Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-07-11
GRAFTON
Delivered on the Fourth OF JuJy.
1861, at WiIiersburu.
BY l.. II. CRfTcHFIELD, ESQ,


it Of celebrating this day, because il was IN,
day in times past when American tbuobt fra
took upon itself character and ipsp;yed mo,
TO vrtuous conduct and heroic action pp.urc,..
ed in the history of the world. When We las
met for the purpose of paving bonors to o,,,
forefathers, we thought in all the warmth of o,
devotion. and in tbe pa,riotic ya,e,n,;,y o ~ n,
fancy. that the sublime temnle Of our l;hort,
would outlive all other political institutions nm,
world be n refuge for all p,tiops "a. tb,,. sl,o,l,
successivelv como mn from ,,nids, a., =
oyorthroyyn svsto,na of or,,,,,i,oI y,,io,. ~ -
or lnuds Since tbe celebrstod l,y ,,Lnn o,,,
first statesmen and po,rio,a cv,,,,s.od ,I tr,,tt'
which Law at the f,,i,datinn ~ ali ;'., ,,,,,'r
menis sGciotv and its ind;,;J,.is ia,.
p zone many c6anpes, Tbasn.rl,i;n,,o,,a Iri,,L.
visions aud elastic ener,,,. nr ,a,,,l ,.,;.
long have felt drcrcnit6Jo oafbsrin,, ai,ont NJ
the spripos of 1iro and o,,.t ,ai,,ts u.L;,l
braaiLed In tho ,f,n,-,,L.,o az ,,,.a, ,.,,;'t T.
bocopir, ;rn,oiroJ .,.do iI -, ,l Ill
muItinlied thro,ds of ,J,.,.i ,,.,s.i,, .,',
inurrrrction Time b1. mot tLn Jo.cni1or,,
of rovnlptin,.rv doys IN o,,r, ,,n 81 i,n
prcssed his shadow }n indoIiIje defsco,n,,,, ,,,'
On overv firm Tho ,,r,s,, ~ ,,nr,,i;t,. 49,,
constitutions weal,I md iocaIi,ios hss oa,
wrencbed AWAY. and bcaptiG,l ,orr,. ard ,ni,,b,,
sr;rits boro ,,o,,, a., I,o tist.t,I H. ~
crrJ. b,, ,liibe hiIo ,o,. ,,,, ,,d tr;.,L,itaI
li,nnces bovo boo,, ri,,,,,i,,, in+c Tho ,.;yt =,
,r,i, ,,1 I,. ,,,,r ,,,,i -; a., -. ,,.
dorond tbc bI,oJ bo,,Lt ,,ifts If oc, ,r,o, ali,
system Snripgi,, M from, tho rr,,ns ,t tb,
| system Spllhglh9 up ron 'ne 9'INes oi ,he
i,t9, " Iew Puwti s'IIeI hIiu uIo" .he ihs'itu'
9, .io VI '' "'y "nu "''"' .'e'" II, my ~ -
Iuil'p'io Nce.IInE ,'h uno'H7.uS ""H 9!eei'le'S
nj ornononts and valuable honno,,I,d f., 80. L,.
thnt sacred errueration which trud Tho torr;bln
road to inmortalitv blazino in fro and stream.
inc with blood.
'"E "',i III L.. ,,,o. i,i,1 a., It'll -,
"o', '.,,,,,, ,,,h;at j.;
Pr,., y y, vs. oiII T. ",,r,, aa, %
'iortant ~' in rar,, ,',;,,,g - III , r'ar
Ind do. and 20 g., 1ro cnrrnsnondad v,itl, ~,
,,irors,l idao of ,r roo,,Io. G,r ,ri,La,, I, o9,,
,i,,,t; a ;,l ',,,, f,;,iIa,,d ,l, ,,l,r,,i 49,,
J;,;au 81 sooiat,, l. disoordnnt ra,,a,r,af,J on,
ru nr n,tra,,o:' aud so ,,roat in tLa nocassit,
for syStn,n 0f Iihertios and restraints tb,t tly
naodiost tronsition ron ono cnnattntinp to IN.
ot bor - frouC,bt With dancer and occomnon inf
,,;,I .n,,,'s af lorrnr ,,,iicb h.r4;vo onI ,,a,
s,ota ~ thinc-, fnr ,bo ,orro,n,l ;ns.,r,ot;o ~
6,t,,ro I,annra3inns Iuorfv and frooJorn ne an.
I;nJ 70 eociol orr,,riz,tioys o1ists oil. vii
! a,,Iifc.,io,,s ,nd conditions about which III,
While ,,,i,J b,s hoo,, "a ,riiotod Nc 70 bov,
! lLl.,, ts 80 III. 70 Ster,,oo,,tra III,
is No srch ,bino ne a natural right to ba indn
non1o,,t ;rros,,,,,;ra of ,cial intorosi hrt ov.
ar,. ;doo Of rroaIor, "a obsolutel, or,iitod bv
roiot;ors No ,,,n doro ont bip,solf lno.o fro,yr
tbo lons ord rosnonsibilitios of coomrnity
.n,, mora than co, ,o,r,,it ,n,y denr;e mn nd;
vin3uol of tic nriyiIogea md Iibortias Tho mon
W ,,,,lJ;shiJ ,Ln dool,ro,ion of inIononLan,1
rooo,,Tp;znd ,Lasa fonts ,nJ os II oo,,oins ,ho
rb;loosn,,b,, af soo;aI ay,storca tbo ,hanrv ot
iba indanoonIonco Which we ho,st and wbicb
we claim tn ha tho mastarniece of human rea.
sou;nn tan,no.od i'll Lr,non iust;ca na ,,,,
oIwaySs [,a,ber fran, II that wisdom, which viii