The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-07-10
RESPONSE or wM. II. TuThILL,

the ever memorable 4th day Of July,
1916, our patriotic foreeathers, in the
name and by the authority Of the people
of the colonies, solemnly published and
declared to the whole world, that they
were, aud ought to be FREE AND INDE.
PENDENT STATES.
That was the birth day of American
Independence; up to that time WASH
ington and his associates had boon labor
ing only to make a cruel mother just ;
but from that time onward, their whole
energy and power was cxerted for their
own beloved land of freedom, the United
States of America that by their act On
that day, had sprung into existence.
This is the anniversary then Of that
great day, consecraed to human free
dom. and to civil and religious liberty !;
that day that chcercd and gladdencd the
hearts of the down.trodden and oppress-
ed, in every nation and in every CLINE,
wherever Liberty was reyered.
1t is fortunate for US that We have
day like this, that at least once in each
year, We can pause and reflect on that
great principle, the preservation and per-
petuity of Liberty, that was so strongly
felt and 50 deeply Implanted in the hearts
Of our forcfathers, that for the support
of it they "pcdged their lives, their
fortunes, and their sacred honor
This day then should vividly remind
Us rs American citizens, to realize the
stern truth. that in our integrity, our
vigilance, and we'll directed patriotism,
lies the power Of retaining the liberties
We enjoy, making them useful to our.
= Ives, and hauding them down unim
paired to our p"Stcrity.
"Thc price Of Liberty is eternal ,iIi-
lance, - this * familiar phrazc, but We
should never disregard the solemn warn.
ing confirmed in it !: for the Ten rl, of
Liberty seems to be ever surrounded
by malignant enemies, unscrupulous and
determined nIverSarics, who are con-
>tan'ly on the watch to break down and
destroy the beautiful uperstructure.
The aspirations for Liberty are deeply
rooted 10 the human mind. and the Rev
oution Of '7G was but the blcst cousum,
nation Of what bad before been ardcnty
, ' '",''! 0o,''o'a'u 'o' =!
mcdo, over SIX hundred years ago, de
maudcd aud ob'aiurd the Magma Charta..
S;uu: heart. bad h'y, "ho in those old
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- With 30 r,s ,uIion,-l ! ;,.n;raI h;-
discipI,... lony affer thn grave had shut
him out fry,n the world
There vas BuXYAN. the greatest un.
Uttered genius the worI4 ever saw, who
luring the long and weary years of his
cgnpos.d the most SUBJ
lime allcrory that ever emauated from q
human u ind, and interwoye with i,s
scriptural truths, tho most ingenious aud
powerful republican, sentiments.
There was GEORGE Fox, the founder
and head of the sect known as Friends,
who though a non resistant, yet with his
irresistible eloqueucc, aroused his hear
ers to true sense Of religious ipdcpend.
cncn, twin brother 10 civil freedom.
There was the c.ygucu. aud darinr
EIIor whose passionate and prrscvcriuo
advocacy of free speech consipned him to
dungeon. and to premature dcath-and
the truly noble STRArronp whose patriot
blood streamed over the scatold \, rower
Hill.
And there was JouN UANpprx, plo-
rious JonN IIANpDHy, wLoturnin4 aside
from proiTered titles, and courtIy rcuoyn.
bent all the energies of vigorous and
well cultivated intellect, the resources Of
an ample fortune, and n patriotism Of
undying feryor to the popular service,
and who, while dying of his battle
wounds, exclaimed, 80 Lord save my
bleeding country. Confound an! level IL
the dust those who would rob the people
of their liberty and lawful prerogativc,'
Such were the men who laid the i'm
perishahle foundations upon which our
own WAsHINGIoN reared the glorious
temple of American Freedom, and such
were the sentiments and feelings that
actuated the men of our Revolution whose
firm determinations, and heroic achieve.
ments, under God, transformed ens'aved
and dependent colonies into Tree ana ID
dependent States. =,
with that great contest You are al'
i'm'llar' you wen know no" It's pa'''es
We're fouSht ana ~on' no" a'"'n hnpar'''
'elca disasters ana crush'hs '"lSlof'unss, E,n,
we hna'ly succedea ana 'he rag Vi the