m.mmn tn: NEWBURYPOBT3 ggmmmmm mmmawmmammwmg JULY 4, 1323. ‘1t73Y%GEO RGE C. WILDE. V 31% REWBURYPORT 3 ERKNTRD AT THE OFFICE OF THE NEWBURYPQRT EIERAI.I3¢ % 31' E. W. ALLEN» ‘ cu--uulfiuu---In ‘ ‘E893. m: . The Selectmen of Newbur_vport present their thatmks to you for yuur eloquent and patriotic Oratiou, this day pronounced, and request a copy for the press. V E. MOSELEY, Chairnzan. July 4th, 18:23. H-Ilwnuun Hon. EBENEZER JHOSELEY. Sm : I wave ali personal wishes and comply with the request contained in your note of the 4th inst. . Yours respectfully, t G. C. WILDE. July 7th@ eaaaaons I STAND before you, Fellow Citizens, on amosti animating and interesting occasion. Here are we again assembled _to commemorate that illustrious and immor- tal era, consecrated in all our hearts, when a great and powerful nation burst into glorious existence, and an»- nounced to the universe that her sons Were, and ever Would be, Free, S'overez'gn and Independent. Many years have rolled away since this proud declaration first re- sounded from this western world ;-~—-—-many of the states-» men and heroes who helped to atchieve our indepen- dence have been laid low in the dust ;-----many a fearful convulsion has shakenfthe political World, «and still are we free, still do the powers of sovereignty reside inous, still are we gloriously independent of arbitrary will and power. Let no shadows of party animosity rise to sully and obscure the splendour of the day! Let this be the Temple of Concord, and We its favoured inmates! May the law of kindness rest on every lip, may the spirit of good fellowship reside in every heart! Disciples of a free and liberal government, Republicans in deed and in truth, here let us striveto forget that the demon of party ever disturbed the quiet of our peaceful commu- nity,»---that an unhappy division ever clisunited the 4 hearts, or weakened the energies of Republican Amara; icans I Here, in these sacred courts devoted to the wars» ship and service of theMMost High, may the spirit of A charity and love become a delightful and Welcome guest? and for one short hour at leastlfor one happy day, let the spirit of party be forgotten. This is an eccasion iiavhicla should unite all hearts. This is an hour when passion and enmity should be still, and gratitude and adoration ascend from every bosom to Him who has made and so long continued us a greiatiandi happy peo-— ple. This is our nation’s birth:-day. On this auspicious morning the stars and stripes of Columbia were first . unfurled. “On this morning our national eagle first ex- “tcnded his ample pinionand unclosed his piercing eye ‘to the View of nations. His wing is not yettired--———~the ardent fire of hiseye is still not only unextinguished, tbutgrows brighter and more clear, as he is Sui/z-ng zvtth mprerzze dommion T/zroug/2 the azure deep air. Let us remember that on this day was commenced the bold and hazardous experiment of erecting among us a free and equal government, which has thus far been so fwonderfully prosperedf Let us remember that on this day our heroic and immortal fathers, with one heart and one voice? swore to live fl'eevor die. On this (lay, with an unanimity of sentiment and feeling which was never equalled? did they place their signatures to the first great charter of our l;iberties~—--the American Declaration of Independence. Cast back your mental eye to that- bright and glorious morning, and survey the little band Of sages, all governed by one noble sentiment, one exal- xifld Wd h°¥‘?u1’3bl9i i¢i9ll‘“El5**a1l directed by a supreme -5 love of country which nothing could diminish or control. Look upon them as they solemnly deliberate upon the great question of our rights, and mark the animated fire, which flashes from every eye in that immortal assembly, when they agree upon the daring andldecisive measure *fromvvhich all our civil and political blessings have re»- sulted. Their names are inscribed upon the page of history in living characters, which no time can obliteirate. They are enshrined in the hearts of their grateful den» scendants, and with them their memory will always be vblest. flushed then he even the whisper of ‘party on this hallowed day! Say to every baser emotion, peace, be still! while we contemplate, for a moment, that illus-«' trious morning of our political day. May the same good spirit that inspiredtheir bosoms animate yours, While I endeavour to exhibit to you aview of the characters and. services of those eminent individuals, at the bare mention of whose names every American is so justly , elated, for Whose invaluable services their oovntry will never cease to be grateftil. . Fevvevents have occured, since the foundation of the World, more interesting to humanity, than the revolution vvhich gave to us our chartered rights, and freed us from the domination of arbitrary power. It was a new and splendid era in the history of nations. It was realizing to the full all that is noble and exalted in the spirits and aspirings of men. The genius of liberty was abroad antong the people and deeds of heroic daring were to he expected. . The irreversable decree had gone out, and on »the fourth day of July seventeen hundred and iseventy six, a spectacle was texhibiited to the universe, fvvliioh might well demand its highest admiration anti .64- . ‘ %¢% » applause. It was amidst darkness and storms and tempests and fevarful commotions that our political ark was first "launched upon the bosom of time. With few to guide or govern fit that gallant bark set sail. 4. A brave, warlike and powerful nation was united to -lower her lofty sta-ndard vvhic‘h floated proudly in the breeze, and gave to the ..op_;posing -enemy a bold defiance. Earthly power and ingenuity and rage were combined to oppose her progress. ‘Thrones and idorninfions were [in arms to resist her. But there was a mighty gspirit among the few; they knew that there was an omnipos tent defender of the right above, and they wavered not when the multitude of the numerous and the powerful arose against them. VVlfen every thing in futurity ,fOI'€-.* boded dismay and death, there was among them life, animation and invincible bravery. ‘They wavered not in this hour of mortal trial, for there was something dearer land more valuable than life or personal safety depelidingon the issue. It was not for an ideal benefit that our fathers pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honour. i It was not for the attainment of a partial or inconsiderable advantage, that the vast machine of war, almost without the power to direct and regulate its complicated apparatus, Was put in operation. It Was not in a moment of hasty and um»- tliinking passion or excitement that they severed the tie which boundthem to the mistress of the ocean, and stood alone and unsupported to breast the app1*oacl1ing " shock. It was at.a time when lordly oppression beard- ed them to their very faces, and was ready to bind upon them fetters of iron. t it was at a time when she who sliould have been their protector and best friend, he»-. 7 we came their cruel and relentless foe :-----it was after insult had been heaped upon insult, and injury upon injury, that the spirit of resistance awoke, never to renew her slumbers, until the feeble eolonies had become a free and independent nation,---until the imperial lion was subdued, and the republican eagle soared to heaven. Fellow Citizens, it was a proud day which witnessed that event. The most ardent and aspiring mind had hardly dared anticipate it. It -was something that men had dreamt of in the Watches of the night--«Which hope had permitted them to meditate upon in the hid» den recesses of their minds; but such a glorious result seemed opposed to every thing whichihistory had re- corded or reason could suggest. Perchance a ray of light might have entered. the mind of some one of those whose hearts were oak and whose spirits were iron, and pointed out to him, through the long vista of years, a period when such an event might transpire: but all human calculation was opposed to so sudden and splen- did a termination of our troubles and dependence. And to What are we to ascribe this brilliant atchievernent, this unparalleled success P When human power seem- ed vain and human wisdom foolishness, what was it that dispelled the thick darkness which enveloped the con-- tinent, and threw around it a clear and grateful lustre? ltwas the SUPREME DISPOSER of i events»--—-it was HIS . AL»- MIGHTY ARM that foiiglit, it was HIS ETERNAL WISDOM that directed ;-—--it was He that holds the nations in the hol- low of His hand who looked upon a brave and oppres-» sed people, st1‘11g~gling with the storms of fate, and came to their rescue and deliverance. Under HIM, our gratu- itude is due to those immortal sages and heroes whom ‘ ii‘; 4”‘ § HE raised‘ up in the dajr of n and to fight the battles‘ of their country. eed to guide the coutlcilst The period of ou‘1'revolution‘ was _a time that re‘quir-I ed in the etatesn1an,~‘uncon1‘m‘oni prudence,‘ saga‘cityand intellectual superior'ity,---—t-in tl1e Warrior, bravery, Sléiill,” deterniined resolution and invincible fortitude. It was not for one A solitary,’ individual struggle, it was not to decide npon one bold and hazardous experinmellt in the cabinet, or to fight one bloody and t,1*emendouS battle in the field, that these e‘xt1‘ao1*di11ary endowments were required. It was not by one noble burst of patriotism’ and bravery, one signal ex*erti'on of legislative skill that eur liberty was to be ‘rooted, high above the flood in rocks of granite, as irnrnovably as the pillars that prop , the universe.’ No":-----it called for cool, sober and delih--~‘ erate calculation to bring about the might3trevolution.. it (lemanded minds superior to all Vulgar errors and ig-— noble fears ; hearts Warmly and indissolubly Wedded to the cause of freedom. In the senate, there was req~uir-' ed the bold and animating eloquence of the Grecian or-+ ator, and the prudence and discretion of the Gregciarar sage :-——-—In the field, the resistless march of Roinan bra-~‘ very, and the decisive influence of Roman intellect. The feeble and inglorious senate, and the undisciplined and inexperienced army’ of an infantnation were to oppose» ‘ the parliament and forces of i a renowned and powerful kingdom, whose orators and statesmen knew no rivals, Whose generals and soldiers were hardy and experien- eed veterans. It was the little fleet of COLUMBIA, which here. and there showed its snowuwhite sails upon the bosom of the deep, like the few and almost impercep- tible specks in a clear eummer’s sky, that was to 0p- page the vast A my of Ganar Raina, whose canvass whitened every sea, A H/l'.’1ose had éi*d2:cd,,t‘z ti’/zciusmtd yettrrg Tlze battle and the breeze. , It was young libe1't§,', in its feehleness and infancy, op-= posed to rfiegal power in all the nerve and vigour of man-— hoodi‘. The ilnmenso pecuniary resources of a great and warlike nation were on the one side, on the other, there was nothing but the good cause of the oppressed and in-4 dignant ‘colonies, and a firm determination to proseotite that cansife at all ‘events and at all hazards. Tliere Was positive power on the one hand,_on the other; positive weakness. England had fleets and armies and treas- ures at her con1mand-——~+-America had abundance of spires it, patriotism and unyielding resolution to resist them. In such a state of things, the natural,inquiries would be, froni whence are to come the treasures to support this oontest into which we are aljout elitering with the moth~ -»e.r‘lConntry i’ From whence are We to [draw the legions, with which ‘we must check the march of the invading foe, and vanquish the veteran armies of Europe? From whence his to come that wisdom, which must originate every important measure, and provide means to carry that measure into effect? Here have been no schools to teaczh political wisdom, no nurseries for skilful politic»- ians and enlightened statesmen. Experience We have «nonenfroasures we have none, for here is the very in» eeption of ourgovernment, and where are We to look for that quickness of apprehension, that readiness for seizing to advantage critical moments in iaflairs, and that ttonfidence in the propriety and expediency of a propose ed measure, wliich it would seem that nothing but long’ experience can teach, nothing but lengthened and steady‘ practice can acquire? We have made a glorious begin»: ning, it is true ;—---*~we have sworn to defend our sacred riglits from aggressionto the’ very, death ;' we have, even now, done suflicient to carry down our nannies in honour to the latest posterity, but is there not great and immi- nent danger that this fair heginning may have a fearful end, that defeat, instead of victor A, may follmfv our loan- ners, and the first breath of freedom be but the melam- choly prelude to its final extinction? These Were queryi- tions of great 1n'oment, and calculated, when coolly re»- flected upon, to stagger the firtnest ‘purpose, and weaken the sternest determintat-ion. Butthe high«minded‘.and patriotic i'ndi‘viduals, who superintended the vital inter- ests of their country, SLlflleI'e(l.SL1Cl’l considerations these" to ha've no other influence upon their Ininds,~tl1an to lead them to more animated atitlvigorou's‘efl’orts in supporting‘ and forwarding the sacred cause in which that country Was ernbarkeda 'I‘~’he imposingdrama had: commenced; their arduous parts‘ were chosen ;‘ their country"sl eyes were fixed on them with an intense and all-ahsorlding interest; an admiring World lookedon in unfeigned Wonder at the‘ novel scene‘ which waspr'e- V sented to their View ;---2-the longer and themorc intent-» Liythey gazed, the greater was theirastonishment" and admiration. They beheld eiahihitted‘ in these western? wilds politic‘al‘~wisdon1 andunilitary skill, that might have done‘ honour to the most“ acconiplislled statesmen and Warriors" of Europe» They‘ witnessed; in‘t-he progress’ of this leventful strug;g1e,»ai ‘a prodigious" (levelope-nient "I l! ‘em pf every description of power, intellectual, physical and moral.’ They looked into our little Senate, and they beheld no spirit of anarchy presidingithere, for all the powers of its members were absorbed in one grand ob» ject,----tlte liberation of their country from the shackles sf foreign power. Every measure had this exalted pure-.~ . pose for its end, every thought, passion and emotion was brought into complete subjection to this great design. There were no petty interests or sectarianviews to be answered or suggested at this momentous era. The e»- ternal rights of man, the clearest and most cherished in-1» iterests of the nation were at stake‘, and individual feel-2 ings were lost, private claims were overwhelmed, in so grand and engrossing a subject of discussion. They witnessed there no weal~:n°ess of purpose, or deficiency of intellectual power. They might have supposed that grave and dignified assembly to consist of the chosen representatives of an enlightened and venerable nation, wlio had learned, by long experience in her halls of le-. gislation, to conduct the complicated and critical afliairs of state with wonderful precision and effect- . Altl‘1ot1gl'1 the wheels of government had not yet performed one entire revolution, they might have predicted that ages uponlages would not impede their successful and (leci- sive progress. They who witnessed such a controling spirit of liberty, such an adlrnirableunity qt‘ design, and such a ‘splendid; display of mental vigour pervading .that assembly of united freeman, might have safely predicted the future glory ofthat country which is now I the glory of all lands. But here the inspiring Vision did not terminate._ They gazed upon that tl1in,scat~é- 71.3 ter~eCl ar.m‘y,wl1ich was to resist the accumulated nail», itary power ofGgreat-gBritai11, always renowned forthcé. Sliill and bravery of her generals,-A the force and discipline of her: armies, i iT-hey noticed and 3t'Ppl;&l1Cl'r. A ed the arde.n_t arid generous, impulse, which led theme on against such fe_arful odds. Uridisciplined and inexwg periencedithoL1gl“1 they were, indigent and but poorly‘ provided with the means necessary to carry on the eontest, yet was there a glowing and resplendent flame, which burnt bright and lmqueiiohable in their b‘osoms,L and the spectators might have seen that their hearts, were,‘ not to, be diampayed,‘ or tlieirzepirits oowered by any mortal force or power. Although the majesty of B_1*itain_ ivas_ arrayed agaiiist them; althoiigh the troops of the invader were veteran soldiers who never khdew What“ fear or pity meant; althouglithey came on with the, badge of glory in their caps, and the fire of bravery and stem deterrnination in their imper«ious eye; al_tl1ough thev rusihediforiivard with all the. i;m,pe—tuous. fury of the mountain torrent, at its utmost heiglit, yet the, brave, the free, the patriotic, the proucl, uhbending spirits of Bepuhl-iiepan America were in nought dismayed, foe they contended for their homes, their families, their tire» sides, their darling honour_ and their Ol13.Ifl££’».I'('3(il.' rights, and they were ihviiioihle. ‘ V t V M‘ The spectators, cast their eyes abroad among the people, and saw a. love of f1'eedoI;g1. as the predominatipg feature, which ijnarked, and distinguished the Wliole, They beheld a fiercelt. spirit of liberty operating upon, the citizens of Americathan ever impelled any people, , to S‘u.ugg1¢ for their ir;§le.pendenoe.V It was PeCllligu.31 I in em -distinct, conspicuous, Like the beacon-torch upon the mountains, it threw its clean and brilliant light over all the land, and nien were cheered and invigorated by its beams. They saw an alrnost universal community at sentiment pervading all ranks and conditions Qfsooietyww ” a common indignation at the conduct of the mother; country, and a fixed and settledresolntion to be forevw er fi'ee from here lordly and oppressive tyranny. It was ‘under such oirournstanoes, and with such resonroes that the oontestwas begun, Every step inits progresses was an accession of strength to the weaker party, In vein the ‘ Winged ministers of vengeance’: transported the bolts of English hostility across the ocean; in vain did her generals fight, and her statesmen legislatewitl was all in vein, The rnajestific march. of independence had cominenced, and it was destined to press onwa1'd,, with irresistihlel force, to its glorious termination. Amer»- ica was appointedto be free, and it was not long before "tilie invader leattned that it is not an easy lilllhg he heard the lordly lion in his solitary l’alII;'----lJl1=;'1'l3»il5 is not min easy tiling‘. to conquer, the freenian on his native soil, with a soul as free tlncontrolable as the breeze that fans his manly front. W The age in which we live is aptly denominated the figs of Revolutions. 'I_‘he_ gradual progresse of civiliza- "lion and iniprovement in the great mass of society has Lwouglat about a most interesting crisis in the’ aflai1‘s of nations. €Tl1e Cliriistian: vvoxjld-, is rocked tolits centre by a great convulsion,’ and the present remarkable epoch. will unquestionably hold a most prominent place on the pages of the future historian. On both Continents the free spirit of man is exerting its native energy, and arbiié». A 114 ‘trrary power is threatened with a, fearful overtlirowg ‘How far the friends of freedom will be successful in the interesting struggle, and whether, if successful, their con- dition will be materially improved, I will not venture te r predict. This however: is certain, that freedom alone will notconstitnte national happiness: nor can it be ex-: pected to produce an immediate change in national character; i The ignorant and vicious will be ignorant; and vicious still, whether in the calm of despotism, or an midst the tumults of democracy, No form of govern-: indent can conferilasting happiness, prosperity or glory upon’ an immoral and irreligious or bigoted people, and itolsucli a people the best of all forms of government, that by which the sovereign. power is exercised by the people themselves through their representatives, is per- haps the most to be feared, for without knowledge and virtue such a governrnent cannot be long maintained, and must give place to anarchy, a state, more intolerable, ’ thanthe worst of tyrannies. ‘When, therefore, a nae: tion wakes from a long slumber of slavery, and finds it:-_ selfdelivered from thraldom, there is much to be 3.13“: prehended from the excesses incident to a free govern»-,_ ment, which, witliout wisdom and moderation, public; spirit and moral habits, may lead to evils, the most dis»-M A estrous and deplorable. Yet,notwithstanding this, ne, one xylio enjoys the blessings of a free and liberal governe- ment, and lmoewls the miseries of a despotism, can wit,- ness the strenuous exertions wliicli are melting in the sacred cause of liberty, without heartily ’wisl1,i_1ig them the most pezrfectsuccess. But while. We rejoice, atthge light which has sprung upin the regions 0f‘Cl3.I‘l{DBSS._c--{Fr wliile We vvislrprosperity to tl1e.c.ause of those who are It iii struggling for that blessing We so fully enjoy, We cahntoti but deeply lament that the peace of Europe is to be dis».- turbed, and that war, the greatest scourge of humanity,-. %_ is again commencing its terrific ravages. The bayonet. is now theonly instrument for obtaining great political reformations, or checking tlreiriprogress, and who,that considers the vast military power that the great Nor» them Alliance supports, shall be able to assign the a» mount of human suffering to be endured brefore the ter- tninatioti of the bloody contest: The armed legions of France are pouring in upon devoted Spain, and, if she has any of her former chivalry remaining, her fields will ere long be crinesoned with the blood of thousands, and the widow and the fatherless" will long and bitterly" lament that ancient Iberia has again become the theatre of vvar;-m-«that Gaul’s polluted banner was ever unfurled‘ for the unholy purpose of extinguisl1ingtl1e sacred light of truth,‘ and that ‘ leagued oppression’ arose in an evil A :hour to blast the hopes and suppress the energies of a nation nobly contending for the 1'igl1ts, which God gave. them at their creation. i Tyrants ." In vain ye trace the zvz'.a2z7‘cl ring ; In vain ye limit m2'mt‘.s' umuearied spring : PVhat .’ Can ye full the winged winds asleep, Arrest the rolling world, or clmin the deep 5‘ No :----the w2"l;l wave contemns your sceptefd lmml ;: It rolled not back when (,'¢mut’e gave c021m2a'nd' ." It is impossible to determine what may be the result ef this unjustifiable invasion. Many; remembering the A heroic Valour Whicl1 Spain has heretofore exhibited un~- der preciselysimilar circumstances, hope that she may lie able to drive the fee from her soil, and say to the . tiilf leiwlees inv:»ide:*, thus far shalt than go and no farthcrt "Some predict a similarr result with tlxzit VVl1lCl‘l'0CC~11i‘I‘B(:l. at Naples a few years Since, when the sickly glimmefw jug of liiberty, whiehhegen to shew itself tamong her ener-1 vated isohs, was e§:tingu.isl1eicl élmost as soon as it vvae lightedg, notwithstaihding all their valotzrous oaths and protestatienstemaiiitain the lfreedbm of tl1e:ir C-oiuntry Ate‘! the viergy death. 0tl1BI‘S.al1lif3ipa’£e a and hleody istrugfgle, i‘I1Wh'icli all the great powers of Europe must finally he e.ng‘age<:l. If France is repelled in’.;he;r firstiat-4 ‘tempt to niaintain the do1"i1inio1*1>% bf despotism‘, Russia and the 0tlie'i* meinherre of the Triieplei.League are pledgecl ltd {support her., and no one can iclouht that tliese lengaig-e¥ htxents would ieadily he ‘]fulfill’ecl: Under‘ .ei;reh icircum--v e‘tance~:-$5 it is saith 7l:h:a.t England will not be able. to con» tinue bet‘ present ‘neutrality; eonsistentlly with their own interests and her continentali relations; Thus Eu-‘-+ topel again be plunged into a sanguinary contest,‘ and all theliopes of tl1epihilanthro;pisft be painfully frust1'ated~ The c1:imsm'a tide again must flow ; the glittering blade must again he dyed to its hilt in human golte, and drivers’ ef blood he sl1edin this unhallowed contest. VVl1enthc.i~ tvrant and usu1:"per had been laid low on the immortal field of Waterl<:=e' ;----when the mighty spirit of conquest, t~vhiel‘1, for so mahy ‘years, had been the Wonder and dread of the World-,~h1*eathed its last gasp on the barren tocltin the midst of the ocean, it was fondly hoped that the fearful blast of Wa‘1"‘W0tul(l not again be sounded, and 4 that peace would talee up her mild and gentle domihion ever the natiene of the earth. It was hoped that they ‘Mime so loudly emelleseed tlieir love of peace, and TVl1(’.b. 4_ it b 4 A I so 1 to tumble tho tyt'a‘nt from his throne, be- causo he odisturttbcod the qtlietof the continent; would not be the firm: to brook the bond‘ of peac.e.,' and let loose the tidoof war to desolate some of the fairest per-tiozm Tof tllfeglobeg Av But alas! these hopes Ilavo all beenldoism l";tppOlI1tGd,_‘an(l in every report, A which is htotv waftedt éioross the ocean; We mueét look for a recital of carriage and of bloodsloaodt Every breozé will lbrlng to our um wi11iVugears 23.‘ tale of woo, for the march of the oppreo soorlhas commenced, ancl txothingbut the mostdetermine edtancl desperate resistance can check its progress. A.’ cloud of to1*rifictblacknes"s is arising over tohe conotin‘o‘nt"o of Europa, and ere it has past away, What ahwfulcleedo of atrocity and guilt may be perpetrated beneath itsv ‘ oulphurous canopy’! How many osoulo V will be sent‘ 1‘eekir1g from the field of passion anal ofcrime° ilnto that tlork‘ and undisc'ovo1*etl country, ‘wlmro the prince ané ‘elm. peasant, the opprelssor and the‘ oppressed; musit s-tancll " A on equal footolng; and be juclgecl according to their deeds! How tlmoxmy hearts will be fillod with unuttorablo an-- guiszlx, how many Wailing voices of the Widow, the joru phan and the chilclless will be raised in mortal agony and (lospairl How will the soil of that ‘land of glory, Whom., even in our own days, every‘ hill has been a. Thermlopylee and everyhplain a Maratlwn,’ be fattened with the lifeb lbloodt of her heroic sons! Howwill the report “travel forth into all lands that ‘an infirmlolcl man,totteri.ng on the brink of the grave, untaught by twenty»-five years of suflbring, prepares to inflict upon two great nations the most ll()‘I‘I'll}lBo0f suffexfixngs, and oncm” more to try the omlurance of to people. to whom. 3 ' ' T8" a $® . more than to all Europe besides, he owes his elevation? to the throne.’ Oh, how will this sound in future histow ry! How degraded will the French appear—---the French, who but a few years since seemed determined forever to deliver their country from the dominion of the scep-»» tre and the throne, marching with their ministers of death to rivet the fetters of despotism upon a brave and oppressed people, struggling for deliverance from the burthen of tyranny and priestcraft. May Heaven speed the right, and ere this eventful contest shall be terminated, may invading ‘France have reason bitterly to regret that a weak and wicked policy ever conduct» ed her armies across the Pyrenees to ruin and enslave - an afflicted and deserted nation. Immortal Iberia! Row nowned and Illustrious nation! "Garden and Fortressof the’ Globe l’ The t-hronged leg-ionsof the invader now cbver thy mountains, and the lawless" foot of the foeman is pressing thy verdant vallies. Clouds and darkness rest upon thy destiny, and to thee futurity is full of evil omen.» But remember the proud ancestry from whom you are descended; and shrink not in this your hour of peril. Remember that the nation,~whose independence you were the first to acknowledge, has experienced her day of trial, and that she is now enjoying her day of glory. Remember, that yours is the righteous cause’ and with you are the prayers and wishes of a sympa- tihizing World. t Rise the‘n,- injured and insulted people, inthe majesty of your strength l? Riserimmrortallexters minatorof the Moor! A l - Il17ou72t,*rcIuivaZro'us Hiddigo .’ not in vt:i7z- i Rsvwe the cry---‘ Iago I and close Spain.” a 19 @® But let us turn our thoughts from the contemplation of this melancholy picture, to the more delightful C011-a sideration of the flourishing and happy state of“ our own favoured community. My countrymen! when that sun A who is now pursuing his daily course of glory through the heavens, and shedding the grateful lustre of his beams over the nations of theearth, arose upon our land forty.-.-‘seven years ago this morning, it Was upon an afflicted and suffering people, who could discover in the future little to animate their drooping spirits, or re»- vive their sinking hearts, Herewere then the forlorn and unassisted colonies upon the eve of a mighty contest with a powerful and warlike nation, and even the flats- tering visions of hope could not point out the glorious triumph vvhich futurity concealed. Futurity was rel-~ plete with discouragement, and all, that the colonists could rely upon with any confidence, was contained in the reflection that a righteous providence controls the destinies of nations. To the God of armies, to the God of justice,they appealed in this hourof darkness and dismay, and their appeal was not disregarded. Witness ,3 the wonderful change that has taken place since tl1at[if gloomy period of our history, and tell me if any but an Almighty arm could have produced it. On this morn»- ing, the god of day pours his full flood of splendour up- on Rsrvnntcan .A.M'ERICA, the most prosperous and envi- able nation on the globe. He visits with hisgenial light a vast and increiising community of free and indepen- dent citizens, glorying in the invaluable privileges they possess, and cherisliing their free and liberal institutions the apple of their eye, theirhhirth rigln’; and their all. ‘~ “to this day, what must be the sensations of those few surviving individuals, who were personally engaged in the struggle which gave to us the political blessings owe, enjoy,m'-wvho saw its commencement, its progress and its close! Howmany hoaryheads are raised this day in all the pride and loftiness of their youth! How is the dying glory of the aged eye rekindled, on the re-_-_ turn of this proud anniversary of Oolumbials indepen- dence! How full and abundant is the joy, that swells the bosom of the venerable patriot, who fought and bled and suffered for his country! How does the aged states»: man exult in the return of this day----how does he re-» joice that fears have all been long since scatte1'edtto the winds of heaven, and his brightest, fondest hopes been more than realized l What must be his emotions, vvho penned that declaration , which has this day been feed to you, while busy memory runs back, to the peri..._ when the light of freedom, has new extended .i ‘¢»i;itself:‘ to the extremity of our borders, first dawned ops i ion’:th~’e people! Howiexalted, how enviable must be his I i :feelings,°when he reflects that this great and flonrisliing ::Bepnblic, now in the morning of its day, is justly the ‘ tadmiration and envy of the civilised vvorlcl! He looks. -hacl{~t"~o the tinge when he drew up that imperishable érnoriuinetit of his patr,iotiSm and genius, and while he vbrings to mind the disheartening aspect of that :period, and corn pares it with the prewserit, when daily -realizing, what once existed only in the imaginations of ‘the enthusiastic, or the visions of the fanciful, how does ‘G re}0i_ce that bore so consipic_uous a part i in that 531‘ memorable strurr lo, and that his e es have seen this; . tag _ y _ t glen ! Oh how must his mind be overwhelmed with the . Y . . _ _ \ grandeur and unmenslty of its conceptions, when he con- t templates the future glory of his country 3 How do the distant generations of enlightened freemen rise up be-; fore himtoa bless and gratify his decaying vision, and how does the splendid and imposing exhibition of What America may be when those generations shall come up on the stage of action, add new vigotir to his wasting strength, and throw a mild and iclieering radiance around the setting of his day l e i i And, Fellow Citizens, shall no thankful emotions warm our hearts on the return it of ‘ this auspicious anni-n-v versary? Shall no incense of gratitude arise from this linaly temple, and be vvafted by the pure breeze of heaven to purer riégions beyond the skies? We have been conternplating the situation of our country when her political horizon was enveloped in gloom, and there was no bright star of hope to animate and encourage the clesponding spirits of men, Not a half century has elapsed, and our cup of blessings is full even to over» flowing. Then We were degraded1'ebelsi:-—---riow We are the free and indeperident citizens of the first He»- pnblic in the world. Then there was no friendly arm; held out to help us on our dreary way:—~—---now every natioxi courts our alliance and pays respect to our au—-7 thority. Then the inglorious flag of the rebellious colonies received nodeference or respect:-—-—now the proud ensign of Colurnbia floats in every‘ sea, and in eve, ery sea? in every port, is it honoured and respected, "'l‘l1en the thunder of vvar resounded tl1i‘ougl1 the landfi .,- -.a,.., . ,. .A,.7r-Q~.,... -M..L._.»«_-‘.....$:A4 \./or .31.. .-‘A.-.. . <~( _ ,, E312 fik i and the anxious mother pressed closely to her throbw hing bosom her infant boy, and wept to think that the i invader might moisten her garments with his blood, and deprive her of the cherished treasure :--——-now the gentle and forgiving accents of peace and good fellowship are heard among us, and to every quarter of our wide spreading territory the invaluable blessings of a mild and equal government are freely extended. Then the imagination dared not pierce the darkness in which ifu-- rture yearswere shrouded :---now the most ardent imagim nation is confounded, When it attempts to conceive the probable renown of this great and increasing Republic in ages whichtare to come after us. Truly, my icoun-- trymen, our lines have fallen to us in pleasant places? ?f)ar’s is indeed a goodly heritage.