Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-07-08
THE FOURTH OF JULY.

Tba: noble patriot, the elder JOHN
ADAMS, seventy-eight years ago, forseeing
how the national birthday would be cele-
brated, said, "il ought to be commemorated
as the day Of deliverance, by solemn acts
Of devotion TO God Almighty. 1t ought to
be solemnized with pomp and parade, with
shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfres,
and illuminations from one end Of this con-
.inent to the other, from this time forward
for evermore." And so it should be, and
so il has been, year after year, and will be,
we trust till the end OF time. We are
among those who abate not a iot Of heart
or hope for the Republic. We believe
that there is deep and earnest feeling of
patriotism IN the universal American mind;
which will build up, sustain and perpetuate
our Institutions. Labor is glad to find
holiday wherein it may cease from its toll,
and rejoice untrammeled the buoyant spirit
of youth, tumultuous and roisy, will ever,
when the national Jubilee arrives, with
guns, squibs and rockets, celebrate lis annual
advent. The masses will, from love Of
fun, folly, fuss and pagantry greet the day
with wild and hilarious jubilation. The
Declaration of Independence will, year
after year, probably forever, be formally
read, but this is not, and will not be, we
trust, all. A crowd of holy and throngng
memories will press upon the heart, and
thoughtful minds will recall the example
oil the great fathers Of the republic for emu
lation and limitation. The story Of their
sacrifices, privations and sufferings handed
down from sire to son, generation after
generation, will with potent, talismanic
power move, The deep feelings of the heart
to an earnest desire TO prove worthy de-
scendants of noble fathers, fit inherilors
and preservers OF the bequeathed benefits
of their final triumph.
But we are not intending TO pen an eulo-
gy, but simply TO chronicle the proceedings
| on
THE FOURTH OF July IN SUNeURY.
The day was clear and warm, and wa
ushered in by ringing of bells and firing oi
guns, crackers, &c. A decorous "noise
and confusion" prevailed from ''early dawn
ill latest eve." ...
The DEwART GUARDS, in all the "pomp
aud circumstance" Of holiday parade, ma
neuvred on the Market square-lor a short
time in the morning, Lieut.. c. j. Brunsr
commanding.
The FARMERS AND MECHANICS ARTILLERY
Capt. .Naris, also paraded, early in the
morning, looking remarkably well. AileI
enlivening the "folks a, homa," tthe young
ones more especially, and some of"an oldeI
growth" who had "smelt powder" in be-
half Of their country they took the steam
boat Tor Northumberland, where they sa
down TO a sumptuous dinner at the hote
Of James Vandyke.
ThE CApwALADER INFANTRY, OF North
umberland, Lieut.. BGrRhari commanding
entertained the "AHillery" in magnificent
, dyls-olliesrs and men were equally de-
lighted. An eloquent address was dsliy
cred, after the slolh was removed, by Ou
young friend and ,Ownsmsn, Richard Peal
. Esq', Ia reply 10 one OF the numerous palTi
}. olle senlimenis offered.
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