The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-05-09

-. k@sAs "a @seaft W du tt&E
great lawyers to whose acumeu
we are indebted for the chief
liberties nf the people need our
caree For themselves-no; but
for ourselves. 10 show our graft
tude and appreciation, Ia remind
Us We, too, can make our lives
sublime-yes. Their great n
ch!evements are their monu-
ments, for, verify, their works
do follow them )" and any shafts
we may erect are rather ours
than theirs. They testify not
50 much of their deeds, as OF
what lives I'm our hearts. Phil
osophy Of this Is found In the
explanation of the wise and vat
ty Cato, the Censor. who said
that he had rather have the
stranger ask why he had no
statue, than TO ask why he had
one. I'm the walls of st. Paul,
is inserted n tablet on which IL
written the name OF Sir Chris.
topher Wren, its architect with
the words underneath T.ector
SO monumentum requiris, cir
cumspice." The imposing struc-
ture reaching upward with all
its lines OF beanty and strength,
was his monument!
THE FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN
LIBERTY.
Should the inquiry be made,
what was done at his post I'm
1881? and where Is the monu-
ment of results to commemorate
it, the answer might well be
made in the single word, "Cir-
cumspics." Beyond question
the foundation OF Americaa lib
erty was laid on this spot, on
that noted day in March, 1881.
a brief and philosophical con-
sideration or the military stu
alton Of these colonies. and OF
the events which Immediately
preceded and followed the strug-
gle here, will satisfy any one
that the Importance of that
days work is not over-rated by
this statement"
Then briefly but graphically re-
lat,ng and describing the lead
ing events of that momentous
compaign of Lord CORVALLIS
from Charleston to Greensboro,
the Senator asks what il the mon
un.ent our patriotic soldiers Of '76
erected for themselves :
"What then was their work?
What is the monument which
they that day erected to them
selves as seen in the result?
Suppose an intelligent stranger
were here and he were told to
search for that monument by
looking aromd, what would he
see ? He would behold free and
independent commonwealth,
which for more than q hundred
years has enjoyed the blessings
of liberty and which has ad-
vanced steadily without retro
gression or anarchy in all the
paths of prosperity aud civiliza-
tion. With fifty thousand square
miles Of territory containing
thirty-iwc millions of acres, of
which at least twenty-nine mil
lions are arabic and two thou
sand square miles Of which are
inland seas, this area extends
east and west for six hundred
miles in length with an average
breath of a hundred aud forty.
In it is found a general eleva-
ton from tide water to the
mountain tops of six thousand
feet, giving the varieties Of cli-
mate which are to be found
within twenty degrees of lati-
tude north and south. The va
riety of productions are abund-
aI tly commensurate with these
varieties of soil and climate.
Her forests have always been
remarkable, and still are, for
, their great extent and value and
the treasure, within her bosom
have barely oegln to be explor-
ed and exposed. Not to mention
smaller sire lm-, this area is ira
yersed by three thoasand miles
of waite courses of the dignity
of fiver<, furnishing In their
grIdual fall from The western
ishlands into the sea, water
power sufficient to tuln all the
mac hine.y of the world This
happily located Lind, at on :e
profitable, ,lleaslnt and pictures
que, containing all the best gifts
Of God to his creatures, Is the
home If the children OF the
men who made it free and rs.
tablished its institutions and
; laws with a view TO the happi
ness OF its people. SO well did
they buiid that after moe thar
a century Of trial no flaw ha:
been found in the structure, n
| weakening, no evidence Of de
cay.
BUT WHERE Is OUR MONUMENT? !?
/ have said that the fruit oI
= their labors constituted the true
t monument of our ancestors; thai
/ for themselves no other wa:
= needed, but that others were
: needed for us. That for On