Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-07-16
i GLO WING TRIBUTE.

Ia consequence VI n.ishap we we're un- /
'hle to publish the speech Of Congress s.
man Woodburn of Nevada. delivered at
he ith Of July celebration at Marshall
'lall Last week. rs it is most fitting
ribute TO cc'cJrl ion of our nqtien i
niepcnlcnce, we give place to it in our
columns with pleasure lie said:
know Of no more appropriate spot
than that whcreon ne are now assem-
blcd to commemorai, this glorious ami
yersary. We press The soil Of the grand
I'D State Of Maryland whose soldiers
iever reelcl or fled in a single battle os
he American Revolution.
We stand near the old Daugouran
Manor where lie the bones Of Charlc.
Carroll, who by re ,son Of the great
take his patriotism prompted him to
'isk, vas perhaps the most ilu,trious
,ilucr Of the Declaration of Iulspcn-
dence
An hours ride will take US to the
Pilgrim followers Of Lord Baltimore VIII,
ir>t promulgated to tie world the I'M
mortal declaration that within The linn
It,, of this Commonwealth the rod Of re-
ligious persecution should be never
raised and dedicated it as an Asylum
wherein every maa might worship his
Maker according to the dictates of his
own conscience. Besides we are in full
view Of the tomb Of Washington who led
0 7ictory the furnishing army Of tie
( Revolution and Of whom it has been
Justly said: Ills fame is eternity
and his residence creation" We can
almost see the granlcst of colossal piles
reared by grateful people to commem-
crate his skill as a soldier; his patriot
ism as citizen and his ability as a states
man
venture to assert, without fear of
contradiction that History, ancient or
modern makes no mention of delIbera-
tive body in which were concentrated
more learning wisdom and patriotism
than he Assembly at Philadelphia
which startled she world by the DecIar5
ton of American Independence
The minds Of the trainers of the doc
umcnt we're stored witt the experience
Of the past and seemed to have a pre-
science Of the future They knew that
the Republics Of the Middle Ages were
rs enaucsccnt as the mcteors that flash
athwart the sky and that the Republic
Of Switzerland existed only by he suf
ferance Of the surrounding Nations -
They knew that the time had come to
explode the biblical and monarchcal
doctrine ofthc Divine right of Kings
They concluded that taxation without
representation is robbery and that tae
time had come to sever connection with
Great Britain by solemn Declaration
and build up Republic that would en-
durc forever
That they succeeded is attested by
the fact that the ship of State weather.
ing the storms of the greatest Civil War
the world ever saw is now moorel for
III time to come in the haven Of Peace
and Union. Slavery, the rock on which
She well NIGH foundercd, is botted out
forever In the language of the Decla-
ration all men are free and equal, ami
America is Republic in fact as well as
in name.
The population, intelligence and pros
perity of thirty-eight sovereign States
attest their genius and make the proph-
ecv Of Philips reality; that England
5 will be what Athens is, and America
D will be what Athensrwas.
{ Here the aven ues to wealth arc clos.
) cd to no one This the poor man,
+ Paradise This is the land of free
speech and free lress Here intelli
il gence is tie rale and ignorance the cx-
4 ccption. Here Christian, Turk and Jew
are equal before the law aud can wor
} ship God after their own fashion =
o Peace regns supreme within our Dor
T. ders The rainbow Of promise is in III,
# American sky preparing that this fai
land wall never again be delugel by tho
= food Of Civil War
y Thanks to the brave and segaciou
i men Of Seventy Six" We stand in tn
T. front rank of Nations and united ar,
able to defy the world in arms.
= The Bible is called the Book 0
. Books call this The Days Of Days
! The Declaration is the American Gospc
of liberty The memory of the mel
who (framed) made ii will never die
Y In language and structure it is a mode
), without a peer and will be read anon.
millions of freemen on each succeeding
4th of July until American liberty lik
like time itself is no more.