History of Pike County

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Excerpt from History of Pike County: A Centennial Address Delivered by Hon. William a Grimshaw, at Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, July 4, 1876 At a meeting held at the court house in Pittsfield, on the 27th day of May last, it was determined that the approaching Fourth of July should be celebrated in an appropriate manner, on the Public Square in Pittsfield, by a basket picnic, with addresses, music, and fireworks at night, and the undersigned were appointed a committee to extend an invitation to the entire county to take part in the celebration. In discharging the duty devolved upon us by the action of the meeting, we respectfully call your attention to the following resolution, which recently passed the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ^States, at Washington: "Be It Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America: That it be and is hereby recommended by the Senate and House of Representatives to the people of the several States that they assemble in the several counties and towns on the approaching anniversary of our National Independence, and that they cause to have delivered on such day an historical sketch of said county or town from its formation, and that a copy of said sketch may be filed in print or manuscript in the Clerk's office of said County, and an additional copy in print or manuscript be filed in the office of the Librarian of Congress to the intent that a complete record may be thus obtained of the progress of our institutions during the first centennial of their existence." In pursuance of the action of Congress the President of the United States and the Governor of this State have issued proclamations, requesting the people of each County to meet at suitable places, and celebrate this first Centennial year of our national existence, in the manner in the resolution we have quoted, suggested. Pike, as the mother of all the counties North and West of the Illinois River, has a history replete with interest, and it will be but discharging a just obligation due to those who shall follow us upon the stage of action, if, while meeting to celebrate the Centennial on the coming Fourth, that history shall be presented in such form as to perpetuate it for the future. In discharging the duties assigned to us let us call your attention to the importance of the day we propose to celebrate. One hundred years ago our forefathers, oppressed by a British Government then ruled by a tyrannous King, conceived the bold idea of forming an independent government for themselves. The principal theory of government up to that time had been that the powers of government were inherent in the ruler, who ruled by divine right, and that the people derived their rights from the government. The founders of our admirable system reversed the whole order of government, and declared that the people were capable of self-government, that all power was inherent in them, and that governments derive all just power from the consent of the governed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.