Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-06-04

their lot ard lte very ar lheE BEedLAeu adt
kindIed such a fame Of freedom as all the
blood of England could not have quenched-
| a fame destined to burn 50 hercely that its
heat would drive every foe Of liberty from
the American shores The soil Of everv col
| onv received a rich baptism Of blood in the
name Of new and wider liberty than had
| been known before. TO the gallant spirits
who fought wig Warren at Bunker Hill to
those who followed the immortal Washing
ton often with bleeding feet-with scanty
food and clothing to all the hardy patriots
Of the Revolution We owe the birth Of our
nation. Time isof little consequence in esti-
mating results. In afting together Gods mo-
sales Of history. Though the saving and re-
deemine Of our country occurred three
quarters OF a century after It's independence
was achieved yet 1t is fitting that the pos
teritv 81 the founders shall share in the
same honor tnat is gladly bestowed upon the
/ fathers The work of the bows Of ~ was the
great complement the work of1he boys Of
7e TIE names and deeds Of botH are 70 he
enshrined together IL posteritys grateful
memory
Every schoolbov has learned how the
young nation bounded forth ia its new life
with what gigantic strides it advanced in an
kind Bot with all the hatterlng outlook
there had been an apparently necessary
compromise with evil which was to prove an
element Of almost fatal weakness. The Dec
laratian of Independence asserted that all
men are created equal As TO their right
10 enjoy life liberty ana the pursuit Of
happiness. The new constt ution denied this
RIGHT "a men whose skin happened to be
Tt1a,4N+ t.t+4, Far
tberieht to steal awav the African from his
native woods aud iuneles and transport him
to these shores with horrible brntalities in
his apture ana transportation. and here to
sell him sodl and body to cruel taskmaster.
And this institution was planted was firmly
rooted and entwined in the social fabric Of
portion Of our countrg-a country boastlng
Of the memories Of Yorktown and Saratoga
Even the eloquence Of Wendell Phillips
could never adequately PORTRAY The inhu-
manity Of that loathsome system. Think Of
the GAYS and months and years of unrequited
toll toll made doubly bitter by lastings IN
MI pools Of blood stood at the feet of the vic
tim Of the oppressed people laboring IN the
malarlal swamns Of Georgia and Alabama
sitting down At night looking ont into
dreamlcss hopeless future Of the fright
ened slave when seized by an intense long
ing for freedom he broke his letters and
sped to the swamps ia his endeaFor to hide
from his taskmaster only 70 be tracked
down by tho savage bloodhound and LAGER
ated by ITS cruel. terrible fangs.
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