The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-06-01

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glance to il. With fiendish hatred they
vengefully clutchsd at the beautiful
folds of the "old flag" evincing an un-
alterable determination to tear IL from
its proud place in the heavens, insult
ing and trampling it beneath their un.
hallowed feet. They sought To pull
down and level the symetrical and pow
erful pillars which were the support OF
the grandest and freest government
that ever cheered the hopes of man and
tumble them into an unrecOgnizable
mass of ruins and strew the fragments
along the cloudy shores of oblivion. In
the disordered state of their minds they
had forgotten the cost of this magnifl-
cent structure. They aforementioned
the causeless massacre of their kindred
in the streets of Boston by British
troops. They no longer remembered
the famous ride of Paul Revere, who
bore the news of the advance OF the
British on Lexington and Concord, no.
tifying the minute-men of the impend-
ing danger and arousing the whole pop
ulace to arms in defense of home and
family. They no longer gloried in the
historic fields of Ticonderoga, Grown
Point, Bunker Hill, Trenton, Brandy
wine, Germantown, Bennington, Sara.
toga, Monmouth, Stony Point, Guilford
Court House, Ewtaw Springs, Cowpens
and Yorktown. They could no longer
call to mind the intrepid leadership OF
a Washington, a Marion, Sumpter, a
Warren, Wooster, Wayne, Stark,
Putnam, n Green, a Schuyler, and a
Montgomery, and the heroic deeds OF
the gallant armies they led to glory and
imperishable fame. They could not call
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of the revolutionary mothers who toiled
in the field, at the spinning wheel and
the loom and in the arsenals, tilling the
soil, weaving fabrics for uniforms, mold
ing the bullets and fixing the ammuni-
ton, while their fathers, husbands, sons
and brothers were battling in the field
for tireSides, homes, rights and liberty.
They could not recall the splendid
services of Deborah Sampson, who
fought in disguise in the ranks during
the whole revolutionary struggle and
received, as a recognition OF her SER
vices, pension and grant OF lands
from the newly formed government.
Nor Molly Pitcher who received a
lieutenant's commission from the hands
of Washington himself at the battle of
Monmouth for stepping into her hus-
bands place, after he had been shot,
and serving "a piece of artillery Nor
Flora Mcdonald who at the age of SO,
while on a voyage, bravely engaged in
the fight when the enemy attacked the
ship on which she was sailing, receiving
broken arm in the encounter Nor
Lydia Darrah, who, overhearing the
plans of a counsel of war OF British
officers held in her house, rode TO the
American lines, under pretense OF GO
ing to mill, and sent word of the con-
templated attack To General Washing
ton. Nor Emily Geiger, who volun-
teered to carry a message to Sumpters
camp, and while on her wayowas cap
tured by tory scouts; but on being left
alone ate the message and no evidence
being found against her she was re-
leased, after which she proceeded to
Gen. Sumpter and informed him of the
contents of the message, and soon he
and General Marion were cooperating
with General Green and, as result, a
splendid victory was won. Nor Mrs.
Murray, who entertained the British