Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-07-03
THE OBJECT LESSON.
A FRESH VIEW or THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION.
How % Dlnsr~d PROM All Others That
rv~~s.lsd 1.-THE i,issssm ef the Tree ef
Lisssty--A Mas,.iess Inspirs,Isa-Ths
Gaafaion of progrsss.

prufusiOn IL firecrackers. both Chinese
AMI rhetorical Grownnp folks. a little
weary perhaps ~ the resounding racket,
while watching the urchin at work with
punk and powder. will ask themselves,
"what makes the Revolution of i''6
tower like mn Alpine peak among histor'
10 rovoluiionsr' One cannot answer this
by faying that the immediate result was
the biggest fact which tho historic yard.
stick measures That was their good
luck. growing out ~ the vast unknown
resources II the continent. to which the
colonies were M blind NJ were George
iii and his parliament One cannot set.
tio u by saying that the Dcclaration VI
Independence was the greatest charter
Of human rights ever penned. That DC.
laration contained nothing essential but
what had icen fairly written before In
declaration and PROCLAMATION and pro-
test. each PAPER ~ which had bsn seal.
od blooi rel with thousands of lives.
Il was Just the old story inscribed afresh
with pcn II fire by mind % consum.
mate sagacity
Tho celebrated Russian musician. Ru.
binstoin. once said o. the writer: You
an'r'on'' WIN he'er nav u'''ho'
with q childhood can ever have this
Your pcople never had childhood
you were born full grown" This last
~h''hoo PacAs m' oS'.y w ~ "o'uS
anu cuts cios. w ono "h" Inc 'iiho
hah come IN the evolution oi things ior
the Ah.io'Sahnh hi'e 'o SWARM ihet.
was nov enough .i'"w rv'hi IN ,no oia
po,'icM NV. ~ 'ne .e'hn,ns " .a' ..
,s' iun"r VI ,h' 's. oh'uiy; anu Wv
, s~ no''',r,n'a nj, W =. UP ~" 81, ,Sa''
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uudi'' uo customs, o.' .oui',.''a IN
Pf'ho, 'ho 'ns'iho' 'ui sci su,oin
meh'' ihhoi,ht w fe""hioh mas "h'
en- ho ""rIn ih 'hc Aenhoss o' JUS y"
hticai genius
" was bu' the din.rence oi O. ~ ~
year I" WhMhot ~ u n'" NOV ov'h
haNlga'ioh ia"S Wits W "s'-
ano'' stamp act u on "A ~
which w. ooionisS siuhio',i saNas'p,
IKE uno hi'sii'hihen' " "Vuiu nav. p'h
something else hule later, ihes'
things were wrongs 20 !" sur" put 'hsy
would nave b'h ultima'eiy nsh'"a in
the natural cur" oi thihgs ahu wero
not whit "u>e 'hah many s'iiS'ioh'
when br"' the man o' imk1ife !"
heht Inc AMERICAN c"iohis'' "h Tue
whole, was A. ire III the enjoyment oi
social AMI political privilege as any
kings sub)ot that theh whk"d tho
gr-en oarth-irrhap- even h'i larger
liberty =.
HIS large measure of fr"doin ihdern
hiano un' h"hi'-Pu' !'"n'a' "" WI, S'"
of th" Atlantic whose fathers hai sho,
tue arrow hights "hi'h won 'i.s.y anu
Aslhcouft'ahh"hoh ohhohhs'i ,n,foni'
weiis iron''d's al Nas'oy ana WofOs
ter ie"i the smart ,he more k''iiIy ~
came the .weii OF ,ne r'. hh'''hc,'
hr-t cmboiying ltset IN the swotu'
Ike epigram. NO taxation without
representation. then after asoven years
successful war getting itself crystalliicd
In u magnificent system 81 home rule.
biform In Its relation To state aiid fcd'
oral Affairs, AMI bringing the direction
~ matters most intimately Connected
with the citixen's hearth and home rs
close n p.ssible 10 him, In TACT In the
triumph of great principle England n
we'll as the whole world won when
CORVALLIS delivered hi. sword 30 Wash
ington Englishm.n over the SEA have
bccn swarming on from the parent hive
ever since. Canada and the Australian
dominions arr es-sntially ss fr-e as the
United States In self government and
only need their own wish to bo ~ IRE
In name
Comparing the American Revolution
with the three active great revolutions
of modern times. we SEQ how wide the
swing ~ its pendulum as compared with
theirs The heroic rising 81 the Neither
land. und.r William of Orange had it,
| -, ,.i,,,i,,o. o,,.,,...io,, .,J ,houyh
Vpf'- '',
~ ended IN SEVERANCE from spain no
such project stamped Its outset The
English revolution % 1910. which rolled
. kings head In the sawdust, trampled
out the Theory ~ the divine right of
royalty and enforced the fact that thence.
forth In that land monarchs should only
rule with the assent and co operation of
parliament II was one great step In the
growth of the English constitution
The French cataclysm of bloodshed and
horrur, typifcd by the guillotine, whoss
CHASTITY head shcaring sometimes red.
dened four hours day. was the na'u.
raj reaction of long centuries Of cast.
robbery and mi.rule The fame caught
from the American torch. hut the fuel
couaayra,ion In tb. world under its
glare out u the .avagery. cruelty and
misery with which these great crises
rcekod was wrought immortal good. for
In this world all permanent spiritual