Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-07-07

one year to their governor, John Carver.
They left behind them all laws for the es-
tablishment of religion, leaving every
man free to worship God in any form his
conscience might dictate, and all the old
English laws, of the cntaiing of estates,
and of Primogenlure, which more than
anything else, had been detrimental to Lib
erty These old English laws, remnant
of the Feudal System, where lands were
held by the Barons. and the people were
oul tenants at will, gave the lords and the
Oldest son after them, forever, the only
right 10 the soil, which they could not con
vey, nor could it be seized upon for debt
Thus dispossessing toreuer the people, and
making them forever strangers in the land
of their birth. without home. Homeless
and dsfranchised. prescribed in their wor
ship on their native soil, the Pilgrims here
in the infancy of Government. corrected
those evils and became in fact true De-
mocracy.
They passed through many diversified
scenes; but they grew rapidly-;hcy grew
strong. They reared churches and school
houses; they planted new colonies.
The colonists made their own laws, but
acknowledged the king, and left their acts
to his sanction; and thus they were left.
and grew unobserved by the English peo
pie for an hundred and forty years; when
the active and prominent part they took in
the French war, excited the envy of the
lords and barons, forming the British house
Of Parliament, who proposed to tax them.
This ,hey at once resisted. as an encroach
ment upon their rights; for said they. the
right of taxation implies the right of repre-
sentalion, which is denied us In this
controversy the king took the part of the
lords against the people, and attempted to
enforce the duties A cargo of tea upon
whi,h duty was placed, arriving at Bos
ton harbor, the people assembled in dis
guise and threw it overheard. for which
Pa,liamen, passed the Boston port bill.
closing the harbor. This act. was alike
disregardcd by the people. Then com
menced series Of acts Of resistance. in
which Adams. Hancock and Warren APP
peared. They urged the people to pre-
pare for armed resistance. which they did;
and the first blood was shed at Lexington
defending their rights. which commenced
long and fearful struggle. At first it
was for a principle only-not a thought or
word MAS sail of independence; bui
when the breach was opened soon the idea
of independence followed. Patrick Hen
ry and Paine, urged Independence upon
the people, as step that should be inn
mediately taken. The one God in the
| Forum and on the sIanI end in eloqucnce
that burned upon his lips urged The ma
ton tc the contest. The other. with his
powerful pen, assisted by Frsnklin's press
scattered broad over the land the facts of
the crisis He showed he folly of re-
conciialion with the king. and urged up
on the people the national righ;--the In
terest--the nccessiiy--and moral odvan-
tayo of being independent. These said
the pa,rioi, in the first number Of his 'Cri-
SIS, "are the times that try mems souls
/ The summer soldier and the sunshine pat
riot will. in this crisis. shrink from the
service of his country; but he that stands
! it NOW, deserves the love thanks of man
and woman. Tyranny. like hell is not
easily conquered: yet We have this conso-
atior with us. that the harder the conflict.
the more glorious the triumph. What we
obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly:
IT'S dearness only that gives everything
its value Heaven knows how to put Il
proper price upon is goods: aud il would
be strange indeed, if SO celestial an article
as FREEDOM shonld not be highly rated.
Britain. will, am army to enforce heu ty-
ranny. has declared that she has right
not only TO TAX. but "to BIND US in
ALL CASES WHATSOEVER. "and il
being bound in that manner is not slavery.
then there is not such a thing as slavery
uron earth"
In another paper he encourages the peo-
pie. and uses the following language:
"7he UNITED STATES of AMERI-
CA" will sound as pompously in the world
or in history, as The Kingdom OF Great
Britain the character Of General WasA
ington will fill page with as much lus'ei
as that of Lord HOwe
When we consider the prominent posi-
ton cf Lord Howe, as an Eegish lord
and comma nder -in-chief Of the proud
! Britons; and the youth and inexperience o
/. Washington. this was saying mach, and
more than might. at The time by many be
: thought Unsuitable. Lord Howe has pass
} ed away. and is almost forgo,ien, and bu
for his connection with the importan
events Of that time. his neire would have
been lost. But Washing on WIS born l.
live forever: his name will 90 down to al
, posrerity as an example Of heroism pa
; tience. courage Independence. pa ,ipsisn
and virtue. rarely if ever equaled. and
r never excelle1; and his name will be forev
7 er remembered as The ''ftsl in war Fl $
) in peace, and first in the hearts of hi
] countrymen."
+, The first public movement towards indie
| pendence. was made by Richart. Henr,
+; Lee, ofsVirginia, upon the aoorof TIL
q Continental Congress, on the 7th day 0
june, 1776 wlpn on the following day
/, committee of five, consisting of Jefferson
i. Adams, Franklin. Sherman. and Livings
: ton. were elected by ballot. to prepare tn
e declaration. Jefferson was chosen by tha
f committee to draft the document. which h
r.