The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-07-07

streets with dense mass of happy, en-
ihusiastic men and women. With eacI
delegation came wondrous piles Of pro
visions. Chickens by the hundred, Tur
keys BY the scor Biscuit BY the thou
sand, splendid Cakes innumerable. ant
other substantials and delcacies in un
told amount, were brought in by ou
noble hearted friends from the country
while the ladies Of our own village seem
ed to have provided as if the response
bility Of feeding the great host had devol
we'd entirely upon them.
AT eleven o'clock the procession wal
formed by the efficient marshal, Lieut.
ScoTr, and his assistants, at the Cour
House, in the order of procession as pub
lished. and marched to the grove neal
the Methodist Church A great mum
Der Of seats had been provided, but they
were inadequate to seat even the female:
present. The men stood, however, In
unwonted good humor throughout. The
music, both vocal and instrumental, was
superb. Every one remarked the excel
lence Of both the Band and the Choir
Rev. Mr.. SAMPSON read an appropriate
portion of Scripture. Rev. Mr.. FULTON
made prayer, marked with his owr
earnest, eloquent patriotism and pathos
Mr.. WOODWARD read the Declaration will
admirable intonation, clearness and EN-
phasis.
The Grafton, by Hon. HENRY A
WILrsE, is universally conceded to have
been a splendid effort. 1t was origina
in conception. new in its arguments
fresh in its facts, forcible in its ilustra
tons, excellent in its language. 1t wa:
clear and full in its ring Of patriotism
radical in it's discuss sion Of the elements
involved in our present contest. 1t en-
forced the great truth that nations, like
individuals, must respect the obligations
of justice, Of right, ofmorality-and tha
so far as they violate these, must suffer
The whole subject was discussed from
the highest stand point of morality, and
full in that regard for Liberty and Nat
ural Rights, which was the eliminating
principle of the noble men who promul
gated the doctrines Of the Declaration
We cannot attemrt' more minute ana.
lysis of the address. Suffice it TO say thai
it was eminently satisfactory TO the as.
sembled multitude, Notwithstanding the
speaker was suffering considerably from
illness.
The Dinner, as we have intimated
was grand affair. The four hundred
feet Of Tables, in the shady grove of Mr.
P. A. OLDER, were loaded down with
substantials and delicacies. Some 90C
persons were fed, and though doubtless,
there was lacking the attention and com.
fort of hotel dinner, yet all were fed
boun,eously, and so far as we know oil
can hear, there was no grumbing. We
think these Inconvenience were far less
than is usual on such occasions, or i
not. The people were in exceeding good
humor, and overlooked everything fol
the sake Of the cause. A large quantity
of provisions was lef, over and distribu
ted to needy soldiers families. and the
poor OF our village.
The Toasts and Speeches proved {
delight 'ul dessert TO the Dinner The
responses were generally good-some o
them excellent--and kept up an exquis
lie good humor and enthusiasm through
out the afternoon. Cheers, Songs, Mu
sic by the Brass and Martial Bands, yer,
thickly interspersed to the end.
The Fireworks in the Evening proved
a delightful exhibition, although III,
main piece was comparatively failure
The crowd in the vicinity of the bel
tower was very large, and the beautiful
colored Bengal lights, rejecting and col
oring trees, and houses. and people
made beautiful panorama. The sol
strains of the band added greatly to th,
zest and enjoyment Of the occasion. Tn,
display was finely managed by Mr.
KINsLEY and Sheriff WEsTFALL.
To sum up. We have had the hes
celebration ever seen in the county. Oh
all hands it is admitted that the larges
crowd ever seen in independence, wa
present. No one estimates the attend
ance at less than 5000 persons in all
and this, unquestionably, is a fair esti
mate. And yet there was not drunken
Union man anywhere in the town. Their
was no fighting. and, so far as we hav