New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-12

was one, however, whose name Is not among those
signers, but must not cannot be forgotten for when
great and decided patriot is the theme, his name is
not far Off Feowcitizens, you need.not 60 to past
ages nor to distant countries you need not turn your
eyes to ancient Greece or Rome to modern Europe
You have Washington la recent model, whom you
only have to initiate to become immortal. Nor must
you suppose that he owed his greatness to the pecu
liar crisis which called out his virtues and despair Of
ouch another crisis for the display Of your own His
more than Roman virtues, his consummate prudence,
his powerful intellect and his dauntess decision and
dignity Of character would have made him ilustrious
in any age. Hard, indeed, was the contest for free.
dom and the struggle for independence. The golden
sun of liberty had nearly set in the gloom Of an eter.
nal night, ere its radiant beams umined our West
ern horizon. Had not the tubular saint of Columbia
lowered around the American camp and presided
over our destinies, freedom must have met an I'M.
timely grave. Never can we sufficiently admire the
wisdom of those statesmen and the skand bravery of
those unconquerable veterans who by their unweared
exertions in the cabinet and in the field achieved for
us the glorious revolution. Never can we appreciate
the merits of Washington, who with but handful
Of undisciplned yoemanry, triumphed over royal
army and Frustrated the lion of England at the feet
Of the American eagle His name, so terrible to his
foes welcome to his friends shall live forever upon
the brightest page of the historian century from
the birth of Washington has changed the world.
When kings and princes and mobiles for ages shall
have sunk into their merited oblivion he will still
live in the hearts of the American people. Unlike
them he needs not the assistance Of the sculptor or
the architect to perpetuate his memory he needs
no princely dome, no monumental pile, no stately
pyramid whose stormy hight shall pierce the stormy
Clouds and its lofty head to heaven to tell pos.
terity his fame his deeds have alone rendered him
immortal. When oblivion shall have swept away
thrones, kingdoms and municipalities, when every
vestige of human greatness shall have moldered
into dust and the last period Of time become extinct
eternity itself shall catch the glowing theme, and
dwell with increased rapture on his name. Fellow
citizens one more thought and will close. In full
persuasion of the excelency Of our government let
us shun those vices which tend to its subyerson and
cultivate those virtues which will make it permanent
and transmit it in full vigor to all succeeding ages.
Let not the haggard forms of intemperance and
luxury ever lift up their destroying visages in this
happy country. Let economy, frugality, moderation
and justice at home and abroad mark the conduct of
all our citizens. Let it be constant care to diase
knowledge and goodness through all ranks of society
The people Of this country will never be uneasy under
its present form Of government, provided they have
sufficient information to judge of its excellency No
nation under Heaven enjoys SO much happiness as
the American. a--
While celebrate the anniversary Of our independ
ence, let not pass in silence the defenders of
our country. Where are those brave Americans
whose lives were cloven down in the tempest of bat
tie? Are they not bending from their bright abode
A voice from the altar cries These are they who
loved their country These are they who died for
lberty!" We now reap the fruit of their agony and
Of their toll let their memory be eternay embalmed
in our bosoms let the infants of all posterty pratte
and drop tears Of courage for their fate.
The consequences of American independence will
soon reach to the extremities of the world. The
shining car Of freedom will soon roll over the necks
of kings, and bear off the oppressed to scenes of
liberty and peace. The clamors of war will cease
under the heavens the tree of liberty will shoot its
top to the sun, it's branches will hang over the ends
of the whole world and weared nations will lie down
and rest under its shade.
Here in America stands the asylum for the dis
tressed and prosecuted of all nations The vast
temple OF freedom rises msjestically fair. Founded
on a rock, it will remain mistaken by the force
of tyrants undimnished by the flight of time, long
streams of light emanate through its portals, and
chase the darkness from distant nations its tur-
rets will swell into the heavens, rising above every
tempest, and the pillar of divine glory, descending
from God, will rest forever on its summit.