Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1861-09-05
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Ny FzLrow CrrIzEvs,
Ata time like this. I is more pleas
ant TO review tber pest tlan the present O
otr istory. y tref reference to what
we have been my yet excite emotions OF
lrtr.ot.sm ir. tl,c hearts OF the people, for
Us thc rast ras,es before rs, We hud tha;
almost every fcld "hns is tale OF blood
ud every shore its record of suff ring,
aul rot mountain lifts ia head uusuns
or unworthy O. heroic strains"'
Le~s taan two centuries and a halfago
IN My Flower, painted on the shores Of
;he Atlantic the germ Of mighty Bepub-
lie. Driven from their affairs and their
homes, prosecuted and hunted down by
ratu,l,ss dcIotism, the indomta5le
Pas.,au stepped upon Plymouth Rock i'm
3u,j with "a o,eot liberty, and a hatred
+ 80 tyranny, w!lira were destined TO achieve
s,DfWduous results. The pilgrim found
new world, 5oundless IN its extent,
spread outbei0re HIM. Itsrcsourccs we're
to be developed-the hardshirs and dan
-crs o.! pioneer lite we're 20 be- met AID
-urmoaut,d. Fcarlcssly cid he cuterupon
his ask--iigh: yaIiartiv di be struggle
unit. smmouLtins oJstaci,s the most
formidable ever conquered 10y human Re
n.us or human prowess, he was enabled
u brCuea'h 10 posterity a legacy more
valuable than the word had ever known
before. 1--we did NOT Inherit from the
Puritan Of the May Flower and ] lymouth
Rock our Republican institutions. We did
that which was equally ,aluable-wc in
herit,d that spirit OF liberty which inspired
the revolutionary fathers 40 strike for
freedom. and that uuconqucrable bravery
VIII ch cndured an almost hopeless contest
through years OF toll. dependency and
peril.
But two centuries have passed and the
+ result of the ilgrims work is before you.
Look at it and say has it not been done
weill See YOU 10 where the hand Of an
Almighty Providence in it? Then the
sound OF tie woodman' 5 az seldom dis
urbed tie stiffness OF oar boundless for
cs:s. Nature in It's 1ariegated wild
ness, in Is forests and prairies-in its riv-
,r ANA tivulct-iu its mountain and val
lev, wrote ITS own story. Wrapped in
this grand soclusion great continent had
lam Tor fifteen centuries. How now \
nation stretches itself out from the Allan
tic over She Alleghcuics--the valley of the
Mis>issippi->cales tHc Rocky mountains,
and stops only when 10 reaches the surge
washed shores Of the Pacific. Nortaward
FL reaches the lakes-Southwarl to the
Orange and Palmetto groves of the States
of the gulf. Thirty millions of people
populate It's fertile valleys and It's noun
tain activities. Ia all that constitutes
rational greatness it is rich; rich in reye-
nuc. in strong arms and patriotic hearts
Vi Hons of acres groau uuder tacir heavy
A3rvests, and the music OK tae loom and
forge j, heard J" almost every Fl"ase.-
/ The 10 poi The nation presents NIT
work Of canals and railroads those great
arteries OF commerce Its iorm o' gov
cr'ment Is The mcdei 'i hep"o.ics' h'
world oH't' wherever b'otf'! "'s gained
sveu a temporary triumph over deS. .oi's'a
g Aorcrn@gui 5, iormed or attempted upon
the p',n OF ours. Tie ess'sact'on OF taH
fo1cibm,lt Nou BE-" terrible O'oW' '".
on, th-t ud-lt lee eternal 10 It's '.tcis
at civil and re.- ors liberty t'ro"Soo" 4"
t1e wor.d. ilotc ia's ooe "'a'lU''' 10.
% wb't 7re % ''i mr ASH y""' VIII '.''
down U.dIri 'b' i.ft't'. ''"l ''' '+'
q cts of -ta- ao.9a at'sm-' looA iar ei'
and tutue.'tt t@thti i'sS'''. Gas ''"
,t.ulou, and 'ou establish the u.'iu'
right ot Si"rs--s r'te ''e "e 20 1.'''
capacity .or self eor,r"m'"t.
But have spoAen OF our country as d
was, as IL va before treason crept INTO III
councils, b-.ore its Cataliu's bad con
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