Lives of the presidents of the United States of America, from Washington to the present time .. . French fleetin Quiberon Bay.* There is a beautiful lithograph, hanging upon many parlor-walls, which virtually exhibits the whole military power of theUnited States but about two hundred and fifty jeavs, ago. Thisarmy consisted of ten men. The lithograph is entitled, — * THE MARCH OF MILES STANDISH. Just in the gray of the dawn, as the mists uprose from the meadows,There was a stir and a sound in the slumbering village of Plymouth;Clanging and clicking of arms, and the order imperative Forwardl*Gi
Lives of the presidents of the United States of America, from Washington to the present time .. . French fleetin Quiberon Bay.* There is a beautiful lithograph, hanging upon many parlor-walls, which virtually exhibits the whole military power of theUnited States but about two hundred and fifty jeavs, ago. Thisarmy consisted of ten men. The lithograph is entitled, — * THE MARCH OF MILES STANDISH. Just in the gray of the dawn, as the mists uprose from the meadows,There was a stir and a sound in the slumbering village of Plymouth;Clanging and clicking of arms, and the order imperative Forwardl*Given in tone suppressed, a tramp of feet, and then ten, m tlie mist, marched slowly out of the the stalwart it was, with eight of his valorous army,Led by their Indian guide, by Hobomok, friend of the white men,Northward marchiug to quell the sudden revolt of the savage, f One hundred years ago, the farmers of Lexington and Con-cord proved that the spirit of Miles Standish still pervaded the * Life of Paul Jones. Series of Pioneers and Patriots,t ONE HUNDRED YEARS PROGRESS. 579 land; and the fields won by the fathers in toil and dangei werehanded down by the sons in title-deeds written in blood. Theright of man to defend to the last extreme his life, liberty, andproperty, was there proclaimed by deeds not to be misunder-stood ; and the lesson has been slowly winning its way amongthe nations. To-day, Lexington and Concord are among themost inspiring watchwords of liberty. Now let foreign invasion venture upon our shores, and ourarmies would not be numbered by thousands, or hundreds ofthousands, but by millions. It is not too much to say, that there is not another nationupon the globe so capable of repelling invasion as our combined could not conquer these United States. A hundred years ago. New York City had a population ofabout twenty thousand; Boston had fifteen or eighteen thou-sand. Philadelphia was what would now be
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