Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-07-02
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ., 1859
"OuR NATIONAL On

Congress Of the United Colonies of Amer.
lea. reported 10 that body the resul! OIL
their labors, me Declaration Of Indepen.
dence, which by the vote and signatures
of the peoples representatives, became The
ever memorable character of our Lber.
ties. TO this Declaration THAT desc
United Colonies, are, and Of right ought
to be, free and independent States that,
they are absolveG from all allegiance 10
the British Crown, and that all connsc-
ton between them and the State Of Great
Britain, is, and ought 10 be totally dis
solved" the representatives OF thirteen
States in solemn Congress assembled
"pledged their lives, their fortunes, and
their sacred honors."
This was no single handed movement
no sectional issue the cause of Revolu.
ton was one in which all were united il
was the cause Of Liberty: This declara'
ton had placed The Colonies in the bold
position Of Free and Independent States
determined TO act for themselves defy.
iEg any longer the authority Of Grea
Britain to reign or rule over their destl
MES. TO this Declaration thirteen of the
States. seven Northern and six Southern,
affixed by their representatives their sig.
natures These States were New Hamp.
shire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con,
neclicut, New York. New Jersey. Penn,
syIvania. Delaware. Maryland. Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor-
gia.
This Declaration was the result Of war;
for seven years did England vainly strive
TO bring back into subjection, not in bon
dage, for we never were in bondage,
the colonies; but the spir. which had
prompted this declaration was Of that bold
and daring character which knew no
compromise. There was but one idea
which thrilled in the mind, and took deep
root i'll the American heart and in the
same spirit with which il had been heral-
ded forth, their watchword was Liberty
or Death" The many sacrifices which
were made-lhe deeds Of heroic valor per-
formed-unequalled in the history Of
man, seemed but TO add fresh strength
and new energy to the undertaking snd
through the whole of this war our revoiu-
tionary fathers chung more closel y to
their sacred resolution. The God in
whom they had fixed their trust, strength
ened them in their faith, raised up for
them hosts of friends and crowned their
glorious efforts with success. The pro-
fame were driven from the temple of Lib
erty, and al her pure shrine free and iu-
dependent people knel! and worshipped.
Shall we by our own rash follies undo all
that the patriots o. our country, toiled and
labored to secure for US 4; shall We madly
exlinguish the flame of liberty which they
lighted shall we neglect TO perpetuate
the blessings they bequealhed ! Shall
this glorious Union Of ours which cost so
many hardships, so much blood and so
much treasure, be crushed upon the
strand of bitter sectionaism, and tvranis
be made to rejoice over our downfall.
Shall that bold spirit which animated our
Fathers, in this struggle for Liberty, and
which like fire has spread itself through
out The nations of the earth-permeaiing
the Utmost recesses Of corruption and
misrule. and which this very day is seen
and felt, in the struggle which is convul.
sing Europe, be extinguished by section
al strife and bitter discord Oh, no
Let Us on Monday next commune with
the mighty spirits Of the illustrious dead
who have gone before US. Let US take
them for our counsel and our guide re-
new alresh our devotion 10 our country
far as we are concerned, 10 hand down
unimPaired to posteriiy. the rich blessings
we have received.
GA tornado passed over this place
on Tuesday afternoon las, about O clock,
Drostratinu The wheat and corn a., 90 a. j.