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that gave liberty OF conscience and
made all men free and equal be-
fore the law, 1t was the most mo
mentous day that ever dawned upon
earth except that which gave it Il
Saviour.
The principle born on that day
is permeating day by day the minds
of the people of all nations and the
love of and determination to achieve
personal and political liberty is
growing aod gathering mighty torce
until the cloud that appeared no
larger than a mans hand on the
4sh July, l776, is spreading a.i
over the canopy of creation and IN
another centur the storm that is
brewing will sweep despotism fl ON
the face OF the earth and give lib
erty TO all the sons of men who are
capacitated to rule themselves.
1t is indeed glorious day and
every patriots heart swells with
excellent loyalty to the insepara-
bic union of Indestructible sta tes,
the grandest and most glorious gov
ernment on earth. And here in
this God favored southland the
world is destined to witness the
eliminating fullness Of the bless
ings and riches that are following
in the wake of the practical APP
pIication Of the great principle
eDuncIated in independence Hall.
IL takes no prophets eye to see the
trend OF events. Here opulence
will erect her court and hold her
richest fetes, and the best of the
train, the energy, the activity and
the chivalry of earth will be her
courtiers- every man king.
And here to-day is developing
the sentiment and the strength that
is to save this union and make free
government perpetual. Liberty
has run 10 license at the north and
greed AID grasp have run such riot
that men have lost their reason
and they are seeking to centralize
the powers OF government in vain
belief that it will better secure theiI
hold upon their enormous wealth
The south bore the brunt OF The
revolution and southern brain and
craftsmanship have added almost
every foot to the original domain
that now stretches from ocean tC
ocean, wrestling from England hel
proud boast that upon her territory
alone the sun ne'er sets.
The south rose to man in arms
to protect liberty and the auton.
omy of the states. They called i
rebellion, and it was rebellion
against encroachments upon con
stitutional liberty. 1t was not re-
bellion against the principle of p p
ular free government but an up,
rising of the people to defend and
maintain and perpetuate it.
The south's loyalty to liberty
shone most Respondent IN the blaze
of a war that men said was wage(
to crush it.
Here to-day exists the pures
and most loyal appreciation of lib
erty and here again say is devel
oping the brain and power that are
to protect and make stable and last
ing the American government in tn,
grand simplicity and strength givei
it by the patriot fathers and hanC
down to the generations to com,
the purest and best government eve
derived by man.
COMMUNICATION YBL L. W. McCoRD.
Finding at the last moment that
it will be impossible for me to en-.
joy this day with you in person
1 employ this means of conveying
TO you my congratulations add ex
pressing my wish for an suspicious
day and joyous meeting Being
in some sense the father of the Pu
laslti CITIZEN, though not its orig
inal founder, and being closely al
lied by consanguinity and affection
to it editors and proprietors dowl
to the present day, it is but natu-
RAJ that | should feel deep inter
est in It's welfare. and II is not map
propriste that should participate
an this occasion.
Ga the 9th day of April 1855
entered the CITIZEN office as s
printer. 1t was then under the
proprIetorship and editorial man
agement of Alb. Watkins, Esq-a
born editor and parsgraphist-
whose subsequent career was some
what chequered, for time brilliant
and successful, and finally ended
q year or two ago at Chattanooga
in poverty and obscurliy. A few
wears before his death he paid me
a pr0tracted visit, which was the
only time we ever met after oul
dissolution in 1857. The Pulaski
CITIZEN had been founded a few
months previous TO my connection
with il by Messrs. Watkins IL Pur-
vie, and WAS soon afterward con-
solidated with the Pulaski Gazette
and was called the Citizen " Ga
zette. The Gazette was published
by Mr.. w. G. A. Estes, now O
venerable resident OF Mississippi
and even yet occasionally visits s
daughter in this county. Mr.. Pur.
Wis soon became discouraged and
retired, and / was summoned &c
take his place. Mr.. Purvis after
wards became widely known IL
connection with Col. Henry Waiter
son and Capt Albert Roberts 81
one of the publishers OF the cele-
brated Chattanooga Rebel during
the war, and of the Republican
Banner afterwards. | believe he /:
now 10 the business Office OF the
Nashville American. During til,
year 1855 remained with the CIR.
IzEN as printer. Meantime know
Dothingism had enfatuated the ed
ator and he started another paper
called The True American, which
had q brief but brilliant existence
But the publication OF two papers
taxed the resources and energies o.
the editor and publisher so heavi-