The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-21

ol Jonn quincy ADAMS lie says very
eagerly, !" John Quincy Adams, wha
business does he follow ?" I replied
that he was formerly President of th,
United States. " Quincy Adams, oil
yes I am well acquainted with him
he lives out here in Quincy, about ten
miles south" We must learn to ap
preciate the history Of our country
Let us cherish a warm Affection fol
every incident connected With it. Bt
vigilant, observing and watchful
Nero, the last and worst Of all the
Caesars sung to his harp While hi.
! capitol was in flames. TamerIane, tt
signalize his brutal ferocity, reared 6
monument of seventy thousand human
skulls. Attila declared tile grass
should never grow where the ,hoof o.
his war-horse trod. Hyder Ali1eft the
Camatic black with ashes and desola.
ton, but he who destroys the 'Ameri-
can Republic will'be'a greater curse
and 0iUdiR than either or all of these
combined. flour country shall fall
no earthly power can bring back the
Promethean spark and rekihdle the
dying embers Unconstitutional liberty.
But it will not fall. We are to-day at
the Mount of Remembrance, and pay
ing homage to the memory of our
fathers as it comes from the l1eav-
ing lsodsd Of Bunker Hill, and
gathers from the brilliant line of gSalir.-
atoga, -Yofktown,P fLewingtofii and
Concord, from the blood-dyed waters
of the Brandywine,i to the drear+y,
SHOWS Of Valley Forge, from all the
hard fought fields of the Revolution,
with albtheif wounds and rail- their
clustered .honors,4 they rise To-day
from the long line of unnamed mead
boards and plead with us to preserve,
what they marched through the gates
of martyrdom toiestablisE, and verify
the observation OF, DIR. Franklin while
in the convention that sat- three long
months to frame our present Constitt-
ition. Behind the chair of Washine o.
ton there happened to he painting
of q rising sun; painters have ever
found it difficult in theirrart to distin--
gulsh a rising from setting SUM-
When the final l.Vote was taken and
the Constitution adopted, Franklin
said that he had often wondered, du-
ring the vicissitudes of his hopes and
fears as to the result, which the paint
ing represented, but now he thanked
God the vote just taken determined
that it was a rising and not alsettinq
sum- ainoatz5 sif div i5ifna9 I'D
~ And now to conclude let us r.ene1ing4
Der that while these tnemories are
easily cherished, the rich legacy = be-
queatiled to us is to be preserved. I.
Efforts have been made and VIII vet
be made to tear down this beautiful
fabric by asserting the dangerous doc
trine that the Declaration Of hide
pendence and the Constitution were
good enough for that a ge, bit that we
must have something better, and thenaE
find ourselves launched out in a new
field experimenting at the peril of |
what we have!.d The ship of1 State
would be 'out7on a stormy sea without
'adder or compass!dt Our gfeatestl
LANCER is that We Will become too.
connected with and allied
20 the interests OF some crafty CLIQUE
II political organization. Party or.
are essential, yet the inter-
'st of aparty is nothing compared to
he welfare of the Republic. Let us
'anish the apple of discord and for
,et the bitter feuds that have arisen,
nd hand in hand, with one =Voice !.
Worship at the shrine of our countfy's
ltar and then we will realize in our
earts the blessings of Union. We u
re assembled to-day, irrespective of
artles, as the great John Whitfield
aid of Christians, while he was in
MS country e1ectrifying its people
nth his brilliant flashes of divine
loquence, and in one of lis loftiest
lights, paused and " casting his eyes
pward as if piercing the very bor-
ers of the celestial world and said. l,
Father Abraham, whom hast thou
| Heaven2 Amy Methodists No.
my Congregationalists?t No. Any
isciples? No. Whom hast thou
len? The great Patriafeh's reply 7
as, "Nobody but Christians. "' And Q
if it should be asked who are here !.
-day to celebrate The 4th of july, i
ny Old Line Wings No. Any Know II
othings? No. Any Clamorous q
reenback Democrats? No. ANY Ar = n n
mt Negro-philistic Republicans? No I
HON have we then? Nobody but
dtriots, rinsa aai 3o GViihG4ai n1@'
Then fellow-citizens, build up your :
azing bonfires, let Joy be Ilnconfined, :,
every heart leap with gladness. u
9ys, let your fire-crackers and tor a.
does ring and join the chorus of II
e old canaon'smouthings loud and .
each volley, let every citizen-like "
cry christian taking the crum at the ~
orement, recalling the memory of u, u,
E Sayior-regard it as the echo of q
old Adams and Hancock guns Of n'
Revolution, the enthusiastic throb-
lg of the national heart in welcom- u u
the Oath anniversary Of Independ- ''
ce. Let the light be so bright that the .
nerican Eagle can see but one CON ~
uous line of torches, one grand ~ ~
Rt!nentdl Iuumtnatioa, from the ."
lden shores of California to King -
orge's old Tin Teapot in Boston ~
rbor on the east and from the ap- ",
wing waves of the Gulf of Mexico "''
the Red, White and Blue" on Nj