Western Sun, Volume 6, Number 48, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 July 1815 — Page 1

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if Vol. VI I

SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1815.

the year 1776, the Col on te I were kept ofii

uting betwteii hone and tear tuppln ation

t tic throne ana parliament auiercd by iuiulttct and intuit. Now 1 freedom, long

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The following; oration, delivered on thr 4th inrt. by G, Hr. Johnston, Esq. O.ould h.ive appeared at an filirr date, bu' tor circumlli nces not within my Control I now with pleafure iue it a place. Ed,) fellow Citizens,

BEING (eteded by the rrfp"c"4b!e commictee ot arrangement! tor the celebration of this day, 1 ftnd before

yu. I muff confrft, the too t rOle rommei

A band who be i nil united bv the trtulc ties

i intertit, ffSrCfion and !

r.n Ar'ams, a Hopkins, a 1 1 untirgtona whom We h id ecru hided a trc.vv 3 little Lr v .t glu.n. a Witherfpoon, a Frankhnand before this period) oi. ih point id t. : .1 Pvulli, a lodney, a Chafei a Hooper) a f ruing aliarces With othti power: aui ffurt Rut ledge & a Walton) whole PHtnr ii, 'jld ' fTumed a :vmr favorable afjirdt. Ab v,c be raptoroufly recollected nj- evey true A ! beeame irouaintrd bro d, wt alfo bee a trie mencan nil time is bo more. From th s refpecled, w ich gave (Turanre toth lube pleating theme w t nudl tor a while , lettoW Warm ai d Wavtting, and confident e to thfl 1 itizr ns, turn our attention to fot jecll of t titiz-i and foldiei t boQir. And row 'rr g!o.;;n and oelpoOoem - rd at ihib epot ! te we calltd upon by millions of ft How b' in art of our rfFtits, we ferioufly ai d painfully ; to recollect that k Ui ihed we ft .1 u . but diexperienced that bodiea at well asindivida vieifd we I !!,' we wrre bound in boOoi to a's who depend alone upon their own airtU- nr declaration, in jn'licc tonu tufe, ami tus txettioni to obtain-independem e, with j in yraritude to o-jr friends mm kr- 1 a lono1 Out nciicy ot fort ign alliances mufl ti'hef pull, a Omng pull, and all null together furcumb, or like tfn pillars of Hercules mufl And sltho we ftiei with revnl lhS Riake gigMfttu ftrid' s, St fur mount inium ' Prions loflVs th in oui ritiz irn r

rabie difb ultn s. D pr b d vii rue ot n . none of w h'.i ! ere more U wants patrons fo 1; Was w i : h the Atn ?i- will be mori laftibgly re u n !.' r 0 cans. fhe ' lihgir Dt nations of Europe, f r guinary depredations I y the moi altho' they priSately juflifj dour c uf , id zh tnrps ;in?) thr ahoriginrs ti 1

w ftjed from political motives, the greatefl i :d futceffi to oui feceflion, yet trembled at thr ov.r (f

prwrr of England, who, mounted on trt

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ind defi nce to all

potentates in Eur cannon v. . j 1 ad to'h.r W (fern ej

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w ere anim ted w 1 11 t glorious emulation wl ii

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ight the bp.n I have at that to conqu r I iwc, would h

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upmely mac j

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tans at tin or to die.

huzz s' for Walhington, arid fuccefs to th. arms of America nd Ubertv-.ln his wati h

in and iliation I c.tion. ru r r-d r WOtid

1 1 1 1 1 pa 1 1 r ons

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lurs Ii.- w.-is attended bv 1 forth the !

ailQ LKTMoui

the widows' pi iyers and the orphans' tries -momentous and hert agonizing was the t:n(l ! yet a little whdr St we (hall fee that the event h is not difaOpotnted the exn c I r 1 ttion ! Altho our httlr army did OOt refemble or pn mifr much oppofition to the legions of mercenai if s drp( ndant or. th.e md of a tyrant, nor our tew vrfTrls the phalanx

'minand ni m band i patriots their r ghts i nd fi. h 1 lrW f 1 es that himfelf nd ffitf rs

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whole brei Rs w ff bred vi tria A 1 u to fi ft and fdi no; t, In convincii c thr

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tator and ettlosriit of thofe rt ifortl and th t of R-it.fh foe (hips and fioting caflles, yet

lorious epot lie which gave rife to. and f, we w rr united id love, ui ited in intertft,

nallv Centred the independence and freedom UOltro ny tneTicsot t 01 1 ng uinity , ano

of America Was it not lor your charity

and known proodoefs of difpolition, to to

bearance for the we kerfs iiu ident 1 to our

ing ably ,?dif'd i: the Cabinet) ar-d ab!y

cot ('ucTed tr the fi id ot Mars, our CaUfe rn'ulatrd and our bodies formed a bulwark

natore. and efpeciaily to a difplay of -nv 1 hfO whnh thr intrigues and power of En feeble talents, 1 toould Ihrink I om the t j e"d could neither penetrate or prevail 5

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ful ring I- ngtiage or s fedui ully a oid H

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dtcl.nation was fomethinff iT'ore t!

n nn , was derived from France, u;der a treaty of alliance conttuJed wi h that nati on in '73 y the gre.a D"C. Franklin and

his Colleagues Lee an r! D ane

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even at this day arf preju

thi" dav sffitfued me with confeious inferi

nritv. But v u' fnnles embolden me to rifle t!. !(h of the critic, and the ineers ot the err. Poriout The human mind, fellow citizens, is not

atural'y prone to venality, rapine and mui

r and it not excitvd Ky the demons ot Vord, i?. m the general, dil; -ftd to for iraneeand iftsof henificeiice. h fupootti

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trre; rai 01 utriiuc , an i

ms fu-charffed with imp- fit ion a be

Cruelties that it beams out ar.d Wrt'ks Forth in tlie maiefty of its ftrength. P.e mind of

gait'lt the Frerr'i nation, and who will 1 ot admit that tiny arr ervti led to any thanks fri-m us 1'or ti eir furport to oui r.suie du 1 r ring our revolution ry Hruggle, becauf they pretend that their motives werC governed more bv nrii;v than humanity, or a love of freedom ; vet thr impartial hitlorian

and the t grs and patriots Dl t 6. rejecting j ITIO11 allow that whatever :t ight be their the pur tie conduct t P tnpey the great, motives, their altiftance was 1 i rlTential fer but adopting that 01 H ir ::s ad of Lucrr vice, and battened on that glorious e ent in tia. f om - d the following Declaration as a j which th.e rampant Lion, " rr ri H 1 t itive

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the cfeneral m. u rn u -ration, or driv I v v n 3 1 0 0 e r i fh

the h iftori

GepfUuepce

guide to their future CoOduA. H re the Declaration ot In

w is read.) Let us, for a moment, fellow citisens. cait our eves around tins habitable 2I I r, lo k thro' the annali ot ancirnt nd modern hiftory, and wl-.ere ca.n a par llel fn hen proaching to genuine principles of freea. din and virtue he t und r I venture to ri-

ofdefpotifm, proitrated himfeli before t! E-r!e of freedom. Yet notwithflandin

ir oru-

tlse mrpotent , matrons, maiiN

e either mnrdf red i;i c ot fum d in Eft ( on1 into t he ad j ' c ' u t ' mhi loch bru til eon. ill 8c willing!) would iv in impeneti able veil iris - t! - ri qrmitv f

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in the two rtii !es

1 on a -.vnr. s ms and

hrill

Oil 1I1 0 ney-rrnce

t a n A n jf e 1 o I t i t r- .us. nd 'he pftllafj.

1 fi c sr."' ; :tai n whi it t!ie m difnatc h

an iniured and infulted nvitilic is like unto ! trrt there are none temtrri mblaocesmat

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the roaring of the Lion and the puiflance of mighty floods nor doe? it thru often wan: a Mentor iti council, and an A chillis or a Ulyffel n the fi-ld. Figure now to youri'elves fellow eititens (and a retrofped juitifies thr thought) lech a 0te of mind in

I,.

the virtuous H, LaUt tvr. He in t!ie yejr

as our m l liter 10 n e 1; .. : e r- n' ;i f r .1 ! ; t e v nited N e t hr j 1 a ir , and altho' 1 1? n ilTio 1 nurrru I ir, irom i mie previous aftorances

he addmed, hut are no more to be compared to outs, tli an the lurid Fht of thoamoor is to the vivid and effulgent bian of the fun. Where is there one win fe perfection has Withftood the ami itatine arm oi

nOVellV, or thr evervrfceot fivtlie of uif- 1

,.ir ir.rr. cri in tlf vrar 1 o 8 vvnni re

Its h .d been addrd bv the mc-

I'irs. and the

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ear

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un t Ty.

PuDolicating eoite which tendered the oliv hr.neh was reused with haosrhty contemi

. w s no

ur patritu fires then Juftifi hie

mat ion 0 ! that we hd evet

leen born of fuch a motlier, or thit the nations of the er h would Coalefce and

acerler our liberty from the c tvrannv ! F m this periocl, at w

cord. s,s ours has done tor tl

nd who, let us enquire, wre the Worthies who at th facrifice of amuerice, of honors, and of luxorv, and the profpeft of the total lofs rf their fortunes and t!n-;r live:, wrh the difi?rare and ruin of their lifing and prom 1(1 ij fmnfies, romp ird and pmmuliratrd this inft'Ument ? Altho' inclination

dors, time dors not perm

S of 1 rtr their fever a tutors - ! u fi I I . 1 fl

fo ca

me to rnumr-

it for the

received from that country, vet fortune frowned upon us for the moment, s;d the m i irtunatr mr. Laurence wrts t..!:.:1 r 1- '

finer on h:s paffage fri m .A merics to Hr!land, by an Englifh veffel and conveyed by 'lie Way oi the foggy atmofphere of N-w-foundl nd to London, where he wafrot fin rd in the tower, aid deprived of all foci-'l interrruilr, (an ii Ranee, fallow citizms of the r i v . . gation a td refined manners of I n .'oilmen.) from the cruelty if which treat ment ht never afterwards recovered in health. 'Fhe work thus began by mr. Lau rence, was r. ferved for Lie more fortunate Puree (Tor, John Adams, ria. Whote talents

qualified him, a d hi fe fuccefs equallrcl

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and fore runner f 1

degradati n, and our pride, L r . exu!tar:oo in being ackoowlragc independent ftatef 1 ; imprrtfl ncl'nn trrlt 1 Ce in '$2t ; rlirr ti(l-3. whirl wrrr reduced to ferri

ftA by articles t in S- pten her '8

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r r nucn u- rn.,, ro uonflination nri he part oi fc.ne'aod for fifteen n rs w v. :. . . . j c . .

we r m ' " 1 o 1 i n m rnr fid rot f If d to he thr f,

of rh- Goddefi

'onclud d t Parts s, -f er a OmU

c t lihertv. " t . n wr!l

rur mofl fanguine expiations. Thus, ir might we, a we did. flictit in the words oi"

American rcvoluttoo msy be dauJ, notil 1 cularly to a Jtffcrfon iiid tLtCt Whipple, J lt"wt amity w.tfc rrtnei ar.-j bpam (with j tb poct