, 1876-01-10
their wealth, influence, knowledge, OF abtllty.
1hcy we're acknowledged to to
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and desberated In = ranue. that showed THAR
~, tonnconhnoss OF tho responsible position n
which they wore placed. brave John Adams l.ad'
Tho coonets 10 ncze ali the Kings officer, III ii
tho Colonies, trent them we'll. and hold them 4,
hostages until Boston Was sellovcd |
A:o. Tor Congrna' to adopt the Cont
nsn!a 20 orny fn1,n,s mustered & a, 0smbdsG =.
that to tcmport.o WAS wrong. Int while tll:o
wtro many men ID Gopgrcsp rho beloved afhe
dld, there wero otheta moro tIn1!d, aud htef
among an than VA Dickinson, Of penasrI%;n,ls.
was evcn mora cowardly ihnn himself.
sho used 10 cay 70 him. ..Joilnnte, yo,, will 20
thanGed." tl.aurhser.l Ills vile nscd. to salk
al al @ ho lad OF ut, /, % wa. eompletoly n co.oi, %
By ono vote, and Congress. for tho
takc Of harmony' astonted to tho sublime limbo
el'tiy,os ~. again pe!ltlonng she Engiich Grown.
But suddenly. toward tie cnd Of Juno, ~ tho
Cungrosanlou wcsn dcliharatlug thcro came
news that .b1iled tlls Colonies from Nov 1Iamp-
Bhtro to South Cat oltnh.---ik Was
THE NEWB uP HuHKEn niLL.
lnseat applause.] .They heard that fo5!
EuGeh so!.isors lay, dead Of wounded
around that famed rcdoubt.. That thirty
Ut rho Kings officers had been kilcd
recorded ii, Continental hsstory,-Hreatos than
that sustained by tho Frcnch and English, when
Woiis hcaIet tho heights OF Abraham. and wliet,
lie aud Alontcalm fell beneath the walls Ct Que
bee. tApplause.1 Again. howeyer, the Dlrkip-
on pnrty III Congress- MY cred, but Adams waa
tired Of sac1l[atioli, and resolved to bring his
original proposition TO direct vote which hc
lid. and Congress adopted tho army 1T Cam
bridge Holghts, whilo Col. George Washington bo-
hestated to declato for Independence, and
AdamH chafo1 ID vain. In March, 177di Doaton
wns eyacuateta by the British, and in TIN months
immediately succeeding eouao OF tile Colonies
instructed their delegates to
VOTE FUR 1SnErEsDEScE.
First Of all WIS old Virginia. Loud applauao.1
ltur action cn!lod ont premature Fourth, ot-July
demonstration. md Phllalslpilla literally went
,pai over tile news. Bit Congress kept cool,
5 ss hsss ssfa ''sssss Tsy snp e Gs s
with genuine American simplicity, "The con-
duct OF Enclaud townri tho culnn5ns Ia contrary
to tho law!" [Arpanso.l Jefferson. was
well known, drafted the Declaration; but CON-
eress did not accept it aa originally written.
;'oino Of his most eloaneut phBAages Noro Ell
tlrely suppressed; all hfgh.SonudnR pllrases
wero eliminated. and tho amount Of correction
dono almost cntiteiy chsngcd the original do.
slcn, but l;s spirit was preserved. One clllsf
Hentonco WAS. however overlooked: TINT WIS,
'tAh men are crentod FREQ aud equal" Nothing
could be more u,vtrue. All mon, on the contrary,
woro created unequal. Thero were few men
OF surprising ublIity, and many nun Of very
llttac ability, or posseeBcd OF mons at ali. In
fact, tho history Of tho world had shown that
tho many woali were forcetl, in all agcs, to baud
together no ~ to have
MUTUAL PROTECTION
agalnht tho powerful few. no would prefer to
Heo that portion Of the famous Declaration cor
rcct0a no aB 10 read That al mon Mero born un-
equal. md that tue colonies, boing unequal to
tho mother county, we're compelled to form
= partnership ln otdor to nccomplsh equality
Il was during this debate on tho Declaration
TINT Patrick Honry-the Yirgtulan Dom1sthcueB
delivered 4 speech only ffagments Of which
have boon preserved, bus vllict, was, perhaps.
tho noE$ eloquent aud noble effort over uttered
on american Foil. In ths coutso Of II he said,
" aonceforth lot rs havo no Jistinctious--I. at
least. nhall recognizes mono. / AN not New
Enesauder am tot q Now Yorker, ! am not
CGi oliniRu. attn not q Fngiuiau, but simply AT
American" Loud spplause.] That Was tho
Declaration Of Independence [renowcd hppIauso1,
tho foundation stone Of our national entity.
Before departing to join the atmy, Gen. WASH
ington delivered
a starlE AND Tououlso SPEECH
iu which lie said -" Sad, indeed, Ii it to mo
TINT brothers. aword should bp buried in
brothers breast. But. placed ~ VIC are, l can
Eee u3 alternative for any honest man but 10
submit to bo a Hayo or to adopt the cauAo Ut hia
country" (Applauae.
Finally tho Declaration was ready for sigma
b,utnrinna Ind tr;nd to ,nnle nnt tb,t tha mrc.
rcedinrs nY, Tho oceason %crs aanari"ttv .o,,p,,,
Thore Mas ,nsh;nr sn1amn ehpnt tha.n "o'e'1r. ~,
tho coutra,y. It bninr hot woathnr snu' ~ ~
rnemhcrs had nn;tn enor,h ~ ~
10 nrusi, the taa ~ hair .,ls s,oc,na, ,vt,9 ~
thoir hand,ercinfs A. ia,t ths S;nHa,,,na ",s.a
pu,o annen,,od. ana snmo iotes an,tcnt,o in'or or
otherwisc, wore iuduund H. Far aramnio II Il
,yan renoTted rbns snrnn one aati n Jni,n Va
ror1. ,sha.n s,rn,tnra hn.,on ~ ~ H. :, inSr
fluli can rnad mir noma w;ttn,t sna,ts so,o. % =
Hanconk rcnIi.d "yoa hov" ,y-i,1pn t. ,srn
enouch 1or kim anorea to rad :. ,cross ~s.
tho water'" Snntbor ss;d :" Va ,,'us. aes1HI ~
hanr tn"ctbsr IN ,,is ,,,s;nasa "us. .v,,a., ~,
annslor ss;,l "Assu,aiv +; wa Jor,, "nau a',n.
rand W. a,',u n, hana se,,s-ata1v" rT..,s,,,t".
ia wosld not ho resnoopih," ~. nt h4,tl
In fWr psr,n,S xnu o,,, ~ n,!n1, th isa uus
n N,rhter INT wbcr tba 1,oc1.rs,o, oo u.o.. "..
sIgued "A-A '1' 40'~'@' "'o" '" az
rnorn,y v.u ov,v c,,,,,,v,,x,
f.on1rass ia Tas tas.n uS, ,,,.a,, ~ ..,
cnorna tai ai.nr pI,1.d.,,,;. ~ . aa
nnd hv lin IT, ,a ra",nhet ,.ars VINO uuSun
ir7,torv inn. h,d ~ raa. ,shc,s "1 ~,
mi, hold sessiuns In ahant twcnty n1,ees ' ao