Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-07-01
Fourth of July.
Holy the purpose--vernon freed;
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speed forth the signal, clansmen, speed ~
On the morning of the Fourth of July, 1859
on the extreme eastern point of NJ ane at sun
rise. the discharge Of cannon, the ringing OF
BELLS the firing of guns, pistols, &c.. and every
conceivable noise calculated to express the most
exuberant joy. will announce the SD birth
day of the nation. Westward every farm
house, hamlet, town and city will arouse and
join the welcome. Rivers shall offer no hind
rance. mountains will joyfully lend their
echoes to swell the jubilee, the trackless desert
shall be no obstacle, the waves of the Pacific
taking up the sound shall roll it onward till o
distant murmur shall announce that the Isles
! of The ocean rejoice also in the day, and arc
sending onward in their turn the peal of glad
ness, till every foot of earth, over which the
star spangled banner filings out Its glad folds
to the morning air, trembles with joy, and one
continued sunrise salutation encircles the globe
The day wears on, and there prevades the
general stiffness of expectant waiting, scarcely
broken by the underfiow, as it were, of pistols,
crackers and tori edoes and the sharp, shrill
voices of little boys, shouting for the yery low
of living on the Fourth Of July,
They await the forming Of the civic process
sion. The High officers Of the state, the
County or the town, are to meet to listen to
some distinguished orator. who will pour into
greedy ears the story Of the Revolution, ever
new-the praises of those who pledged "ther
lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor
in defence OF their principles of liberty--of the
gallant band who rallied at their cal-and of
HIM who led them on to victory" the frs, in
war, the first in peace. and the first in the
hearts Of his countrymen.''
With burst Of applause from his audience
the orator retires from his post, the procession
again forms and the chief men of the land
seat themselves to partake Of a sumptuous en-
tertainment, in halls decorated with the Amer
lean eagle and the portraits of those whose
praises are on every lip, garlar 4 ID with flowers
gather ed with lavish hand by women OF the
land anxious to do their part in the general
jubilee.
Many toasts are drunk to the living and tie
dead; patriotic sentiments again gladden. the
ears of the descendants of rs, and deep hur-
rahs and deeper bumpers prove their love Of
country and their country's noble dead
Still the day wanes on. The booming can |
non and the toll of bell announce that the sun
will set even upon the Fourth of July but
men have a. sought out many Inventions, and
for weeks there have been collected untold
quantities of fireworks that shall shed the |
brillianey of MONDAY over the dcepes, mid
a halo of glory surrounds the
names of the heroes of Bunker Hill, Saratoga,
Yorktown and the name of the Father of his |
Country fades from our view in blaze ofpur-
pie and scarlet and gold The last rock has
taken its mad. rushing leap burst into a thou
sand brilliant sparks and expired. the last re-
luctant football has died away silence
settles on the earth as deep as that which rests
upon the tomb of Washington !; and the spot,
recently so brilliant with his name, is as desc.
late as his home
Oh men brothers know We no, that the |
roofs under which he delighted to walk and !
mediate at eventide, are now sHoRgp up"
and IN the porches where the noble, the pow
erful and the good OF the earth come - to do |
him reverence" lizards leave their Shiny trace: !
Americans on the coming Fourth, thou
sands of dollars will be spent for powder. mea,
and drink, but know We not that one penny
bestowed by every man or child who fires
shooting cracker in honor Of " the day We cell |
citrate" shall redeem that spo, from desoIa,ion
and restore and keep it in the beautiful condi-
ton of 1893: CAN We and WILL We refuse it D..
Shall the morning of the fifth dawn upon our
land to prove that your patriotic sentiments
are as empty as the cannon We discharge: or
Will We in the silence of the hour, listen for
he small, clear voice Of woman, that in the
hush shall ring like a bugle note
throughout the land. " Hencefor,h let the re-
nemberance of 80 be holy-MorxT VERNON
5 THE PROPERTY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,