New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-05


records. The first thing we hear about nation or
people, after they have taken possession of some
territory, is institutipg series of such days In
the early ages, these are invariably pious or pries!
ly or theOcrac in their character; but, as cviza-
tion advances, the tendency is to secularize those
jubilee days, and to diminish their number.
Where, as in India, the principle of priesty caste
ye! prevails in full flavor the jubilee or feast days
are au-sbounclng. i" P~--v p"man Catholic
countries ths came tendency, in dimnl'hed and
Europeapized form, obtains. In Protestant coun-
tries there are no such days, strictly speaking.
The manifestation of the original sentiment may,
however, be found in the celebration Of one or two
occasions. In England it is the SOveIeigns birth
day; here it is the natal day Of our nationality.
To this LIST may be added for the latitude of New
York, the first day Of the year, and the day OF
Thanksgiving.
In regard to the Fourth Of July, we perceive
tendency to slight its recognition. No. that
we believe it is to be consigned to for
oetfulness, but it is evident that the intenslfca-
on of the national joy on that occasion is extenu-
sted in comparison with former years. The reasons
for this are duplicate. The one is the general dis
position to abolish ceremonials the other reason is
the diminished regard paid by the ruling party and
| the Federal Government to the original principles
| of the nation. Cicero says that he wonders how
| two ,ururs could meet without laughing in each
others faces. When such was the polite view 0i
I an cid Roman and utra-sscred function the days
! of sugurs were already numbered SO we may
wonder how any two of the socalled Democratic
party can meet on thi, day without exploding
| mutual outlaws If we take the Declaration OF
| Independence, we find upon examination tha1
every radical proposition which it enuncla'es Is
now practically denied and despised. That instru-
mert ccndenses the fundamental principles of lber-
ty. expressed in good, clear English What it means
in itrelf, aid what it means taken in connection
with its antecedents and circumambients there can
be no doubt, and there is no denial. That it ap-
Piled to all men is not disputed. In fact the action
of the Southern Colonies just previous to the year
of the Declaration Of Independence was for the
abolition Of the SlaveTrade as Introductory to the
total emancipation of the blacks as a coordinate
necessity with the security Of political rights for
the white race. With this view, Jefferson intro
duced into the original draught Of the Declaration
his most potent article on George Ill. as the
apostle of African Slavery, and thus the unscrupu'
lous foe of solid continental prosperity and digoity
That all the most eminent men of the South CON-
cided with this view we have evidence by their
siOn.tures sfixed TO documents sent forth both in
Provincial and.. general assemblsges prior to l7'o'
These facts are so patent tina. even the most cor
rupt high priest of 1858 Democracy, who is most
blatant in the Fourth Of July gatherings, dare not
deny them.
Denial of the existence of the words in the Dec
laraton ard of the concurrent testimony oil tha'
period in favor of universal Liberty being out o the
question, there is no other resort left but to deny
the truth of the assertions Of that instrument.
When John Randolph of Roanoke attacked the
Declaration as ga firrago Of nonsense, wai
considered simply one OF the over-ststements OF
that very brilliant and very crazy gentleman. But
what was thus said by one, in the course of the
process Of the suns" began to be said BY al the
Democrats of the South-at least BY all the most
represeutstye men, the Democrats of the old
school. and those by adult baptism who voted for
the Sage of Whea.land. II was discovered that
in the enthusiasm of the moment And
not exactly weighing or precisely meaning
what he uttered Thomas Jefferson had said
thst all men were created with those certain
ipalienable rights. Acting on this idea and with
the rapdity Of locomotive age, the leading South
ern authorities discovered that not only was Slavery
right in itself, but that oil the mechanical and labor
inr classes might properly be slaves. The rhetoric
ON this head which We have repeatedly cited from
v.r;ous Southern Journals Of influence, and from