, 1859-07-04
39rcss 4 Trthttttr,


1.-THE GLORIOUS FOURTH,
This is the dry set apart for the best efforts
t!' the American eagle. From sunrise to sun
SGT the bird f our country will take her lofti
est flights, and give vent to llcr sl,ri!lcst
:s,rc.l1ns. Cannon aud auyiIs arc charged will.
:.s'nl"wdcr-orators are aglow with mighty
:'''j'r!ivrs and mighticr gramnar-to glorify
tic national fowl Defiance will lie hurled
re''klrssly at the four quarters of the earth:
s'':rc mi lions Of crackers aud rockets will
explode: several thousands Of over-patrit tic
-a1i'crica's will get boosy md 50 to the w,tcll-
house: the mir will be heavy with saltrelro
till midnight; and Il few hours before daylight
Tomorrow morning We lnay lopc that tie
eagle aforesaid will lavr gone to roost for
Twelve lunar months. only to be aroused in
tie meantime 1v the III b .llayior Of Cuba in
promoting TIE slave trade ar Of Great Britain
III depriving us Of the same luxury.
"Eigl'tr-lhrce years ago." saws the (ervid
speaker who holds Eortl, in tl,e village grove,
N tho nohlcst and wisest band Of patriots whom
" tic world had ever sccn. assembled in Iudc-
"l"ndcnce Hall, and pledged their lives. their
fortunes and their sacred louors to the de-
fence Of the principles which lavc made us
tl'e greatest nation on the face Of the carti.'
7" which an oblieins six-poundcr gives tlun-
d"rln- affirmative. The gentleman then goes
snl to cxpound the principles wl.icl, have had
s''cl' gratifying effect upon our national ,ro-
gre<s- lie reads: ave hold these truths to
'}. self.cvident, that all men arc created
~'equ:l.' The national progress, However,
}!;4s bccn such that the cc1cbrators cannot
quite master Ill inclination to comfort the pri-
<'.nle hcre tnuuciatcd something in this wise:
- We hold these truths to l,c se1ievdeut that
o. all 'ncn are created equal, cxccp, u few mill
'' lions who have no rights Which wl4itc ncn
"a!e bound to respect" Keeping the national
progress i'll view, let the speaker aud ccle~
hrators proceed with their translation Of tic
Fourth of July document: "1hat they arc I'LL
''slowcd by tl'cir Greater with certain url:licl-
liable rights except tl,at the few millln
aforesaid l.ave ITO una1enablc rights; "11at
among these arc life, liberty and the prr-
''snt Of happiness except liberty and tie
pursuit Of happiness, to certain class: !" that
IS 10 SECURE 1llcsc rights governments are it,
- >ttuted among men, deriving their just pow
= ''crs from the couseut Of the governed ill
certain cases, and from their weakness and
ignorance in others; tiEtt whenever any form
''tf government hcc,mes destructive Of these
lends. it is the right Of the people to alter or
'';sl"'list' H." To adapt the Declaration Of
Independence to the reading rendered neccs-
'ar: 8,y the 'Iationa! progress, the last clause
'nts' lie stricken ont altogether Nothing il
tuorc vc!'cmentlJ denied by every good Demo-
rrat tllaI the right If the slave population o
t!lc Cniscd States to alter. or in the least de-
gree modify, the form Of government which
confines them to the unpaid labor Of tue cot
tvt fields.
Now, il we are good citizens, oheying tue
constituted authorities and sustaining the de-
tlsi"'s of that august tribunal, til: Supreme
Court, We must MI read the Declaration Of In
dependence with these notifications aud i,n-
r:"rrnlrnt>. Mr. Douglas would have us read
ihr opening clat.sc III this way: We hold these
truths /" he sc!fcvilcnt, that all Er;tsl. sub
lccts born ou American soil cigllty-tllrce years
ago were equal to all British, subjects born aud
then residing in Great Britain, But the author
t'i this ucat vcrsinn is no, member Of the
Supreme Court. His rendering Of the Declar-
alton, therefore, lIas not the dignity Of author
ity I" compensate for its ro:sdyism Of scnti.
inent. The other is en.rated on the written law
al the United States Tllcn let tic American,
people, when they assemble to-day 10 ponder
." tile Declaration Of Independence, cndcavor:
10 square its immortal truths ly the ilrri,,r
rules Of modern Democracy and Judge Ao,c
glorious the Fourth Of july; has become.