Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-07-12

doctrines Of humanity were SO deeply inn
pressed upon the minds of the people,
already much oppressed, that they forgot,
in their sympathy for the distressed, their
luminosity, and the people of Charleston, a
snbnrb of Boston. still offered the ex-
hausted and DYING British soldiers the
same hospitality that they would have
offered their friends in distress.
The fist act OF the great drama was
now opened. Blood mad flowed, and
flowed copiously. Activity and enterprise
were everywhere conspicuous. Every
workshop, every dwelling house, every
church was shrine in which the VOWS Of
freeman were made TO the God of battles
At this period the minds of the best men
in Massachusetts were wrought up TO
spirit of martyrdom. Adams and Han
cock in the continental congress, instead
OF tiinching at their troubles, spoke out
more boldly than ever, and their feelings
seemed TO preVade the whole people. Gen
eral Gage the British commander, al this
time Issued a proclamation that lent fuel
to The flames lie looked on this uprising
and treated it as a mere revolt, and offered
pardon TO all those who would lay down
their arms and resume their duties and
allegiance to the government. with the ex-
ception of John Hancock and Samuel
Adams. whose crimes, be alleged, deserved
c0ndigR punishment The only effect this
offer of pardon had was to elevate these
two men far above their colleagues, and
the universal answer was-"If Hancock
and Adama are TO be hung. we will hang
together"
In less than two months from the date of
the Battle of Lexington, the Battle Of
Bunker Hill was fought June II, IT'S
All this preceded the Declaration of
Independence by more than year, and
from that time, down TO the surrender of
the British troops at Yorktown, Va, by
Lord CORVALLIS. on the thirteenth day of
December, 1882, a fierce and bloody war
was waged.
During the six years that the ReYolu-
tionary War was in progress the American
troops suffered untold hardships Scarcity
OF food and clothing, poorly paid tor their
services, and most of the time not paid at
all, these noble heros fought, and bled and
died, to leave to us, their descendants, the
| inheritance which we now enjoy. Aud
allow me, my friends to call the attention
of you Jerseymen to the noble part your
ancestors performed ID this Revolutionary
struggle. Some Of the bloodiest battles of
the war were fought on your soil, notably
Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, and almost
within sight of this stand, Red Bank
/ And it is not many years since that the
remains of the old British frigate Augusta,
which was sunk off the mouth of Mantna
creek, were dug out of the mud where
| they had long been an obstruction to
navigation, and its old timbers were
worked up into such relics as walking
sticks, and are highly priced by those who
are SO fortunate as to possess them.
| am pleased to see so many of the boys
and young men here to-day, and would
say to them, that 10 few short years they
will assume the duties of American citi.
zens, and trust that they may all fill their
stations in the community with honor to
themselves and creditable TO their country.
And to the girls and young women
around me, will say, you will become the
future mothers of the county. A great
responsibility will rest upon you. Rear ~
your children in the fear of God. Teach
them to emulate the lives and actions oil
good men and women, and above all tC
instill into their minds love Tor fhcil
country, so that when you pass away "te
the great beyond" they may take your
places and continue the good work where
you have left Oft
And now, my friends, will not trespasl
longer upon your patience. thank you fol
the attention you have paid to my crude
remarks, and will enioin upon yon the
sacred duty, as each returning year bring
US to this date of celebrating the Fourth o
July ss the greatest of American holidays
Charles R. Barker's agency reports th,
sale OF Chas. Il. Smiths property, on Pint
Street, to S. A. Chew, $3.50 Also, Christian
SchweDger's property, on Glassboro road
to SamI F. Davis, $1,000.
Jacob McKeen was Frustrated with ID,
heat last Saturday, but is now fully recoy
cred. DR.. Hunter was in attendance
Wilbert Kelley, of Reading, Pa, il
spending few days with his brothsr-in
law, Station Agent james.
The Baptist Sunday-school is picnickinl
at National Park to-day.