The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-09-25
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OILY ealt
is cited peifected: .if,s
III the fillheat Afs shanan improvement aud
regeneration, the lives OF itiartyrs and OF pa
triots arc offercdup Ms sacrifices ON the altar Of
liberty, rejoice yc who live! Rejoice! that
there are men accounted worthy to die for such
aIcause! Rejoice! for every life so sacrificed
i so m,lciL Lyicidcd npin purchase OF your safe
/ty and welfare! They die that YOU may
live!
z It is the 18th June, in the year Of our Lord
1716. There is bard oflardy men hastily
gathered to stop the inroads of threatening
hostile force A few they are--those patriots
but there they stand, with resolution fixed,
TO offer bold resistance to the enemies Of free
Z dom. The combat has begun, aud stalworth
souls there are around to lead the patriots on.
Listen, ve men. 'Tis Warrcns voice =.
lnomcnt-'tis but past-yct look "a sacrifice
already! 'Tis Warrcns life that's offered up
to liberty and God :. And who is Joseph
Warren? Who is this man whose life thus
carly pledged and yielded up to the great cause
of right. lis this day, after five and eighty years,
found loving presence yet among the dead
Lets understand.
Observe we yonder venerable. pile an io&-
oreJ ancient ediicc-thc frst-estahliSIrcd OF
the halls of learning within the broad domain
of this Republic. There is a little special gath
Z nrins there of cogitatng students Aioof from
their colleagues, with college labors all put by,
in small corner of that edlfce, they're gather
ed, with mind and heart intent on something.
What scheme is mcditatcd within that little
noon ?-wllat is it ?--wilo can tell lis some
tiiuo-seuie resolve. Is the resolve resoivalc
into any thing that can instruct lis living here
to-day3 Perhaps that little group is bet Il
nucleus of an important something. that some
lav in the M9e1lcr, and record OF Il coming
time, may bear potency anG meaning
There sit thcy-those thoughtful, earnest
students, in that little room, within that college
The door is barred. Some one without knocks
loudly for admission. The students answcr
Nay! to all the opportunities, and soon the
Knocking ceases. Now mark we that oprl
mindow--(tiS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Within
that room of venerable Harvard. :. Observe
a voutl-a daring ard adventurous spirit, de-
.sccndng from the roof aud clinging toa ti'ai
support quickly, and with u sudden spring, as
though escaping from some great and inpcu J.
ing danger, throws himself in anon" his fellow
students. His foot no sooner tunchrd the
floor, than the board that had sustained lis
perilous descent, dccaycd with age, had Yield.
ed to the weight upon it, and falls heavily IL
abe ground outside. But he, the daring sta
dent, miraculousv escapes from sudden death
-. Regardless Of the peril past, he gazcs iol
d moment upon the fallen support below, a''a
without emotion, calmly says-"A r'rr" m5
purpose :" E. That youth is Joseph War
rem.
Warren was born at Roxbury. Mas, in til,
year l740.. His early Years afforded some
Di5hisc uf his future usefulness lie Wa
known to be n remarkably courageous an'
manly lad, frank III manncls, and OF quicl
parts. Possessing spirit generous and Gnthu
siastic, lie was independent, fearless, and rcr
severlng. In the year l755, we find JoseTl
Warren student at Harvard Cnvcrsity-th
hero in the little episode to which we have al
verted. Graduating in 1853, he three year
after commenced the practice OF medicine, i
which profession he soon attained emincnce.
DR.. Warren is found among the very earl
est supporters of the colonies against the tl
rannies and exactions of the British crowu-
with Otis, Adams, and Hancock, resolved t
1darc and do" everything for the cause of h
country. From his superior abilities and cha
aeter. we sec him associated, and IN close col