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D f c s c i u r n v i - a n d rm AM ATtc; r k a d i n o s .

from Independence TIu.il the desLfny o f a Continent, the
iiVi.OH :iU I..Jf El JjeOlOIt!.

,S.:\0 has no oit.tor to oeiobrate her glories, to poinl to her past; si.o
has 1:0 Pieipont to hymn Ju:r bii.^f.rious; dead: no Jared Spark., Lo
obronide hor Revolutionary grandeur.
A n t ' y e t tile g r e e n fields <-■.{ G e r m a n t o w n , t h e tw iligh t vnfc o f the
F a a n d y wine, i h e b ! o o d - n u i1.ureel soil o f Paoli. r;ll h a v e their me: :;:>ri
o; t h e p ast, nil m e s to re d wiLi; s a c r e d tre a s u r e o f w h it e n e d b o n e .,
b r o n : t h e far IS 01 til. :>id \\ v e n d in g .sc sir Is f o h h h e r v o i c e — Trent h er
b id s o f rnnr.!:■ 1:r ;md h e r v a l l e y s o f b e a u t y , s h e se n d s h e r v o ic e , and
nr t h e s o u n d iJic m i g h t y D e a d o f tho lane? o f berm s w e e p b y , a solem n
pa^'cimt o f t h e P a s t
I'cnusyl vania ns, remember that tlio-.igh the Land of Penn ha:: uo
irotorv, yet is her story whiten on her battL-Holds,
Let us g o to the battle o f Giinmi;town. in the dre;.d hour of the
ret-cat, and see bow the ohderen oT Penn died, Let us fo there hi
t?
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fhe moment when Washiiu;toit and his Generals tame back from the
fight.
A p;Eu-je in the dir; o f battle ! The dem/ens o f M ount A iry and
Chestnut Hill com e crowding to their doers and windows ; the hilly
k roots are occupied by anxious groups ofpeupie, who converse in low
ami wliispored tones, with hurried go^u'^s. and looks o f surprise ant:
f:ar, See yonder group clustered by the roadside; the gray-haired
man, with his ear inclined intentjy toward Germantown, his hands
outspread, and his trembling form Lent with the maiden, fair-
chocked, red-lipped, and blooming, d a d in the peasant costu m e; the
matron, calm, self-possessed and placid ; the boy, with the light flaxen
hair, the rui.luy cheeks, the me: :y blue eyes;— all standing silent arrd
motionless, and listening, as with a com m on impulse, for the first news
of f.ho battle.
There is a strange si [once upo-l the air. A moment ago, anti fc.r off
shouts brake upon the ear, mingling with the thunder o! cannon, and
ihe shrieks o f the terrib’c musketry; the ea:ah seems to tremble, and
1 =’■ i‘ aro:i:ul, the wide h o r r o r is agitated by a thousand ecnoes. Wow