Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-07-11

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gadyed hard fought fields, wearin
- laaael5 Of victory, and they wer
aai.y beaten Our country wa
.led, and its rights and privilel
were confirmed and acknow
ged by the voice Of nations, an
nd secured by the wisdom Of OF
Tiers.
The framing and adopting {
our Constitution, the great pillar {
our country's glory, is one of til
most important blessings by whic
the United States is distinguished
We surely can see the Hand q
Providence in t e spirit, characte
and actions of those noble heroe
in forming this instrument whic
gives to us the dearest rights an
nablest privileges ever granted t,
man. And we think we see thi
spirit still manifest in the disposi
ton of the heroic patriots of tn
present day, to extend these glori
Gus privileges to all human beings
AS soon as this glorious instru
ment was adopted, our free institu
tions sprang forth in great power
and the "Ship of State" was launch
ed upon tie ocean of Time amid
the shouts and acclamations of mil
lions Of freemen, aud the admira
ton of an awe struck world. Ex
tend its blessings to all, and agai1
will the shouts of .treemen rend the
heavens, and enter the ear Of the
Most High! Devotion to prtnctplt
made US free; a like devotion will
Keep US free.
Under our constitution, and the
smile Of Heaven, prosperity has al
ways crowned our country. She
has increased in territory and in
population, in riches, enterprise and
renown. Her religious, literary and
political institutions are unsurpass-
ed, perhaps, on the face of the earth
While We might enumerate, hour
after hour, striking manifestations
Of Divine favor toward our coun-
try, as traceable in her short histo-
ry, perhaps we have adduced a suffi-
cient number of instances for the
present occasion, especially as we
are addressing an intelligent and
christian audience. But thereis one
other which has always impressed
my mind as being of peculiar sig
nificance, and a manifest mark of
Divine interposition, given, as it
were, to convince the most credu-
lous. l refer to the death of those
two venerable patriots, Jefferson and
Adams. On the morning of our
tittieth national anniversary, they
were both basking in the brightness
of a nations smile; but before the
sun went down on that auspieious
day, they were gathered to their fa-
thersl Can any one pass over this
imperishable mark of Divine inter
position and not feel and acknowl-
edge its full force?
Now, my friends, what are we to
infer from all these manifestations
of Divine favor? Do they not
clearly show that our country is or
dained to take high and important
position in controlling the destinies
of this earth? ? If we are only true
to ourselves, our country can never
retrograde; but she must prosper,
she must 60 forward, gathering
strength and stability as she advan-
ces. She has just taken a long
stride forward, and to-day stands
higher in the estimation of the
world than ever before; is nobler,
greater, and more powerful is more
irmly established, because she
stands squarely on the immovable
'ock of eternal justice. The AL
mighty has determined in her favor,
10 far as we can Judge; and Colum-
Dia is still "the child of the Skies"
nd rapidly arising to imperishable
.lory. So long as the principles of
he Gospel of Jesus are permitted
0 lie deeply imbedded in her insti-
ltions; so long as her organic
tructure is firmly inwrought with
ne principles of equal and exact
lstice, SIZE cannot fall. She is
by pillars of strength and
eauty, that can suffer no decay,
nd that bid defiance to tyranny,
espotism, oppression, treason,
emagoguism-nay, to the tooth of
me itself. Indeed, the mind stag
ers under the contemplation of the
purposes, in the accom-
lishment of which our country is
be the honored instrument.
Though our country is yet in her
fancy, she is untrammeled and un- {
'nfned, and bears in her bosom
lie elements Of great and glorious c
romise. What may she not yet /
erform2 Her voice is rising high /
;, and swelling to a louder note in t
her lands; and wherever the Star a
Dangled Banner sweeps the free air h
! heaven, there will our nations Il
fluence be felt, and the fame of Fl
,r doings enkindIe flame and Il
ouse spirit which all the rivers Il
the world cannot quench, nor Il
med legions Subdue! We stand "
the beacon of Freemen to both n
and our light will soon ii
aze brightly on every island, sea is
d mountain on the globe, guiding re
lltiplied myriads onward to the s,
al of humanity, until the world e,
all proclaim universal emancipa- C,
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