Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-04


Eighty seven yess ago the people Of thirteen
colonies. provinces Of Great Britain. declared
ihemseIves Free and rndspspdens Of the govern
men, 10 which they owed allegiance. seven
years struggle achieved Independenee but il was
obtained throuxss triais and sacri6ces which &C.
nandcd The exercise Of the highest order Of
PATRIOTISM For eighty -four years the Americ n
people IN common commemora,ed the glorious
ds>ss Of common ancestry, but 10 dAy a differ
INT Spectacle i presented A civilw Is raging,
which has had no parallel in history between kin
dred-the people of heretofore united nation.
And what 10 more strange. each section appeals
70 the declara,ions of the men Of l776--to the
the principles they svo~ed az the basis Of the
government, they estabIished-ss ajustihcstion Of
ns pos tons they nov occupy.
Three years ago TO day there was hardly cii-
zen Of then united country who could or did an
sicipate the state Of afairs which now exist
Two years-e~en one year ago, but few thought
that hostilities could be prosecuted UPON the mag
nitude which has marked that period. The hope
Of all was that some decided results would occur.
which would terminals & controversy that ia
wasting the resources and gripping the power Of
each and both sections OF the country But the
contest still exists, and the future IL &c dsrk 10 &c
mysterious aud uncertain a. it has been since the
war commenced God grant that the next Fourth
Of Jaly n y be day of peace. and that the
inS guns whose salvos announce the return Of the
natal day of freedom may be heard from the At
lantic TO the Pacific, from the St Lawrence 10
the Gulf Of Mexico. over united. happy and
prosperous country.
As Appropriate "a the day and in honor OF the
memory OF the men who pledged their lives
their fortunes md their sacred honors to estab
iish free government. and to secure to them
selves and their posterty the blessings
of civil and religious liberty. We reproduce
their Declaration at Independence. which
announces the principles upon which III &.
Constitution aud the Unioa---the government
were based We hope ii will be- carefully read
and the doctrines which IL prouulgates receive
that consideration which they merit II the
Declaration was published o-day a. an original
document. many would denounes It as tiuctured
with comprehend sentiments. and others would
regard IT, a "butternut" production. Our
fathers IN 40 complained Of the very usurpttions
OF the british Government which exist in our
own 1t the present day. and which they regarded
sufficient causes for rebellion against the Gov
ernment to which they owed their allegiance
But thee parallels between those days and the
present period will strike the reader as he 20
ruses the causes and reasons which our fathers
regarded a. sufficient for separating from the
British csown and declaring themselves free and
Independents May the same spirit which ANNA
ted the patriots of the resolutiou--the same de-
sire for the uniettered enjoymens of civil and re-
igiou- liberty. control and govern their descend
ants. The principles they fought for aud secured
should be maintained by the men of the present
day.
Read the principles Tor which they were willing
10 sacrifice verythinc their lives, their fortunes
and all they possessed
DECLARATION OF INDEpENDENCE.