The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-04
Tse Fourth OF July

r'hts 5 the FGAEtE Oh Joiy. HI ioTNss uAyS
w. salnted with The firing of gnas, and WA
B ,rorsa ~ grand rarades, oIations. dinners,
II ,casi5 The D. claration OF Inde pendenes
f.eos Generally read. TIE exertions oratoricsi
,vers considered too great for one man--so
E,Eare was a seadar and an orator. The reader
peclsraiicn. lis began with energy, and rose
"a be coutnaed, until he thundered In the con
e-a-u wherein our foref ,thsrs dsoia red that
~ held tie British as they held "fhe rest Of
?. Iiqd-E%EMfESINW WAR; INPEACE,
aIENDS' Here the roof was percsptbiy
7l4sei by the powerful and Indignant. tones
lhe youthful patriot Just from college, to
ton. tho task was usually assigned, ane who,
ins sF again the part Of the signera boldly
y ietiantfy Hang down the gauntlet TO TIE
.gauous nc of Britain.
tn8,Aies ia war IN peace, friends -
s,s let ~ iet remark upon this magnani-
ous ffoLuucIamento Of our Revolutionary
gaeTs tbst willie It was rather dramatic
u 81 ~lted they were assuming new re lations
77>rts really yrea, people, apeopie who,
i,l4 al tAsir arrogance and overbear ing dis
-s5.u. iaay could stl have some respect fos
,Dat e contrast, gay the worst Wa can of
.77 d they present 10 the Yankees ! Could
90 tbnfs :eracy-eould Stats Of the Con
=. .J--2rogy to-day towards the Yankees,
sli oUT ancestors towards the British, that
gc hold ihsm as ws hold the rest Of man
.aa-euemiea in war 4, in peace, friends ~
lave not the.f brntalities-tbeIr war of ra-
ns-ther burning Of towns and chnrchss
lei, burniag Of agricultural inp!ements-t
gnias tie seryile population against oor poo
l.--lheir Efforts, in every conceivable form
I robbery, deltruetion, aud by ali kinds OF
41yilcai agencies, TO break the spirit of our
loT 10 aud starvs the III into sub ac.i0nfor ormed
gulf So impassabls between the North and
4c South that the sentiment OF friendship is
20 that can never exist between them as ma
.oas Hatred Of the North will be u legacy
, fl,grs generations Of tho South that will
70 - long gs the Governments Themselves,
"a probably survive them. We can never
Id to Yankeee ''as We hold the rest of
.484i1d''
Hat TO return to the subject of the Fourth.
-. yo4uk men OF the localities as T. first eff
rat, auI was therefore rs studied aud ornate
rgeeible for a youthful and ambitious mind
ID Of "a pectation and hops to make it. 1t
~. always al animated paper. If it did not
liLers to the rules applicable to such efforts
l.. natteIed it TIE day was one of On
.usaE Ii, bursting patiiotism, aud joiiihcation
6. Il ant ,,A eut srH
i9g the presiding genius Of the day, even
I.lh03 itself was, for tho time, consecrated
A'.e1 the Grafton the parades, the dinners, the
sasta, aud the parting salutes. Everybody
sls 9ay--overybody was fired with patriot
~ and E.Any with wine or whiekey. The
rJo.th WAS therefore Jolly day-it was II day
. 10 ike Of which is necessary for every ma
IN foT no nation that ia civilz d and hu-
D4rizai can get along without its holidays-
;s daya of iestivlty AID general joy.
IIua vve had oar Fourth Of July. TIE dsy
Is ,!o.y changed. We have no holiday. The
unless .neny who has iran,risi upon every
r.jncirie aud night commenoI ed by the day
Itse!f ulves no .ntcrmission ion forefve orgy
re.,,4. were we 40 inclined. 1t is, however,
sill dear to Southern people; ami they prove
their devotion 10 it by maintaining With their
blood and their Ilves the rights and principles
aaeetted by our fathers in 76. The Yankees
,,ili probably to day renew their professions
Of rosneCt and devotion for them, notwith'
e,andnr that they have crushed them into the
duet. They alo hypocrites and PEarisees
tulu.h h for that
Tie Declaration of Independence, frinsed
and I'll. with certain tranecehdenialisms, ni-
ldbed from the French philosophy of the day,
vi,h which Mr eiIereon and his cotemp0Ia
,iz, Lad become somewhat innocnlated, Sc.
forth the POI uIar lishts for which wa are this
dey battling. The main principles 1t assert
: the Yankees never could approve. 1t ID
that Governments "derive their just powers
{frrn the consent Of ths governed
The Yankees think they have right TO
govern the Southern people against their con-
sent Trey have decorated both the day and
tho principles which i. commentaries, and
the vary beet way il which we can celebrate
lt ie py whipping them. good victory over
,la7l would tie the best tribute we could oiier
4. the memory of tie signers OF the Deciara'
t3n 4 az pray for one.