The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-06-30


priation made by the city Council to aid in
suitable celebration on the Fourth of July, to
save the pittance Of money to the city Treas
try, but from conviction that these social
and political movements ought to be man.
aged by the people themselves in their social
capacity-that they should be emanations of
the spontaneous feelings and acts of the citi- |
Gems without the aid or interference OF the |
municipal authorities. 1t is only so long as
the hearts of the people are moved by the as
sociations Of the day that its celebration has
any significance or merit. 1t is best, there
tore, to make it purely popular aemonstra-
tion-an outburst of feeling Of all the citi-
zens. 1t is only by fostering the sentiments
of patriotism in this way, that it's virtue can
be preserved. When the celebration becomes
an empty municipal pageant, got up without
any exertions Of sacrifices on the part of the
people individually, it will lose all its life
and spirit. 1t was to arrest the evil tenden-
cy of the practice of resorting to the munic-
dial authority to get up these celebrations,
and thereby generating the individual cit
liens from the necessity of making some sac
rifice to give expression of what ought to be
the patriotic feelings of every one, that the
from wish to leave the celebration wholly
to the people-.o make it entirely an evidence
of their sincere respect for the day that the
JuDcE opposed at first the appropriation
When he found that the Council did not full
ly understand his sentiments or did not coin
eide in his views, he promptly voted for the
appropriation. No one questions the J UDGE's
patriotism-his public spirit, or his libcrality
as citizen-though he is so rigid an econo-
mist as councilman, and growls SO fercely
when any unauthorized hand moves toward
the Treasury vault of the city.
After the above was in type we received the
following:~
Mr.. CARLIIE:-In your notice Of the ac-
ton of the city Council on the appropriation
for the Fourth Of July you have been led
into error by want of attention or want OF
fairness on the part of your reporter.
Ii IVES not "strenuously opposed as a waste
| of the public funds" but the mode of raising
funds to show our patriotism was strenuous
ly objected to.
Itwas contended that offerings for the APP
propriate celebration Of ourNational Indepen
dence ought to be q Stree will offering."-
They ought to be prompted by patriotism
and freely and literally contributed. That
we ought not to look to government, whether
city, State or national. to provide the means
of showing our patriotism on that day, and
the member who ''strcnuously" objected Il
the mode of raising the money, proposed u
his fellow Councilman TO contribute the
amount asked for, jointly and individually
That not being assented to, he voice for the
! appropriation.
, Not because he believed it was the best
mode of raising the money, but from the be
J lief that if the appropriation was not made
, the celebration would be a failure, iss gentle
men on the committee intimated that they
neither had the time nor inclination to solici
the necessary contributions from the citizens
: The remarks about theI foreign brogue'
, were altogether unnecessary and uncaied for
The ''ioreign brogue" voted ''aye" as well a
no" But as no man ought to be blamed
for what he has no control over, no MAJ
ought to he blamed for his "brogue" or tn
I place of his birth. ats worth that make
t the man, the want of it the fellow" and u
attribute a want Of patriotism to any maj
because he has "forcign brogue," show
narrow prejudice, an illiberal feeling. I'M
bworthy descendant of the noble sires of '76
when it was not asked where was he born
but is he true to American liberty. :
Then let us discard those narrow preicdi
ces, those illberal views. and all mite il
/, celebrating the most glorious event for hu
, man liberty in the worlds history. f.