New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-11

have lived undsr the liberty ef Law iill they seemed
our inss parabk tirthheih.f What coyld we know "

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law which was tyranny, Of liberty wrnng from, OPP
H preston And tbuswith earth adding new millions
10 our acres, Dew millions 20 our gold-with ocean
wbiteIi ug into rsplendent light with tbe piuions Of
our eommerces art, education rpening us foI
the millenial harvest-and the millions of the old
wol thronging add their testimony aud their bel
log hands 10 tie snblme prof Of mans capacity N
rule himself-we have He'd along the grooves OF
prosperity, the asst brilliant memory, the future
| yet more brilliant dream--sl ills 10 be avoided, all
gores to be resped 10 the grand march of our mani
feet destiny toward the dominion Of the cOntinen'iil
just now lightning las riyen the earth at our feet,
aud we sand IN shivering thankfulnes on the brink
OF the ansrepy which we have barcly capped. That
kdve escaped is fret for thankfuness TO!
day.
My countrymen. we celebrate something more than
the Dir hday Of 8 naonwe celebrate an act OF crei-
tive Jower hearty godlike the sct Of man can
he for this day nation spoke itself into being.
Nay more; il was not simply The crei ion Of world
the tat, ." lct there be light in the pohti al irna-
ment-bu the triumphant 4" | AN" Of the hber which
God brratied into The soul OF man. From the day
when the tell Of Independence Hall rang forth ne
prophetic inscription grown into the birth cry The
war cry Of Il nalion--" proclaim liberty Throughout
all the land all the Inhabitants thereof the
multiplying millions of this Western World have held
liIh carnival IN memory Of their fathers hef, le sc''
And never lid that carnival deserve such glad sOeu-
nifty IA to-day leave Untouched all the great joys
Which have Hitherto warned our hearts. ark yoI
but To look with ue at the perils which cane With
the Winter, aud passiag away with TIL; sumner
sun-aud whether do not III ht to celebrate our
da wing dehyerauce from perpetual eclipse.
A vast consJ inHcy bad wrought on urelessly Tor
thirty years uniting or tilencg the South dividing
or cOrrupiing the North. fee people spurned Tue
lust de taDd that Slavery should be national supreme.
CuusIira stood r-vesld as treason, and he masked
batteries of rebellion blzed upon H.. Can we ever
forget that act after act Of treas n stunned the
phblic mind, I'LL it grew nnmb win aInazement
Even yet We fail TO realize the deep damnriion
-. "A, rIfI luUn
which 20 ns sem commonplace bistofy VIII deem
beyond belief; nation taken by surprse, almost con,
renting unto ide The lige,t officers oil State bad
wrought for months 10 disarm tle ualJni Stale aHer
State, under ri n Of terror which gave no vol 70
puLlic oliIion wrihed into rebellioD lbe ver' head
OF Government savered between syrnpithy and inbe-
cilty; the eople stool parl yzed, fearing Disnnori
Unconscious Of their strength. The nation tremtied
on the pivot it, destiny; the Day seemed won Tor
tire sou; it. batteries oIened and Fort Sumter fell
Man proposes but tiod dispoes With every In
dignity tney bad CALLED The Tree North till endurance
was cDwardice, aud patience Was Teasoh. Pairo'hm
.uranQ TO arms f,Om ts lethargic sleep; party epit
weut down lefore it as the grass goes down be-
fore tie prarie fire. 1860 Jaw Sic yhen A. Doug
las aud Abraham Lincoln standing before tue
PEOPLE as LEADERS OF bosiile parties. le6l las
=, en- the Que President Of twenty million pat
not hearts tie other welding HE msgic power among
The Ieople to am tho authority Of bic l'al The
Government OF bis pa IiJilc devotion. lie u deed
rel rrreutiive of the young aud mighty Nee'-tp
halt The nation LII words were Ofuclr~ us hc't
nmoler; the whole ma ion uonn's bis lors-he INDEED
.ee lie slreps in the bosom of the napn. on the
very hart OF tie people.
But thvugh we lament him. the ocean Of fate does
a nis from its bosom the sprAydrop Of single life,
However grand. Great CRIES always develop the
men to matter them. Tie zeal of twenty millions
burn. 10 sweep teason aud s cause from the face OF
the earth. Butler md Banks DIX aud Fremont, lead
columns But the victory must be sure sweeI log,
lasing-aye, eternal; sud with lis hand Hp"u the helm
II war the ba tles Of bali century npon bin, but hs
eve not yet CimDed bis natural force sta cd, re-
.-rved Ly Providence 10 calm this mghtiest agony o.
freedom stttds Winfield Scott. the Chm -tEn colder,
"a b. never Loot baiil 10 and never wasted life. God
snt that be die ia silb Of the promised dGd tut
80 with ne iulp Canaan Tie py ranid Of his fame
sal spin the Uh with its bsse aud ate summit shd
glow with the emile oi God.
Nv country men, We have many things 10 celebrate
to-day. We C-l-brHie tie truth whO-e Decla alton
m.de the Foluh Of July immortal aud the Uuon poe
iberbe iualien be ri,ht Of every man 10 lie, hber-
iy aud the gusuit OF hapIinessibe though Of God 10
tie voice Of man. We celebrate the blessings which
have made tie Union dear 20 IA. We celebrate the
imtO.ing uat,iOiIsm of to-day, which has made tie
Uulon n,incibe. But, more than this, we celebrate
tie ru design which G0i hiss Impressed on all our
ast and in Which be If weaving the threads OF pssing
history, which, il We sAud by u, wall make tie Union
eterual-tbe equality Of human ghts IL glows along
orr national life with yiyiiying light, but beams lbto
Illuminating glory OF Oual holidays They are
lew bat how raaghi with divine eaehings all Of Tree
doni. There is the landing Of tns I1grlms; Wien we
r.rI The s,ern Pun ans who said through vtory and
a.le,t .'the spul that God made free let man
chain" There j. the birthday of Washington; when
". pay grateful homage 10 the great good whore
l1iIi,s ambition TIE love Of count and o liberty.
And this day. tOo-tnn versify Of nation mernOfies
and "A nations LogCs--hallowed by tie deeds 81 our
ia ~ now donLly hallowed by our own devotion TO
tho Ulion aud the liberty which Is i's Gio-tlis Gay,
TOO 1T us celebrate with gratitude for the past with
hearty joy Tor tie present. with glad hope for the iu-
turs which -hall COM lete the work of1feedom. A.
nation We u young, for our hopes arr longer han our
n enurier 4" Forty ceutuiies look down upon you,'
said Napoleon 10 bis army under the shadow Of tne
lyfamis; but 10 u.s. standing the judgment ibrore
Il destiny, lot the dead pisI alone, bat the uDbo n
~ r. Uf all time 10 Look mp VIA eyes full II all
one- onirg aud hope and application. l. true
IT, oIfs,lyes 70 our principles, 10 our God, se my
bl.s- a caut cut with tteudon, and make our Union
ri -rnnl Ms the ill s Of the earth. We must inCeed
.uer-there are grave In the NOrih and they shall not
lie alone; bot let 10 seadiashe end shall be-
ct ne this day reuew souls To work patiently,
tir.l-.sy, ill our lag shali float answered
Ufin, and the words am an American citizen
,hs be TO longer the incentive 10 mob sud rebel NO
lence bn' tbe aiman Of safety; aye, til some speedy
year hall reilly sanetiy Ills dy The peaceful jub
lee Of universal liberty, when the wor1s Z" / am
man stall be q sacrrd title TO lle liberty, aud the
pursuit 81 happiness; when that cid bel OF lnde en-
dence Hal shall wake again that b1rthTy, that war
ory Of which the letter sleepeth IN the bronze the
,, init wOfkrth N the soul OF and zeal It's glad full
Gllpont over Union without traitor, II continent
without tlive.
THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION IN WESTERN
VIRGINIA
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