Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-07-03
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!. five ysass sinrs our Esre- fathess declare
. Ito Great Briftafn and the world, thAt ssti
q United Coloniss wsse, and Of right ougl
. 20 bes Free and hsdepsadsss Ssasss;;'s II
+ 70 this decassAsion, relying upon the jal
4 ticeof Divine Prsvidsnee, pledged Tire
3 liyes, their fortunes ana thois sacred hsz
: or. The fourth day Of July, becsnss
D Witnessed this snhiime Decasrakion, hs
: associated with II, the release from Brai
|, fsh dsspotisl1, and the establishmaak oF
. free Repabaie; ths danger Of rsvolnsion
) sad the sasimssa triumph sf liberty + VI
) ffsrvsns appeal TO shs justice sf Heaven
: and the Subsequent favor of PEovidenrs
she gIorioas psineiplss aesiassed, and sh
eonsecsasion uf life, fortans, and hoaos
to their support. Eighty three sinas, q
! oftan ~ she sun, in iss annaal ssars
aama rouDd, hsse the American psopi,
assembled togsther, 70 celebrate that aas
during the revolution with anxious sop.
ipliaaaion and prayer--afssrwasds with joy
and thanksgiving.
| TAs mosning has been ashsssd in with
| ahe beaaing Of eannsn and tbs ringing Cd
bcllss TO signify that 1t was day Of tri-
unph aad joys festivities, patriotic
ispsaking, reading Of the Declaration,
sinsiag Of national songs, and the gor-
gsoas display oil the red, shisa, and blns,
hare naac UP sAe exercises of the day.
Ii IL eommen remark thai 90 long as shs
people coasiaae 10 celebrate that dsy in Q
proper maang, the Union and our lib-
critics will be safe; hnl wAaa thsy eaase
to regard 1t with Aassaiens shs Gsya ea tha
Rspuhlie may sooa b nambersd.
To-day, while the turf soarcesy grows
green over the last Eszaaans of the ravo-
LUTON, and while Great Rxisaaia ID ssiIl
pensioning bar 'tlOyap' subjects, tssies Of
thu revolution; nsar the spot whaTs the
bonssef Washington and Jefferson rest,
hundreds Of thousands, tbs sens of rsyo-
lutionagy sires, are asraysd against each
other for deadly combat. States which
in the rerolation united, 10 war against
Great Britain for their common liberties,
are now waEring against each othsE for,
nothing but mutual hate, and in both ssc-
tons, the people are experiencing verse
than Austrian despotism.
Who that appreciates tina trials and Ia
bors Of Seyeaty+six, can have heart 10
Fsioiee nov in the midst Of so great Ca
lamity2 za "a. ssezs zs
On tho fourth day Of July, what true
American in fsreign gentry can siag mis-
uAasxs ssase, s.hais! Uolamela xsaRRs
Laudr and sour Country, ssa Of thse,
Sweet Laad Of Liherty!n without she'd
ding tears, not Of joy but of anguish
In one portion of our country thus dis
united, we know not how the day will be
celebrated, if at all !; while in the other
it we mas judge from what we hare Late
ly Witnessed in this city, ths celebraties
will BE- little better than aoekry.-
Heretofore, all parties and faetions, po-
llitica religious and social, have mingled
their voices together to celebrate that day. |
For the first tins we have witnessed the |
attempt to deseerate the Anniversary OF |
American Liberty, By covering il to the |
purposes of political jabiiee. |
seYsral days ago, thers were posted
along onr streets, hand-bills, stating THAI |
a ameeting would be held at the Court room
on the osening Of the 2lst inst, to make
arrangements for q " Ugion Celebration" |
Of the Fourth Of July.
Although no name was attached 20 this |
call; and although 1t was gotten ap IS il |
now appears, by Republicans, withe ut |
consulting any oRe else, very respecta-
bic number Of citizens responded to the |
call. After the meeting was organised By |
calling Republican to the Chair, no- |
torioas Abolitionist, d. G. ClOomeF, Of.
fered resolution which indicated clear
~ his intention 10 make il . partisan af-
fair, and stated Ia the courss of his re-
marks, that be himself had gotten up tho
hand bills which called the meeting. An
other Republican, in reply TO qaassioa
as 10 the object of the resolution. mod