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The
Praise of
Liberty
By JAMES ARTHUR EDGERTON
Copyright 190C by J A Edgerton
tVTE call with tumult of acclaim
On Libertys enchanted name
With flowers of fire and wreaths of flame
We strew her radiant way
Our uproar fills the earth and sky
As bomb and cannon we employ
In sheer abandonment of joy
To celebrate her day
A ND yet when glare and damor pall
When ends the merry carnival
When her tricolors cease to faII
As star showers fall by night
Why then desert her 7 Why forget
The paths in which her feet are set
Why cease to march where beckons yet
Her high and holy light
Vf E are her children All we hold
She ave us when the files were
rolled
In wars red vapor as of old
She led the battles van
She needs us not our fitful praise
But our support through a11 the days
Thaf we her flag again should raise
And teach the rights of man
IHE song of free humanity
Who yet has heard its harmony
The gospel of democracy
Who yet has understood
Who yet has seen the happy light
That all the world shall render bright
When earth has truly reached the height
Of human brotherhood
IMS deeds that gratitude requires
Such deeds as glorified our sires
Relight once more their altar fires
For all the world to see
Lift up the standard voice the word
Till all the lands are thrilled and stirred
And thus in very truth is heard
The praise of Liberty
The Soft Answer
If nature had made me an ostrich
said old Grouch I suppose I could eat
your cooking
Wouldnt that be nice answered
his Imperturbable spouse Then I
could get some plumes for my hat
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T has been 12C
years since the
surrender of
Lord Cornwal
lis to General
Washington at
Yorktown The
capitulation
took place on
Oct 10 17S1
A century later
a centennial
celebration o f
the event was
held at which
time was laid
the cornerstone of the beautiful monu
ment that commemorates the victory
which ended the American war for in
dependence
At the celebration were President
Arthur and several members of his
cabinet Baron vou Steuben of Ger
many a descendant of the Baron von
Steuben who fought in the Revolution
Count de Itochambeau of France a
descendant of the Count de Kocham
beau who commanded the French al
lies at Yorktown several other French
representatives and many more nota
bles including governors of the states
The oration was delivered by Robert
C Winthrop of Boston
The military parade was especially
imposing General Sherman was pres
ent with his full staff as were also
Generals Hancock and Fitz Hugh Lee
There were fully 9000 men in line
French and American warships were
in the York river as those of the
French had been 100 years before Sa
lutes were tired one being to the Brit
ish colors as a token that the animosi
ties of the old struggle were ended if
not forgotten Addresses were deliv
ered by President Arthur Baron von
Steuben Count de Rochambeau and
others
In the quarter of a century that has
since elapsed the monument has been
completed The most notable part of
the shaft is that consisting of the fig
ures of thirteen maidens representing
the thirteen colonies About the base
of the obelisk are appropriate inscrip
tions reciting the terms of the surren
der and attendant circumstances The
shaft itself is tastily carved and deco
rated and the whole is surmounted by
a gigantic figure of Liberty
At the spot where the surrender ac
tually took place is a smaller monu
ment now surrounded and overtopped
by trees The cave used by Lord Corn
waliis is still pointed out Yorktown
itself is a small village much as it was
in Revolutionary days
The story of Yorktown is familiar to
every schoolboy in the land Wash
ingtons masterly strategy leading up
to this crowning victory established
his military reputation for all time It
was here that Alexander Hamilton
though a mere stripling distinguished
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abandoned the world to the caprice o
despots
In point of numbers engaged or fierce
lighting it was not a great battle but
measured by its ultimate effects on
mankind it was one of the most mo
mentous engagements in the history of
the world It kindled a lire in the
hearts of the French soldiers that burn
ed up the throne of the Bourbons It
paralyzed tyranny in England and
made possible an era of freedom for all
the Anglo Saxon race In short with
the Declaration of Independence
which it sealed with the magic seal of
success Yorktown uttered a prophecy
of democracy in all lands
How common and insignificant are
many of the scenes of immortal deeds
Thermopylae is but a small and unim
portant mountain pass Gettysburg is
but a country village Yorktowii had
about sixty houses at the time of the
siege nor is it much more ambitious
now Yet these furnish the settings of
some of the chief jewels of history
Yorktown the village is little dis
turbed by the currents of the great
world that were so importantly modi
fied by Yorktown the battle It yawns
in its content fishes for oysters and
knows but little change Such places
are not disturbed by the fever of tran
sition It is rather a sightly town ly
ing high on its peninsula It is proud
in its own way of its monument and
memories but it is too close to them to
realize their significance
Speaking of Cornwallis cave Los
sing casts doubt on its being the exact
hole in the wall where the British gen
eral met his officers for council That
according to the Lossing version is
now eradicated This which passes
for the cave was used at the time of
the investment as a hiding plaee for
valuables However it serves The
door was placed in front of the opening
for commercial purposes that some of
the villagers might charge an entrance
fee Above the retreat still stand the
British breastworks reminders of a
struggle that gave a new republic to
the world
One of the most touching incidents in
the siege of Yorktown centered about
Governor Nelson of Virginia Nelson
was in command of the militia of his
state and directed the battery that
opened fire on the British the morning
of Oct 17 the last action before the
surrender Nelsons house was situat
ed in Yorktown the largest and most
pretentious in the place In this man
sion Cornwallis had his headquarters
Despite the personal loss he would
suffer by the bombardment the gov
ernor ordered tne guns trained upon
his own home for the purpose of dis
lodging the British commander The
mansion was severely injured by the
cannonade which followed but Corn
wallis and his officers were driven out
and as a result proposed a cessation of
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himself by leading a splendid and suc
cessful charge and it was here that
Count St Simon and other gallant
Frenchmen gained the undying grati
tude of Americans
There were many things about the
entire Yorktown campaign that seem
ed almost providential The departure
of the British fleet allowing the French
fleet of Count de Grasse to occupy
Chesapeake bay the storm that pre
vented Cornwallis from crossing to
Gloucester and cutting his way out
the withdrawal of the British forces
from the outer line of intrenchmeuts
these and many other similar incidents
all favored the colonists
The victory at Yorktown enacted the
Declaration of Independence into in
ternational law It not only made
America free but pointed a path to
liberty for all oppressed peoples of the
future
It established a precedent of revolt
and marked a limit to tyranny It was
a divine reminder that God has not
DE KOCHAMBEAU DE GRASSE
hostilities and two days later surren
dered Washington publicly thanked
Nelson for this act of patriotism
The surrender itself was as pathetic
as it was memorable The French
troops were drawn up in a long line
on one side the American troops on
the other thus forming a lane through
which the conquered army marched
The aspect of the British was as sub
dued and dejected as their thought
Cornwallis pleaded indisposition and
did not appear His sword was sent by
a subordinate
Whether this was the reason that
Washington designated a subordinate
to receive it or not is unknown but at
any rate General Lincoln was put for
ward to take the token of surrender
ne then gallantly returned it
It was a piece of poetic justice that
Lincoln was chosen for this office as
he himself had been forced to surren
der in a particularly humiliating man
ner the year before
When all the stragglers were
ered together the number of Iho d v h
capitulated reached between 7000 and
8000 no small urmy for that day The
Americans and French had probably
twice as many
Three young men who played a prom
inent part in the campaign of York
town afterward became important fig
ures In history They were Alexander
Hamilton and Marquis de la Fayette
each at that time aged twenty four
and Count de St Simon just turning
twenty one Hamilton gallantly led an
important charge at Yorktowii and
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captured a British outpost He was
also officer of the day at the time of
the surrender His subsequent career
as a member of the constitutional con
vention and as Washingtons secretary
of the treasury is familiar to every
student of American history
At the time Cornwallis retired to
Yorktown La Fayette was in command
of a Continental army of about 3000
men in the vicinity of Baltimore While
his army was not large enough to at
tack that of the British he was able by
a threatening movement to prevent
Cornwallis from escaping into North
Carolina and thus made Washingtons
Yorktown siege possible La Fayette
also commanded a body of light in
fantry during the investment and fur
ther distinguished himself After re
turning to his native land this unselfish
friend of liberty participated in the
French revolution where if his more
moderate policies had been followed
many of the horrors of that upheaval
might have been averted He also liv
ed to be the dominant figure in the rev
olution of 1S30 which finally ended the
Bourbon regime and placed Louis Phi
lippe on the throne Some historians
believe that if La Fayette had been of
a self seeking nature he might have
made himself president of France at
that time
Count St Simon had volunteered in
the American cause at the age of sev
enteen He was in command of the
land troops with Admiral Count de
Grasse which were landed at York
town and played a conspicuous part
in the siege St Simon afterward serv
ed in the West Indies and was a mili
tary prisoner there Then he visited
Mexico and proposed a canal connect
ing the Atlantic and the Pacific Re
turning to France he became one of
the founders of French socialism and
of a new religious system that at one
time had a very considerable follow
ing
He was one of the first if not the
first to propose the Suez canal He
was far in advance of his age and
while many of his notions were fantas
tic others were prophetic of human
itarian movements now taking place
If measured by effects on after ages
St Simon was second only to La Fay
ette as the most conspicuous French
man who participated in the American
Revolution
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