Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-12-06


Taxation was IT sisted, state authority was de-
red, and the feeble and futilr government O
The cOnicdcratiln, a mummy clad in robes 81
state, was sCOrlcl abroad aud cOntCmled a
Omc.
The tines that tried mems souls In this
cOun'ryw r. rather In lIS6 than in l1i6 ftl
tue col miul abi Y to win ind pcudenCe IN
vOlycd neither The rig teOusncss If the callsC
nor the character Of the cOplt. The ReyOlu
tiOn had proved Their yalO-, tne new situation
ts0d their wisdom; ard without wisdom the
Revolution had cen invain. Blythe common
eycrtiOn, sacr flee, and suffering ind0pendeuc,
hat been a hicvpd, the enemy tad been ey
PEELED, and the You g r Ergla"d # the west
had humh ed III crow "a and unn tura
mo'hcr England upon the sca.girt throne. Ii
tins crucial moment neg Get or ienOran
the ubvi us aldiniispcnsablc means of srcur
ina tie common safety, strength, and welfare
the apparent revelation of American in
capaC ty 10 bu Id niional American com
mOnwc ilth, might Justly I'LL every e neruu.
and patriotic heart with dsmay Yet il ~
American Gcspa rcd daring the gloomy year,
from 1888 u l1S7, a,d don ted whether the
men were cq al tl the tass, so had j I'm
adams doubted and CCspHrud ON the very
eve Of The assembly OF the coltncn al
congress. "Wc have not men ill., or the
timCs,h he exclaimed; I'VE are dgii'ieut in
genius, In education, in travel, in fortune, IN
c'crythtngh But scarcely had he written the
words than he has cnCl t. take hi' part
IN THAT IMMORTAL ASSEMBLY,
AMI to do tlc yCty thing that he feared nc
man was strong enough to do. Well id
jefferson call in the Colossus, for upon hi,
mighty and indo nitabc will h lifted the
country 10 the Declaration Of lnd,pc dcuce
Why tn,n doubt, since Independence had
been aehi' we'd, that national un on was pos
siblr: Tuc leaders Of tht Revolution, the
chiels Of th' continental congress, It'll lycl
Age had not mined Their eyc, nor rhll ell
their hearts, nor wituCrCd their facu ties lht
work they ha begun surely they were ready
to com let and the men who mad ma ic the
English colOne, American states, ~crc wise
euOugn aud trOng enough to bind the Amcri
Cal ates intoa ration.
Nay, even doubt was trcachery. For still ho
livcl,-iu the pr me Of glorious manhood h
still lived, whose faith and cha'a,ier, aud
courage, wncn atrOtism desparrcd and hope
expired, had mOyrd b fore his stru .glin:
cDuutry pillar Of cloud by day, or fir by
night. The wAOlc scene is radanl with hs
presence and power. He was, indeed, hut
one patriot among patriots, and an ardent
aud general pat iO,ism It was that marshict
Minute Men aud CnOl Il Sous Of Liberty. /
WIS q suoime popular daringt at drliCd the
British empire nld made 20 Il its def IN, e
d luhticss The Amcricau Revolution was the
work Ol the people bu' ii seems the work OI
man. How can we conceive us hcroiC
prosecution, its triumphant issue, without IT.
leader! Had he fail II at Trenton, had h,
bca cap ured by Clinton, had inlrigucs oI
selfish ambition prevailed against him, ha 1t
not nervcd-hc aOnt-the hesitatinI army al
Newburgh, who da,c doubt hat tn; vision d
the zone lar-Otf divine event" that
DREW THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE WAR,
would st Il have been fulfil ed! But what
American dos not know, and proudly ONn
that III" pcrpctu.l and inspri L assurance ui
hat event, the cher Of the weary IN rcl, th'
lIy Of the victory, the cJnIId nee Of ngrt S.
the pride an hope of America, was The char
aCtrr vi Washington!
No voice for powerful union was earlier OF
stronger, or mo con tant than his. The
irrvOT of his conviction kindrd the faith ui
the cOu try. Samuel Ad ans might hesitate,
and Patrick Henry doubt, tut Washington
was sure. Union alone had won independence,
union alone could secure II. Without union
there was no mmOn revenue, no common
bond between adjacent states. Instead Of
these, thCrcwerc discOrd an ircEy, and subiu.
CATION.
Indeed, they were already at hand. While
England refused to relinquish the western
forts, and COutcmptuDusly demanded OF John
Ald'ils some security tii.t IT,, lt,,"t, .,.t.1
would not nulllly tn dcCrrcs Of the coulCIcra-
tion, while Europe awaited dis!aniully the
d solution Of a loose and iarrng league, the
states themselves, pin he'd with poverty,
Jealous Of congress, Wlthhc Il tltir cpntribu-
tiOns tOthc com non treasury, anl en- Ounturcd
from cir own citizens armed defiance ui
their own authority. The situation was intol.
cradle. Liberty and independence, maSqucr.
aiding as law cssless and license threatened
tue rustic rcpub leans, as the lrcring satyr in
the fable deudcd the mplc shepherds OF the
plain. But the high destiny Of the English,
speaking race was not to be thwartcd. The
ancient ira litiOns Of thai people, whose poll.
Ii al genius is strong common sense are MT
Of liberty only, but Of cOnstitut Onal liberty,
and Of Il "a ty and skill VIII Ch secure and
perpctuatc that liberty in adequate and llcXl'
blc institutions Devotion to liberty and 10y.
alty to law, proceeding with equal step, have
toy ther led the race to which
WASHINGTON Is THE CONsUMIATE FLOWER
from toe gloom Of the an lent Il, rman forest
to the imperia sp CndOr Of England and tue
republican spl,niJr Of the United States
But TIL children Of libety are wi in thcir
gcnei alton. There were American states
ait tine revolution, and there were COnsttu
lions If states But tn re were NJ common
constitution, no common guarantee both OF
the ghts Of sta es aud the liGGr,ics Of tn.
citizen; and in the mid,t OF states and cOnsti
tuition, stare authority an indiyidu Il liberty,
and the gGlera welfare itself were pGIishing
Then as in the passionate excitement but
uncertain movement of the cary rcyO.uti N,
Il paper passed mysteriOusy from patr.uli,
hand 10 hand, tiriag every patriotic heart with
the magic motto, "J1iu or DEE 50, in the
air, nOW electro wit natl nal feeling. "loh
or D,en became the burden Of the nigh \
chorus at rolled out from tue heart Of tho
people. 1t was rcSisless, kc the dcman for
Independence n years before. he convcn
tiOn met. Warrington, the good genius oi
union wa It's president. 1t framed the con
stitutiun an submi ted II to h. peOp c. FOl
ten moths the land shook with the great dc
bat" upon It's ranii alton, and tn conclusive
argument for the constitution was that Wash
ington would be the first president. In tn
very street Alexander lIami ton met ,JOhn
Lamb, the ardent eader Of the SOus Of Libe
ty, VINO distrusted the new scheme Of govern
mGnt, and argued with him th,tfrar was folly
since Washington would be the president
Hoou, rGPiien laliU loI 10 no otnr NOR
"a. m"ut % an,,usS ,n I,'.iI,iy ~ u, ,uoI,,
~ lu.S,n 1'e,pli li VI tne t.i,,uvm st'tcs ha'
IN THE JuBILEE OFF
that followed as of n people brf aking a deadly
spcl'' PVilIlon N WEE s,'Snccu, anu the lnni
wv mno pI iaHv noSEs, nau ,eu liS nuh'ly 'nrougi
NV t,or "''t io ,ir g"o naaGno,
~ u,e io't ",,o pe.ro'V h
VI 'nI WIZ topp.e W Pv,,I9iIi M M ,"o nii'"v,'
tan Ha Mnses . for,b h hoSJ an,
Inan mos1s, " sete'vn iVl.i us nutu i,sO n,''
'a,3y Wi I"t tn nVan nIo h ", ra,'ofI rniI 5os. @
,,,n,,,i VhI. hI "''"nl a"i. u ai'u III uo'. s'''
,io NV, "'',en "msl1 ,i,os,Gu ni' s'o'.n,SSS
llhe .n tne ~ & tuS IN, .nt' sunuG, wl, tue aMtu
su!nlhlL vi MouI blhuc' Warrington WTitc