Daily clarion and standard., 1866-07-15

The foliawing orrtion was delivered some
where within thopsand miles of New Or
leans on Independence day.
| Fellow-C -Citizens-This is land of liberty
/ for those in ascenlancy. 1t is q land of
| freedon-fU those a power 1t is country
where all can do as they please-provided
/ all please the viii o. the majority. 1t is, in
| fact, the best government the sun ever shone
upon. Hurrah for the United States of
I America
Everybody is supposed to hurrah
TOAST
Amerha-(So called because it was dis
| coveredsy Columbus now one of the five
grand divisions of the globe, May she ulti-
inately boone the grandest-
Music u the band.
This is igreat country. 1t has longer riv-
ers, bigger lakes, deeper caves, erookeder
railroads, icher oil wells, smarter steam
boats, wlor prairies, lower riyer-bottoms,
taller grasand shorter grasshoppers, than
| any other ountry afioat on the bosom of the
ocean. [GAat applause Its people have
more religia and deviltry in their compost
| ton; more simplicity and extravaganza;
more humility and pretention more SINGER
ity and hypocrisy; more go aheaditiveness
and hold-ba kitiveness more reliability and
humbuggeTy than any other people on the
face of God'sfootstool.
TOAST.
Liberty ano Equality.-May the former
never be sacriiced by those who would at
tempt to constne the latter literally.
CMuic by the Band.
Perhaps you would like to know how
such country cane to be discovered. Well,
just before the cbse of the fifteenth centu-
ry, say about l49), it became evident to the
Spanish Queen, Isabella, that the people of
Europe, Asia anC Africa were governed too
much for their own good and by long pro-
cess of reasoning she came to the conclu-
sion that people had become old enough to
govern themselvs, provided they had room
enough to do 1t Ii. On looking around she
found that all the countries of which she
had any knowledge were already settled" "
so she sent for oAe Christopher Columbus, a
navigator of note, aud asked him if he
thought he could md a country unoccupied,
where people tired G kings, queens, prinei-
palities and powers and "sich like" might
go and govern themselves and maintain the
Monroe Doctrine" Mr.. Columbus seemed
to think he could if he had the spon-doolux
to defray expenses. THAT you shall have"
said the Queen, "if have to spout my own
iewelry and that of my relations to raise it,"
''Nuf sed," replied Mr. c., and he forthwith
began to prepare chart to sail by, and three
ships Ga little larger than dug outs") to
transport his men and himself to ''the land
where the sun sets"
All things being ready. he set sail, and
kept sailing until he brought up, in 1892, on
an island just outside of the main land of
this continent.
Having made this discovery, he returned
home, ( after some ir)hs which had been
forged for him. and shortly after, A merry
cuss came over and named the continent,
and a merry set of cJBses we of America
have been ever since, to be sure: especially
if we happened to be Quakers during the
first attempts of the Furitans to govern
themselves in this country; or Indians,
wherever white men" have shown them
selves; or soldiers, just prior to 1776; or ''se-
cessiOnists," at later date.
TOAST
The Tree of Liberty-May it never pro-
duce any sprigs of nobility, or Of-shOOts of
tyranny Emay every sucker it would put
forth be nipped i'll the bud may every limb
become timber and pliable in the hands of
Justice; and while it is leaving may those
who cannot endure its shade leave too
Music by the Band
Along with this country was discovered
many beasts and birds of prey. Among the
latter was the somewhat celebrated "Ameri-
can Eagle'-so called because no other coun-
try was ever big enough to hold him when
be shrieked. He is so large that when he
lights ON the Rocky Mountains the tip of
one of his wings dip into the Atlantic, and
the tip of the other into the Pacific; and
while his tail is nipped with polar frosts his
head is schoTched with tropical rays, and
when he shriekes Hail Columbia all Co
lumbia halls l-invectives on Kingdoms,
empires, and ''sch like for be it remem-
beTed this is the best government the sun
ever shone upon if any reliance is to be
placed in the speeches of Fourth of July
orators.
As no Fourth of July Grafton is complete
unless some reference is made to that fabled
biId, called by the ancients and mOderns
the PhPnix'-cumrOuse, your orator Will
here introduce it, for fear it may be left ont.
1t has no bearing upon the subject, how
ever
We celebrate this day because it is the
anniversary of that day we cut loose by pro-
elamatiOn from tie mother country and un-
dertook to go it alone. If we do not get
euchred it will b. because we hold both
bowers and the ace guarded hand never
before held by any Republican government.
Music hy the Band.
As this is the best government the sun ever
shOne upon, and as we can whip all creation
by land or by sea, it is high time the other
nations of the earth found it out. Hence
the Monroe doctrine" prevails-On paper
ow-Citizens-l repeat tlHia 9" .. e. I
country Cc--aU and continued applause. ]
1t can't be beat or beaten in either a fair
standup or ough-and-tumble fight, Our
natural and acquired advantages enable us
to bid defiance to the combined powers of
the earth, including New Jersy, whose cap
ital is Communipaw, shad oysters and CLAIMS,
each in their season.
Fellow -Citizens-As this is the day we Gel
ebrate and as we Americans are so consti
tuted, we cannot permit too long time to
elapse between drinks while celebrating"
on any occasion; therefore, your orator will
repeat once more, that this is great coun-
try, and then elose for you are no doubt,
all thirsty, and You orator certainlyis. The
band can play the "Star-Bangled Spanger,"
while the audience and les orator adiourns
to James Gonegal's Wholesale Drug Store,
No. 30 St Charles street, whose stock of
drugs and medicines, and patent medicines
is not equaled in the entire South.