The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-07-06
THE FOURTH or JULY, 1861.

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Wshsn che day--ths slorioOs ~
which gave nation birib;
where Freedom coud her wand display
Among the powers o. EARN.
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Il ii An hsIl--sil hall 70 M Slarsand Stripes,
The banner wide unIuried--
Here high Amidow mountain ssy, NJ
u wsysf % all the world.
III Ths freedom purchased wIth inc 3t,iood x,y FIJI
or our heroic sres.
4 VIII live and bless the saintsof God,
TIL wickednsss expires. "
cHsaus.
No foul oppressor here esn irive
The bolts OF tyrapnyi &.
For Utahs sons are al alive ss5s
b 70 truth and liberty N VI.
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The patricia wreath veproadly wesr
Around eur temples now; . +. M.
u unhoIy banda have sought 10 tear IN
Isnobly from our brow.
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Poul politicians bassly LEFT Il 1
Truth, law and Justice too
with thsir own hands, the Union clsru
And war and blood ensne. (
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The Eagle Ned from naddenIng hosts,
], Builds here, her towering nest, g. \ Ell
Add peace, the boon fair Freedom boasts b.,
Expands her golden crest. III
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The CONSTITUTIONS sacred fold, tt.A
with every chartered right;
The SONS Of Utah, firmly hold, II 55.
And glory In its light.
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,Tls ours--,lis ours--the day IS ours. s Z #=.
No forfeitnres, we've IN ade; M t g5 WAL 3@f.4
4 Bnt every law from lawful pswers, i
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And while we celebrate the day hi #s@ h.
SO long this nations boast;
Wewiil grateful tribute pay :E
To Him, the Lord Of Hosts.
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H,shand Ills mighty hand sustained
The Lord orr battles fought-- .
i For rs, bloodless victory gained NH .,~".'
And brought our foes 10 nousht. ..s.,..s.
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Hegiyes Is Statesmen. wise andirue, Ill.,
whose hearts have never sweTy,d: his s4s#
~: The laws and Constitution too II sss., ). +
i By them will be pressrv'd. " M =
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An haitian haiii to ,h' stars and Stripes,
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Here high, amid our mountain sky F. Il,
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Hon. John v. Long delivered the folIoSing
address. -- a.z. /. II. -ss..,. e
FELLow- CITIzENs:--- .z..it ; {.
Eighty five years ago to-day the patriots
and heroes of this our beloved country by
their representatives In Congress assembled,
placed upon paper plain and somewhat pun
gent account Of their grievances and suffer
ings, occasioned by the aggressions Of the
mother country; and, coupled with this, was
solemn declaration of their rights and their
future Independence. They claimed and con-
tended for life, liberty and the free, nntrarn-
meled pursuit Of happiness They thoroughly
ventilated and exposed to the gaze and severe
censure Of the long oppressed inhabitants Of
this continent, that most unreasonable and in
consistent of oil the abuses Of human govern.
Reconsideration without representation sz~
The result of this was the Inauguration, by
the British government, of what was designed
TO be war of subjugation. Many skirmishes
and some bloody battles were fought and for
seven long years the. veterans OF re, under the
generalship Of that unfiinching patriot George
Washington, contested evny inch Of ground
qualification of seeing their independence nc.
knowledged by most of the European powers,
before the close of the eyentful year 1888.
Now whether it be right and proper to assert
that the distracted condition Of England,s
Colonial possessions in India, her riots and in.
at home, and the continental wars
in which she was engaged, was the cause OF
that most eccentric of kings so soon acltnow-
Lodging the right Of the people OF this vast
country to govern themselves, is a somewhat
paradoxical question, and one which il would
not be interesting to expostulate upon on
tho present occasion, and especially in an ace
Of laconics like this Suffice It now to say that
q government was organized, thirteen Inde-
pendent States signed articles of confederation,
the machinery of q Republican form ofgoyern-
ment was soon put in working order, and un.
der that government this nation was blessed
for upwards Of half a century, with une xarnpled
VIA ls..E<..s 4. l-... @'> m. :"
The perplexing subject of African slavery
then began to be an eye.sore to some OF our
more pious brethren Of the North; they did not
believe the prophetic declarations of one of
olden times who said, Ham shall be q servant
Of servants" The slaveholding States were
resolved to maintain their constitutional