Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-07-20

other may teach them their duty to their country Teach them that merit makes the man, teach them that honor should be thelr badge, and virtue their polar star, teach them to allow to all the largest reh- gious liberty, teach them to cherish the freedom of speech and of the press. as the greatest safeguard of free people teach them that the sheet anchor of their homes is the American constitution-the only [rber. mopyl@ of human ndependence-tbe bar rierS that surround 1t once torn down, and civil and religious liberty sink forever in the grave ana thus by animating mbition and stimulating patriotism, you lav deep and strong the foundations of constitutional republican government: and how admira- | ble IS the system of our institutions in this regard? Her onl y honors are those which excellence may demand and her only dis tlnction that which discriminating people bestows upon superior endowment. This IS distinction which God has seen fit which justice recognizes, and one of the greatest gifts which Heaven has left like portions of itself to man.
 If, my friends, retrospect of the nast IS necessary for proper appreciation of the | present, an eXamlnation of our condition to-day may not be without it's usefulness in the tuture-a future pregnant with good and evii-a future teeming with interest to every true lover of his country. Alas! even now the insidious serpent has crept again into the garden and poisoned with it's foul breath the atmosphere of our political Eden.
 Would that l could pass over in silence aught that might mar the harmony of our national rejoicing. But l should feel had been recreant to duty assigned, were I to hesitate, on so sacred an occasion as this, to stigmatize and brand, were I able. in burning words, the deeds of a rampant and triumphant tanaticiSm.
 It IS useless my friends u try to Hull ourselves into an inglprious apathy and hue to our boSoms ''t the delusive phantoms of hope" Do not the storm cl0uds that roll down from the north, the winds that howl around our walks, and the Hghtnings that leap along our battlements, betoken ga- thenng tempest? Has not this monster abolltionism, stalked, l had almost said unrebuked into the halls of our national legislature, and made their proceedings the daily scene of angry agitation, of crimina. ton and recrimination? Has 1t not already Steeped lts tratrcdal hands in a brothers blood, and has not the clang of abolition sables been heard, even upon the western confines ot our own and sister State? Is 1t not to-day nullitying our laws-bidding dehance to its ministers of justice, and laughing to Scorn" the most sacred deci- sions of our highest judicial tribunals
 " oult that l could call forth some pa- triot Jeremiah as Of old to stand in the courts ot the Lords house and rebnke the sins ot this political Judah. Would that the diSorsanizing elements of our social ant political existence might stir up again some youthful Agrippa who would calm thelr re0eilious spirits and quiet their ebul- lItionS ct passion. For truly this is the last hope of an oppre sel and down. trod. den world--the only really successful ex- ample ot people governing themselves, and when 1t falls, Tit falls like Luciter. never to hope again. l do not pretend to fore tell with prophetic accuracy the results of this misguided fanaticism. do not pro- pose to solve problem, which has appalled, older and deeper intelects than mine Nor do l deem 1t pertinent here to attempt It. But this do know That while the blood of the fathers courses through the veins of their children, the American heart will scon oppression from whatever source It may come. No matter how secret in it's birth, how insidious in its approach, or how plausible ln its preteXts, the very moment you attempt to stide the liberties of the ] people they will indignantly rise in the might of offended majesty, ten thousand l glttering blades will leap from their scab- bardS, they will drive back bowling to ther dens of infamy, these blood hounds ot treason, and restore their country to it's original purity.
 ' To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the dav. thou can'st not then De false to any man." You have no tedious and bloody revolutions to ac- meve-no new institutions to found-no government 10 establish. Worthcr and holier hands have gathered before us the Iaurel!ed honors that their actions deserved The heritage they bequeathed us is the common privilege of the whole human fla mlly, Of all that are, ot all that are to be. lis ours to enjoy the blessings which 1t \ dlSpenSes-'tis ours to guard it in the hour of danger-'tls ours to charge posteritv with its faithful keeping, and when all here present shall be called upon 10 receive the reward of their labors, let the genius of America point with pride to her sons, as dld the Roman matron of old when asked for her jewels, and exultingly exclaim, these are they to whom I owe my great neS>."
 Remember that your young republic has destiny to attain Remember that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Re- member that the powerful despotism of the other continent, jealous of the splendid ex- ample of self government you have fur nlshed to the world, would delight to clip- pie your vital energies Remember that the nations of Europe, in their present struggles for independence, are looking to your country as beacon light on the watch tower of freedom, to brighten up their dark and devious pathway. Remember the sa- cred truths you have heard read here to- day, and en, hrine them in the deepest re- ceSses of your hearts. Then will the cause of justice and of Heaven prevail Then will the same Almighty power, whose fin ger traced out the course of your fathers through the boisterous Atlantic. be with you; and while we, with the Israclites of old, shall walk dry-shod through the wall of waters; the enemies of liberty, like Pharoah and his hosts, shall perish forever in the surging seas.
 Fourth of July Celebration at Princeton.