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I I ,E30J SENTINEL I nitiGOS 8G8T1SEL. PUPLSHED, SATURDAYS ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted la the Se.nti.nel lit the following rates: Tea lines, one insertion . .. $2 50 " ' each subsequent insertion.- 100 EST" Legal advertisements inserted rea sonably. job work. of till kind- done on prompt notice and in -workman-like style. A Dltcouiti tu Yearl .tlertlars. AT iksonville, Oregon, FRANK KUSE TERMS i epr. Per Tear, In Mtranee,....S2 SO L. XXX--NO. 30 iTACKSONVILlJ, OREGON, AUGUST 1, 1SS5. 8 PER YEAR ,ii V "T) ( gsgjgfi '- li&Sll . PBOFeI&IONAL CARDS. IE. P. GEARY, M. D., liTBicias Aad Sttrgeos. MEDFOBD, OREGONr Jfflce in A, L. Johnson's lftrflurag. T. R. YOUNG, M. D,, fkysicaa Ad Sargoos, Central Poisrr, Oreocs.' falls promptly attended to at nil hours. Lti L-WHITNEY, MD-. i X4.0IX POIXT OEE005. avlnc located at this place I nsk a are of the patronage of this section. Halls attended to at any tune. X. F'. WILLIAMSON, I ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR. VT LAW Medford, Obeoon. Lll business in my line will -receive prompt attention. tl. K. UANNA Attorney & Counsellor AULaio, Jacksonville, Oqx. "Will practice in all tlie Courts of the State, umce up slirs in iiriirs uncK. P. P. PRIM, .ATTORNEY & COUN3ELOR-AT-LAW v ( Jacksonville, Ogn., Will practice in all the Courts of the State. Office In Court House. R. PRYCE, M. D., fkyticiaB And tfufgon, Medford, Oregon. Office next door toUyer's block, resi dence. Cunningham's hotel. T. B. KENT, 1 .I)j;j and Connstllor at Law Jacksonville Or cods. Wlil practice la all the Courts pf this o. - UlUCu ...ltf vx.uf, iJ-'. . U U. A1KKN, M. R DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, JACKSONVILLE, OKEOOR. ty Office opposite P. J. Ryan's store. J. W ROBINSON, M D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Jacksonvilo, Ogn. OFFICE At City Drug Store. Resi dence on .Fourth St., op;xjsitc 31. E. Church, Calls promptly attended to. day and night. D. F. DOWELL, A TTO BNEY-AT-LAW. FoBTLASb, OltEQOS. All business placed in my hands w'.ll re ceive prompt attention. Special atten tifln given to collections. JOttX tt.attTCttELU n.M.DF.JIEST MITCHELL Jfc DEilENT. Attorneys & Counsellors At Law. Office In Kimm's new bui'ding, corner First and Pine sti eels Portland, Oregon. "Will practice in all the courts of Oregon. A. L. JOHNSON, TsUry .Public, Seal Estate Atent and Colltclor Medford, Or. t make conveyancing and furnishing ab stracts of land titles a specialty. Loans negotiated , ,J collections made. All business intrusted to my care will receive prompt and careful attention. WILL. JACKSON, nuNiisT, JACKSONVILLE, OREGON. Teeth extracted at all hours. kLaughing gas administered, "if Imrji for which extra charge will be made. Office on corner of California and nth street. a. a. aiiBi. L. 8. KIAKXf GIBBS & STEARNS, i TT0RNBYS AHD COUNSELLOHS, Raomi2 and 4 StrowbrI "go's Baildiog, PORTMND, OSEaOK. Will practice in all courts of record in the Sttto.ofOregon and Washlnton Terri tnrrj nd pay. particular, .attestioo to r ooi8.uureaeri;couru. THE STAFF OF LIFE!.' THE ROGUE RIVER SHUN FLOW MILLS HAYING RECENTLY BEEN RE fittctt with af modern improvements, are now turning oat a first -clas3 article of flour, which is prut, up in one fourth oairei sacKs. ana every sacK iswarrantei to contain 48 pounds of flour If you don't believe this, just compare a sack of onr flour with any other brand offered fur sa'.c in this market, and note the difference in weight. FJenr and Mill-Feed Constantly on iand and cxchangccTfor wheat. BARLEY ROLLERS. .Having added a set of Barley Rollers to my mill, I have set apart, every Saturday to Roil Barley for customers. The work will be done on short notice, so that par ties can return -with their grist the same day. I am prepared to roll barley nl all times And in (he best manner. This pro cess is tar ahead of thecrvsher G.KillEWSKl. Jacksonville, Sept. "22. 1833. Farmer's Store, MEDfOKD, OREGON, ANGLE &, PLYMALE Prop's Tlie underslsned takes pleasure in an nouncing that he has opened his place of business in the n'w town ol Jleulonl, Ur egonrandis now prepared to furnish, in quantities)) sou, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, PAINTS AND-OILS MACHINE OIL TOBACCO AND'CIGARS, CANDIES, NUTS. DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, Etc. Sly stock Is fresh and flrst-rlnn, and I propose to keep a full assortment of eery thing iu my line and sell at PRICS3 LOWER THAN EVER A'l T ask is a uial.. t'rl)'aT3l price partrfor-l-ufducc.-t NINETEENTH" YEAH ST.MAKY'S ACADnivIY, CONDUCTED BY. THE SISTERS OF THE flflLY SOE. THE 81IOLASTIC Y'EAR OF THIS school will commence about the end ot August, and is divided in four sessions, ofelcvcD weeks each. Board and tuition, perterm,... $1000 Music.. 15.00 Drawing and piinting 8.00 Bed and Bedding 3.00 SELECT DAY SCHOOL. Primary, ner term , S 5.00 Junior, ." COO 1'rcparatoy " S.OU Senior, " 1003 Pupils received at jny time, and special attcntinais paid to piiticular studies in behalf of children who have but limited time. For further particulars apply ai the Academy Nervous Debility. A SURE CURE GUARANTEED. DR. E. C. WEST'S nerve and brain tresttnent, a specific for JIytciin, Dizziness, Convulsions, Nervous Head ache, 3Iental Depression, Loss of ilemory. Snermatorhoea. Impotency, Involuntary emissions, premature old age, caused bj over-exertion, selt-abusc or over-indu'g- ence, which leads to misery, decay and death. One box will cure recent ca.es. Each box contains one month's treatment. one dollar a box, or six boxes for fiVolol- larsj sent by mall prepaid on receipt ol price. Wc guarantee six boxes to cure any case. With each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied with tivcdol lars, we will send the purchaser our writ ten guarrntcc to return the money if the treatment docs not effect a cure. Guaran tees issued only by Woodird, Clarke & Co., Wholesale an Retail Druggists, Port land. Oregon. Orders by mail at Jgalar prices. U. S. SALOON, C. s. noTEi. nniLPtNo. jacrsosville, T. T. McKENZIE. PROP'H, HAVING ASSUMED THE 3I.VN agemcot ot ihis resort. I propos keeping it stocked with 'lie finest Lrauds of WINE3, LIQUORS AND CIGARS, And will be pleased to receive a call fmni all who wish the best in my line. Sat isfaction assured. T. T. McKENZIE. C LE&IPERT, M. D-, Graduate of University, Leipzig, Germany, Physician And Snrgeon. Calls attended to at all hours day and night. Office opposite 61orcrHo!cl, Jack, onvillc, Oregon. Diik j. w. nociNsoN I . , Gin DRUG) STORE CALIFORNIA STREET, i merritt. & Robinson FEOPRIETORS, Will keep on hind the largest and most complete assortment of PATE.VT iitEOIClXKS .t CHEMICAL,, PURE WINES A- LIQUORS, PAINTS, OILS, ETC , To be found in Southern Oregon, fu 1 stock ot Al oa STATIONERY. SCHOOL BOOKS. FINE CIOAP.S AND CONFECTIONERY, TOILET, S'JETS, And a great variety off Perfumery, com mon -and Toilet Soaps, ijtc. ES-Prescriptions en r. fully prep-ired by Dr.. ,T. AV ltor.ixso.N". Dr. Robinson's office in Dru "Sto c. 'rftfeBfa K -iyvv- if'.'si'" . TL.W-L- V C vVS,.ff j-"'jfcij.?J''tB; -M V-"' TVAi. a SrfefiB seSfl&ffilteaS rvi ..?& !. :s.vt 'V-ri .vnj.hjfi 'As?S ,TJC -S3 T'P' )&t7?m&Xiii.''' THE. GREAT tC Bi3. HH. n ;pi Eisf i BSaasiuLi! FOR S2jJ!:T", , .. CURES flneumalism, neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Bncl2che, Haidiche. Tcothac!-;, SorcXItron,Ewe!llnji.Sprp.Iii,Ercitc3, IKnru, S raids, Frot Zit-s, JIID Mh OTHS3 roniLT PiKO (Mjn:is. tolabrDrUKltf.tIDuili.r,e,'R7irLr. TlJffXals 6 LctCc r ., ectlgii In 11 L,uga,3. THE C1IAKLES A. VOOEIXIt CO. (3ununli.T0G!Xir.tCa) Ea!lli SJCi JU GEO. R1EVES, "e,BBer. ' rv-. IJJL Affile W. JlEltltlTT. t3T - SEA Pa . u ti a iIX. 13 H in nf 1 trp ag- -JSff-V3r 5c? i5S?JB's mmm ie oliTsiandnfjg. Prlliani, in Cronr.ivfflJvjkiianlsNJt il!tr!silmildiniLw:pohTlialul,aii6P?3sK iniiifnl' -lni lull line of "Wagon Material! And is prrpircd to do all work in his line on short noiicc and ie a wori.m inlikc manner. Vehiclcf of every des cription mLlc to oi(L-r. Iienuirhifj A Specially. Terms reasonable guaranteed. and sitisficntion Geo. Hieves TIioEtrras Gnus U Is sued ilarLh and bept, each bear: 'S.6 pager, 8isll f inches, yritb. o"r U.JJOl) illustrations r l.ole jic tare callcry. .vesu hole- sale prices direct to conswic ju x.ll goods for pcno:-.:il cr )s. iy u Telia how to .rder, uiJ Jjivcs craf ocst of every thing jou i fc, cut, ilrir v. car, or havo fan i.uli. T.ico iara iWc boo!3 ciai tan i ii'ornistioii glenncJ from tl.o nxr Lets of tho i.or1 1. We wi.l i ail a c-iny Free 1 3 r.iy address i:pr:i receipt cf the postage 7 cents. Let us hear lroni ou, IlesDertfidiy, MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. S3T t: 829 ITakuIi Arcane. CSJcr.r, in. AiyAKESi CE. !. SILSBECS rTFSSAL PILE EESEST Givei Instant Flis'tef, end Is in Iniiubb CURE FOR ALL ICIKDS OF PILES. !-ulliyDniiqpt'eicrywlicrc J'flce,"! Iki jer bos, prqxii-ll by nln.!. Samples rent free to Miy"e!!iis r"d ell suircrcrs. hv' Nenst.lellet ft Co,, ,uz M0, Sex York C:tj'. Sole mafcUfntiurers of J.SAIZ'CSIS. 7A"-57. trnii-&?tr i-' rtv-i 'I z joao "e&A A-, 1 UIAlii.U 2J it.1.1 IVUI tc ta&lled pejp.! rrvt tA mansf.i nf I i.t . .-. u lr ... sM ordetinlt. It cominj i .Oitraliocs.riiicca. ' Many a Lady is bcautifu?, all but her skin; and nobody lias ever told her how easy it is to put beauty on the skin. Beauty on the skin is Magnolia Halm. tsii&M3a!iii5fe WntirHi. nf .Tn.hi Orn.tinn j ;, -- AX ORATION UT CEV. E I APPLEGVTB deliverm) on the 4tii oe july, 1ss5, at jacksonville, oulco.v. Mr. Prcaidenl: When I was a young min I aspired to Ug speecIieH and big orations. A I IiecJiTiH olds'r niJ my range of ex ierifiic lucre iSrtlJ iy nmbitioii was modified, and I hid to lie content with small sjx-vcIich nii'J little oriitioii ora Hulls Jtit l.irgn imiouIi, it -o,lb!f, to IiarinoiiiZK praulicillv uiili the occa sion In nusnt-r to ttliich they wrru cdlU'dl and ns of sucF us. fa I., within the men tflior uf l hat l-JW IiicJi i nil lie- n Atnpricaii ;ti-n,.-nnil which , by our childieii aiuI o'ur cIiiIi!ipii'-i cliiliiren iispiru to bo iibW furi-ver to pf-jictH iii-. Iconic before oiitc-d.iy ttirii-foro wiili :v Kilb.lued ainlillion liojiini; in mi hutnlilu man ner l.(it lo ilikvliarg, suitably nmi tp proni ili-lv to tin- Decision, iliii iiupor tnnt duty towliieh I mil asin'il, nmi 'itlt an n prccinlive scn;u of the hon or rniifcin-d upon inc. Friendt sunl l'Vllow Uitizsns, liadies ami Guilu'iacn: We are met here today to cele lir.Ue thu jrieatest oient of modern iiges That it may lip duly crMir.it ed .iiiliiinlly for nil coining lime, it lias been inslitutid for tliMt purpose, n nn lioirll ft p -day the 4tli of July, the Hnni-i-rmrv of tin: proclain.ition of Anicric.iii liUciiv. On this dav it lia hti'iiitlie practicr, as an iudfpens.iblei paiUof Ihu pxercihps of the occasion, io rciert to liist princifiles and the leading evpp.ts and PxperFence per ninii'S to I lie i-j'tihlulmig of liberty, iiuiljiho proyiess of this gieat rrpu'ilir To vt i Iu liie present, time, your atten tion) now I would most respectfully cliiini; and hear uie, utnle I nuke the effort to dieLnrge lliii duty indep.-n-ilenlU and truthfully, if possible-, aloit nirjpartisaii'Kiii. 1? is universally ndiniltpil through out tin- u hole human raceftliat (JiOil h.itli inlinllc nttribulps. M;m luuli om( nitriiiuip. It U claimed th it 111 in, xcjuive mid tohiiiifClf, .speci'icil'y ns in iji, has an nttiibute, which lie holds nliiht tliPs'' qui'iiies ofniiuu, lili!riny iu proportions and degiep", that lie longs lo iiiniutted na'u K This at tuliuto perlaius to tin! Fou'. It 'V. i L n :Viet; progress of our race. we In hold continually the iffc-cts of ihis atllibule, which uc cill I he love of justice, constantly manife.sting it self stiuggling 10 tin- surface, grow ing stronger fiom timo to lnuu Jnd impelling constantly to aspiration higher mid belter, and to coudilinis ahoie tli.it unjust, cruel, lieree and furious life ih.it but proceeds truin t'le sny nf the coiuuion nnim il Jrissions and instincts'. Tun love of property, a natural ami animal instiucr, .mani fested e.en by many insects, tho bees ind ants for exauiplp, conlro led hi i)n' hum in sentiment of jtiiiice, is not inly laudable l.ut iu:lipensali'e just- and lalionilly a blessing; but unni- t rained by :hls human, uud huir.auiz- ug principle it ii'comea greed ami fvaiice; and in Hi extreme iictiou il uakes ihieii's and robbers kings ai.d ingdoins, despotisms niid nristocracfes vingciati uinl priest-craft, ile-po- lisuis, m isiocraeies nnd monopolies, in whuteier aKh or cuunlne-', aid no, and ;ilas ham been but a plu'nomt n.il manifestation of the thieves and lo'n'.ieis j lined together in coparlner ships to rob and p nider in-tuMml In pursunncp of tlep mt rely auimnl instincts of gieeil mid lut llipy lime iweil down, by iho force of KrnilP, the iiliMihi millions of our struggling race lliey have buinl-eil tnyetlnr the rods and axes to su'ij-ct thn whole brother Imod ot man lo fraud-ami force; and' they havi the I hieves ami robber, purpose! v, as the puliiio po icy of na tions and tiilie, bterv.Iielmeil the win Id for nges in utter, and profound d.iikiiessand ilrenclie.l jhe face of the tMitli time inimeiiioriiJLiid-lugPH of human b'oo.l. Liu-, in indication of tho honor of tiie huuii'ii race, it musi be remembered that, the (attribute of pistice is from llni ihrone nf the Eter nal. As nil immutable law of naturr and of nnturrV Go I no jKivipr on enrtli can nnnihiUle it. Tilt! ins'inct iie man, however lietce and blood thirty, could nut always n press thai GodliUo nttiifiute that at once rxhalts ami distinguishes human nature. The vo'ci- "if jiisllfp, wliich is the-vnico of liberty, could never 1p successfully hus'ieri, nor forever silenced on thr fa-;o of the rarlii. "The bluod of the martyrs was the seed of tip ciue." Coming tip to the -time on which wc are more specially to reflect, the aspect of the world was peculiarly dark nnd glooiuv, ihe reat huhiiu ciuse of jnstict" and liberty ve. Iss warntetl nnd qheeretl by the sUiisiiin; of hojie than it had been for , hundreds, sif venxs; while nstions fnt.ght nilioTit and fearfullv shed blood, destroyed property ami cnneil poverty, ini-pry, ignorance ami ctiine, it whs ns robbers fighting robbers for t'tt spoils. The cause cf librly nnd Jii(pee was nut of the ess. The philniiilirohIst and true pa riot was regarded by tlie powers: as a common enemy, and beljerent foes quickly united to crush hhf. To cry nfnildUAi K li.i&!F iU-rii it' ig-'.ttf'Ji.-,T- i'fl 1!'!!i,HB1,MifaHi; 'trSS3S?r-Wl!li rrtra 1 1 i .n , r vtfStsW"" aloud for merc, for jiiilioi and liu inanity brought the inevitable penal ties of tin: (.lake, the gibbet and the basilic. Heavy arnuej garrisjued the colilinenU and held the masses down in a hopele;s toil nnd .slai is!i drudgery that produced an imtuense wealth, for which as their reward they received poverty ami want. The proceeds the wealth that labor created went by hereditary and lested rights, and by ail the Kcheiura that subtle injusiice couhl invent io the lich so that he that needed it the least mid ha 1 done least to pro luce ir, should get the most a Londitiou ilistribsil as that in which the ilch should grow richer and the mr poorer. .-The banks hoirded ar. I grew, ami grew hoarded. They stretched out their "reat cuttle-fish like arm from one side of tho world to the other. They absorbed the sub stance of ina'tkiud like growing can cers up in the body politic. The sub stance of the stiuggltng, toiling world was taken lo create the man of -neallh and pride, of iv'iouru'ii immortal bard :tiil at ih ierv time: 7ti man of wnlllt ailprMe TiLt-up it snaee iu a miuy t-uic mi, .lip I; PJi-tCtf l ir lili laKr, hi- Ifi vxtril.ll Ijoii nl!, liacefH-liU liursvi. til lipiji'. an I iiiu i.; Tin rul lit it uriii-i in. Imi b, In ilkc xlut'i um rubiie i iik cciiii unti iiv:iu ui iuu i ncir ,roTiu. ' (Jnir-I.s and tortis ami hingi borrow ed mid rquaudered uitli unbounded suaj- and armies weic invoked to fore close upjn the toiliiig million. Tho fruits of the btlo-of ihe living were thus squandered for the pleasure and joy of the rich; and the toil of tho uu born generations, by means ot nation il bonding systems-, were bought mid sold and spec-ihiteil upon by the Q'lilps mid Snylocks of Europe, Asia and Africi. ljppect.iile eiuz-Miship and iudepeudanl jeomanry eie ilesiioypd and t no common people, the strcith an 1 pride of a country where jjstice mid rational government prevail--, ere iriluce,l to n condition of dependent serf, and eio tr.ilisfenetl fiom lord to lord n'ong uitk other appurtt-iiances uf the soil. x riiicrsnii.l 1iriUjM-ir flour Is'i or rair fCc. A istntlicul luisu tliuutiikii liratli In, it atlo lluta ImM i rasniilrr, a ctiutr-ii piiiTu ll.ou oiacili.iin;! can iitvrr lie tinnilnsL" Thus greed mid lu&ihnl ellVctuallj ilomimtti-d the old world. Justice, utterly suppressed and nowhere allow etl to hold u lofl iter scales, had iu giief and slnine retired from tho fice if man, an 1 foiee fraud and lena'itt held high caniii.il in court, field and I'yi""- "' --n""-'s-' s,. .....,, ,...itii, . l I... Itintlit nriit tf.ua .,, lilkiirfi HegJ-angei soug'jt iindja-lorueI in these - rali i-oimiMon. t -'Tisi t ; t T-.fi-y TiTff' gyueijlaTTjlti-tie ueio'.i'i to i 2SJ.-4-Td'ermr(l clearer sk UK . .i. .. ' me puiTT-7.sina 1 kie.s of thu tiei oi Id. Here the hope of brgone ages leceiied new inspiration, as if the lire of Piometheus in the human soul had been rekindled by a new touch of the sacred iliuie. The hope of liberii! The jov of sweet iibeilv! The vert iiible tnm sister of our sacred hone elernal our fm'h in immortality and nnr 1 1 int. iu G nl! -K-rniallin'I IVlie-i ynnilcr Sj.liercs M-Minio IVal.l liu r fir5t iiili. tn miti'l t'u tuarvli ufllmc. Ilirjijrii 3 ui'i Iwjtn.bu nit In full. Ulun altlhr mslei lilatii. liuvl.iMa-il; llhen wrapt fiillan.iM I lit naliiii nf ri'lirr ?loir. liul Hi-nrrii li,t tliu n!or-sh il.t tliuvv.all luslcir. Tii il Ullsnar.l. suit uVriliu I nlii, imilp. Ami liht tlij turcli at uitiiivtii ternl ta.u" Here ie: ihe ciutlneui of the lieii world tho pilgrims and pioneers had breathed the pure nir of fieedom i'hey hud enjiied heie fiee and un troubled opp'jrtuni'y to contemplate, it n favorable distance, the mousiious uutliuPi -mil iii-"tenscs of dc-polisuis in all its- forms. Iu these primitive Melds and forests-, iu lhe-e Sylvan -linli-f, mid upon lheo sublime hill, hey had coniuitined with nil uie anil nnure's Gad. They had enjoved the sweets of conippns.iledindustiy. The mil enjiied the sweets of coinpfsited indnstrv. They Inul lasted the happi ness enjoyed in the j'jst ownership of what their hntiils h nl ci piled. When, iherefoip, the orgitnzeil lohhery of he world, l.oary nh its time honoied -is.iges uud nistows, with its bonds of hereKtary right, and Us lilies from the pierngutv-ps of kings, came to 'plunder and appropriate the fruits of industry mid the fat of the land, tlu-v e mhl plainly see the injulice of it. Il w is glaring and preposterous. Gen eral intelligence, and the human and Immunising scmicent of justice had lieeit grovvin.nrid vigorert-dy imror--tng the opportunities proiidentialli tlEirded iu their new home; m fact the common, or general, mind had ad vauced to a comprehension: and lealiza lion of the great fundamental quei- ions: Why slnuid injustice and wrong dominate and rule ihe world? Why should greed grown to a nioniter be allowed to dictalo his own plans ind their Piiforcenu nt by which to plunder the worhil Why should a man be a king over his fellow nipn to ipproprinte their substance for him self and his brnodj Win- should aris tocracts ho allowed to baud together liu aiogant aristpcracips to absnrb and squandpr in riotous hung-the labor of industrious nnd honest inrii? Why -liquid religious beliefs or disbeliefs be dictated liy the edicts and orders of pampered autocrats to bp enforced with pains and prnaltips the stake, ihe gibbet niiil uungeon-l Thus under theTavoring conditions of a fresh con tinent they had grown to be able, juorallv and intellectually to projiouiid these' prime, or fiindam'enlnl, ques tions in ngsrd to human government nmlsiiislitutinns. And better than all, and greater than all, they trrre not only able to ask IiPm, Hipv were also competent totorrpctly answer them hut still betterthan alt p.nd imnicasur- ably above all they were not only en allied to correctly answer them, thtv uere enabled, under the mercy of n glorious and just God to successfully defend and maintain them-. And for their instrumentality, under the au-f spices of favoring Heat en, in thesn sublime achievements, the nations of the earth, and all the tribes of man kind are placed under perpetual obli-g-itions to the patriotic fathers of American liberty. Their simple statement, io the Dec laralion o.: American Independence, of the principles of abstract justice, is 11 epecilie denial of the right of exis tence of all forms of despotism an.l an unanswerable plea for liberty and rn lionil government and legislation uf all mankind. These are their iinuior tal words: We hold these truths to lipself evi dent; Hiat nl! men are created t-qunt; that they nre endowed bv iheircre ntor with certain iinilien iblo rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure theso rights, governments nre iusti luted among men deriving their just powers from tho consent of the govern ed. Li.lis nnd gentleman; When we contemplate the profound gravity f. the issues herein presented lo the dominating powefs of iho woild we me fillwd with awo and ndmiratiu.n. It is the very sub'imity of moral grandeur and hero;sm. Upon the vast liild of facts nnd exiPrience, spread out before us constituting the hisiori of human life, this great event rises 'up among iIipiu "is snnip till clilT lliat 1109 IHnvfiil firm SAelljrn.m tlio ,s c, au.l nillnf luafei llio ttornr. TIi .iirIi roiiml lis brra.t tlie rulliuit rIimU areftlrta4. ttcrualkillisUli.o selt!eou Its lltall:,' The. fact is this Declaration of Au.pri.ttn Indf-ppii'lence stands, nnd mil forever stand ns the most, endur ing monuuiL'lit to the name and fame of our nation ami race. 'Hip tooih of time the corrosion of the elements-, iu the lapse of ages will bring down ami reduce to ruin monuments con structed of the most enduring uiPe-rial--. Bat a fact a .scientific or phi! Osophic.il ilisscvery, the enunciation of a gieat principle or truth may be come ns enduring as the continuation ot our race. There are words, prob ably, ami idiom itic modes ot rxpre.v cntinient oreveiiTrpm -naSwleiieafflhttJli .TlSZir... -Z-lLiJ..UT.TT,1w' iites hi'iiiUi.ViforiPXamiile.iisilmClln rrjji I'-'a. m t. --.li ssr;.B?sTrr tr.nliliomirv iierpetuaTiofr' o'HthDai. i lent council which ns a model of oue high council fcrmition from many tribes or states is older than anv ma terial mouumeiit in existence. Wary, dynamite, earthquakes and lightning may rapidly demolish a grand monu incut that has required years for its construction, but it sacred mid cherish ed memory of a fact, becoming a com mon .ineinury of a fact, becoming a i common memory of the race luay contiuue ith the rice during its exis tence iu this world and by the imieor talily of tho souls be perpetuated for ever in all worlds. ?, we may tie dare tl.o greit e-ent, which we to dai celebr.V-e probably an immortal eient Having receded a. huud-ed nnd eight years across the ocean of time from this t-ill dill", as we view its bold outline", still the more plainly an 1 distinctly are they defined, and still the more elevated il appears to be v'uove th-i common level of the sur rounding world. It is at once I he beacon light of Ameriein statesman ship, ami the lull laud mark by which ihu people of the nations of the earth may guide their way toward the haven of justice, liberty and civilizition. l!ut, oh, how tlie declaration of thes truths struck tlie deposits of the world! Well may .wo inisgine hovy the robbers looked, felt ami acted. Eich Shylock anil Qnilp, with an instinct ive apprehension, laid his hands upon his hoards that hud been uujustlv wrung by fraud and force from the productive industry of the toiling mill inn, nnd with deadly gleam in hi eies, hissed his hate, and threatened -teiigrtirTci llir&ugtr' b:,T!euthe-jclii,s how that the assassin n couhl name his wages; the belrayor should ho piid for .his treachery; and, that venality, the active instrument iu the hands of knaves, should receiie the reward of its perlidily. Tin divine right of kings must be maintained, he exclaim", for the blood of patriots anil philan thropists can be bought cheap for inenevl The crowned kin" and auto crat: the chief, tlie lord and nabob up nnd down the nations of the earth each ono of them laid his hand upon tho hilt of his sword, knowing that tiiero could be no answer to theie truths nnd the burden ofaccupng jus tice therein contained, but Ihe answer to llie-e truths and the burden of ac cusing justice tliPrein continued, but the answer of force. The Carthage nia n doctrine that might made right. But the pitriotR had carefully con sidered nnd deliberately put forth thpir proiiuuciaiiiento It was a broad and controlling sentiment voiced in the thrilling eloquence of Patrick Heurv when he excluimed "Give me liberty of give me death." Thus the thin set tlements of the new continent prepar ed to withstand tho frowning ven geance of an offended world. The sturdy patriot dropped hi" axe and grubbing hoe at the edge of the clear- ion in our Iangu ige of to day tint nre the English, tin older lh"aflttlltl'l)yfn)ldiofE5rJi7'5, ""'C5:'!?uJll '"-! ' anv iiicnunientor:eveinremainj'otauie. oatte?u s- it--i vmwm . ii - . -. vs -w . afc.. -& rtm 7iir artwin. .wtinrii! "- i ii- . S st I ing. left tin- plow in ihe furrow anil' freelv off-red up his life in the sacred cauxe. Thpfvher oade farewell to hi wife and children, the mother gRvc tip her bur; mid theirf. good ouV, ro: 7 to the ft on; chid in p'.iin '-liotict-pu and poorlv armed, nrepi 1 e u Uil'l desdty conflict the w. ' mi disciplined leterutrs ot h -iirimes "he bull dog En, i J..-T1 .d the invincible Ilessiiiti vv!ie .;! g oc cupiliou was war aipl the bus-ue-sor human butchery. Over and over, lime and ngrtiti 'hey met these hosts face lo face nnd nmn to hian,-liplay-ing nil ihe imltnimit't.lo conn.1V wiih which Athillpi fougtU Uictpr. With oh! scylliM Idntles an 1 axes anil clnbh ed nitisGp'tsiii"I'--r I- .1 - hev t'.targed upon inerr- armed tli te In-' nrm-i known nnd drove i i.em vvilii s .ugl.- ter and wrtiiehen v iu, hum stubbuni gfisp Fu .'n veurs this fearful ci i il t w i i Inititd 'he pur i s en Kn most extreme pin iimn- i-u , ill ihe forests llrr u;!i tin' seii winter, and, miriiiinj. " ' n coi flict, with Im-ei it I 1 i ' ui : groun I. These aie t ie Uimsvn Irani Binken ot" tin' "tip I the 1-07 11 h oe IllPllV sOul." But the pun nei tudennd long siill'jiin ut" nnd font tinse peo pie, both nii'iinnil uumeii, enlist liute-, for our cuiiteiiiphiiioii, even a morn sublime spectacle than the mviuciblo cminige displnvpil in the san0uiaary conflicts upon 'he lielil of jattle But the grow ing sympathy for their cause throughout the vvorhi (for jus lice is the most ioiierful app il to the human foulj; the cousequ tr uiscon leet of the sttpprm ed in - ot the long enntiiiii vtiou of the s ru , t'ee recuperativo energv and i,anty 'i the Ameiicmi1 tlisp'tivid m 'I. fact of the conflict, forced tin- l! nish to nil iibiiidoiiineui of the c t (! ', vd on the 3J of Scp'eniber, 17b3, tlm intl peiiilence r.f the Unuotl atv-s was acknnwlnlgf il. Our intiiot fathers gained all they fought for in this .m- and more. They gained the right of existence fo ati independent nation on the face of tlm earth. TIipv gaitid. with it a.ul for it tlie terrnuu of the new world from the slimes uf the Atlint'.e vvest vvatil lo the JI's, i,i 'I ruer Thy gnitp-il the name n.i laiw-of bjiiMnt in isri r iip-n at nrms, g m"nrs iifirtr:ii!Ls;Ud npn list ejiea. JppVXml enea. jflyJ(lBSlBy ' vajuimiriaW wliiiaSiSi VOJIUtO.'-'t llllgiti an Adiliufneii and pin o-n gten, tint L.-ea, tniTlvtwx1 m?' Greens, the l'liiniim, and tl Lii- coln; as the II nniltons, Adsms, Jiff rrson and Ilenrv; ind as Fianklin, Jlorris, Jay and Paine And, be it remetnb-rel, to iheir p-rpcunl glorv, they gained at once, as the founders of the lights of iimn in Us own home, up on its own ground, the front rank, in the estiinitiou ofu'l mankind. Tlie Dec'urntion of Indeilendenfo was promulgHlejl on tlie 4th day of July 177G. Th" omifi-'lerasy wai es tablished in M irch, 1781, fiveypars after the dectari'Km an-I tvio yet. j b( fore the c!oe if nm aratil il treat V of pef. 1 (' " was a sort-of ein t .i eign states afti-i tie fa ' 'I i Aciiean I.'-iguo nmuii ' n-r n tribes oL lTrenil nt tir v liefle" suited In the Hirm-i - if v ir fl an to goipriipiiiial 'insinens iu tune of peaee. In fact', upiii thtitest, it was found to be wholly inadequate. As a machine for government in -i modern age, it did not meet the i equipments oE the cvs. So grave were its defects found lo be, as to seriously tin inn lrsintpgra lion, nnd ihe piiii-iii nt nun of the means of public sit , tie' 'I struc lion nf ihe n ittun il ei g the linnl tlefi a h civil nii'J rehitio i- 'i i ' an I 'e of cfi" this confeder itp f i' u't - I i -i" Iv M-t nsidp and a n i i ' , t government iuuugui i ' I p t ' with Wushtpgt. u i- n ' I ' n 'u 30. div of April, 17 .' t nf er t.ie ilechriiinn "' i i " ' ' This lnr of govpttiui' t ', f. nn'Jed 'n n Conititutimi. - ""il id u-ertl.o ippiinfio oj tf-f'annei.t 1! .in in-, wlllcv possessed a higher d r'r. . ui then. tioiiKln of govenum nt ill in ihpconfed ernte league of ihe n ' -nt Greeks, upon whi-Ii the Ivt-man -m esmeii and philosophers had greatly improved. Thus our constitution may he regard, ed us tin) progressive development of the ideas of just and ra'iont govern input that frame work .r i of institutions nilnp-ed ii n ofiltingsto secure (he r nf human governmehtaV u. Th aggregation, so ip f ik crptioiimiil npproxiinat. u s lnnery naturo rnose" i ioi lie 0- progres", -:f tho wisdom ai d exj rtfiiC" ot all the agPH, ciitistttuuiig s eni'mi ied within njlf, a legacy, d" cpinlmt; from the best and w iet of a'l ican kind ns pricplest to the coming grnen I ions. is the blevsings of civil mid relig ious liberty which it is denigned to se cure. Nor is Iii-t constitution an iron, bound frame work, liko many ot tho anciel.t attempts at the orgsnizition of the republican mode, that had to lie broken in order to bo reformed nnd improved. Ill this respect, it is l.k the modern Kcientifically construct! d bridge, which will admit of miy tiin- , her or bent bting taken out, nnd its place supplied, without an interference with the constant usp of the structure, Continued on fourth page. PW H . F -J ' IfF-l 105.0