The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-09

OF 60OJ00T WHO lIOu MHIb
Hill and in q magnificent presence refer
red 10 God AZ creator and benefactor,
adding that He had ''made OF one blood
all nations OF men," As Paul in his ed.
dress, 20 Thomas Jefferson IN the Decla-
ration OF Independence recognized God
and the heaven.born rights OF man.
This is the immortal sentence:-"We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal: that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain
unallenable rights; that among these are
life, liberty and the pursuit Of happiness"
Notice, again, the political significance
OF that paper, % expressed in these
words:-We, therefore, solemn
" publish and declare, that these United
Colonies are, and OF right ought to be. free
and independent states; that they are abb
solved from all allegiance to the British
crown" In that Congress whore famous
men were gathered, the Declaration OF
Independence was laid upon the desk
for signatures. Presently down went the
first and only original John Hancock;
then such names az these: Benjamin
Franklin, Thos. Jefferson, Robert Nor
rs and the Adamses, Charles Carroll OF
Csrrollton and BENJAMIN Harrison.
Did these men thereby sign their own
eath-warrant; or did they write them
selves into an Immortality OF fame? To-
day is our answer. Those brave men
forecast the possibilities. They were Lot
unconscious Of the dense clouds that
came rolling over the sea, gathering with
threatening aspect over their heads
Witness the remark OF Elbrldge Gerry
who, as he turned from the pen Of sigma
ture to his companions remarked, 1--WE
must all hang together, or surely we will
hang separately" Then to little slender
Elbridge Gerry spoke broad and stout
Benjamin HARRISON. ut will be all oveI
with me in a moment, but you will be
kicking in the air half an hour after am
gone" Those were portentious days
heavy with destiny, tempered with WITTY
sayings and chivalrous deeds. The mer
who then and there made this day posi-
BILE, and whom we delight to honor, may
have trembled but they did not fal
ter. BeDjamin-or the rather. as l re-
member where we are, will I say
Grandpa Harrison caught up John Han
cock in his arms, and placing HIM in thu
presidential chair, eaid: I'VE will show
Mother Britain how little we care FOL
her by making our President Massa
chusetts man, whom she he's excluded
from pardon by public proclamation"
New conditions created new needs
and the onward march of event.
made necessary q common code
around which the struggling colonies
might gather. To answer such a de
mand the Articles of Confederation
came into existence. Though they
were blunder, q stupendous blum
der, yet they had q mission. In the
providence Of God, the Articles o.
Confederation gave our statesmen
time and opportunity to study the
situation, preparatory to that remark
able work soon to be accomplished
A six years course in the university
| Of experience. and then those men o.
profound intellect and rare foresight
brought forth to the people the Fed
eral Constitution, which VIM. f.
Gladstone has described to be ''the
most wonderful work ever struck of
at given time by the brain and pur
pose OF man." The defect in the Ar
ticles was fatal. Independence was
| sought, but UNION was forgotten
| Henry and Otis, Burke and Chatham
had Numbered for freedom; the col
onists had fought and bled for free
dom, but the zone and inseparable'
idea had not as yet found place in
the popular mind. Liberty AND UN
ION must needs be welded, and the
nuptials were.celebrated in the adopt
ion of the Constitution.
The days of which we have beer
here speaking were days of reyolu
ton. Who were the Reyolutionists
An answer to this question will show
how the principles above enunciatet
apply to this period of our nationa
life. The civil and religious liberty
idea was still marching Oh, and thu
reyOlutionists were those who threw
| themselves across it's track. The Col
onists, l again affirm, were moving
along line which had been laid by
One whom to oppose is revolutionary
| in tendencies and results. This gov
eminent had right to be,-a divine
right. Yes. it had laid upon it a sol
elnn duty to get itself born. The la
ton struggled into existence: the era
die period was a perpetual struggle
The infant was put into tight com
presses and fed Oh rifle bullets. A
hard diet, but the evergrowing vital
| ity was moral necessity, bound tt
be. The rebels in that war We're tn.
| Syrians and Philistines who, while b.
no means in defiance of the Almighty
seemed intent on encompassing tt
to their virtual subsection the infan
nat ion to whom Heaven bad given 1
special charge.
| ACRISIS.
Crises occur in the course OF ever,
advance movement. AT such time
extraordinary demands arise, and I
the cause is ordained to final triumph
the demands will be met. Some Mos
es will descend from the mount D
sheep watching and God communini
to lift his people from the slave pit
Some Joseph will appear, with on
hand laid tenderly on the head of
furnishing brother, and the othe
hand drawn & generously frolnEgypt'
store-house. A Washington, or
Sheriden will come for just ''such
time as this"
I We have met many crisis, but ca
to-day take the time to review bu
one Of them, and that briefly.
!. In 1861, there were some exotic
growing on our soil. Though we..di
|. not have England's system of titles
and primogeniture, yet We did hav
class distinctions, property distinc,
ions, sex distinctions and other
some of which remain to this preser
, day. Above all were two noxiou
, plants, the shame of slavery and tn
/ heresy Of State Sovereignty. whic
have had q remarkably common hi
tory. Growing on the same soil, the
J roots twined and intertwined. The
were cultivated by the same hands
, From the fruit they bore went
, deadly aroma, penetrating to the r
motest bounds of this new worlt
Grievous evils are understood to nee
harsh remedies. They call for hero
treatment. This fact was not forgo
ten, and the outbreak Of 81 was NJ
a surprise. Sumpter's guns announ
ed the bursting Of storm which ha
been forty years in gathering. Fin
proof of this by going back to I'll
Missouri compromise of 1920, the
come up through the portentiot
I days of the South Carolina nullitic,
! ton act, the Texas controversy, til
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