Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-07-11

pages Of history. All this, too, with the lre.
q,ient prayer and petition Of the colonies read
and known by the British Ministry, contempt
uously instilied and trampled under foot. and
no answer returned save the bullet, the toma,
hawk and the bayonet. Our seperatio ion from
The mother country was her own act. She
spilled the hrst blood. aud the first dead of the
colo"ies died IN self-defence. The denial by
The mother c"rniry Of plain a right at once
gave us the sympatbics Of the whole world
whom the gods wish 10 destroy they first
make mad, at believer in special prOy-
dences or foreordinaiiOn in contra-dis inction
TO The workings OF general principals, may see
IN the whole history of our revolution something
more wonderful than human success. The
+ inad perslsency ol Great Britain 10 assert new
and fundamental wrong heretofore unkupvvp
10 even British monarchy; our weakness becom-
ing suddenly clothed with power; our depend
cnce sprnging into sclf-reIiance and COURAGE.
our poverty decorated with the rnagnificepec of
riches; our peaceful habits changing to the most
splendid chiyalry; our plOughshare and imple-
mems oi agriculture magicaily tran -formed in
TO cannon, swords and bayoneis, and sparklipp
and cleaning with ten thousand glories in the
bright rays OF The grand old sun Of the revolu-
ton And people dazzled by the glare OF q
proud and ancient throne, all at once finding n
more glorious light in the woods and swanr,s
and wIidernesses-tbc inspiring camp fire--and
the serene brightness OF Gods truth bcaming IN
the lace oi WASHINGTON, giving up peace. plen-
ty and safety, and rushing into the arms Of dis
cord. starvation and death. Seyerng natures
golden ties, the mother placed her son upon the
sacrIhccd Iiar, the sister decorated the brother
with the gaTiauds Of DEATH and all hearts pull
sating freedom, welcomed, if God so willed it.
The baJonct Of the uppressor. Ali these may
DE iAe wonders OF heavenly philosophy, and
wen suggest the inquiry. whether one that was
mighty IN battle did not march in the van Of
our armies, and constrain the proud heart of
/ CORVALLIS TO surrender his ieweled sword to
the leader oi bleeding and ragged army.
/ Our success was the strength Of n great prin-
cple, and illustrates the victorious character OF
justice when organized to resist wrong. Claim
ing justice TO be the buiwark of our dearly pur-
chased freedom. we aimed at making iustice,he
pcrvadlng principle of our national and inter-
nal affairs. AS might be expected from the
causes which produced our revolution, two great
ideas were involved in the formation of the
Government. viz: The inseparability of taxa
tion and representation, and a careful division
OF the power OF the central government and the
rights of the States; and these two great ideas
so peryade our whole constitution and gov
crnnent and have been so effectuallv engraft-
/ ell into the body Of our political system, and
directed into practice. that history does not re-
cord a single act Of injustice perpetrated bv
the government upon the rights of the people,
rom the beginning to the present hour. Under
the vigorous and wise arrangements of our IA
lhers the government sprang forth like Minerva
from the head of Joye, fully equipped and en-
dowed with intelligence and power, raising
| her bright form in the full view of civilization,
| clothed i'll the resplendency of heaven truth
decorated with earths blooming honors-with
the scale of justice in one hand and the flag
staff of the nation in the other. its great ensign
unfolding its stars and stripes before the paling
! banners OF antiquity, in purer breezes than flag
| ever uniolded before, as they descended from
the hills of paradise TO sport with the new won
ders of earth. Every fact and phase of the
revolution of lT76 brings that event within the
strict letter of the most conservative theory
with reference to the right which was finally
exercised by the colonies; so that our revolutiop
stands an eternal argument against mad and
unjustifed rebellion. And it is a precedent
only when people find their cause Of separa-
ton analogous to that of 1716.
But the dreams of young nation are like
the dreams of youth, seeing the future through
the prismatc medium of joyful tears and uncer-
tain hope. or in the light of that pure inspira-
tion whose animation can only be found in the
vigorous and sparkling energies of that purest
day of life. We thought our Government was
too beautiful, too magnificent for the hands of
the spoiler. That our love of country was too
holy and too vital. Our virtue too well tried
in the crucible of patriotic fire. Our selfsac-
/
mopyi;e TO our constitution too well guarded by
hcrulsm, and that every American citizen was
too piously confirmed by the baptism of blood
10 yield mp their spirits amid the red bIazng5
of war, or the roaring thunders Of conflict with
a single stain or dehlcment' from single
thoughts hoSilIIly to This great and glorious
| people VINO nave huiit the temple OF human lib-
eriy., But there Ia degradation for nobility,
ana thore Is q disgrace for that which Is high
"au S"crru' ana now we behold The descendants
Iiaie ~ "I'' ho c'ese ior the
ni"chhesa ol iHeIr nlood' no reason fnr the de-
Wogiin,., "esoen'i,.ii,s "a
,,,ni,,st . hr,,t pa.i, II
ooupnce never burncd with the ardor Of Lost
spiri,-of Jackson whose heart never felt the
sccnd,uts of ibosa mon ain,ing tbeir p,urdor.
ous muzzles Mt the heart of American liberty
and like tho GREAT arrbanycl and his rabaIlions
followers. breathing defiance towards God and
his Government. and only soelin, from oroong,t
all GOOD how much destruction t5nv nav Ieaye
behind Them in their accurs d flip6t.
Let no man SAY, tLic roh,llion 6os n n,r,llaI
in the revolution of I7I6, Let no man stigmn-
tise freedom Inv assuming it thni,. ohircI Tnt
no man saw that thav arn strupglinr for , sin.
ule RIGHT for which our (orefnthers hled Let
no nm so dclnmc historv os in llan tho nurn
heart of n patriot of "a 10 the fostering treason
of southern bospm,l
What haze thcv bccn denrived of Echo
answers what? The RIGHT of repres, n ationP
No. Anv Sla,crigm? MOI Has the nation re-
fused to enforce any provision or guarantee of
the Constitution? Not n single 0ne What
line Of burning invcctiye contained in the De-
clilration of Iudepcndence can they point man