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


hideous scalping knife Of
age. 1t were simply impos....
personal bravery or any o..
man tower Of strength, to .sy
secured them from the accumulate
dangers which beset them on ever
hand. As YOU are aware, the coun
try swarmed with thousands Of red
warriors, armed and on the watcl
for their white prey, and urge
on by the almos blood-t thirst,
Frenchmen. And let me, right a
this point, mind you Of the gra
cious interposition of Divine Prov
idence, as shown in their early his
tory, by the discontinue and de
feat of a powerful armament sen
against them; for before it coulC
reach our shores, the Lord commits
stoned the elements to fight agains
it, and the proud feet was scatter
ed, dismasted and broken, to thu
four winds!
6. But, hurrying down the stream
of history, mark the strange, th'
unaccOuntable confusion and per
plexity of the counsels of Grea
Britain, when the long dOrman
seeds of war sprang up in the bo
som of the Revolutionary heroes
How palpable the voice Of wisdom
'fOrsOOk her Parliament and hel
council chambers and how the spir
it of her king, her mobiles, and hel
common people, covered to a gross
ly Ignorant policy. The mighty in
council and in arms were alike un-
certain and imbecile. The like had
never before occurred in that puis-
SAINT nation. Can you otherwise
account for thisY
Our illustrious Fore Fathers,
when they landed ON these wild
and desolate shores, undoubtedly
had a grand object in view. They
were free from the tyranny and des-
potism of the old world, and the
human mind and heart had full and
free scOpe-hence, they thought,
they resolved, and they acted as ra-
jiOnal, moral and responsible men.
Their minds became enlightened,
their hearts were purified, their af-
fectiOns and feelings elevated and
refined. 1t is no wonder, then, that
down to the dawn of the revolution,
their high aim was to implant deep
in the minds of their sons and
a love of freedom, a su-
preme regard for the God of free
dom, and an undying thirst for
knowledge, by which freedom can
be maintained. These facts became
to the mother country, and
n the mad fury of her perplexed
,ounsels, she strove to hold the su-
as above noted.
Permit me right here to repeat
what said on another occasion, in
addressing a company of soldiers,
iOrty-seven of whom had just vol
out of my school. 1t was
IN the 4th of July 1868, hence will
lot be inappropriate to-day. While
'eferring back to the deeds of the
heroes of '76, and the Inauguration
If the Revolutionary war-the caus-
IS of that war-but more especially
o the heaven born and heaven be-
towed blessings which were secur-
ID to us by that war, and for the
of which they were
low called upon to go forth AMI
ght again the battles of our coun-
ry, said :-"While our reverend |
'athers were petitioning and yet
oping for Justice, in an unexpected
our, the lion of England was let
pose upon them in terror and in
'rath. Far DER the cerulean waters
f the Atlantic, was to be seen a
ark and ominous cloud, rising
owly, but steadily, heaving up
ON the horizon. Impelled by
inged winds and wild tempests, it
Ioved apace, bearing within its ar
IOry the sable engines of death and
ISOLATION. Finally, it gained the
,nith, and amid the glaring blaze I
lightnings fierce, the maddening s
Orm burst upon astounded mil t
Ons, while from mountain, forest j
I'd plain, groans and lamentations S
sad and mournful as the /
idnight wall over the slain in 9
gypt. Then were the dark days c
he times that tried mems souls 6
tyranny, in wrath, barred its arm, t
'asped the sword, and bathed it in e
e reeking blood of the innocent S
'hy was it our forefathers, in this ?
ying hour, pledged their lives, t
cir fortunes, and their sacred hon
> in defense of their Country ? il
'hy was it that so many brave he C
es sank down upon the bloody Il
Id, never more to rise until the p
'om of the worldY 1t was because p
tactple was invOlved-principle e
arer than life, stronger than 0
ath." S
But to return to our point. When o
9 Revolutionary war broke out, il
the very period when the doc h
nes of millions, when all that is a
ar and valuable to man was at o
Ike, and the hopes of America al
the hopes of the world, seemed a!
be on the point of being blasted b,
ever, the Almighty prepared and b
forward him through whom was al
come salvation-the immortal m
appeared on the arena G,
battle! 81
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