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

al! good. My God! unhurt they have
shaped their devious Way. through number.
less and u"tried hanlship<, which, like en-
venomed lcgions. ,nenaceJ swift destruction
upon their ships, aud wi. hstood their dis.
Iemb,rkation. 81 = -.
They are here, but there is no home for
their reception-no fUd but that procured
ny Chance or good luck with the ,nIskc, and
hook N" friend but that Jehovah who feed
eth the little birds. and VIII" was now their
only hope. From the bosom Of the gloom Y
forests issued the painted savaxes-unusrl
As tigers to the influence Of mercy. S.ern
winter RACES with all y horrors, chanin.
even the ocean in its cold embrace. ~
famine. by ckness, BY the ruthless savage,
was sure destruction menaccd-but did they
f.l'er or despair? Was there a groan u
IdeSp"ndency WAS there a fear that the
LORD had for AIKEN them ? No! worse than
death they suffered, but the more the glory
they hore'li t" merit. Even that un er the
favor Of God they might bscom, the progen.
'torS OF a great and mighty nation. and scat
ter the seeds Of that faith an hope that un-
told generations coming after, would, Xix.
them, rejoics in. And fos,ereti by the pity.
ing hand OF heaven, seconded by their own
determined efforts, Z remnant uf that Israel
was preserved.
There Is, says great writer, an ultimate
point OF dcpre> sion a. we'll ~ Of exaltatiun.
from which human affairs naturally turn.
10 this last point Of endurance was that
remnant reduced, and then the 6arkencd skv
was streakcd with ch"e ing Radiance. VIM
'er's chilling blast tina! !lad ragged through
the forest, nellowo3 into the vernal breez. d
spring. The earth opened to them her pro
ductivc h,*o Etfe;r ,sw.y nsiYhh,s r h..
came tr'end 7'nd soon like the handful Of
Corn sows The mountain, they became a
nu !a bp'e.
These, my fr ends. were some of the sui.
terinss Of the saiatel martyrs who nurtursd
freedom in the wilds Of America. Thei,
precious blood pu chased our charter of lib
jersy-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
effulgence until tho whole world b,hDlds
and almires. worship and enjoy it-Tne Sun
Of Liberty.
Like Abraham, obed,ent to the divine
command. our IA hers, nothing doubling at
the Call OF the Almighty. freely Offered up
thelrnWA lives at tn: shrine Of freedom, and
ia'd that tounda ion Of religion and virtue
upon which the vast structure Of American
In pom ienc: has since been reared.
W. pass to the eventful period Of the dec.
|arati"n Of our in dependence. We have y en-
under what un:,e .rl vi difficulties its f,nn-
'iatio, wa, laid, and Of what that foundation
consisted. We have seen the school in
which the authors Of that declaration were
Developed. How, tre by adversely. m .de
stea it'Sl Of purp se ana hopeful Of the high
est ends, they We're graun lily prepared to
announce ami defend III. granIe,t de,lA,a-
! ton OF the rights Of man that history CAL,
furnish, in the face Of difficulties qui e aS nu-
nler"uS and severe as were those Of their
Pilgrim href.therS, and which. like tn IN
they overct;ne, because possessed Of thci,
spirit, and because they also received tina,
divine assistance, which, with them, they
equally merite,l. ,a .....
long series Of expressions an; persecu-
tons had k'ndlel general spirit Of resist.
ance, and Caused the tender bud Of liberty ia
shoot. f"cru<h it out, the canvas "f Brit
'>h war h,cts whitehead our seas .heir ar.
mics, eqni ped with every known en- zine Of
war, and breathing revenge and destruction,
We're lande ON oar shores, and woe and DIES.
olation. and rap'ne and bl"od@he,l, followed in
their tracks. To meet them hey had moth
ing. Unlearned in the art Of war, without
armies or ships. or arms or warlike stores Of
any description, nor hope Of all from other
nations. They had mining 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 foret. hers, vic,orio IS.
II Is not necessary IT, follow their history
through that long and bIuoly war. Ssnt by
God. the Angel IF Lib rty from the hsave y
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 omnipDtence the
Independence Of our country. We can now
oh how wildly see how impossible it
would have been. even had all the dcspots
Of earth combined. to have again bound them
in the chains Of slavery. Those noble souls.
armed in j'st cause and upheld by an ap
proving G.xi, were indeed uncon luerab:o.-
Freemsn Fighting Tor freedom. only can ex.
ert tho full powers moral AMI physical, that
God has given to MN. Ihi: nude them
successful, and now for the grand res Ills OF
that success. i-E1 lr:%5ar- -a~
The combined wisdom Of tho world has
not been able to reduce to q system the phe-
nomenOn Of ma ure. neither can w compre-
bend the manifold work ngs by which that
success is 10 surely carrying on tn, great
work o: resenerating the whole world. Nil.
lion. have already enjoyed. an untold mil.
lions arc yet to enj"y and propagate its p in.
ciples even 70 the remotest parts of the
world, and to tho latest perinds Of time
Already tho Banner Of Liberty flats across
the continent from sea to sol, and il advanc-.
ing with increasing progress throughout
It's length, carrying in it's train wealth, happ;
ness. education. virtue and freedom. Yes
the c''ntagion has even extended to tbs old
world, and now We See the nations of Eu-
RIPE. inspired by our example, and aided by
the same great nation that the Almighty
summoned 10 our assistance, risin. and
tranplins under foot the armies and powers
OF despots and t:ran's. -,G .fi ,5us.,
Italia is again. after tho lapse of hundrsdd
Of years, to be an independent and unite.
na:'on-to sing her songs Of freedom aud
enjny the perma :ent fruits Of constitutional
liberty. VII" doubts it For h rsons too
fl GIT as only men determined t. bs free can
6sht, and the tie! OF Mon.ebello like, our