The Hickman courier., 1868-07-04
TONa TALK.


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FORTH OF JULY-To day is the
anniversary of American Independence,
sc called and we the deceHdants of no.
bic ancestors, are called upon to cele-
brate those sacred rights to which them
selves were born With that restless
ambition Of people, who once having
felt the generous fame of liberty, and
can not have their noble spirits tanned,
or confined By dungeons, bolts, and bars,
our affections yet linger with the day ;
and though the conquerors tread is on
our forefather's dust, waking the old
bones from their graves, the occasion
calls up the greatest glory of freeborn
people, s'the efforts OF fathers to trans
lo1greedom to their children" The eff
IN OF our fathers to so do, may not
ha been as great success as A.
WSi's show MqAess, but in the lam
guage OF that illustrious deceased, we
say ''ti.eiE-intention was good" We have
AABClAJ III AHlSr tA4C bCSN EbhCAH
lnent the sun ever shown upon" but it
rs 50 mixed we 9sSf not go to any great
stro be about tcommemorating. The prin
cip our fathers fought for is not so
widespread as it has been, but its con-
;racted limits, should make the patriots
of this day. whose hearts bleed and
break in her cause, worship the closer
10 the shrine; and though We may not eel
ebrate By big barbacues and orations as
in days Of old, we may offer a libation
from the heArt-a boon which Heaven
holds dear.
.'-sBrightes, in dungeons, Liberty thou art,
For then thy hsbitstion is the heart"
We ear Indulge in no glowing pane
fyrict When our own country Is safely
hack usder democratic rule, then may We
rejoice. That time will be next Novem-
Der, and that hope itself gives all the
cOntes. calls for-spirit, strength, the
seorn of failure. and united hearts, the
sn-est passage to the good we seek Per
haps the ordeal through which the peo-
!. PIE are now passing may cause them to
appreciate tie hours Of virtuous liberty
hich 1869 may usher upon US. The
food time is coming, but We do not re. :
son from those played out" quotations,
such a.,
Thrice armed Is he who hath his quarrel
Just"
In war Of words this may do, but it is
not strong enough for lead and pow
der; or,
Easier were it
To hurl the rooted mountain from its base,
Than force the yoke Of slavery upon men,
determined 10 be free.
Plainly speaking, in this, we al know
Southey lied
Por freedoms battle, once begun,
Bequeath'd from bleeding sire to SON
Tho baElea or, is ever won
These are mighty good lines with
which to aid in getting up revolution,
but.poor consolation after the battle is
fought and lost Two-thirds of the
world eoncede point established when
few lines of pretty poetry are intro
duced corroborating the position. 1t re-
quires deeper thought to make wax sue
cessful.
We will not ne the traitors slaves,
+ While Heaven has light, or earth has graves.
! Human nature is entirely two weak
for such sentiment. y few enthusiasts
may, from a mistaken view, live up to
lpis standard, but sho%most men their
faves, or deprive them of the light of
Gleaven, and you can give them any law,
or bind them with any chain.
To-day we shall have no public cele-
bration; but patriot hearts everywhere
will pay honor to the spirit Of liberty
and independence, and pray for the
dawn of better day when the heaven
bright goddess of liberty shall reign
over US, aud smiling plenty lead her wan
. iontrain.
Oh Give us liberty
For we're even Paradise our prison
+. Still we. should long to leap the chrystal