Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-07-28

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which now bears the burthcn of
rich and yellow grain. The Red
man looked forth in his pride and
claimed it all his own; "his right
there was none to dispute" His
halcyon days were then; ours noo.
AS he fades before the triumphant
march of civilization and liberty;
as he approaches the setting sun, on
the Pacific shore as the school house
and church stand where the camp
fire glimmered and the war dance
was celebrated, 50 education and
freedom, stand whore ignorance and
superstition were; and itismeet that
this joyous throng, for once, fling
dull care away and enjoy to the
fullest extent tho bOunties of to-day.
AS the scenes Of long ago pass be-
fore us, when this happy country
yielded obedience to the mother
country when, as obedicnt children,
our forefathers done her bidding
and wore the yoke which tyranny
imposed, until it CALLED the neck
that wore it, they were not unmind
full Of the great truths they sought
to teach, but men were not freemcn
then as now, gratitude softencd ire;
independence of thought chafening
under restraint, and hampered by
hundreds Of indguites because they
acknowledged not the prestige OF
royal blood, more bitter came cal
umnies, heaped upon n people,
whose only crime was desire to
enjoy freedom, made life one con-
tinual sound of misery, and when
human nature could no longer
withstand the appeals of conscience
they yielded, and amid the plaudits
of admiring nations, bore off the
palm OF victory, triumphed over
might; and with a disnterested
and unselfSh patriotism, worthy
American citizens, planted this ma
ton upon the ramparts of the old.
America was free! How the san
guine struggle now favored the
mother country, now the balance
turning to the advantage Of our
own half Clad half armed yeomen,
every school boy knows He knows
too how individuals and nations
unite in rendering homage to yon
starry banner, the same that floats
over us to-day, the same that will
float over Americas stalwart sons
q hundred years to come; the same
whose ample folds have been rem
dcred sacred by the blood Of thous-
ands upon thousands of daring spir-
its, who have gone down amid the
tempest of battle, yet when the
storm was past, though manned,
some all, the life Of freeman is
theirs to enjoy - forevormorc.
The reality of Americas terrible wrongs
in the past have found now counter.
part in the suffering Of your brothers in
the "Emerald Isle"--they have yc: to
accord 10 their rulers that species Of
obedience, which you would scorn in our
own free and happy America-they stand
upon the shores of "0ld Erin" and
stretch forth to you, hands you have joyed
TO clasp in other years, asking that sue
cor which perhaps you cannot extend
They cry 10 you, from across the water,
reiterating the story of their trials; each
word tel ling Of trials suCh as theirs,
brings the tear Of sympathy, even to eyes
which for years have not wept, yet the
arm that could strike for the distressed
is rendered paralyzed, while the cry
comes to willing hearts, hut powerless
hands. We need not dwell upon their
wrongs, they may yet come out Of every
fiery trial. and stand before the world, in
all the majesty Of freemen. Yet distress
whiIhersoever we meet it, will claim the
generous sympathy Of our people, and
enlist the earnest cooperation Of our citi-
zens for its relief, Such is America 3
prerogatiye and size hestitateS never Ia
assert It., in behalf Of suffering humanity
everywhere. But turning again for q
moment to the past; in those ollen times
when great labor was required TO accom-
plish never 80 little, when the resource $
of our country were unknown when the
gold hat has yielded mines of wealth, i I
the fastnoss Of The new FL Dorado, when q
Journey of twenty miles only could be ac
cOmplished in q day, and when in very
truth, America was "slow coach" il
those days when it required the journey
of week 10 find store, then indeed oui
parents suffered, and but for their hardi
hood and determination, To accomplish tha
for which they wrought, and to demon
strate 10 the crowned heads Of the world
that the problem of seltgovernment al
though proposed, and its solution attemp
ted in our own fair land, was not al
insoluble one, that lot men think, and
they would actor actions are the effect
of thought, as heat is the effect Of combus-
ton. Wherever man. has asserted the
power of his intellect. his Judgment, and
with his might, there he rises and hi.
fight, though 1t be not among the nebular
fields Of light, though he turns aside from
the obstrusc reasoning Of the metnpbysi
clan, though ho does not seek TO conquer
the uncOnquerablc, he goes up in life
and is borne along by the current o.
popular opinion, no matter where It drifts