The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-03


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.The Day ave Celebrate,
lc-morrw the people of the United STATES
sill ON inthe Observance of the eighty fourth aa
iy.ysary Of the inception of the republic On the
uur,n July, seventeen hundred and seventy
x, the people of the thirteen colonies, by their
representatives assembled. in Congress ut Phtlar
delphia, solemnly declared that said colonies
we're from that time forth free and independent
States. No man nor body Of men since the world
began ever contaminated so grapd On act or
undertook 30 heavy a responsibility as that The
results have been equal to the grandeur Of the
event. With the single exception of the tempo
rary occupation of the capital In 1914, our soil
has been free from foreign invasion. The war
with England and the skirmish with Mexico
were both productive Of good to this nation
The first gave to our gallant little navy proud
position in historic annals and the second opened
TO the world new Ophir, and realised the dreams
! of the gold seekers who first planted the flag o
old Spain upon American territory.
And we stand to-day fresh, vigorous, free
enlightened people-except Brazil, the only really
independent power on all this hemisphere. From
where the ice-locked whalemen drag away the
dresry hours in Arctic seas, to the Magellan
Straits there and everywhere, on ship or shore,
In the great cities, the fourishing towns hum
BILE hamlets, In miners huts or mansions Of mil
lionaires, in marble palaces or beneath the
outrageous shadows Of trees to whose age osr
existencei is but span-wherever our people have
wandered will our flag be raised, the type of So
vereignty, sacred by baptism in the blood of our
fathers. On that day thirty millions of people
will verify the prophesy Of John Adams, who
said: "The Fourth of July 1776, will be the most
| memorable epoch in the history of America.
am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by
| succeeding generations as the great anniversary
festival. 1t ought to be commemorated as the
| day of deliverance by solemn acts to God AL
mighty. 1t ought to be solemnized with pomp
and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns,
bells, bonfres, and Examinations from one end of
the continent to the other, from this time forward
| forevermore."
In order to assist as far as possible in carrying
out Mr.. Adams patriotic idea, we have given
elsewhere an extended syllabus of the proposed
festivities throughout the country, and we re-
commend it to the especial attention Of every
lover Of his country, always provided his coun-
| try is this country.
Upon this anniversary Of our national birth
day we have reason to congratulate ourselves.
While three ofthe European Powers are abso-
lutely at war, and all the others trembling upon
the brink Of the abyss into which France, Aus
tria and Italy have been plunged-when no less
than ak millions of men have been Withdrawn
from the peaceful pursuits Of life to fight out the
great problem Of the new systems against the in
herited preudices of medieval times, the struggle
Of ideas against the relics of slavish barbarism-
we stand at peace with all men, respected at
| home and abroad, and without standing army
to eat out the life blood of the people. 1t is
our mission to build the ships to grow the grain
to cultivate the cotton, to advance in the me-
chanic arts, to provide for the spread of useful
information, 80 that we may be able to command
the commerce Of the world. Our mission is
strictly one Of peace, and the fact can be no
more strikingly illustrated than by the late pro-
clamation Of the French Emperor, that in
three weeks the Allies placed three times
the entire force of the United States army hors
de combat We should be thankful that no such
carnage menaces us; that we have no such lega-
cies as the entangled web Of European politics
to leave to our children; that we stand without
embarrassing or perplexing questions of any
sort, and that the bond between the States is,
notwithstanding all the groans of the croakers
and the bowls of fanatics, stronger to- day than it
was fifty years ago.
AS TO the celebration of the day, we would
have it performed with all due honor and dig
nlty. The orators will do well to clothe their
addresses in moderate language. Let the Anne
rica4 eagles fight be confined within some rea-
sonable distance. Don't be too hard upon the
despots Of the Old World They have trouble
enough on their hands, and are objects of sym-
pathy, rather than Of abuse Our greatness and |
our power is matter of fact patent to all, and |
there is therefore no especial reason for expatia
non upon it. Caution should be the maxim of |
amateur orators as well as gunners. The latter
VIII load lightly and fire but seldom. The juve-
nlie part OF the community will remember, too,
maj tne golden mean in eating and drinking is
'ne height of enjoyment. Ne quid minis is as
good a motto for the Fourth Of July as for all
the other days Of the year. Keeping this in
view, the celebration may be entirely enjoyable,
and at the same time eminently wor-
my the dignity and Importance Of the occasion. !
IHE ADMINISTRATION BALANCE OF POWER AT |
!. has frequently been conjectured |
That, as in 1914 and 1852, all the outstanding |
* nocrafc Presidential candidates Will, in their
MAGICAL Convention of 1860, devour each other, |
..1i that some harmless, neutral, negative, COM
promise candidate, like Polk or Pierce, will be |
the man. 1t is thus supposed that Wise and |
Hunter, Of Virginia, will kill off each other that
praeLinridn e and (Inthrie Of Keutuclu will