The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1863-07-01
OUR NATIONAL SABBATH.

the readers Of the JOURNAL the anniversary OF our
| nations birth will the great National Sab
| bath Of the American Republic. day, which,
eighty seven years ago broke over this continent
| the dawn of 2 New Eraan age Of Freedom and
| Patriotism, which should be hailed with rapture
! and delight by Americas millions. The gladstone
| day upon which the Goddess of Liberty first bound
over the infant colonies, aud presented to the men
Of 20 Heavens richest gift to man boon that is
! priceless the blessing Freedom. The day upon
which that Incompatible papcr-tho Declaration
ofthc Independence OF the American Colonics-was
signed, sealed and issued to an as,onshed world,
much to the annoyance Of Kings, the restessness
of Dcspots and the quaking OF Tyranis. II is
day upon which every true American hoart beats
with pride the return of which is hailed by avid,
enthusiastic delight by every loyal son and daugh
ter Of the American Republic.
Let the same spirit which actuatcJ our hardy
Revolutionary ancestors and led them through the
vicissitudes, dangers and privations of an eight
years struggle, glow in our breasts upon the an
nual return Of our National Anniversary. That
spirit that unconquorabc desire for liberty that
freedom of thought and action has been the same
under all circumstances in all climcs, and at all
times II prompted the Grccan mother to send
her son to battle, aud pointing to his shield, to give
him her parting injunction
4" Come Nth it, whom the battles done,
Or on il, from the field"
1t inspired the matrons of Rome, when they
clipped their long flowing hair, 10 be used by lto-
man archcrs as strings to their bows. II glowod
with fcrvor uuconqucrabc aud undauncd in
! Tell Kosciusko aud kossuth. Tint Spirit in
spired a Patrick Henry when he thrilled the Vir-
gna House Of liurgcsscs with the sentiment, "Giyo
me liberty, or give me dcathw II inspired JEFF
fcrson, when lac pcnncd the great Declaration, which
embodied the sentiment of the age in one sentence
! "All men are created equal, and endowed, by
| their Crentor with certain inalienabe rights,
among which are Lie, Liberty and the Pursuit Of
| Happiness
The same ndauntcd Spirit inspired the hearts of
| those ffty-six on-hearted men who signed that
| immortal instrument and sealed the same with
! their LIVES their FORTUNES and their SACRED noNOR.
1t actun,cd our gallant forelathcrs, who so uobly
and fcarcssly maintained that glorious instrument
so dear to every Amcrican-at tho bayonct $
point and the cannons mouth. II nerycd the hearts
OF the gallant veterans at Bunker Hill, and in the
SHOWS of Valley Forge. At Monmouth Saratoga,
| Brandywine, Yorktown, this same inyincbc spirit
hovcrcd over the American Army 1t inspired the
heart ncr,cd the arm aud glowed within the
breast ola Washington when the infamous trcach-
cry of an Arnold cast gloom aud dcspondcney over
the land, and rang through the ears of the patriot
soldiers like II death -kncll to the proudcst hopes
and highest aspirations OF Freedom.
Let the same glorious Spirit mbuc the loyal
heart the return of our National sabbath
Notwithstanding are in the midst of the red
clouds OF War, brought about by knaycs and 'Trai
tors, who have ridiculcd the spirit Of our free in
sttuons aud blusphcmcd the holy sanctity OF the
American Union. notw Outstanding this, let lis show
to the world that the sons and daughters OF Column
bA have not forgotten the Day citizens still o
the greatest Republic on tho globe worthy de-
sccndnts Of their patriot sircs. On the return %
this Day let us renew our allegiance To that blood
baptized banner whose striped AMI starry field is
the hope of freedom and civilization throughout til,
world Upon the altar Of our cou.try, like Young
Hannibal ot old, let Us swear eternal enmity To ou
foes. The fearful mania of Secession and DiSun
ion has bathcd our land in blood. II has shaker
the Union to its center lthas filled the once happ,
homes of our Republic with lamcntation and woe
Widows aud orphans point with wan hands to tn,
cause of their bghcd hopes the mockiug iieu,
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furnished our national cscutchcou. Yes, let us re-
new our allegiance To the institutions bcqucathod
MS by our patriot ancestors. Let rs swear invctcr
ate hostility to the robels and traitors who have
conSpircd against our glorious Government. Let
every sympahzcr with the rahcllion, every con
diu,uai Union man, at this crisis of our nAtona
existence hs branded with eternal intamy. lot til,
present Civil War be II war DIFFERENTIATION, rathc
than one io title of our free institutions shoul,
perish Our sacred legacy must and shall he pre-
served nvolatc. Eternal cnmIty to those wh
would commit National Suicide. Let the anathc
mas of every patriot bc hurled upon every Copper
head every Peace man, every traitor and ever,
Rebel in the land. God grant that ere another rc
. turn of our National Sabbath, the dark cloud q
z War that now rrddcnS and blackcus, blights an,
+ desolatcs, may have passed away, and with
e every traitor and that Harmony, Peace and Uni
: vcrsal Brothcrhood shall once more shed their be
rigu influence throughout our rcgcneratcd and pu
rted Republic.