Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-07-03

W
~ Old John Adams ppphesied truly when he
declared that the fourth on July would be cele-
brated with bonfres, the roar Of cannon, and llu-
limitations, From that day 70 this every return
of the fourth of July his vinGcated his sagacity
and the patriotic impulses that inspired it u
Thirty-one States several Territories and Ame-
rican citizens in every foreign country, welcome
and celebrate tho august occasNn. In every
city, town, hamlet, and country aeghsorhood,
the great and loyal and patriotic resolve Of the
ffty-six signers Of the DeclarationE Indspena-
ence is celebrated. II is well to keep The names
of the illustrious men who gave TO MS the charter
of American Independence before theisdescend-
ants. We therefore present TO our rcaers the
following bright array:
New HAMPsHIRE.-Josah Bartlett, William
Whipple, Matthew Thornton. ftaa
MASSACHUSETTS BAy.--John Hancock, Samuel
Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, El-
bridge Gerry M
RHODE ISLAND Stephen Hopkins, William
Ellery.
CoNNEcucuT- Roger Sherman, SamuelIlunts
ngton, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott.
New oRR.-Willam Floyd, Philip Living
ston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris.
New JERsEY.--Richard Stockton, John VIII
erspoon, Francis Hopknson, John Hart, Abraham
Clark, ft A
PENNSYLVANIA. - Robert Morris, Benjamin
Rush, benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George
Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, james
Wilson, George Ross. trg ~ IS -ssssf,
DELAWARE - Cesar Rodney, George Read,
Thomas Mskean sqaa 81. s
MARYLAND Samuel Chase, William Paca
Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll, of CarroIlton.
VIRGnh. - George Wythe, Richard Henry
Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison,
Thomas Nelson, ir., Francis Lightfoot Lee,
Carter Braxton.
NoRTH CARoLIga.--Wi William Hooper, Joseph
Hewes, John Penn.
SoUTH CARoLINA. Edward Rutledge, Thomas
Hayward, jr., Thomas Lynch, jr, Arthur Mid,
dleton.
GEORGIA, Iluttoh Gwinnsti, Lyman Hall,
George Walton. eslaS.
1t semelanchoiy ioshink, to feel, and to know,
that, there is large and growing party in this
country who either abuse or altogether ropldiate
the lessons inculcated by the Fathers Of the Re-
public.
The Declaration Of Independence was adopted
by white men for thewhite race. Not one Afri-
can, either free or slave, signed it, or had any
agency in getting it up. llwas adopted by white
people for the white race. Most, If not all, Of
the sigaegs Of the Declaration Of independence
were slageholaers at the time their signatures
srfiNed 10 H. Eei men have risen up who
think that Jefferson, who wrote it and the fifty
six sages and patriots who signed il, were fools
and idiots if they did not mean to teach universal
freedom, Such phrenzy is too palpable to need a
response.
There are ,msn. and. .lhey are rapidly increas
ing in numbers, who ALLURE both this sacred chart
and the more sacred Bible. Such men will Of
course deny TO it the honors of celebration.
They may in their insane hatred burn both it and
the Bible. But il is pleasant TO think that there
are good men and patriots enough left to well
come it in every hamlet of this great country and
10 hail il even in foreign climes. Long live the
Bible, the Constitution, and the Declaration Of
Independence