Smyrna times., 1861-07-11

torrent OF dlsoiation over the hopes and lber-
ties OF man. But Truth, bringing to it's aid
'he art OF printing, and the discovery of a new
and mighty continent, rallied again in the bold
daring Of Luther and his coadjutors, who, |
throwing off the shackes of Rome, and rising
above the corruption of the age, Numbered its
pure doctrines at the very Vatican itself, and |
making the voluptuous Leo the Tenth trem.
ole on his triple throne, they rsvolutonized
the civil and religious views and feelings Of
Europe, and gave to the winds of heaven the
sublime and holy principles of the Reformation
under The influence aud protection OF which
we are permitted this day to celebrate the in.
auguraton of the independence of this
Land OF our hopes, land where our fathers
died;
And we first learned to lisp mothers name,-
Where wanderers from afar might come
And breathe the air of liberty"
But even then this great moral conflict was
not over. Battles, doubtful and bloody, were
yet to be fought, and now God, in his provi-
dence, threw open this new world, which he
had left concealed from the nations ofthe earth
as the scene Of action and the the common
battle ground that Truth, untramelled by the
presence of dsspotism, might display its giant
like strength in the erection Of the tree of cve
! and religious liberty, whose &" leaves were for
the healing OF the nations" and whose wide
spreading branches, laden with the fruit Of so.
cial order, proffered shelter to the oppressed of
all clmes. Hence we see the lttle May.
.tlotOer, freighted with the most precious cargo
ever brought across the Atlantic, anchoring at
the lce.cad rock ofPlymouth, and soon we be-
hold our Pilgrim Fathers hosting their flag to
Liberty and TO Liberty's God, which they guard
ed with a sacredness dear as that of b" the cher.
ubm; who kept the tree Of life with flaming
sword" They met every act OF aggression,
rePulsed every foe, aud Truth traversed this
widespread continent - tanning its savage
tribes, converting its wigwams into comtoria.
BILE homes, and its extended forests into fertile
fields. But Error, coming forth in the form Of
I British tyranny, renewed the conflict, and now
began the Revolutionary struggle, which grew
warmer and stronger as the voice Of American
blood cried unto God from Columbia's soil, un-
Ill Truth triumphed in the Declaration of our
glorious Independence, which we have heard
read here to day. and unfurling the Star
SpaDgled Banner" free as the breeze in which
it waved. it stamped upon the cheek Of old Eng
land burning and lasting shame.
Long may that Banner wave
O'er the land of the free,
And home Of the brave"
for
"'Tis liberty alone that gives the fewer
or fleeting life its lustre and perfume,
And We are Deeds without it,
But this terrible conflict is not yet closed.
True, the eagle of our liberties, in his quiet
Eoarings, long tipped his wings alike both in
! the waters of the Atlantic and those oft Pa
chc, and stretched his broad pinons from The
T shores ofCanada to the banks Of the RIO Grande,
while the bosom of our mighty country heaved
like the breathing Of giant-imPartng life
! and vigor to every part. and forming an un.
broken scene of unrivalled beauty. Yea, il
bloomed like second Eden-aboundng with
every variety of soil, OF climate and production
/ all radiant with the sunshine Of prosperity,
. alright as the belt Of Orion" But, alas az
in Eden, the serpant, in the form OF Error
lurked in some of it's sweetest bowers-itt
n highest places-and feeding on the dust Of the
Il agiiating questions of the day, has tempted
Y those who were even weaker than Eve, t
II reach forth the hand Of treason and seve
e those cords of fellowship and love which haC
l. so long bound together those sisters, though
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ID graves and dishonor the memory of our faith
J. ers. and wreck, forever, mid scenes of confu
|. sion, the ark Of our liberties. God stay tn
g spirit Of the demon and give every traitor
m IA prison or a grave"
y Let homs.fslt pleasure prompt the patriot
" sigh,
And make his wish to live, or dare to die"
ID for
y, 4" He who maintains his country'G laws
r. Alone great; or he who dies in the good cause
q. And here we are remined of the melanchol
az fact that now, in the hour OF our coUntrys peri
to when rebellion rank and putrd rises like
of hydra headed monster, and it's banner, torn bu
nd iYing, streams like the thunder. storm Rgaini
nd the wiad-ws are reminded that it's great me
he the champions of truth, whose words. spsrl
Or, ling with wisdom, drop like Oriental pearls
th are passing away. "The Father of his COu
H., try" &" The Statesman Of Monticello" 9Th
Ut. Hero Of New Orleans" "The Old Man El,
i,s quent."" The ExpOunder of the American Coz
%. slitation" and "Dels wares Favorits Son" ha,
ng long since falIen--sll covered with a nation
il honors, and the bright glory Of a world vic
10. fame, bsrsing with them to the quiet of Il
re-. tomb, the warm gushing svmpathies and Il
he purest affections of grsatful people. Al
IA, though last perhaps not least, the sound juri
and I" Christian Patriot Of Ohio, and the "Li
he ,ls Giant of the West" jus, when their sery
,es css were most needed in the midst Of this fes
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