Milford chronicle., 1903-07-03
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An Encournging Assurance.

An Encourn ging Assurance.
My friends, in whose veins flows tn
e blood Of ancestors who fought at Bun
+. ker Hin and Brandywine and Sarator.
e and Princeton, shall you not serve you
p country as nob.y and faithfully as did
, the soldier boys and statesmen of III
? and 1882 Can it be that we, whose
E forefathers had so glorious a share il
3 the struggle for national independence
, shall ourselves have no part. no honor
, able position in the struggles that are
. going on in 1903 TO keep our nation
pure and good and trueY In olden
times the Scottish youths were inspir-
cd TO deeds Of valor by the knowledge
that they were members of the clan
MacGregor or Campbell or Stuart or
Mccoy. They were inspired with the
determination never to disgrace the
family name. 1t Is recorded that in
one of the northern battles the Mac
Gregors were being driven back. Their
chief rallied his followers and led them
forth to a victorious charge with the
cry: MY men, come on Come on,
Fight like brave men! Your ancestors
are today watching your SO let us be
brave and true TO Americas best inter-
ests, not only for our own sakes. but
also for the sake of those illustrious
ancestors who are watching US. Let
this national anniversary be to us (
day Of consecration to the cause Of |
right and freedom. As the mother Of !.
Hannibal led her son TO the grave Of .
Hamilcar his sire, and there made him
swear unceaSing war against the ell
emies of his country, so may we, re-
membering the graves Of the signers
Of the Declaration of Independence,
pledge ourselves anew to the struggle
against the evils which menace the
greatness and righteousness Of the ma
ton that they established
The Declaration of Independence, is
an encouraging assuranceHthat in ev-
cry crisis Of our counuy's history God.
if we trust him, will always raise up
the right men for the right place. Who
was Thomas Jefferson, the pcnman of
the Declaration 81 Independence?
oh" you answer, "he was one of the
greatest Americans who ever lived. He
was the third president Of the United
States. He was man at whose mem
tai acumen and noble, patriotic pur- S
poses the more you study him the
more you marvel. He was not J
ringing politician. but statesman c
who could discern the future with the {
arseeing eyes of a prophet and a seer"
True; all that you say in reference to il
he sage Of Monticello is true. There r
vas not at the time of his death q v
ame more revered than that of Thorn il
$ Jefferson. But who was Thomas ( Il
ehersOn in 1TT6? He was only thirty L
hrce years of age. He had lust en- o
cred public life and had become a d
iember Of the Virginia delegation but 81
Few months before. In the realm of Il
ebate he could not be classed among III
le great advocates - John Adams, Il
oyer Sherman, Oliver WalcOtt. Lee I'll
nd George Wythe. As writer he 1
Id no such influence in fostering the Is
dependence idea as had Samuel pI
dams. For the most part, in the de ii
lcrations of the Continental congress. IT
sat as a sphinx with closed lips. III
IT because Richard Henry Lee had su
opposed the resolution of secession ne
ID also because Lee WAS 66IppelIad 10 10
sent himself from congress on ~ H''
unt Of his sick wife and IA congress tlF
iHted 70 honor Virginia by appoint Il'
8 a Yirinian in Lees place thSs tiS
lister mind, the young and compara- lf
ely unknown Thomas jefferson. was 70. 70
shed forward. and he became the
thor of the famous Declaration Of M leI
dependence. pl,
Trust In God. oI,,
repeat In the great crisis Of ma n
nal affairs God. If we only trust 40,
n, will give us the right men for the 80
Int places. Did lie not give the right -.
n for the right place when he gave ,oa
omas Jefferson as the writer of this 80
mortal document? Did he not give ,l.S PA
right man for the right place when ~ ~
orge Washington became the head PaI ps4,
the American armies? Did not God .pu -1'S
the right man for the right place W.. o,,n
en-, at the breaking out of the civil Ou'
:, Abraham Lincoln became presi- si'
It of the United States? Did not 'ne
give us the right man for the d Il
1t place when William Mckinley no.
in the White House and calmly and oi'l-
vely guided the affairs of state 1ss'
ing the Spanish-American trouble? INA
shall not God raise up and inspire ger
future leaders if the American WnI
pie are a godly nation and unfail- own
y look to him for divine guidance? 1ne
It reading again between the lines iiluA
bis immortal ducument, l see in it 4