The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-07-14
AN ENGLISH VIEW OF OUR
NATIONAL ANNIVERSARY.

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The London Athensum lately made q
striking reference to our nations birth
day, and although it makes the "Old Bay
State" little older than she really is,
yet it is so well done. with so clear an idea
of the real spirit of the celebration of our
zone great holiday" that we copy few
paragraphs: 70 >, 4
In less than month from this present u
date. America will celebrate the eighty
second anniversary of her national birth
day. Throughout the whole of the States
however divided by political language and
sympathy, by questions of boundary and
color, there will on that day be heard in
each city and county one unanimous
speech-there will glow one confederate
banner.
From Massachusetts, the eldest, to 3
Minnesota and Arizona, the youngest
born-from Indian Dacotah, where the
sun shines an indstinct light on unassign-
ed claims and unencumbered estates of
green wood, to Spanish San Francisco,
where it faunts along the path of the =
ocean steamer, and filings gold dust into
the eyes of helmsmar aud passenger e
through an affluent land which eighty
years of labor have marvelously urged,
strengthened with ribs of railroad, quick
ened with almost vital nerves of telegraph,
made to throb with busy agencies and
motive power of invention aud manufac-
ture. blessed and made happy with appre-.
| Iosa hor Of -.
rice, no less than two inappreciable har-
vests of freedom and peace-during one
day business and trade and political enmi--
ty will pause to keep common Jubilee,
In homer of that day the wagon on the
prairie will have its arch of leaves. the
lumber raft floating down the Mississip--
lpi will attach to its rough pine mast a.
July flag, the steamer far ont at seazw wilt
hoist garland at the fore; motley pop
ulation, of all hues. German, Indian, ciyitg
and military, will make music in what,
twenty years ago, were forest streets, and
|; along the thirteen thousand miles ofcoasea
! from every cape and headIand, peaceful
cannon will proclaim to the world . ,decS
. laration of American independence Il
: Nor in less favored climates will the
day befOrgotten. Compliment or symtA
, pa:hy will deck with American colors the
r harbors of Montreal, Sydney and sLiverei
pool. Americans will he glad in Rome,
e in Florence, and perhaps, too, in Paris;.
h and in token ofpolitical amity, and fear
: less of clear and open search, the portraits.
e Of Qneen Victoria and President Buchan-
,itl han. 4, 90
= hospi,nbe dining room at Hichmond."
Thank God that oil this can yet be
IS said with truth Of America and Arneri.
II cans! And shame 10 any among us,, IL
e any there he, who are SO blinded by their
p foolish and wicked conceits that they
l. cannot perceive and enjoy; the wonderful
e grandeur of this real rejoicing of q whole
l. and united people! What other nation
Is rejoices. all over the wide world, at the
:. recurrence of one particular day in the
.r year? Not one! "'sT" 7'7yaq's Y 81 q
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AN OCEAN TRIP IN A BALLOON. --J,
re Staner, of Harrisburgh Pa, proposes to
I. cross the Atlantic III a balloon, n,@one huns
e, dred feet in diameter. lie says in let
~ VI ~ WV AOiSStop y : ~ -
III am satisfied in my own mind that
Us with such an apparatus could cross the
ne Atlantic in Seventy-fve hours, and tho
m whole cost would he not more than $50,
to 900. The balloon, network and valve
,g would weigh about two thousand pounds
al and the boat and the rigging three tuns
a and half-this will leave about eight
ee tuns ascending power for provisions.
le passengers, and ballast. 1t would require
three good ocean navigators, and one as.
. tronomer, besides myself would sug-
70 gest New York as the starting point,
=, and am certain would strike within two
~ " hundred miles of any given place ir
Europe. l would suggest May as ths
time for making the experiment. and
would make the, ATTEMPT in 1859 if I
could get the Government or o.he-s'tc as,
sist me. assW S9ss IS 10 br.i,9 : -,
The Kane Arctic Exped ition.
=. - A sad accident occurred on Tuesday
''' evening i'm the BROOKLYN nayy.vard which