The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-07-14
.;,,c;nle Of human liberty as

:. ball CONSIDER 'no io"''n ..,
r.b it really is, and hail its annual
DAY. r;tb oy. He said, 1--WE are a pow
Fe.1'D LAMENT in this country great
''1l ,agisIstion is performed without con-
'n !" !. We have produced the great
'"lDI9 tbe country has ever known
e, l p,,gn, who died upon Virginia
''r- ru hi, raid deprecated the property
,''l %., ,tsts greatly, and made the Virgini-
oaske with fear"
MI. oration was pointed, logical, and
-;;,,;ng, carrying with it force and
.;..on Of truth, which no candid mind
could resist
r. I,iah C. Wears was next introduced,
- aoke with animation on our political
,,s,ec; He was very happy in his re-
= ,,-:.; and afforded much qualification to
bs audience.
n, John c. Bowers being called for,
.,s -0rward, and delivered brief but
;.,r,s address. He dwelt for time
,ls heroic deeds Of our revolutionary
.;,.. nd then on the present administra-
il, sfsrs, and winding up with the recital
-four wrongs, the hall echoed back the
glsintiys ones.
Mr. 7. Morris Chester was then called
r., and upon coming forward said, the
.,s,sa., who preceded him, had left him
ro.s1. to say, but to discuss the sentiment
,a5av, and he did discuss it in genuine
aIaeatstylo.
The fgllowing resolutions were unani-
aolsy adopted:
Ess.fsd, That We do fully endorse the decla-
,i.- o.. American independence, which declares
t5,. ..l men are born equal; that they are en-
t,3 Jv their Creator with certain inalenable
--.;. tbas among these are life liberty, and the
g-.ola Of happiness"
gav'rc3, That we enter our protest against
\. r,s.d and unjust imprisonment Of those col
r,In.a who are now incarcerated in a felon's
ell 5r doing what the whites and blacks of this
..,rr. eighty-four years ago declared to be
., and right before God and man-the resistance
grYgonuental tyranny.
Rsqrci, That as citizens of free republic,
sr-g,.A against being tried in courts of law, by
r-,1ot our peers against being taxed without
Lag air,y represented, and that we call on all
Eolva God and their fellow men, to do all in
lar power 70 change this state Of things.
Just a. the meeting was about conclud-
nga very hard shower of rain came up
slikept the company together much longer
Than they otherwise would have been; but
aside from that there was nothing to mar
The harmony Of the proceedings
The resolutions were published in sew
ml Of the leading journals Of this city,
without comment.
It was said that this fourth of July was
avery quiet one, as the Mayor had taken
steps to stop certain kinds of fire works,
and also there being no great demonstra-
i,a Or pyrotechnical display on large
scale.
The Douglass democracy held meeting
IN Independence Square; the declaration
Independence was read, speeches made
and long string of resolutions offered and
adopted, - in all, and the meeting adjourn
d,Dmeet at the same place, July 4, 1861,
according to resolution -.
The0rderof United American Mechanics
also had demonstration. They met, lis
tened to speeches, heard the declaration of
Independence read, and paraded.
The Veterans of 1912 met at the County
court House, and after electing officers to
serve an annual term, passed resolutions,
one OF which returns thanks to James Bu-
ehalan, o,lGs James Platform, alas Ten
per Gent Jimmy, for vetoing the Home
"eaa bill, which was passed by wise
FEDERAL legislature. Another resolution
protests against building a court house on
independence Square, on the grounds that
AS contemplation to build a monument
. tAe sgners of the declaration of inde-
PeAdence, and because the United States
arc supposed to have a common interest in
thesquare
It's well for the cause of moral reform,
Ilat ier such persons as the Rev. Jacob S.
harden, who was executed at Belvidere, n.
Tor the murder of his wife, have been
permitted to disgrace the earth with their
"u presence. He must have been an OBJ
uula'e wretch, to have practiced SO much
'Nalny and Scandalism under the garb of a
No'' AoIy religion, as he has been accused
" Like Richard III, he was born to
>~"P aud suarl, and bite mankind, and of
I'' Two, perhaps Rev Mr.. Harden was
~ !" most mereiless Vigilant in acts of
NJ. "U cohSummate wickednesS, this
-"i murderer praeticed his vile abomi-
.ot, according to the most improved