Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-11

~ rcparutc lronl tnc lnOlncr country.
10 "We have not raised armies with an
n bilious designs of separating fror
ID Great Britain and establishing indc
a. pendent States. We fight not TO
,e glory or for conquest "Honor, jus
h ticc and humanity forbid us tamcly 3
d surrender that freedom which we rt
l. ceived from our gallant ancestors, an,
o which our innocent posterity have
l. right to receive from us. We canno
N endure the infamy and guilt of resign
70 ing succeeding generations TO tina
% wretchedness which inevitably await
them if we basely entail hereditar,
|. bondage upon them" "In our nativ,
@ land, and in defense Of the freedom
!. which is our birthright, and which W,
I have ever enjoyed till the late viola
h tion Of it for the protection of oul
; property, acquired solely by the hon
est industry of our forcfathois ant
q ourselves, against violence actually
Q offered, we have taken up arms. W,
!. shall lay them down when hostilitiei
/, shall cease on the part Of the aggress
r ors, and all danger Of their being re
4 newed shall be removed, and not bo
fore
; IT was already apparent to the far
seeing few, that no terms Of redress OF
: conciliation could be obtained by the
r Colonies consistently with what they
! deemed their indefeasible rights, even as
British subjects, upon the principles
, guaranteedby Magma Charta. Still hope
against hope was INDUCED by many
during the fall and winter of 1775-76.
, In the'meantime the British army was
greatly reinforced There had been
ordered TO America large fleet of
f ships, with thirty-two thousand troops,
well supplied with provisions and
munitions OF war. fI
i Early in the Spring of l77G, Wash
ington wrote from the head of the
f Colonial forces at New York. "a re.
cancellation with Great Britain is i'm
possible. When took the command
Of the army, ! abhorrcd the idea of
Independence; but am now fully sa It's
fled that nothing else will save us.
n Events, swift in succession, soon YER
flied the correctness of his conviction
Soon after, formidable fleet, with a
large army appeared off Charleston
harbor, South Carolina, showing that
the war cloud was TO burst upon the
South as well as the North and that
nothing short Of general subjugation
was determined upon. Ii was on the
18th OF June, l776, that the great bat
tie of Fort Moultrie was fought, in
which the gallant Colonel whose name
the Fort bore, and under whose skill
1t had been hastily erected, with five
hundred Carolinians, achieved most
brilliant victory on the Colonial side,
against the most formidable odds,com-
manded by the British Major Gener-
al, Henry Clinton and Admiral Sir
Peter Parker Here It was that Ser.
l geant Jasper won imperishable fame.
Civil action, in the meantime, was
keeping pace with military. The last
alternative, the Sovereign Independ-
ence Of the Colonies, was pressing to
an issue. On the 9TH of June, after
Sh. .uv pa'.'sn ,,an. .rooPs hau occh sent 10
.naries,oh, pat pelore me great We
aI' D. b. ~ 4Iyui.iio n'lu oeen achiev-l
Ssd,, % V;uS;,,;o ey - ,,a rec, pclesa'e
Colonies, moved resolution embmc-
VIA, ,heso fr,,;,oJ coia' nv n's. was
Of ,;@b, ouah, Ju ~ ~ 'g,on''s T'"n ur', anu
nonden, s7atos.s and a. "'' n''J inu'
branch of ,Le SANE % ,,oso,a,;o @ eonu 'sa
oTbo, a nIan os Cnne,Issas,a ." "as
nared and ,ransm;,,"d J'" ~ "o' ,Ln ~ e pae-
tive Colonies Gor ,ba;, /" .nS auspeo ~
and annroha,;o, u, ~ Tl;s s,".s,..io e,'.,ol
was adnp,eJ on tho iiM ae 1vu"o" Tn..
The vot nnon;, az ~ " III ny.
oros,;ons - w. az ,aIo 40 uPvn az otuer
rommi,tses ,vcr" or,o, ~ !, So,y,ss, ~, ~
Ono 70 nrenore ,ha ~ ~Hoopaso,;o, "us' os ~ ~,
JndonenJonoa oc a. Us;,ss' 49, %., ~ .no
as free md indenenaon, e,o,o, o'o'as n.i
the o,ber 10 nronpra s,,;oiosae a'ee ,r.'; anu
for confedcra,;a~ bo,maom .ho., ~ a'on
sncb Stotcs m cowu,;,,oo ". ~ az
noro ,ho naoiana,; aO"..iss 80 I,'s W P'o-
That paper you have just heard read
cou,se"eons;s,ad ~ % TLo % '"is I.s r's
son of a V;r,,;n;a ~ IaLn no'pas aS. se"cr,
Mossach,so,,s. po.;a,a;a yo Ta,ns, Taaa',,,, VI
or pennsvIyanIo pgsa, ch d..'' ,a"A''
Connectient and Robert X. Livingston,
oil New York. This committee re
ported that Declaration on the 2Sth of
June, the very day on which the arms
oi south carolina had been so trium-
phant at Fort Moultrie, but the news of
winch dld reach Philadelphia for many |