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KTHE UNION OF HEARTS.
IlTHE UNION OF HANDS,
MAHD THE FLAG OF T11E
UNION FOREVER!
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A JULY 4 PROPKECX
ffiDE?EKDEKCE
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Qod Bless It!
riy nCAIl ADMIRAL MEADE in the In
dependent in tS-Si. 1
ME star spuugled ImDuvr of the
United States of America, may
(iud bless It forever and forever !
I.uok at it an in the early sunlight It
ties the morning breezo with its
licnut'.ful folds, louk at it and tell me
if it ho not the one true rallying mark
fur all iiimest lieaita of whatever an-'
ceftrj'. eroed or belief who own alle
giance t: thin might; reimblle!
l.:i.;k i.t Its b'.'iintlful c;lora na they
clc'iu in the ;-i -" of the risiiis mm,
white sYiniolie of purity and honor,
I he I.I Ivpieal of the h'.oo.l N.liiih has
l;e:i i'm1 anil wll!.'ll will eontinue to
l,e fi e i ly Blii-il t!i defense of the ilite
f.'iiiy ivid periielnity 01 Aineriean in
Killuliww, and Hie bli:i, ita shining
silve.'y slars represeiiliiig the great
ci;iKi;'y of heaven, maler whi.-ll tho
Koidier u" tho republic on the land toils
on the weary niaveh or bivouacs in the
Mieuc." of the nijdit, ur the sailor on
the broad expanse of the ocean keeps
his weary watch and vigil, that the
citizens of the reimblle may rest seen re
vrhile "lie who watches over his true
Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps."
Loyalty to the colors! Loyalty to the
flag of the nation'. That hi the creed
of the American sailor and soldier and,
I hope and believe, the universal re
ligion of the land.
And the nation will cease to be great
should the evil day ever come when
tlieic me found dh.-eiitcis to this creed.
Si:ty-nine Yeari Ago an Enthusiast
Predicted Downfall cf Tlirones.
"The Fourth of July will be cele
brated with great enthusiasm. Ta
triotism has received new impulses by
the glories of our war with Mexico
and tlie revolutions among the rotten
aud tottering thrones of Europe."
Thus sixty-nine years ago a writer
in a New Xork periodical voiced his.j
patriotism. It wan July 4, 184U. He ;
wrote thus:
"The Mexican war bag been glorioun,
not so much on account of its vic
tories and conquests as for the exhi
bition of patriotism aud heroic valor
and devotion from one end of the
country to the other. It ling shown
the power cf a popular government
and taught both the moiiHrehies and
the people of other lands that thrones
and aristocracies and large standing
armies are not necessary to a great
and powerful nation. The right of
self government is ehown to he con
nected with the power of maintain
ing it."
Declaration's &iriliphce Associated
, VVitb Katlotvs Vlioiory,
Independence square, the most
famous square -lu Philadelphia, at one
time 'was Lunvvu as the Statehousa
guldens'," the resort of fashionable, city
people.
As soon an the news of the tittle of
Lexington aud Concord reachl Phila
delphia more than 8.C0O of the'.eltizeus
assembled la Independence square "to
associate for the purpose of defending
with arms their property, liberty and
lives," and it was from here that the
first state quota was mustered into
service for the army of the. Devolution.
In May, 1770, uu Immense meeting was
held, notwithstanding a lio:ivy rain, to
consider the auihoiiiy of the peop'o
and to form a new r)'.'i r:mionf,
All diuliiT the civil war lndepend
ence square continued to be the
meeting place of town folk to dceMo
upon the measures nectwary to hft
taken to defend Hie slate, and here the
people thronged to celebrate the fall
of Richmond mid mourn for I.intoln.
Declaration
The Fa::rlh o5 Ji:!y.
d
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O K.'crs of Frad-jiu's banner
b; i jl, I
Thai f lustered ehine f;i field of
blue,
Frum fuiiit, fur of heae-
ci' heiyht
:ir cwmlilUitid fircH y
iIhw!
l-n:n al'in ii KMM iif uyis ilou n
J'ott luiiiy the light of old re
nmru! Oreeee fint your dutcn-briyht
rui.'iunce l:mw
When Freedom" ttar rose o'er
the deep.
And Athetit' glory full orUd
grao
H7:fn Parthenon eroxened the
Acropolis sleep.
The fame of Ureeee thtn bright-
hj shone
With ipti-iidor tinec through ages
I ar. ir.'i.
Hut llnJIid In Promethean fiie.
O'er oilier luntls rose Free
dom's e.lars.
Cii'iue.iehed by blood, they still
fl'tjuYo
Where fur Iftoini the old
rrorld bars
They rose above the new tcorld
briyh t
Ar.d blent at one their kindred
'. light.
' L?ng may these start undimmed
t'ill shine
' In Fmdom't gloriout galaryt
I long may our land still be the
shrine
To utt the Kttrld of Liberty,
I- H'ko.c (nlu stands at Free-
dmn'i gates
Ar.d fr the earning viiUlons
I Kelts!
I . J'. .cj..ak in AiiP 1'or):
World.
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Sy FnESlVUCNT WILSON, In an ad
dr.m in Phliadelpliia.
)" AE you ever read the Deelara-
J tlon of Independence? When
you nave uearu it read nave
yon attended to its sentences?
Tlie Declaration of Independence
was a document preliminary to war.
It Involved u vital piece of business,
not n piece of rhetoric. Aud if you
will get fuither down lu the reading
than its preliminary passages, where
it quotes about the rights of men, you
will see Hint It Is a very specific body
of ileeltiral ions concerning the bust
licvi of the tliiy-the business of revo
lution, the business of 177(1.
The 1 Vohur.tion of independence
does not mean anything to tin merely
in its g.-iiernl statements unless we
vn append to It a similarly specific
body of particulars us to what we con
sider our liberty to consist of.
Liberty ilJes not consist in mere gen
eral ('cdarntious as to the rights of
man. It consists In the translation of
tluw'e declarations into definite action.
Therefore wo ought to ask our
selves. What is there in it fop us?
There's nothing in it for ua unless wo
ran tianshit;; it into tei-uis of our own
condition and of our own lives.
The task to which wo have to ad
dress ourselves Is a proof that we are
worthy of the men who drew this
great lieelsralion.
IfHISDcW
COMMMA
EXPECTS All'
HER SONS
and
DAUGHTERS
TO R&NEW
THEIR
VOWS OF
FEALTY
and
LOVE FOR
THEIR
COUNTRY
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m fa-si
:-fiA at.
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Our Evtrlatting Ralianc.
What constitutes the bulwark of our
liberty and Independence? It Is not
our frowning battlements, our bris
tling seacoasts. om' army and our
navy. These are net our reliance
against tyranny. All of these luay be
tinned aalust us without making us
r.caLcr for the btrujc-'U'. Onr lellan'e
is In tlia love of liberty wh! b U'.d bus
pinntej in ns -I.ln olu.
July 4 Dinner Favors,
Tor July A dinner table fnvnr.i lle'fe
Ul llll kllld l Of p. pg'MIH. Si'llH' wln. li
sliOOt Ollt I vd,
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The Day VYc Celebrate.
Today i.t the. ;, the glorious
Four Ih,
The iUvj of our birth as a na-
te,e;
The tliiu burn in darkness, in
t!ui:il r and gloom,
And xiinicd uilh its blood's eon
serrnliim; The I'.e.y v:he a people rose up
hi if little
For their independence to bat
tle; The ilay it-hen the world heard
Ihe firut faintest sounds
Of Tyranny's coming death rat
tle. Tin the Cay ulicit the spirit of
Liberty stood
And threw down the gage of
(((IICO j
7'i the lor' that the many were .
throllH to the feu
And had ua port :t tlie alliance '.
(if poirrr i:ul rlehcs v hieh ruhd
o'ir ire, land; ,
The day Linus and princes that
louithed
From thin en JiihiI oi'tr lie
o'-ran and hfjuyht
Ap:i,i i'rcd,m's dream which
had runi'lHil,
'lis tin) dan uhtn tho grandest
prjAaiining Mas made
Which ever thtl world did
a ii iiWii
To tho riyht and the tuiphl of
hn ma a i! if s self,
That fuli: from twig fun dad
forsoki n.
Thin on tlii.: dag, Llbcrtv'l birth
day, re-rlre
That m.fr from III birthright
lli'll cl''-',
;w n'li.iii by the nation, th
r,'. st mi earth.
And Its "lar apanghi banner for-
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