
was preserved.
There IS, says great writer, an ultimate
point Of dcpre, sion a. we'll ~ Of exaltation,
from which human affairs naturally turn,
10 this last point Of endurance was tina,
remnant reduced, and then the 6arkened skv
was streaked with chez ing radiance. WIN.
ter's chilling blast thai. i.lad ragged through
the forest, mel'owe:,. into the vsrnal breczs VI
spring: The garth opened to them her pro
duct've h1$o e-tfeir ,awny neighb,rs DO.
came frieni 1lnd soon. like the handful Of
Corn sowg he mountain, they became q
numcrou op'e. ....,,.. ..i.
These. my fr ends. were some Of the sui:
terinss Of the saiatel martyrs who nurtursd
freedom in the wilds Of America. Thsi,
precious blood pu chased our charter Of lib
jer:y-lheir psnury and danger was the pre-.
Jude t" our safety and comfort; and in thei,
night Of terrific darkness was lit up the
beacon which shall shine with increasing
effu!gence until the whole world b,holds
and al'nires, worship and enjoy it-Tne Sun
Of Liberty. ~
Like Abraham, obed,cnt to the divine
command. our ia, hers, npthinS doubling al
the Call Of the Almighty. freely Offered up
thelr"Wn lives at tn: shrine Of free, LON, and
ia'd that !ounda ion Of religion and virtue
upon winch the vast structure of American
In pom ienc: has since been reared.
We pass to the oventful perud Of the dec.
'aration Of our in dependence. We nave en-
under what un:,e .rl OF difficulties its f,un-
latior wa, laid, and of what that foundation
consisted. We have seen the school in
which the u,horS Of that declaration were
Developed. How, tre by alvorsi.y. m .de
s'eai f.St Of purp Se ana hopeful Of the high
est ends. they We're gradn lily prepared to
announce ami defend tho granle,t de:lara-
ton OF the rights Of man that history Can
furnish, in the face Of difficulties qui e a. nu-
'aer"us and severe as were those Of their
Pilgrim nrefathers. and which. like tn IN
they overcI'ne. because possessed Of thci,
spirit. and because they also received thai
divine assistance, which, with them, they
equally merite,l. is. sa 4,-.
long series Of expressions ami persecu-
tons had klndlel general spirit 81 resist
ance. and caused the tender bud of liberty ia
shoot. L" crush it out, the canvas or Brit
i>h war h.ets whitehead our seas their ar.
mics, equi ped with every known en- .ine Of
war, and breathing revenge and destruction
We're lande on oar shores, and woe and DIES.
olation: and rapine and blodShe,l, follow I'll ia
their tracks. To meet them they had moth
ing. Unlearned in the ar. Of war, without
armies or ships, or arms or warlike stores 81
any description, nor hope Of aid from other
nations. They had n"thiny Of all these
but they had what could create them oil :
brave hearts and determined minds. and.
With these, and by the aid Of Providence,
they were like their forefa hers, vic,orio IS.
II u not necessary IT, follow their history
through that long and bioody war. Ssnt by
God. the Angel Of Lib rty from the heave -
took his way to earth, and on Washington's
brow. and ON those Of his brave compatriots,
bound the laurel wreaths If victory. and
stamped With the seal Of omnip,tence the
Independence Of our country. We can now
-0h how wildly see how impossible it
would have heen even had all the dcspots
Of earth combine,l, to have again bound them
in the chains of slavery. Those noble souls,
armed in Just cause and upheld by an ap
proving G.M, were indeed unconluerab!o.-
Freemen fighting for freedom. only can *.
ert the full powers, moral AMI physical, that
God has given to MIN. Thi: nude them
successful, and now for the grand results o,
that success. -@l j3I3@Uz 9n7
The combined wisdom If tho world hns
not been able to reduce to = system thu, phs.
nomenOn ii na ure. neither can w co.npre-
bend the manifold work ngs by which that
success is 10 surely carrying on tn: great
work q: regenerating the whole world. Mil
lions havs already enjoyed, IN l untold mil.
lions are yet to e9joy and propagate its p in.