The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-07-04

publicly read, and received the acclama-
tions ola crowded assembiage Of the people;
they tlien proceeded to the liberty pole, in
{ the following order of procession:
aa Tae Grenadiers in front.
Provost Marshal.
IN The Secretary with the Declaration.
6ts His Excellency the President.
sa The honorable Council.
The Light Infantry.
The Militia. '7 . y
. The Citizens.
cat the liberty pole, they were saluted
BY the first continental battalion of Geor-
gia, Under command of General Mcintosh,
with thirteen guns, accompanied with VOL
leye of email arms; from thence they pro-
ceeded to the battery, where they were a.
gain saluted by the discharge Of thirteen
cannon. @t
"a dinner was provided under grove Of
cedars, where the civil and military officers,
and number Of citizens from the town and
country, partook ola handsome dinner, and
thirteen toasts were given, suitable to the
occasion.
SIN The afternoon there was funeral pro.
ceesion, attended by the grenadiers, light
infantry, and militia companies; and the
TERED with the customary ceremonies. In
the evening the town was Illuminated and
the day closed with joyful acclamatons, for
the birth Of the Independence ofthe United
States Of America
With regard to the original Declaration,
I as written by Jefferson and adopted and
signed BY Congress, we insert part of an in
teresting letter, written BY the late veneer
nbls and distinguished John Vaughan. of
Philadelphia, to I. X. refl, Esq. Of this CT
", which has been kindly furnished by Mr..
eTeft. 49,.
4 KS 9 On the 9Th July, Jefferson wrote to Mr..
Lee as follows: enclose you copy Of the
Declaration Of Independence, as agreed to
by the House, and also as originally framed
This was the second copy which he had
made for Mr.. Lee. Mr.. Jefferson added,
! you will Judge whether it is better or worse
for critics. On this suggestion of Mr.. JEFF:
ferson, the comparison was made by Rich
ard Henry Lee, and his brother, Arthur
Lee, who drew black line upon the origi-
nal draught proposed by the committee un.
der every part rejected by Congress, and
in the margin opposite placed the word out.
This document, thus marked, is tho one
possessed by the American Philosophical
Society. Some time after the death of Rich
ard Henry Lee, his grandson Of the same
name wrote the memoirs of his grandfather,
having obtained from his father and uncle
all the papers and correspondence of his
grandfather with the eminent patriots of
that day. These memoirs were published
in Philadelphia by the grandson, in 1925,
with whom was on terms of intimacy.
Whist publishing, he was requested to fa'
svor the a. +. .. with the original papers
and documents as soon as he had made use
OF them. The request was granted, and on
the 18th June, 1928, they were put in pos
session Of the correspondence, which is
bound up in two volumes, and on the 10Th
August, 1925, Richard Henry Lee sent
them the original form proposed by the COM
mittee, in the handwriting of Mr.. Jefferson,
and with the remarks thereon made by the
two Lees above alluded to When received,
it was duly recorded by the Society, and
Mr.. VIM. Short and Mr.. Edward Coles, who
were intimate friends of Mr.. Jefferson, and
the undersigned, John Vaughan,) who had
bsen his correspondent for more than forty
years, certified on the book of records that
this document was of the handwriting of
Mr.. Jefferson; and Mr.. George Washington
Smith, to whom the delivery was entrusted,
certified that he received the whole from
Richard Henry Lee, the grandson, with d.
rections to deliver them to the A. P. s. and
that he delivered them to the undersigned,
for the Society. r aeees-s
"a copy ofthis proposed Declaration was
published by the grandson in the memoirs
Of his grandfather, the parts left out after
wards, being printed in italics. Several e.
ditions OF this copy were published, between
tho years 1925 and 1929, when it was re-
published and lithographed in similar form
inthe memoirs of Thomas Jefferson, which
were frstspublished inthat year.
ds. This original draught ofthe Declaration
10 framed between two strong glass plates,
soas to be perfectly viewed and examined
by those whoafeel an interest in it. The
other original sent TO Congress cannot DE
found The form Of Declaration finally a
dopted, signed by the members Of Congress,
exists at Washington in the department of
State, but the originally proposed form has
not been found, from which circumstance
the document in possession Of the Society
has with propriety become the sole original
Iraught.' ab
st.JErrERsoN, as well he might, felt proud
Of his agency in this sublime movement.
When he was elected to the Presidency, he
WAS waited on by the magistrates Of Wash
ipgton city to ascertain his birthday, that
they might celebrate its returning anniver-
safies; JEFFERSON answered, i..'rhe only
birthday ever celebrate is the 4th July.
the birthday of my country's Liberties"
When towards the close Of life he sat down
10 ssk himself whether his country was any
bctter.for his having lived, he looked upon
the Declaration Of Indepsndence as one Of
thessTyices which he had rendered TO her
fans. Fifty years after that 18th July, l776,
1heroom Of an humble dwelling in Quincy,
lGsssachusetts, and that Of the stately man
sjoaaof Monticello, in Virginia. we're occu.
pied blythe sick md the dying. IA the one,
80 ions AD4Hs, tho second President Of
~ limited States. and the most ardsnr sup
ptftef sof the Declaration ~ Independence;
antiAsths ottef Was THOMAS ErTERsoN.
Il I'M 3 n don't, and 1sthor &c that glo.
4 y q UNI; filfty ysara bsfofei they
e Suecs ssfhtly win anseirtbIy
4 & SlSassd themsslyes md their