The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-10
LINEGAR AT JONESB0R0
WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE CAME FROM
SOUND UTTERANCEs.


SOUND UTTERANCEs.
Hon. D. T. Linegar, OF Cairo, at Jones'
boro on the 4th Instant, spoke, substantly, as
follows.
Ladies and gentlemen, it affords me q
| great deal Of pleasure 10 meet so many OF
the citizens of Union county here for the
| purpose Of celebrating the 103rd annivers-
airy Of American independence. You have
heard the declaration read in your presence,
and it is not my purpose TO 60 into the his
| tory Of thatrevolutionary period nor the rec
ord Of the scenes which preceded the dec
laration of independence in l776. The
history of that revolution is commonly
known among our people, taught in our
schools, and is familiar to us from infancy.
The declaration pronounced the great fun
damental doctrines that all men are created
equal end endowed by their Creator with
certain lnalienable righs-life and liberty.
Prior to our revolution, the principle was
impressed upon the people that they We're
the subjects Of kings who ruled by right
divine, and that the voice of the king was
the voice of God. But this day the Ameri-
can people meet together TO commemorate
the institution of a different order of things,
the recognition by the fathers of our repub-
lie of the fact that the voice Of the people,
as expressed at the free bal!ot-box is
the voice Of God. Al thar time there were
but thirteen colonies, the united population
OF which was numerically less than that Of
the larger states at this day. The state Of
New York possesses now more than five
times the wealth Of the entire thirteen colo
MES. Is it not well, then, my countrymen,
that we should study the system of govern
ment which has drawn unto the country
the prosperity that we to-day witness from
one end Of the land 10 another. The ma
tonal government was composed OF dele
CRATES from the thirteen different colonies.
These delegates, the fathers of the republic,
thought it not sufficient merely 10 achieve
their own freedom, but they gathered them
selves together to organize constitution
and perpetuate liberty. Our fathers looked
back to the old world and reviewed
the history Of the people there
Let US see for what purpose our govern
ment was organized. These colonies could
withstand but short time the forces which
might attack them had they been separa.
ted so they combined for the protection
and welfare Of the people. The govern
ment Of the United States was organized
for the purpose Of collecting dues, and
making war or peace. The rights Of the
States are maintained. We have o genera
government the duties of which are vel
defined by written constitution. They
are there for the purpose Of fulfilling The
plans Of the people, for binding the States
together in one body for the protection O
all, for making treaties with foreign powers
and for making a national standard Of col
ors. And the States take care Of the indi
vidual rights of the people, for protecting
person and property The citizen Of each o.
the several States enjoys laws peculiarly
adapted TO the diversity of climate ant
circumstances which exist in our vas
territory. No state may declare war, bu
each state may organize and maintain ;
militia for the preservation Of peace within
her borders. The title by which We hol,
cur farms and lands comes to US not from
the general government, but from TIA
state Of Illinois; SO it is with all. Why
Because what would be 10 the advantage
of one locality would not be to the advan
tage of another and this interna
state legislation is not IN any way contrar
to the written constitution Of the nation
Our fathers conceived the great idea O
making the rulers dependant upon an,
subseivient TO the people and il was the de
termination Of our fathers that they should
continue So Such was the wisdom Of thei
proceeding that, at the celebration of thu
nations first centennial, the population Ia,
increased to forty millions. In provid
ing Tor the future of the common
wealth, the founders Of the republic re
duced the system OF government to phi
losophical and mathematical certainty. Gu
G government has grown in strength an
prosperity. We have a school system whic
has been initiated by the Older countries ,
a Europe, q system by means Of which OF