Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-09
English soldiers. Inshe meantime the

American Congress declared on the itl
ofJuly, 1776, its complete independence
Of the English crown, and proclaimed
to the world that the union between tho
two countries was dissolved.
King George was as obstinate as ever
He insisted upon ono grand effort be
ing made to subjugate "the audacioui
rebels who not only resisted his au
thority, but denied his right to rul,
over them" and OF course the Church
the nobility, municipalities, &C., lent
themselves to the odious purposes o.
the mad and mischevious monarch, and
preached acrnsadc against the "rcbels
all over the country. We are told that
"thc pulpits OF the Established Church
at this time resounded with exhorta
tions to the people to smite the rebels
The display of bloodthirsty spirit
commended itself to the King as the
best claim to prefermont-"
But all was of no avail. America
had right, justice, and all that can ren
dera cause holy in the eyes of botl
God and man on its side, and the vic
tory was with the Americans. One by
one the English armies were ovcrpow
cred, and at last the surrender Of Bur
goyne at Saratoga virtually terminated
the contest. This unfortunate General
who being a special favorite Of the
King, had been taught by him to look
with scorn and contempt on the
"roguos and rebels" that formed the
"rabble" of the following sorowful but
unwilling testimony to the admirable
discipline of the Republican forces
After stating Gates army at 10000
mon, he writes :--"SoTy am | to add
that a better armed, a better bodied, q
more alert or better prepared army in
all essential points Of military institu
tions, am afraid is not to be found on
our side of the question Surely the
Americans have reason to be proud
that from n few raw levies of undisci.
plined men, raised to oppose all the
power of the Crown of England, an
army such as that described by Bur
goyne sprang forth, and compelled
every man in the regular force-which
the miscreant madman, George the
Third, had sent forth in the vain hope
of conquering and subjecting the coun.
try-to surrender his person and lay
down his arms
II is now hundred years since
America thus liberated herself from the
monarchial yoke of England, and
erected, in the place OF "a costly, a crush
ing, and u cumbersome monarchy, q
great, glorious, and prosperous repub-
lic 1t thus rid itself of those deadly
and destructive canker-worms-hered,
itary royalty, hereditary aristocracy
and State established Church. There
are no crowned, coroneted, or mitred
locusts TO take the bread from the
mouths of the people, and to impover,
ish everything that comes within their
reach. There is no chance of q mad
man like George the Third being placed
TO reign over them or a selfish profit
gate, like George the Fourth or dis
gusting debauchee, like Charles the
Second, who taxed posterity with the
payment of pensions to his harlots and
their descendants, the Graftons, Rich
monds, st. Adams, &c.
The Americans have right good rea
son to rejoice at the severance from 9
nation which is a paradise for Princes
peers, and millionaires, and q hell upor
earth for the poor. They have pros
pered as q republic during the Jas
hundred years as no monarchy evei
has or ever can prosper Let them e
on as they have, and in the course o
another halfcentury the rotten ole
monarcbies Of Europe will look ye'
more mouldy and rickety, contrasteC
with the young and fresh-blooded re
public across the Atlantic, than they
even do now. Hail, Columbia
Well, then, sir one hundred year
ago America by her pluck and patriot
ism gained her independence, and effect
ually rid herself OF the rule of th,
Guolphs, and of the host of beggar
that would have planted themselves, a.
they have here, on the industry OF thu
people But how came we out of The
contest which was entered upon ant
prolonged in order TO crafty the tyran
nical instincts of mad and miscroan
monarch ? 1t entailed on us an i'm
mense loss of life, a vast amount o
treasure, and encumbered prosperity
with n debt of three hundred millions
the interest on which to about tel
millions, we are compelled to pay I'M
til this day Who, then could cry
"God save the King2r None, ] shoul,
think, but real and genuine "fools am
fanatics" GRAccnus.