Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-08-16

truths, patriotic army willing to sacrifice life
to maintain its doctrines, small in numbers
poorly clad, but covered with the panoply Of
holy justice and sacred right, achieved tri.
umph over the veterans Of the strongest ma
tion Of the Globe, powerful in all the resources
and enginery Of war-then, indeed. does the
day of promulgating that declaration attain
a loftiness of glory denied to any other his
toric event.
These anniversaries are of great value.
They servo to remind lis Ct the past. We
seek to know why they arc worthy of COM
me,noration. We learn to be guided by the
silent though eloquent teachings Of those r.-
miniscences. Wisely has it been said, that
History is Philosophy teaching by example" d"
What is the philosophy of that period? What
is the precept taught? What Is the example
BET for future generations to follow?
1t is, that the ,thers of the Republic, the
heroes and statesmen of the Revolution, were
inspired by the grand idea that liberty and
nationality coUld only be acquired and pre-
scrrcd by Union-that they regarded them
as zone aud inscparable." The moral to BE-
drawn, so applicable now, 80 applicable here
after, is that would their descendants insure
the preservation of liberty, steadily must they
keep that excmple in view; be worthy of that
ancestry; be equally loyal to their common
cause; devoted to their common nationality !;
loyal to their covenant of Union; true to the
principles of that Declaration. Then indeed
will be realized the great thought of the Rev.
oln'ion, so happily expressed by the immortal
Webster, "Liberty, and Union, now and for
ever, one and inseparable."
The various wars between the co'onis!s,
and Indians, in the first half of the eight
ecnth century, had thrown together the pro-
vincial troops from the various colonies. In
their cause against common enemy. they
had become acquainted with each other, and
the feeling had been engendered that, for m,,-
tual protection, they must r. ly upon each 9th
or. This paved the way for combination to
resist the obnoxious legislation of the British
Parliament. whereby the colonies were sought
to be taxed, though denied the right of rep
rcsrnt1'ion. In 1865, convention was held
at New York, TO effect Waittd resistance, by
tho American colonies, Of the Stamp Act.
! At the first Continental Congress, Christie.
pher Ga,lsden delegate from South Caro-
lima, urged as the sentiment which should an
innate the colonists, " that the colonial charters
ought no. to ensnare, by dA(wing different
the case, all is over with the whole There
ought to be ro New Engandr, ro New
Yorker, no South Carolinian, known upon
this continent, lat all IF as americans"
Would to God his noble spirit from his heav-
cnly home, could now ba heard, calling bacl,
tho State he loved so well, to the patriotic
love of the Union, to which he gave without
stint or reserve his whole and individual ale
glance.
Animated hv tho soul-stirring sentiments
of Gadsden. Otis, the Adamscs, Henry. and
multitude Of others, the giants. who manufac-
turcd the public opinion of those days. clos
er feeling Of alliance grew between the colon
les. and in l775, they were ready and did re-
solve that the cause of Massachusetts was the
cause Of all; and having resolved to stand by
Massachusetts, in her resistance to British
Tyranny, the good Washington, was entrust-
ed with the command Of the armies of Ameri-
ca. Tho cloquence of that ngs, and all the
acts of,hose mon in that grand crisis, were
inspired by but one glorious sentiment, that
was, to breathe into life, ono nation with ONT
people. one government, orc army, ona cause,
one flag under whose sacred folds all could
and would rally as Americans.
The Declaration Of Independence pro.
claimed the grievances, which animated our
fathers as one man to resist British suffice.
ton. 1t osserts that the thirteen colonies are
one people to redress these grievances, one
people in severing connection with the Brit
ish crown, one people in establishing Ameri-
can Independence "When in the course Of
hnman events, it becomes necessary for oae
zeop1e to dissolve the political bands which
have connected them with another, and to as.
sume among the powers Of the earth, the sep
aratc aud equal station, to which the laws Of
Nature and Of Natures God entitlc them"
Can words be plainerl Can the grand idea
of the Fathers be more cosently expressed,
more readily interpreted The claim as
serted Of one people to separate political exis-
tcnce. the right Of that people to dissolve po-
litical connection with another sovereignty.
Its conclusion, wherein the authority is re.
cited, under which that immortal Congress
acted, forever dispels all doubt. "In tho
name and by the authority of the good peo-
pie" whom they represented, that august body
called into being and christened new nation
1.-The United States of Amevica,"-and !
then assuming the guardianship Of its desti- |
nies, in the name of it's peoplc, wagad war to
insure it's recognition in tho family Of nations. i
The patriotism. sagacify, ability. learning
and statesmanship Of that Congress have new
or been questioned. The testimony Of cotem.
poraries warrants the asse ton that no as
sembly Of it's size ever contained more wis.
dom, pure, devoted, disinterested and down.
right determination to accomplish the oh.
jects for which they assembled. This admit
ted, their acts and delibsratiors are entitled to
entire respect-nnd what do they teach
That " Union and Ldeprndewce' was the le-