A N ORATION A P1"0110uncedju1y 5,"18O23 AT THE REQUEST OF T1’-IE INHABXTANTS of THE. TOWN OFBOSTON; . Q 1 , * O IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY 0?‘ fimmrisan fijimepmmnw, BY THE REV. WILLIAM EMERSON. Some: truths are not by 1.2.».-[.3/an to ‘be: try’d, flux: we have furs: Exrmxnmcm for our guide. Dmxmm ww-«mmm4w4'u%f~“£<»?!-€3@$«»”k’m‘$W5v%“?W&>~mW*“ A 7% .22 0 5' era N :‘ A A m[;mmm» £9‘ x.c>xa.1:>zo,%%%:1=x’“‘ ‘W ,, .,i»”‘”""3—-7%} i?/jtflg i::e:,‘ on-OW $ §’€«#::fl& is IT is the glory of nations, as it of individuals, to increafe in .wifdom,asl they edva.ncei~~ in age, and to guide their concerns, not fo much by the refult of abfiraét rersfonw ings, as by the cliétntes of experience. But this glory is no more the uniform felicity of ancient flares, than of their ancient citizens. In the eighteenth century, the Britiih nation shad exified thirteen hundred years ; feenages roll away with wrecks of empires 3 marked thoufands of experiments in the fcience and the art of civil government; and had rifen to 3. e lofty height of improvement, of freedom, and pf happinefs. It was yet the misfortune and theidifgraee of this kingdom, fo famous in the A «annals of modern Europe, to war with the principles of her own conftitution, and to itresd, with prefumptuouspftep, the dangerous path of innovation and unrighteoufnefs. i A i This fentiment willbe vindicated by con-- fidering, as onthis occaffion We arebormd “ to aconfiglcr, the feelings, manners, and principles, ‘Wm 6 —-..-uqon-an--n., ‘Hm which led to the declaration of American In...” a dependence, as well as the important and hap- py efi'erE’ts, whether general, or domeftick, which i have already flowed, or will forever flow, from; the aufpicious epoch of its date.’’, In aflifiing your performance of this arm lI1112tlCl11t‘$"' In fellotymcitilzens I elaimtihe riv- /3 Y 9 P ilege, granted to your former orators, of hold»- ing forth the language of truth ; and I humbly folieit a favour, of which they had no need, the moftlllliberal ~exercil'e of your ingenuoufu-i nefs t and benevolence. ~ ,The EELIN l l Americans were ala- Ways the feelings of freernen. Thole ‘vene1'a-A A ble men, from Whom you boalt your defcent, brought with them to thefe lhores an uncorr- l querable fenfe of liberty. They felt, that man-;-- kind Wereuniverfally entitled to be free; that this freedom, though modified t» by the rel“tric- tions of lfocial cornpaét, could yet never be an»- nulled ;‘ and that flavery, in any of itls forms, a ‘ is an errelcrable rnonfiter, Wholebreath is poifon, and Whole grafp is death. _ ,' t Concerning -this liberty, however,they entertained no rornantick notions. They neis-~ on thier fought nor wifhed the freedom of an ir» rational, but that of a rational being ; not their freedom of favages, not the freedom of an<:ho- ‘rites, but that of civilized and tfocial Indian. ll ~ Their doétrine of equality was admitted byfo-- +7‘ l aluubun-can-a-uunnflt T berm underftandings. It was an equality not of’ wifdom,‘ butof bright ;’ not at parity of power, but of obligation. They “feltiand advocated a rightto‘ perfonal fecurity ; to the fruitslof their ingenuity and toil ; to reputation; to choice of mode in the Worfhip of God ; and to fuch at liberty of aétion, as confifts with thefafety of ‘others, and the integrity of the laws. Q ‘Of rights like thefe, your ancefiors cher- iihed a love bordering on reverence. They 4 had inhaled it with their natal air: it formed the bias and the boafi: of their minds, and in» delibly {ramped the features of their charaéter. In their eyes‘ honour had no allurernent, vvealth no value, and exiltence itfelf no charms, unlefs liberty crowned the poflefl-ionof thefe bleilinga. It ‘Was for the enjoyment it of this ecclefialtielc and political liberty, that they encountered the greateit dangers,‘ and fuffered the iharpeft ca»- latnities. For this they had rived the enchant»- ing bonds, which unite the heart to it’s native country ; braved the terrour of unknown fees ; exchanged the fympathies and intereourfe of fondeft friendfhips, for the hatred and wiles of the barbarian; and all theeleganeiestand joys lofpoIifl1edlife,~for a miferable fnfcenancein lanhorribledefert. e l A y r . A »It was impoflible for defcendantsof fuch A A men not toinherit an abhorrence of arbitrary or power. Numerous tcircumftances i’crengthen-'- tmwuuu-H Q53 tlisl embtioln. Tl1€‘y' had even.“ mm ta.uglxt,~ that pI'opc—:rty' acqui1*es- title bjr'lal3ou1- ; and filmy W”€1‘€ clorrfcliomxlls of lhaving expended much of the one for lifitle of the Qlillérf. They VV;(31‘E:» thencle vnaturally 'ten2,cilous V (if nvhat they pol’-. feffzd, and cor1ceived;,ltlmt no hmmm plamvcml 1nigl1t legally" di111ini{l1 it without ;their' confécnt, They had alfo fp.ruI1g f1‘c>mVa COmmle1*cial peo-7 ple ;; .and %tl<1ey inhabitecl .2; lcountry,,“whi~ch upelned to ;c0mvme1*c£-2 the mp9: lluxuxfiant profa» % pel€i5s.l Of courfe, p1*perty with themwas an objeél of unuruaxlixnppxcmgg. of A other lr%e5gio1i§~l’”iglla+tlllll p1;;a.*c?‘l@llllr;!£;lf‘ul@i.¥~21’ ~lil3€fty in thgs elfeétilopn of their ,g0vernlolu«rs ; but A«merica11s placed it in the colngtmfl of :their wealth : and to them it was‘; go lmalttcr of ;even leafs ~:COI1§l‘€v- quence, lwhoworc the robes of Qflicc, Gr held; jzhe {word of jufiice, who had the powcx af filling 1:116 trezrfiiryg, and l ‘appropriating ita contents. f A 4 A “ . V l~:c'e2C0lv.c=.?sl anfl .:attempts,‘ltl1¢1'efQ1'£, ;0f the lBi1‘i.tifl:x ag07Vl2I3fl.II1f3£IlZ ‘ital l17a."if33[' lanl Americm arlevewnua, they? v.iewed'as a 1Iil11~1'Ul-l;'.1a.t ;«1:heir libel1:e— tiles. lthefe‘ meafmes, they felt thlemfelwzs wrongecl, viliiic.d,~.la11cl zn£u1:ed.l If they ,acl-l- fl lmowlledged tl-‘M3 pmlt.end:3.d yzgr/:22‘ pczrliamcmf fol éirzd zvbm in all ca/.7:*: av/Jaiewr, it cleft, A aglmll of lightning, the trézle lolf pelloninl liberty, giving its llfolillage to ltlm észvincllls, and its lfruiltllttm the dllufi. l There was no j:O}f,lWli;i:Clf1 it clilgl ‘gr muniuwnufl withler ; no hope, which it did not blight. An nngry cloud of ativerlity hung over every ode-» partment of facial life. Demands of bufinefs, oiiieelret of love, and rites of religion, were, in forne fort, fnfpencled, and the earlieit apprehenm fione of the American infant were thofe of fer... ‘vitucle and Wretehetineifsl. A V i Such Wercthe feelings, which impelled rem iiftance to Grea_t--Britain,nnd the rejeE?tio11 of her authority. A They were the feelings ofmten, who were vigilant of the rights of human new ture, of free-men, whofe liberties had been out-«. raged, of patriots, determined never to furvive the honour of their country.. American independence was ralfoinducecl by American MANNEM. The planters of thin V weiiern world, efpecially of New-»England,l were «eminientllfor the parity and «lufire of their :m‘orel‘s. They were induftrious from choice, neceflity, and habit. Their mode of living ren--» dered them abftinent from enervating ple:tfu1"es, and patient of toil. A The diflieultiee of fubdu-- A ingia. rough wildernefs, the feveritiee of their A climate, and the rigour of paternal difeipiine, were £1l1110fl1t’tlOI1€3fl1fl'iC"ief1t120 preferve in their offspring thisfirnplicity of life. It had, how.“ i ever, a. yet Pcronger guard A in their military and civil, literary and re1igiousinPtitutions.[ ’ Expofed continually to the ineurfion of hoitile and infigious inieighboure, they trained 10” _ a..."':.*‘.."'"**"‘....... their youth to the er-zercife of a1‘n1's,to courage in danger, and to conftancy in fufiering. t t Theforxns of their government were pop- ular. They exe1'ci£'ed the right of choofingi theirrulers; and they chofe them from the wifefi and belt of the people. Virtue and talu ents were indifpenfable qualifications for office, and ‘bribery ‘and’ co.r1'1;ption were unknown and unfufpeéted. J t A deep forefight and an expanded gener- ofity direyfteditlmeirplans of education. Col- leges were founded in the midltof deferts 3 and the means oftyknowledge andgoodnefs were ~ within the reach of all ranks of the cornrnunity...-a Every houfeholder was the chaplain of his family; every village had it’s infi1'uél:e1* of chil—- dren ; every pariih it’s minifter of the gofpel ; every town it’s n1a.giftrate ; and every county ifs court of uPtice..i "The flzudy of the law, which is ever confe1‘vative of at liberty, had a due pro-- portion of tfollowers, arnong whom it numlzaer--t ed as eminent eivilieine, as any age or country lrae producedy The colonifis, in Ihort, enjoy»-« ed all tl1ofe advaxltages, which conduce to in--- telligence, lhhriety, hardihood, and freedom in 21 people. A Such were the manners, ‘Which dillin--» gguifhed Americans for a century and an "ll3.lf.* T hey were the mannersiof 1nen,w‘ho, though poor}; were too rich to be «venal. 5 though hum--4' A V uulnuuum-H hle in pretenfion, too proudfor fervility ; at anti though overlookedtin the tnafs of e mankind, as l poflizlhng no national charafter, yet convineeci the proudeft monarchy in the World, that an attempt to opprefs them viras dangerous, and to conquer them, impoflihle- ' The impoflibility of ftthjugating America confilted not in the lfeeiiztgs and manners only, but lilszewife in it the political PRINCIPALES of her fons. They honeftly believed, what they boldly avowed, that the arlliatnption of parlia- ment was a violation of law, eqttity, and an—« cient ufage. ’ " , Thefe colonies originally were compofecl of men, who were rather ejected from Britain, as nuifances of the Pcate, than foftered as her duteons chilclren. If, when their increafing population and riches became an object of at-— tention, they owed any thing; to the parent country, it was to the king*,ytrl1o gewe them their charters, and not to the parliament, which had crtpentletl neither coft not concern in their ieitlement, and taken no part in the manage» ment of their internal 3;1l”i‘l":tl1“S. \7‘Vl1ilPt the gov-« erno1.1r reprefented the royal authority, the A pro--« vinciatl aflembly was to each province What parliament was to Britain. It frarneclt laws, levied taxes, anal made every pttorifiozt for the publick exigeynce. A In regard to the fi11gle arm tide of commerce, parliament did, indeed, ex» 12: ‘ lflfilmflnfllfifl ereifea an unquefiioaed power of ‘monopoly. In all refpejétse elfe, it was Unknown to the colonies, ‘When, tlmrefore, this body, A in which the colonifis lweiie not reprefented, .af... A ferted the right of colonial taxation, it"s claim, was unjufi: 3 and With. the fame right in reality, ifriot inf appearan_ce,might the colonial afilexn- bliea have gravely maitltained the id,eI.]..t:l.Ca.1'I‘lJ;."|! premacy over the peolale of Britalirl, ivvhieli parliament aflitmed o.ve1' thepeopleof America. Was it, then, right in the colonies to re-~ ‘fill. the pqrltiement, and ‘ wrong to refill. the Aking 2 No. wFo1i thekinghad joined the he ter A to iopprefsl the former, and thusahecame, tin-2 t Head of the righteous ruler, the tyrant, of thia eountry, to, whom allegiatiee was no longer clue. i A A A _ Americans called tliemfelves fzfeez becaufe tl1ey were governed by laws .O1'lgll,1atlI1g.lI.'l fixed principles, and ttlot in the Caprice QfAar-,-.- tamy W111. They held, that the ruler ma equallylobligedto cottfirufft his laws in eonfoa name with the fpirit of the coallitution, as ‘were the people to \‘ obey them when enaéted 3 and that a departure frorxgl duty on‘ his part virtually abfolved them from allegiance. Let not lthia be deeined la lieentious dOC*m trine. V Who is the 1*el3ela;.._7e;aiz51fl: law and orderg the Iegiflator ordaining, or the citizen‘ refiflitngmf uoeonftituitio/n.al meafi.1xe5?, lat ie,tl1,e 1.];-L{1]?I’l1,}1,’~,._‘,g.l,-vr._ ii "Fl‘WInIIUI'lH A plled xhinifler,‘ ‘Who ai*tf'1;1llly% ixurimrates can ‘fhae lcuflzom of governing ; the aznbitiotzs fenater, Wlmfe {elf “is his goal ; the fait111efsma.gifl;mte,e who t1#a‘rn»ples on rights, wlxiehhle has fwC>1"r1 to proteél: ; thefe .af€"tl1£'3 men, A Who, by penal vertimg the purpofesh of gfolvernxnent, cleilroy it’s fou:nd;.u:ions, bring b.-slcli foeiety into aflzate A f W-EM‘, and are anfwemble for its extnillzhievous efl"e'c€’cs. Not thofe who defend, but thofe who atta.ck:, the liberties of n1‘a,nki'nd, are diftu:rbe1“s A of the publick peace 3 ‘and not on you, rny countrymen, but on thee, O Blitain, who 157.11.... ledll thy’ people with the rod of oppreffioza, be tlleguilt Qf all that blood, which was fpilt in the revolutionary war! ‘ e I-3[ere, then, you find the principles, whiela produced the event, We this day coanlmeemeretell Tlmeywere the principles of eommen law and of et~erxj1al jlufiice. M Tlmey lwere ‘the principles of men, who fmlght not to l'ubve1"ttl1e gem ernmmlt‘, under whiclx tl1ey« lived, but to fave it from degeneracy; not to lcreatel new Tigllts, but to prefe1*v¢im*iol2lte fL1Cl”l, as they llxad ever ;:voll‘elTed,~ rights of the 1 fame fore, by wl1i<:l1 George III. than fat, and ftill fits, on ‘£l161T.hl"('JI1E: ofjEngla11d, the rigluzs of prefcripticm. ll I—Ien.ce, A through the progrefs off eu1*rev«» elation, lthefe principles lcontinued their ope1*A .... A eon. 4 Armed in the uprighmers ofymr caufe, you ldifdained’ an appeal ti) tllczfe fermions 1 1 u-an-can-pa-uupufi hnuluuunfl eflions, wliicli commonly clefolate fociety in V tiines of commotion. ‘No man lofi his life for efifting tine general opinion. Infi:ruél:ion ElflCtlI7ti'aiI'1€Cl itls influence, law it’s terrours, and relrigion itls divine andt powerful; authority. i*’t‘0tpe1't—y was fecure, and chauraéter facred; A and the condition of the country was as remote from atmvage democracy, as from a fuller: def- po—ti.*ii:n. , A A A S11Cl1‘W21.SA the American revolution. It zirofe not on a. ft1clde11, but from the fuccelelefs petitions and re,mon:l’tra.nceof, ten long, years. It was A a revolution,,not "ofchoiee,bnt of necefu t fitgr. It grew out of the forrows andlunac-~ t glorionfly' terminated. lmowledged Il.1‘1‘1pO1‘t£1I1C6 of the country; and having to obtain a ‘definite objeét by defi-_ n JULY 4, 1776.. A As: i A often, as the fun fliall enlighten this ’d;z.3r, in» It patronized t ‘ ’ wig, 1 'T‘?‘..S£...‘?‘“'...“7.;7.‘n each fixecefive revoiiution of out orb, it witii aziw monifh the rulers cf maniszind of th-e,fc>i1y anti danger of ixinovations tint ggovemtnemt. Sound poiiticizzs is ever‘ cot1ve1*far1t with expetiience atnd the temper of the age. It is not at fcience, which may he iea1*:t1ed in the clofef, mid forced inm pracftice ageitifi nature and icirm A cuzniiancets. An endc:m:'o’ur, ti'1eI‘€ibI‘€,‘i'.O em gmii untried theories, 7h‘oWevier p1aufible,=upo11 the tufuai mode of adminiiie1*ingaff'a;i1's of flare; is, always an haza19'doue uiudertaking. The man, who would mfhly cha.nge‘ ¢v=enLa. gmxerm-4 eon.£e£I“e.d1y corr11pt,hetra;yspitieb1e tgno... mute and preiiiinption. What then a1a11t1m;~ thought of Engliflx minitiers, who impinged on rights: and utfages, which, fox‘ generagtions, had ftrengthened and atdomed the ancient em»- pire, and Wt:1‘e imparting nouriflument tothie infant realm ; and who expended thioufands of iivesand millioné Qf mioney in a f1‘11iti€fSi€fi‘01"’€2 to legalize their wrongs E‘ ‘ A A Although, then, the American revolution muit he confidered, in iretgard to this country, the m0ifi:h0n0urab1'e and felicitous, and in the View of the hiiiorian, the mofl: fplendid, event: the A world ever few, yet to Iegiflators in all dimes * and ‘periods, it cortveys this folemn in-~ firufiion ;‘ it teachesthem in a voice,»loudex‘ than the ithundters of iheavemito be jufi: and wife: juft in not abridging the freedmn :.ai1.d:tt A i. y‘. HHMWQWM! iiwading the prop‘e1"tics of their feEI"oW~mcn§ and wife in not abmdoning the 1neafi11‘es of 21 témperatepalicy forthe gairifh p1'oje€%sA‘of in-- A novation. A _ 7 If, havvevér, this 1‘€:VO1UtiG?[~1 contairi 89. monition tMoV1‘uIe1*s againfi: political fpecxzlatioms, 21 1"'ev0Iutiox1 of later fiatc afF01'ds fi1ni1a.r weucn-~ img to every defcription of men. The vicii}fi-- tudes of Fmnce, du1"i13g the twelve psi’: j,»*€a_1"5;, defy the pen. of defc1*ipi:ion., and dete1* €116: arm.- ‘tear, who Vz11u.es1‘1is credit WM1 p0fl;r:~2.‘ity, f1.‘O1"_fl. efilxying the recerd of tmth. ¢ Sec th;=:;1'a—:, ye 'v3.u.11tfm.g in1i.10mt0rs, yam.“ vvilcl and drcacifL11 defo1:.1ti0I1s Eu Wfiatxtevex‘ was vifionary in m.<::*:a- phyfick, or viytolemz in praL£h'.ce,you gmeciily zzdopted ;' and as haflily dePz1'oyed% whatever b.m;'e the ferxxblarfée of *ordFe1*, 1"eé?ci1:11dc, and;-1n- tiquity. Y'ou Vfixed no bounds to éithkn: your :.1mbit%ionVor cupidity. Not comment with bam-« i11x.in;;; faitli, zmdA law, and%dcce11cy from t}. 63" g~211]i€.'.1*C dominion, your ever cha11gefu.1 .a1n»:1 1121- hir1gi1:1g policy afflhxned theforxns ofi1o£’Li3it§r to other govcrnxnents, zmd t1m*;%a.ten<2d, to bring upon the whole civilized World the decades of difordm: zinc} rapine. 4 Yet W11:a.1: haveF1*'enchmen gained bjfall this revolutionary errour and p111*enzy?$‘After Warring Withfcience, they*11oW encourage it; after aboliflzing ch1*iPcVianity*, they have ref%o:“ed% it ; and £3.f[€i‘1:.'I1f11J_1I'(1t‘3hI'iI1gi$11€,’ mildéflz ofdef_;_:>ots%, C V’ 181 ‘ 1 I tlfieidrd prefent republic}: is a. 1‘I1€1‘€ miXfure' of’ military depotifm and of poptllar flavery. In thus animadvertimg ontI1e conduéi: andl d@11a1"a@:er of 21 foreign gove1"n“ment, ‘Id fulfil a. p2.infu1,b-ut neceflmry duty. It is a n*ecefl'ary A pa1't of this day’s folexnxmvitfibccaufe the Amer»- iczm, has fometi-rrles been confounded? with. the French, revo1ut’io1u,"'** Vvlhen that bears no more refexnbfaxmce to ‘d1i3, th:-.m the movement of a- regular and beneficent planet is like the Wan-~ d“e1*ings of da c01net,fWhich- “df1*om his 11orrid~ hair flaakes pe{’ci1e1°.x:ce zmdi‘ wzxr,”“i' “iimp0rt‘ing; change to A tidmcsdd 9 and‘ A fm1:es;.”i.x It is dnecefl'ary,. Becaufealong *witBf the political" innovatiom, which was ravaging Europe, th«dere c:an:1edab1*oadd an "infidel philofdph-y,,d equally Afi1'bve1*fidve' of freedom, as of”mo1'a1s.. For how fl1a’lI‘th~e libs erty of dirndidviduals be prefervedd in 3; Pcate of udr1iverfa1- licentioufnefs E’ And after t11e“pr0flr.2rm tion of re1i.gious principle, 1&0-W‘ ca11y0_du“ hope ‘forp111°ity of mand~r1ers?~ W'%11at fl12d1 fupport thed fuperfi1"u&u.1"c., whenvthe fo11*ndation is remov-« ed E’ "W110 evér put fai'th in“ the na.ti3ona.1 com. vention of France, after it had deniedi the ex--- ifcence of God 3. Or what was ever more farci» cal, than a 1“ep0rt on momls from the mouth '7‘ A very iniftrucfifivc and valuzxljle trzufi on this topi¢k‘is found in a ‘paw-it phlct, printed at Plxilzxdclphia, entitled “ The origin and principles or tlzur American rew2Iution, compared with the origin and principles of the Frdcnchd revohxtion, tranflawd from the Gemmn of Gexxtz, by anflgmerican guntlczmd s::1.g«n.?" , d V ’ d ‘ 1; Iwfilnom ‘ 1;; S11aI:cfpc:m:.d 19 -ef" Rohefpierre, whillt that moefizer of fattiion was wading to empi1"e in the blood of his counm ‘try? Itis, finally, n.eeeilh1*y, hecaufe this uh; holy fpirit of atheifm has already deteriora.tetl. the political and moral condition of this coon»-A try, and {till melnaces"ou1°l1o_pes, privileges, anal polleffions. A V! Should it be the fate of .flLIn€1‘~lCZt3. to Cll“i11l{: -llill deeper of the ineb1‘iating; bowl, it’s got'em~ meet, whole €J?{l‘i1C€11C€ depends on the publiel: -fentiment, multfall £1. vifitim to the di*:-mgltto Should the rulerslof out eoutitry, efpeeiz:-tlly‘, e-Vet" become i11to:~:ic:,tted with the poifon ; ihottld they deviate from the courle preferibetl by their Wife predeceflhms, iiicetzttiobtfly pulling tlown. What had been carefully l3ullt;il1011lCl {they mutilate the form, or iz:11pa.ir the fi1*e1.1g;tlt of ouivmoft excellent Co11Ptitutio11t; flmuld they amufe tthemfelves with epltemleml eKpetimet1ts, inftead of acilitering to p1"lI.‘tClplt':'S of C€21‘t£tl_l"l Lttil-« ity; and fhould they clefpile the teligion and A t:ufl:oms of our p1*oger1itot‘e, lhttitig an ezeztonple of impiety and (liflflpi-3ttl.O11, tleplomble will be the coxifequemces. A From £111 hettcl fo fiele, zmtl an heart‘ lb faint, clifeafe will extend to the utw xnof’ce:e:t1*exi1ities of the political hotly. As well mayyou arreit the flight of time, or erxtiee the inoon from her orbit, asip1‘efe1'vie your fr oetlom under atheillical rulers, and ztmidft general lprot-e iigacy ofhabiet. Lil)ertinifr11 a11€ll€thm.‘gy, £1.'.'l- 30 2.rcE1§7 andmifi*u?£.e will def‘o1*m our once happy republickg and it’s liberties will receive an inw- Wcmable wou;11d~. The foil of Axneri;-ca will re-— rrmin ; but the mam.-3 and‘ glory of the Unitecfw States will have peri.fl‘1<-3d* fore*mr.; This lovely peninfula will continue inhabited; but “ the feelings, manners, and principles” of thofc B01?» t=oniax1s, W-Em noiblyt 1*efiPce;-:~dt thee va1'ious mfizs of’ E1-i%*.:ifl*1 agg;1‘effio11, will be utterly chrmged‘=. The ftrezuxxs of C‘onc0rd will flow as forxnerly, and the 111113 cw’ C”i1a1"1»:‘:»Pcow*n grow verd:;1m: with each reftmn of fprhigw ; AA but~tI1 e~ cAha1*aé“h=:rt bf’ theA%n1:m, whomingled their bloodwith thdfe Wate1‘s, a11d%who etemiz-edi thofe he~ight6»,; W221 be, ibu-ght fol‘, bu-t flmfl‘ not be found. VVh..21t: execx'ations flzall we merit from poi?- terity, if, with the infi'ru.&io11 :—:m.:i' example of p1*ec:edrimg a%ge~s, z:md our p1*efe11t advantages, we flxall 93.11161}? fi;2.ffle1*« th.i~s Im*vt0c};:%f1*o1n the I;n:-:--«- F0111‘ of i11novm:i-on ! CoVm.pm'ed‘ vvith 0171A-1*s,;, the memory ofth«ofe Goth.s who ow*c1"whe-Imcd in A thei.1* conquefis the a1*m and? A 1»item1:um Of Gr'cec—e and Rome, will be glorious and: zuniam bk:-:-.. This:-y ciw.~::{b:o'yed the: imwpro:ve1n%en.t.ss of “A§1»2i1*L emaxnies ; but we fl1a11It_h;avc aboliflmd the: cufizoms of mu: fcarefz1.t11e:»r:~:;, axld the"‘Wo1‘thiefl: labour of aux’ own hzmds :« t}:m:y' plamied the“: neceffity of wm°ci11.g the-A1*efi11c:m;c:11ts‘of ci?viIiza--~ ticm to p1‘evex1t lu::~:nry and vice ; but thea.n-- nifxilatiorx of on-ts: ianfii'tu.tions» will zu’.111i11i1a.,t€c all Quxvirtuc and all our1iibne1~ty._ 21 Are we willing‘, then, to bid farewell to our independence and freedom? Shall We rerlina quifh the bright vifions of lrepubliczm blifs,» “which, twentyufix. years, have feafted our imam gination? Upon the tria.l of only half that pe... riod, will we decry a eonltitution, which is the wonder of the univerfe 3’ Or, on account of fuppofed or 1'ezil injuries, which _it niaythave A ful‘cai11ed,will we defert the noble fnbricl: ? Be fuch national perverfenefs and inftahilu ity far from Americans! The duft of Zion was precious to the exiled Jew, and in her vew ry Hones :.t11d ruins he contemplated the refilrn reetion of her Walls, and the augmented rnag-~ nificence of her towers. A new glory, too, {hall yet ovexfpread our beloved conlfitution. lTl1e gL1a1*dien God of America, he, who heard the groans of her opmeflion, and led her hofts to victory and peace, has ‘flill am ear for her complaints, and an arrn for her lltlvatiozt. That confidence in his care, which conlifts in fteaclfafinefs to his eternal fiatutes, will difivel the clouds,‘which clmrken her hemifphere. A Ye, therefore, to whom the welfare of your ‘country is clear, unite in the prefermtion of A the chrifiian, fcientifiek, political, an,d1nilitary' inf’titutio‘ns of you1'f2tthe1*s. This high tribute is due to ‘thofe venerzthle fages, who eltahlifhed this Columbian fefilval, to the furviving, offh- A l~ec1*s and foldiersof that army, W11ich,fecurecl E39; I veer rights with the fword, and to the memo-«v of their clepartecl brethren. _ You owe it to V the alhes of him, Who, whether confidered as man aznonrr men, an hero among heroes, or a {latefman among‘ Ptatefmen, will command the love and admiration of every future age. Yes, immortal Vfalhiiigton, arnidfi: all the lran- eour of party, and war of opinions,we will re-. member thy dying voice, which was raifed A agaitafiz the m.aClnel"s of innovation ! "f‘ \Ve will cherilh a cordial, habitual, and immovable at-5 tachrnent to our national union; eaccufiomiing ourfelves to: tl1inl;;andfp$3«k'~o0fit, asof the pm 4 lnadiurn of our pOlitical fafety andprofperityf’ You owe it to his great fuceefior, who has now carried into retirement the fublime and delightw ful confeioufnefs of having been an everlafiting heiiefaétor to his country. Enjoy, illultrious. V man, both here and hereafter, the recompenfe of the wife and good a! Aenclmaytheeprinlciples A f free governmextt, which you have edaeveloped, and the eonllitutionse which you havegflefendeclg continue the pride of Atnerica, until the earth, palfied with age, ihall lfhake her mountains from their bafes, and empty her oceans into the imrner1fity of fpacel You owe it to the e.i.vil fathers of this Coxntnonwealth, and in pain- ticnlar to him, who,‘ thrice raifed to it’s highefi; digxiity, watches over it’s irnmunities with pain... rful diligence, and governs it with un1'ivalled; 93 Wlfclom, mocleraytion, and clemency. y You owe it,lin. fine,An1erica11s, to yourfelves, to your pofterityl,t and to Al Inanklnd; A With daily A and lobftinate perfeverance perform this momentous duty. Prel"e1'Ve‘un-« changed the fame correét feelings of lihler-t'y, the fame purity of n1an11ers, the fame prlnci- A ples of wifdom and piety, of exzperience and s prefcription, the fame feminarles of leegrxtixng, temples of Worlhip, and caftles of defence, which Vimrnortalize the memory of your exam cefiors. You will thus render y*ou1*lelves W01”-~ thy of their names and fortunes, of the foil, which they watered with the fweztt of their brows, and of ‘the freedom, for wltich their blood was they facrifice... You will ttlms give eonfifience, vigour, beauty, zmcl ”duratllonl to thegovernment of your country ; and, rich re-~ ward of your fidelity ! you will Wltnefs a reign. of fuch enlightened ‘policy, firmnefs of a;tlrx1in-- ye iftration, and uynvaried jufiice, as {hell 1"6C£tl and prolong to “your enraptured eyes ’1“t~I1": masses WAsHIi\to'roN‘ AND or Annms... ‘JD E’ é FOR THE; .*‘rNNIV'ERSA.R"x" OF’ AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, JULY 4th, 1802.. % %%%%%%%%%% BY A CIT1ZI:2'N or BOSTON‘. z":'}'."‘Ii' *2"; *2‘? 'X' QR}? the Tariglut-hair’d golden Sun 5*’ Lead CoI.uMEm’5 Bi:-th—Day on; .Mf:11*lr:. the once <>’c1'fI1:xdo*.r'.r’d foil, Drc‘:1'::.’d'by Ceres, court his fmila; TiFJ1‘zilc the difizant 'W.11£2S prolong .‘53phc:re-«ck: cexmded Frec:dom’s fang. cuonusn---Till each mountz1in’a tinnc-firuck hcafi Leave :1 Valley in its fiend, As you :.=.*::-, forever be, Indcpe:<1dent:, firm, and frea. E Our fathers*f'ot1g}1t this kind" af'ai“,“ E A N By the lig-ht" of Frecdomfs Paar ; Through tmcklcfs fcas, unp1ough’d before, For us they left their native Ihore : The foil, for which their blood has flown, Shall be proteéted with our own. crzonu s.---Till, &c. Bencafla the gentle fmiies of peace, In arts our fame flmll rival GEREECE. For power infatiatc, let the car Of wild A.mbitim1 rufh to war; "ave tvvinié, bcncatlx the Olivcfs flwcic, A wreath that age can never fade. c 1»: 0 xws.----Till, «Sec. Lofty pmans flrikc the ikies, To the Power who gave the prize; ‘While W'.a.c1wsE'r'r lifts it’s head