ublic opinion, and preserve the state.

DEPENDENCE MONUMENT.-KENNETH RAYNER.

he bill to "aid in the erection of a monument commemorative of aration of American independence," in the Senate of North , January 20, 1855.]

presided over our But their names and

erection of this monument in Independence Square will en and confirm in the minds of our people the conseof a spot already hallowed in the hearts and affections y lover of liberty in this land. Every one of those and intellectual giants, who there birth, is gone to the spirit land. emories live, and as time rolls on, the mythic legends of at future will associate their self-sacrificing achievements, tellectual efforts, and their crowning triumph, with the inspiration and of aid from on high. The golden fruits bountiful harvest, the seeds of which were sown by ands, we are now reaping. The extension of our counnits; the rapid progress of our civilization, our freedom, igion, and our laws; the triumphs of our arms; the ement of our commerce; our wonderful improvements in re, in arts, and in industrial enterprise; in fact, the wealth, and luxury, and comfort of our boundless