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BOM.MKR's METHOD FOK 31AIvIXG VEGETABLE
MAKl'RB BY FER31ENTATiOX.
A New Invention has been made (o
produce us much Manure a? we may
please in 15 days without any Cattle, a
manure, as rich as Farm Manure, and
jppfc hurting, and at very little cost; hy
which also is made Earth Manure, to he
used ns a substitute for common Manure
^ ?j)d ComprXt; by which Farmers are
faught the means of increasing consider. |
ably Stable and Yard Manure, an<I the
method of preparing manure of different
degrees of strength, am] dressing for ear- !
ly garde;? produce, This method, caching
'die whole art of making and preparing
Manure for use, holds decidedly the most
important plape in ike sy?letf) of Agricultural
Reooomy!
This Invention is the fruit of many i
years of exertion and Chemical luhor, ;
and the result of repeated and various i
Experiments,
'Hie secret of the Invention to make the !
Manure is accurately described and spcRified
in ijjv .\Jethod serijr/;d by 1'atcijl,
The prcjtaration of said Manure is very
simple and easy, and every Farmer by j
following mv method can exactly count j
upon certain success.
This Manure is a composition of nniirwl,
mineral, and vegetable substances,
consequently designed by nature for their
nutriment.
\Ve may therefore abandon for the fu- '
lure the partial use and application of
every kiiiu of merely stimulating manure, i
such as lime, plaster of Paris, ashos, <Ve., I
the more feajily. as these stimulants are j
not only expensive, but when employed >
alone they draw ah vegetable moisture ]
from the soil by their corrosive heat, and j
sooner or later make the ground entirely I
barren. Thisisa truth which all ppligh- :
tened Farmers >vill readily admit?
The merit of my method essentially j
consists in the four following important j
points:
1. In being able to reduce in a short
time all kinds of straw and ligneous weeds
to a rich, uutijous and durable manure,
such as wheat straw, bailey, rye, buck*
A w heat, and other black grains; stalks of
Indian corn, rice, and other plants; dried J
or green potato tops, leaves, stalks, and
roots of itii kind of plants; green or dried j
reeds, green rushes, sea weeds, sea rushes, j
heather broom, stuhhlc, in fact every
thing belonging to the vegetable kingdom,
and a great many otb<*r things lying about
farms which are often allowed to go
to waste. Kven the ground itself may he
converted into the bet>t manure, or com*
post.
2. In the combination or alliance of
fecundating substances, the use of which
when separated, would not and could not
produce the desired efleet.
JJ. In the production of a considerable
quantity of factitious water, which, when
combined with other ingredients, forming.
lees, furnishes the fanner with a fertiliz- J
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Ittg liquid, Hie CUIIIIIH.\lu:c UI mnvu
cither vegetable or mineral subs ances,
gives a manure of the richest kind.
4. In the production of a quantity of
nitrate of lime and caustic potash; of
ammonia and saltpetre?four substances
which modern chemistry has found to contain
the most fecundating properties possible.
N. B. Nitrate of lime and caustic
potash arc formed by the mixture of ingredients
composing the Lees, as chemical
analysis will easily einonslrate. Ammonia
and saltpetre are produced by the
Lees combined with Hydrogen and Azote
thrown oft* by the high fermentation of
the mass. The existence of the first is
made known to the senses by the strong
smell of ammonia, when the heap is opened.
From all this it is clear that rnymeth- J
cd employed on Farms offers the following ,
advantages:
1. That those who have a'.raw will be
^ able to change the same int > manure immediately
after tiie crop is housed, or ,
at any required time, Thoss who have j
not straw may use an\ green or dry sub- j
stance instead, and that those who have ,
neither strawn or the substances above j
mentioned, may change the very soil it- j
self into a very good earth Manure, and
in any spot they may choose.
'2. That a farmer can make with the :
greatest ease, in a few davs, earth man- |
?ire, or compost which will answer all ihe i
purposes of animal manure, and excel in
their fecundating properties all other ordinary
comports, which by oilier means can (
j l)? had hardly in 1 year, more frequently
j only in 3 years. That this earth manure
may he used in the spring to quicken (lie
growth of seed that ha? suffered from the
rigors of the winter% to manure wheal
previously sown without manure; it will
he a great benefit in planting Indian corn;
for top-dressing of artificial and other
meadows, it is the greatest use in gardens,
mulberry and other fruit trees, keeping at
once the ground moist, and producing
1 rapid vegetation.
I 3. That the farmer will have the advantage
of being able to make his manure
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heaps, when where, and as he pleases; he
will he able to open them when they are
in best without losing any of the feeun(latin"
moisture.
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4. Bv means of the Lees, which this
mctiioJ will inform him how to make, it
will 4?e easy for hhn to give to his farm
yard manure more invigoiating properties,
and he may increase its bull; at pleasure.
Farm yard manure, in fact, should be
used only as the leaven to make the different
heaps required.
o. By the great quantity of moisture
entering into tlie materials, the weight of
such of them as are dry, will he increased
fourfold; that of the others is more than
doubted.
G. This method enables the farmer to
connect entirely his manure heaps, that
is to say, he will he able to make them
in all their parts equally good and fertilizing.
The Lees, u hich distribute the saline
and soluble particles in a regular and
uniform manner, will produce an even
crop throughout (lie field.
7. By the high degree of heat to
which in that course of making it attains,
the germinating power of all weeds found
the materials thus submitted to decomposition
will be utterly destroyed. Hence
manure made after this method never reproduces
weeds.
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H. i lie larmcr wiuaiso nc ami: iu <;niuualc
his manure. He may have it ofany
decree of strength he wishes. This will
enable him to forward the growth of plants
in a mariner hitherto unknown.
9. Ily means of manure thus graduated
at will, market gardeners will have their
produce much earlier in the market than
heretofore. They will he able also to
heat their hot beds anew by means of the
Leos without distributing the frames.
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10. In fine, the Lees by which the
manure is made are prepared cold, and
without any previous chemical preparation;
the majority of the ingredients may
be found at hand on almost every farm,
and cost nothing; and water which is the
basis of the system, is of no more expense.
All here concur to render the method
truly economical. Such arc the principal
grounds on which the svstcm is rccommended.
My method rests solely upon facts
which are the results of numerous experiments.
I have explained it in simple
terms, without m iking use of any technical
expression; it it as easy to understand
as to put in practice. Thus clearly
and iirnnlv detailed 1 present it to the
public, having proved by repeated public
experiments in presence of enlightened
fariprs, that all I have said is true, and
that the advantages to he derived from
its adoption are real, and not visionary.
Therefore, Agents, having all due authorization,
and furnished with printed
copies of the method, have boon appointed
in all the principal towns in each
state. These Agents will deliver a copy
to each purchaser, on his declaring the
name, residence, and extent of cleared
land.
To facilitate the purchase of iho .Method,
the price is fixed at the following moderate
rates:
Cleared land, intended for agricultural
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purposes, (wood land excepted,) under 30
acres 83; more than 30, 10 cents per acre
additional. Oa payment of this sum the
Method becomes the property of the purchaser
for ever.
To conclude?as this Method is improperly
secured to ine by Patent. 1
hereby give notice, that the pamphlets of
iny " Method" are nil signed in my own
writing, and sealed, and can be obtained
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only 01 my sen or my a^oius nmnui .
for this purpose, and that every Method
circulated or sold by any other persons,
I declare false counterfeit, and the possessor
will be proceeded with according to
law.
Farmers! Consider well the great advantages
which this system offers you.
Fear not the expense of a few dollars for
the purchase of that which is to secure i
to you the means of uninterrupted and
certain prosperity. Remember that it
is by the quantity of good manure you
will be able to effect this, and at the same
time to bring into profitable cultivation
lands from which at present you gain absolutely
nothing. Uy this method in fine,
you will have a manure possessing all the
t;biinonfs of fecunditv. and bv the timely
and well repeated application o( the same,
you will soon produce a total change in
the A grieulturul world.
The following commendatory notice
of this valuable discovery is from Prof.
l'dli Ives, M. I)., one of the Vice Presidents
..r tt.i
c?i mu L uuuu Oituea -?o? ituuui a? uuwixtv:
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Rev. V.. Barnhtt: Sir.?I have examinod
the pamphlet of Mr. Bummer on
the subject of inanufactu I ng. II is me th?,d
is founded on correct philosophical
principles, n;:rccublc to those recently ad.
vanced by Lcibig. II the farmers can
be induced to purchase the right and
thoroughly execute his plan of making
I manure, in my opinion, it will very much
increase the value of the farms in the State
of Connecticut.
would be a very severe one. Ho said I
that, for fifty years, he had observed that
whenever the chaff of wheat and other
small grain and the corn shucks were un
commonly abundant, thick and heavy,
the following winter was invariably a severe
one. 1 thought that though a cause
for this might be found in the luxuriant
vegetation of last summer, there might
yet be some truth in it?that nature, aware
of the coming severity of the winter,
might thus furnish the grain with an
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extra covering. At all events, the
old gentleman's remarks set mc to j
making [additional observations. In
confirmation of his opinion, I
found that the snow bird, (fringilla IInelson
ia, of Wilson.) arrived uncommonly j
early this fall, and in great numbersThe
redheaded woodpecker, whicli rare,
ly leaves us altogether, except in the
very depth of winter, has entirely disap. j
pcared. The blue bird is only to be seen j
in flocks, as if preparing to go farther]
south, while their sweet warble, in an or- i
dmary winter may be heard every fine j
day. The gold-finch or thisllcbird, gen- i
crally so abundant with us at all seasons,'
is o:; 1 y to be seen in small flocks, in and
about the city, [ have observed the nut
hatch, sitt.1 carobinensis, (this little insect-hunter
and the downy woodpecker,
arc commonly, but most absurdly, called
sapmckers,) busily engaged hammering
pieces of acorns, and beech nuts into ere
vices ii> the bark of trees, and alter mak- 1
trig them fast, carefully covering them l
over with moss, as if to secure a supply
of provisions during the severity of the;
e an ng season. Even the crows which !
generally winter with us in great numbers
seem, with an occasional exception, to
have forsaken us. I am told that numer*
ous flecks of quails have alighted in the
city and still continuo to do so?this has
always been marked as a sign of the ap- j
proach of severe weather. The mocking i
or Carolina wren, (certain Carolinians
ofWil,) is always abundant with us. His
lively, quaint and varied notes are to he
heard, ringing through the woods, both
summer and winter. I observed a large
flock of small birds, finches, risa out of a
garden vestcrdav, which were strangers
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to me. They sat so close and silent,
until thev at once rose and flew oft', with
a clear note like that of the gold-finch,
that I could not determine what they
worn, and I am averse to killing the little
beauties, unless when reallv needed.
T. A.
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From tli3 FarniJi's Monthly Visitor.
IS SALT USEFUL AS A 3IAXURS?
. It would see in that the ancients made
use of salt as a manure. The Savior in
his discourse, says :?" Salt is good ; but
if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith
shall it he salted ? It is neither jit for the
dunghill; but men cast it out."
Col. Johnson of East Haverhill, Mass.
(influenced probably by this passage)
saved once a field that he was about to
plant with corn, by sowing a quantity of
coarse fine salt, in quantity about equal
to what we usually sow of grain. The
land was a light white pine plain originally.
The corn was very good that
year, and the field, when laid down, produecd
very stout clover. The salt probably
acted as a stimulant to the soil.?
Whether the land would not run down
afterwards, like men who stimulate with
the ardent, remain* to he seen. I have
not noticed Co'. J's. field very lately, and
so cannot dceido upon the experiment.?
I3ut all manures are more or less stimulating.
The same argument probably
might l?e brought against lime and plaster,
that would he used against salt.
Chaptal, in speaking of the action of
? I A * - ? ' . - 4 l.'ltf l/t i>m
.sun* on vegeiauun, savs :?**.v muc ''??
rine salt, mixed with dung and spread
upon the soil, excites the organs of plants
and promotes vegetation ; but too much
will produce a pernicious clFect upon
them."
New IIaccn, Feb, 11, 1912.
PROGNOSTICATION OF COLO WEATHER
FROM KIRDS.
From tlio Western Fanner and Gardener.
We think n few remarks, under this
heading, in each number of the " Farmer,"
will not be uninteresting. It is a favorite
study with us, and one 0:1 which we
might be apt to dwell at too great length,
did we not bear in mind the intention of
our work. We shall try to follow up
these intentions by only speaking of birds,
as friends or enemies of the farmer an?
gardener?of their migrations, as a test I
of the climate of different sections of
country?and of such insects and plants
as are familiar to all. Ojt object is to
induce a habit of observation in our readers,
each of whom may be the means of
recording matters that may be of impor
tance. Even those confined by their occupations
to large cities, have opportunities
for studying the great book of nature,
which ought not to be neglected.
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An old farmer, remarked jjto me, some
weeks ago. that the approaching winter
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bed together, w here, perhaps, the common
mustard, a species of the same family of
some of the seedlings, grew up and over!
shadowed the whole. At the proper
! time, some rainy day, wc were authorised
logo and select our cabbage plants, with
the following directions, for transplanting:
" now be sure boys and get the blue short
legged ones, because the white long legged
ones are mostly scullions, and wont have
any heads." We would find now and
then a * short legged one," and of course
it had to creep into the basket.
At another time w? had somo grand
head lettuce, then a new and valuable variety,
but it soon "all ran out the seed
matured by the side of other varieties. If
the reader of this article has any choice
cabbage, squash, or any other vegetable,
that he wishes to retain all its virgin purity,
he must not carelessly put them in
hod with oilier speciesol the tamdy-?lor
if lie should, ho might thereby bring into
birth a ercolc or other uncalled for illeg.
ilimate. #
Many species of (he common productions
afour counlry may he improved as
well as degenerated. The specific change
in vegetables, as well as animals, can be
produced only by a slow and gradual
process; a valuable property which at
first is merely accidental, may from one
generation to another by a repetition of
impressions, become at Inst confirmed
and hereditary. The new and choice
varieties may be retained if not careless,
ly allowed to grow among or along s.de
of other inferior species, being exposed
impregnation by the male parent of its
inferior, while in blossom. Yours,
Solomon W. Jewett.
Woodbridgo, Vt., Apri', 1844.
Silk Business.?In 1840 Pennsvlvanvia
paid ?101 SO, in the form of bounties
on silk grown in the State that year. In
1841 the increased production of silk by
Iicr citizens was sucn mat me noun ties
amounted to 84,418 53. In Delaware
county one person cleared upwards of
three hundred dollars by a single crop of
worms. Miss Rapj), of Economy, raised
nearly four hundred pounds, and* drew
seventeen hundred dollars from the State
Treasury for bounty?a sum which must
have more than paid all her expenses.
In Tennessee the business is making
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rapid strides. At the last session of the
Legislature of that State a bounty law was
passed, allowing a dollar and a half per
pound on silk raised and reeled in the
Stato by the fame person. Great crops
were produced last season. The Itev.
| Frederick A. Ross, of Hawkins county,
made last season three hundred pounds of
reeled silk, which sold promptly for five
dollars per pound. A number of persons
have commenced the business this season,
j and a great product is expected.?Nat.
i Intel!.
Fro n tlio Farmers' ltogistcr.
APPLICATION OF >f AN'URKS, AND THEIR EFFECTS.
SIIF, El'.
; To tlio EJitor of the Farmers' Register.
Orange, December 17//i, 163f).
My few contributions to the Register,
have been upon the subject of manures,
i and my plan of endeavoring to fertilize
therewith a much worn farm. Tire
"Too much" salt, according to Chnptal,
is injurious to the ?oil. It was upon
this principle that tiic ancients, when
j they wished to render desolate a city or
country which they had conquered, sowed
i it over with an abundance of salt. Thus
when Ahimelech took Shechem, which
had rebelled against him, " he heat down
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the city, and sowed it with salt."
Volnev, in describing: the Dead Sea
and its borders, says, "the true cause of
the absence of vegetables and animals,
is the acrid saltness of its waters, which
is infinitely greater than that of the sea.
The land surrounding the lake being
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equally impregnated with the saltness,
refuses to produce plants ; the air itself,
. which is hy evaporation loaded with it,
! and which moreover receives vapors of
sulphur and bitumen, cannot suit vegetation
; hence the dead appearance which
reigns around the lake."
I submit these few remarks to the consideration
of your correspondents.
JETIIItO.
The following article we copy from the j
Connecticut farmers uazette. Humbugs
are so common that we cannot but look with
many grains of allowance, if not with suspi.
cion upon advertisements of this kind, not
accompanied with satisfactory testimonials
from disinterested and competent witnesses.
From the Now Genesee Farmer.
DEGENERATION OF VEGETABLES.
With us, it is not an uncommon saving
" my seed has run out;" when if proper
care had attended the cultivation of the
various plants, instead of "running out,''
they would, in most instances, not only
retain their good qualities, but advance
their fecundation and become beneficially
improved.
I well remember when I was directed
' to set out for seed, cabbage, turnips, beets,
! radishes, onions, &c.; of the same and
I rldT/irniil irn rirtt too il ! I ill n rrkttr t\r rvno I
| making of manures and their applica- i
| tion, I acknowledge to be my hobby ; and
i oae I delight to ride. Thcreforo permit
mc to give you iny proceed.ngs in this
important branch of the farmer's avocation
during the present year.
In January last, all the manure that
| was of the proper description was applied
I as a lop-dressing to the wheat. About
| the middle of March, the farin-pen manure,
which was composed of straw,
cornstalks, weeds, leaves, and the droppings
of the cattle, not heing sufficiently
decomposed to admit of turning in with
the plough properly, was heaped ; giving
lime to the heap as the work progressed,
which soon reduced it to the proper consistency,
and adding greatly to the value
of the manure ; this was given to the corn
land. The ashes collected, wifh plaster
in the proportion of two parts ashes and
one of plaster, was applied to our old
meadows, at about four bushels to the
acre; the meadow previously scarified
by a heavy harrow, the teeth of which
was made sharp and curved at the points;
this produced a heavy crop. At present
the ground being sufficiently firm, from
the few days of freezing weather, all the
manure collected since the spring is now
heing applied to the wheat, except a suf
ficiency of the most thoroughly rotted,
for the garden. This being preferred, as
the germs of the seeds of weeds, dec., are
destroyed by the heat necessary to reduce
vegetable matter to muck. The result
of my applications of leaves from the
woods turned in, is very satisfactory.?
And the grand result of my hobby is,
" the gathering of two ears of corn, from
land, which before I mounted my hobby,
only produced one."
Though this branch of husbandry receives
much attention, there are others
affording me great pleasure and equal
profit, viz : in 1834 I purchased 30 sheep
at 10s. Gd.?is 832 50. By referring to
my sheep account, I find sales of wool at
40 cents per pound, independent of mutton
and lambs consumed, nett proceeds
to credit of sheep 8262 70. Number of
sheep counted to-day 40. The sheep
when purchased were of no particular
breed, and very indifferent; instead of
selling my lambs at 82 to the butcher, I
select the best for breeders, thereby ulways
having a young flock, and disposing
of the old when mutton at 8l? besides
"(vinitli. liaorlll fl.iflCfl ll'Kirll 14 IlPiirlV
?riiuin? nig jtoiiy UWV.VI ~"J
equal lo tho price of the Iambi. My flock
at present i? half Bakewell, which I prefer,
in consequence of their fattening
qualities, length of wool and heavy fleece.
My sheep have not had a bushel of
grain, . nd no fodder except when snow
prevents their getting grass. Their pas
ture is frequently changed ; salt twice a
week, reserving tho best blue grass pasture,
into which they are turn^i about
the 22th of December; their shelter is n
| pine thicket. I never pen them, though
| their manure is a great temptation to do
so, yet I believe it injurious, and they
would more probably he stolen.
J. R. Spotswood.
native silk.
The Cincinnati Gazette gives the fob
lowing statement of facts showing the
progress of the silk business in this coun[
lry? as indicated by the bounties annually
j paid in the several States :
m In Ohio the bounty paid to silk
j growers in
183G was 2,681,76
1841 ?71,10
The whole amount of reeled silk produced
last year is set down at 3000
pounds. In Massachusetts the bounty
: paid in
1836 was $35,20
1339 439,99
1841 407o, 1U
In New York, the increase in thequantity
of cocoons produced, has been very
rapid, in 1940 being 2000 pounds, while
in 1841 it was 6426 pounds.
In Pennsylvania, the bounty paid in
1640 was 81419,56
1341 2101,90
Rev. Frederick A. Ross lias probablyraised
inorc silk than any other person in
' the country. During the last year he
Isold 300 pounds of reeled silk in IUir.
I lington, N. J., f?>r81C00. A silk filature
has been recently established in Philu.
J dclphia."?Con. Former's Gazelle.
ONE EODY WITH SIX TEOTTKRS.
We examined a very remarkable lusus
Naturae the other day, in the form of a
lamb with one head und body, hut with
I six legs. It was an ewe lamb, from Can.
ton, in this State, perfectly formed like
I ?nv either lumh. to all aunearancc. until
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j it cumc to the hips, when it branched off
s into four regular shaped quarters, each
j having u leg all regularly formed with
joints and hoofs It had two tails and
two passages. It used all its logs in its
; various motions, asd appeared to enjoy
itself as well as any other lamb (hat could
not boast of so many locomotives as this
one. It is about three months old, and
! was accompanied hy its another, a very
j vwlronJy good looking ewe, who seemed
| to eye her favorite child with a good
| deal of satisfaction and motherly soiici:
tude.?Maine Farmer.
Unruly Cattlk.?If you would tench
your cattle tu he ro^uea, j>ut uo a low or
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! s'endor fence at first, and raise or strrmg'h.
en it as they become expert in jumping.
We once knew a inan so fond of expert,
rnents that he put up only one rail to keep
his cow in the yard, for the purpose of
trying how long that would answer the
purpose.?Muss. Ploughman.
inwiw
Ma. KliITOU Kv nuhti*itniii/ in n??
?j , 6 "Farmers'
Gazette" the accompanying
address delivered in this place on the 4th
inst. by Iler. J. P. McPherson, you wilt
greatly oblige the citizens generally, at
whose urgent solicitations a copy has been
obtained from the author for publication!
In behalf of the Committee of Arrange-,
meats, dec.
J. C. ST K WART.
A. B. BRISTOW,
Bennettsville, S. C. }
July 21th, 1842. \
Oration op Rev. J. P, McPmwfc
son, dklivebbo at bk*n |itts> ihbky
on the fourth of july 1 1
Fellow Citizens :
It is our privilege to celeb; ate, oncemore,
the birth day of our National IitJoi
pendence.
No patriotic mind can revert to thf>
Fouit i of July, 1771, without emotion# of
tiio most pleasant and delightful cUaravH
tcr.
It was on this ever memorable daft
that our forefa'hers, assembled in general
Congress, resolved to throw off the vol#
of a foreign and despotic power, and with
a heroism that was worthy of the mind*
that gave it birth, they swore to be/ree*
or perish in the attempt.
What American can contemplate the
trying circumstances in which this noble
band of patriots was placed, and witnes*
their unwavering confidence in the recti*
lude of their conduct, and their unyfc'M*
ing fidelity to the true interests of their
common country, and not feel in hi* ho-,
som a glow of enthusiasm not to he re*
pressed by all the rancor and UUlctoe*%
of party politics ?
Could we behold them pledging t+ieit
lives, their honor, their fortunes, an/li tVir
sacred ail for the liberties of thu nation.?
for those invaluable social, civifc, arxl
gious blessings and immunities, which it
is our high and distinguished lot tasojhy,
would we not applaud their U.a very and
honor their heroism ?
Could we see them facing, with ?mu
daunted brow and fearless countenance,,
the haughty frown and sarcastic snoot of
the united |>owers of BritainCould
we hear them pronounce- with
unquivering lips, and unfaulting tongue
?4 Wo, therefore, the iepre*e?tative* of
the United Slates of America, k> geecr-.
al Congress assembled, appealing te the
Supreme Judge of the world for the tec*
titudc of our intentions, do, in the mmo
and by the authority of the good people
of these colonies, solemnly publish ami
4 U .. 4 I KAUA itMiln/J n/v ly. M
ueciure, liiai uiisc uiiiicu turuuim mv,
and of right ought to be, Free and I ride*
pendent State*; that they are absolved
from all allegiance to the British crown,
and that all political connexion between
them and the state of Great Britain, ia,
and ought to be, totally dissolved,?
And for the support of this declaration,
with a firm reliance on the protection of
Divine Providence, we mutually plcdgo
to each other our lives, our fortunes, and
our sacred honor?would we not ren*
der sincere and devout thanks to Ahuighty
God that lie granted to these devoted
men that firmness of purpose and moral
courage which enabled them to defend,
w ith so much ability, zeal, and lofty and
sublime eloquence, the rights, the honor,
and the independence of this nation ?
Could we witness tho smouldering ru.
ins of our towns, and behold tho mangled
bodies of our countrymen wanton! v butch*
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ered, would not the latent sparks of patriotism
glow afresh in ail our bosoms ?
Could wo hear the thunder of a mighty
nation's artillery, and sec the lifcloss
corpses of our fathers, hrcthron. an 1
our countrymen,?Could wo behold tho
rivers of blood that flowed through our
land, and stained our soil, would we not
very naturally conclude, That blessings
which have been put chased at such a vqst
expense of labor, conflict, hf?*? and b.'opj,
should he duly appreciated ?
That all these things, and many more
of a similar nature, actually occurred from
j 1776 to 1761, admits not of a doubt; for
I these nets arc written in the blood of our
countrymen, and all tho waters of (ho
ocean could not office llicin from (he re?
cordi of our wgild,
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