, 1862-07-04

OILS. luc Iluglu5 Dl ueuS AUu uIl1ts55 Ql
ups, and remembered with praise and
thanksgiving to the latest generation. 1t
5 but a few years since Adams and Jefer-
on died and Webster pronounced their
:ulogy in Boston; and yet already men
lave appeared who speak in sighting
er1ns, and even contemptuous phrase, Of
hat great State paper. Calhoun dings at
/ the sharp and finely wrought shafts Of
lis metaphysical politics and slaveholding
logic; while Chca.e, who idolized Web
stcr and professed to follow in his patriotic
footsteps, condemns the free air Of New
England to the degraded service Of pro-
nouncing that sacred chart Of human rights
s. string Of gittering generalities. And
yet old Joha Adams was right, and how
ever much leaders may hare their heads
bcwi1dercd and turned by flne-spun thco~
ries, OF shallow aud distorted VISION, OF
their hearts hardened and corrupted By |
ambition OF interest, the great mass Of the |
people Will cherish and revere the Decla-
ration Of Independence, and hallow with |
unceasing praise and gratitude each re-
curing anniversary Of its passage, so |
long as Ae people shall not forget the
memory of their greatest champions and
deli7erers, and justice and liberty shall be
dear toman
There is no lille strength spent, and ef-
fort not seldom made, to fasten odiun and
reproach on this great Bill Of Rights, By
representing it as kind Of abolition docu-
mcnt; and cndeayering to cover il with
ridiculc and contempt, as if it was specially
designed to e1aanipate the negroes, be-
cause it asserts tue freedom and equality Of
all men. Doub;'ess an instrument which
brcathes the divine spirit Of true religion
and Christian liberty: that like the gospel
pronounces all nlen brethren and Of one
blood; and like Christ, bri1gs glad idings
to the poor, the outcast and those in bond
age, is a harbinger Of joy and gladncss to
tho black man brings to the colored race
the richest blessings, and rises with healing
in IFS wings on all the darkness and degra-
dation Of slavery. But the principles Of
the Declaration were announced with more
especial reference 10 the people Of this
country, who had been subjects Of Great
B1itain. The oppression and wrong often
es. specified and most denounced, had
been inflicted upon the free white people
Of these colonies; and the iuaicnable and
inporn rights which were asserted, and for
the defense Of which our fathers pledged
their al, were the rights Of mankind, and
their cause The cause Of oppressed men the
world over, and in al time. THIS is the
distinctive fcature Of our revolution, and
from this il takes its vast consequ nee and
cadcariug glory, that it was struggle to1
Human Rights Hence it is that the revo'
lutionary conflict is noT the deep fountain
OF hope, and the guiding light Of every peo
pic battling against tyranny, and for free
dom any where on the earth. Hence it:
beginning and its end the defiant rassagt
Of its great declaration and its final vic
tory; its long and cruel conflict and it
glorious triumph, will always stir the bcs
feelings, and rouse the sympathy anl pas
sion Of men, so long as lofty devotion an
heroic sacrifice appeal to our human ne
tire, and men love justice OF fight for fret
dom.
The great conflict Of this wicked civ
war is in truth only an effort Of the me
who still hold fast to the principles Of tl
Declaration Of Independence, to maintai
and defend these principles against III
lcnce and fraud; to protect the libertit
which the Fathers had purchased vii
their blood, and still preserve them unin
paired il is TO CORY out and perpetua
thc~work that Washington, and Jeftrso
and Adams begun. The struggle in viii:
We are now engaged has been forced upe
us by the children Of Slavery WHO ha'
Tursakcn the faith and tcacuiu
Ct the Fathers; who have ceased
follow in their footsteps, and THU
they have found Z better path til:
C1c one troldcn by those venerable mel
and who wish and are determined to thro
down and scatter in Lie dust, so as not
leave one stone upon the other Of
glorious temple Of freedom, that those grt
aud good men erected. The battles fig
ing now are only smother act in the grt
drama Of the progress Of liberty and in
rcndcncc. To be defeated in the conf
ofto-day, is to bring to naught all the
bors, and suferings, and sacrifices Of
revolution; is, to turn to dust and ashes
tile rich fruits Of that memorable str1ge
while to succeed is to carry on to
glorious consummation the work Of
fathers, and render it an enduring bless
and inheritance to all generations
own independence is as truly and re-
being fsught now as it was at Trenton
Yorktown; for, if this Union is tissol
and slavery triumphs, we shall ineyita
7ass, anu that By 10 slow steps, under
dominion Of England aud France, ono
more foreign powers. Who is SO stu
OF born so blind as to suppose any Of
liberty which our fathers bought with
blood and sacrifice ofthe revolution vii
ours, after slavery las destroyed the Un
and the allied powers have planted t
standards On OUT high places:
We may, therefore, on this recurring
niversary, more fly than eyer bel
gather new strength end ardor, for figh
again the same battles which the fat
fought, by gazing On their pure lives
lofty characters By gaining frmer col
ton, and more steadfast resolution,
their profound thought and deep
mination; and 1ekiudle ourloyc Of lib
and devotion to country from the S.
fire with which their hearts glowed.
tending for the same great truths for Il
they fought, and with the same 50
sense Of deep responsibility to man al
God, we may to-day, us they did on tt
day Of July, 1T76, once more for the
port Of the CREST principles Of the De
ton, with firm reliance on the prott
ofD1vine Providence, mutually plci
each other our lives, OUT fortunes, an
sacred honor.
TEE FRENCH PR1NcEs.
The fears Of the people, ever rez
magnify events in themselves trivia
indications Of evil, saw, yesterday,
dispatch which announced the depart
Prince de Joinyille, Due de Charue
Count de Paris from McC Clellan's arm
tain signs that army was upon the