The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-07-05


generation from bondage. AS Ameri
I can citizens we have been richly lef
. but our liberty was purchased at TN
= priceless price OF blood. The popu
, lar spirit of our dear old sires /
well expressed by Patrick Henry a
the Virginian convention in Marcl
before the first 4th of July. Speaking
: of the army and navy that covere,
our waters and darkenod our land
he said. They are sent over here L
bind and rivct upon ms those chains
which the British ministry have beer
so long forging" then he adds, 1--WE
have done everything that could be
done to avert the storm which is now
coming on; we have petitioned; we
have demonstrated: we have suppl
| Gated we have Frustrated ourselves
before the throne and have implored
its interposition To arrest the tyran-
nical hands of the ministry and par
lament, our petitions have been
| Sighted: our circumstances have pro-
duccd additional violence and insult:
our applications have been disregard
ed and we have been spurned with
contempt from the foot of the throne
In vain after these things may we in
dulge i'm the fond hope of peace and
reconciliation. There is no longer
any room for hope. If we wish to be
free-if we wish to preserve inviolate
these inestimable privileges for
which we have been so long contend
ing-if we mean not basely To aband-
on the noble struggle i'm which we
have so long engaged and pledged
ourselves never to abandon until the
glorious object of our contest shall
have been attained. we must fight.
repeat il, sir we must fight. An APP.
peal to arms and the God of Host
Is all that is left us. If we were base
enough to desire it. it is now to late
to retire from the contest. there is
no retreat but submission and slav-
cry our chains are forged. their |
clankings may be heard on the plains |
OF Boston, the war is inevitable and |
let it come. / repeat it, sir, let it |
may cry peace-but
there is no peace. The war is act
ually begun. What is IL that gentle
men wish? What would they have?
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as To
be purchased at the price of chains
and slavery? Forbid it almighty Cod
know not what course others may
take but as for me GIVE me liberty
N give me death" These words rang
lorth and south and echoed across the
'cean into the palace Of st. James.
This was the sentiment that made
'ossible old glory, the gem of earth,
he land we revere. our nation only
me and a quarter centuries old is
zig enough and strong enough to defy
he world, yet it is good enough to
aspect and love the world This is .
he spirit-"Give me liberty or give
ne death" that made the United =
states of America the best and the "
reest government under the canopy
( Gods heavens.
on July 4th, 1916, the Declaration h
Independence was adopted and that Y
ay became the recognized national "
oliday of the newly founded nation. r.
his declaration practically ignored a
armament and the English people.
nd laid the entire blame for the de- a
ertion of the King. In short, ner- @
Gus, almost passionate sentences. il Ii
counted the political crimes of his f,
IN ipGtU aud ~ II. 70.
rant and despot. 1t pronounced the c.
plonies absolved from all allegiances
the crown and invested them with
nperial power. This declaration was
true expression of the popular will.
he people were not unmindful of the
ravity of the step they were taking.
the vastness Of the responsibility
ley were assuming. They knew that
long and bloody war must follow
lat IT meant untold suffering and
lcrifice, vacant chairs at the family
reside, widows. mothers and father
SIS children. But they took no step
lckward. They saw i'm the dim flu
ire new nation born with CONNER
al and political freedam, and self
pvernment. For 10 years since the
'anting of the writs of assistance.
lie people have borne one dignity up
another. They have CROPPED i'm the
lrk unable to discern the next mis-
lief. Now there was a goal i'm prize
r which they were willing to stake
leir all-their honor, their fortunes
Id their lives.
The revolutionary war was now
ging. Other struggles have cost
ore lives and property, but no cause
'er meant so much for human rights
ere the American people few in num-
r. poorly equipped, unframed. wag-
mortal combat with the mightiest
arriors of the world. Fathers arm
arm with dear sons left mothers
ives and sisters, whose faces were
lthed in tears and lips quivering i'm
ayers, left those loved ones to be
aughtered on the throne of liberty.
ngland sent her soldiers and sail
$ to stamp the colonists into dust
1t after more than six years of fear
u peril, horrible butchery, they dis
'vered that liberty is a spirit whose :
'me Is here on the plains of fair
and will never die. The !
ave sons of the continent after hard T
Inns and ha1orJo..a