The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30
OUR CT CORNER
THE LIBERTY BELL.
. PHILADELPHIA, the cradle of
freedom. the birthplace of the

- PHILADELPHIA, the cradle of
freedom, the birthplace of the
rights of ia the city in which
were sounded the watchwords of liber-
ty, fraternity and equality, in which
was promulgated the principles of the
immortal Declaration of independence.
is naturally the repository of many
priceless treasures associated with the
weaving of our national fabric. OF all
these memorials the most revered heri-
tage is the famous Liberty Bell, which,
according to arrangement, announced
the passage of the Declaration of indie
p~endence, the immortal document
penned by Thomas Jefferson at a house
then occupying the corner of Seventh
and Market streets.
Little did the civic fathers, who in
ISL ordered the bell to be cast in Lon
don for the State House, dream that it
was destined to become the symbol of
liberty; little did they anticipate that
the unconscious prophecy of it's inscrip-
ton, proclaim liberty throughout the
land unto all the inhabitants thereof"
was to be literally realized a quarter
of a century later, when the colonies,
wearied by the irksome trammels of the
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fair burdens of taxation without repre-
sentation, should consummate not a re-
volt but a revolution. and blaze the
path to freedom and progress for other
suffering nations.
The bell. which now reposes in the
shrine of liberty, Independence Hall, Is
the possession proper of the city of
Philadelphia, which acquired title in
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Independence HalD and all its appur-
tenances for the sum of $4,000. But
Independence Hall and it's priceless
symbol of liberty are unselfishly shared
by Philadelphia with all the citizens of
our great land; they are indeed the
shrine Of each patriots devotion and
the mecca of hundreds of ardent pill
grims.
The Liberty Bell, then known as the
State House bell, was cast in London
in 175t, and vas received here in Au-
gust, 1852. Local climatic p~eculiarities,
n the crack received In travel, neces-
STATED two recastings by the firm of
Pass & Stow before 1t was fixed in
June, 1853, in the State House steeple.
According to the original contract the
bell had the following lettering: "By
orQer OIL the Assembly OF the TGONllCS
Of Pennsylvania, for the State House
in Philadelphia, 1852" and Proclaim
liberty throughout all the land unto all
the inhabitants thereof" q quotation
which has from its historical cennota-
tion become world famous.
In July of 1915 the Continental Con-
gress was celebrating the Declaration
of Independence, a document which
Gladstone called the greatest in history
affecting the ~inalienable cause of free
dom. Arrangement was made to an
nounce the passage of the declaration
by sounding the bell. The city was en-
fete when the declaration was read,
and as the bell tolled out it's message
of freedom 1T was Joined by all the
church bells and chimes of Philadel-
phia in its Joyful tidings.
Previous TO this the bell had been
associated with the cause of colonial
rights. On August 81, 1883. 1t called the
members of the Assembly together to
resolve to continue the coinage of money
and to make avs for raising public
funds, despite orders of the Crown; on
May II. 1856, 1t ang for the Assembly