Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-07-03
Fourth of July.

The Nations birthday is to be
celebrated, tomorrow, with usual en-.
thusiasm and becoming patriotism.
at several places in Grant County
James Ross, Of the State Journal,
a man Of noted eloouence ard ready
made wit, end Ct Spontaneous com.
bastibIo enough to entertain and
heat up to a glow the living masses
IS to lie the orator at Boscobel
Great preparations were being made
for the Fourth at Boscobel as we
passed through OH Saturday.
Mazelton, Of Eoscobel, is to he the
orator at Patch Grove, where the
people never fai' 10 provide the
Srandest entertainments on public
occasions. Mr.. Hazclton is one Of
our abiest speakers, and cannot fai
10 do justice 10 the subject causg
suggested b. Tie anniversary. ~
w. E Carter, is announced to be
the. orator for the anniversary cele
bration at ?latteville, and will de.
liver an intellectual discourse drawn
from his great store of knowledge in
the SCIENCES and laws, history, poll.
ties. &c. A rich and orderly pro.
gramme is announced in the Witness
At British Hollow they arc to
celebrate as already announced, in
the usual manner, and jointly We be-
Iieve with the Good Templars.
Also, at the Hurricane, they arc TO
celebrate in tie good old way, with
pleutV of fun and enough to eat and
drink.
These anniversary celebrations are
useful for the young, in perpetb@ting
through Thorn much of our ! 0tional
history as q free and independent
people @rQ government. The trials
0four forefathers, and for what they
struggled through seven years of
war, and the trials Of every class
ofpersons--cven of every man with
shacklcs about him, very naturally
become themes for the speakers.
The young listen and learn, and by
this means better than any other,
they come to love their country and
liberties, and learn 70 respect the lib
critics OF all people. t'. F.
1t is precisely for thc reason that
may no Iongcr be denied that the
masses. OF good people, clergy and
all, are govcrnod. i'll the long run, in
aheir ideas Of political rights, by
their political leaders. And if such
break up the social and political
Go.apact by which we are governed,
then such cau hardly fail to follow.
How necessary then that the men
who lead us and do the talking at
the3s celebrations be great, good
men, with warm hearts and clear
heads, and possessing broad concep-
tons of right, with e love of country
and of liberty audi Justice to all that
shall not be questioned For by
mems professions and acts, their
very sacrifices continuously in the
cause of right, and by that glow cf
liberal sentiment which the truly
good can only practice, aud none put
IN who wearbogus hearts, we may
Judge .dcm. But it requires %intelIi-
gent jadg42cnt to penetrate the bid
den minds Of MeH who lead with
bad intent, for some Of them excel in
counterfciting the. good SO os.to,vcry
often draw the ragsscSi m large part
with them. Aaron BUR-, John c..
Calhoun, Jeff Davis and other trail
foTs were eminent dcccivcrs, and for
thirty years were scarcely discover
ed, except by such wise good mcn as
Benton, Clay, jackson, Adams, Gid
ijngs and their intelligent followers.
@uckhan,, the last and least of the
John G. Calhoun leaders who got
into chief power, was soon discover
cd by al the,wise, sood and loyal of
IL country, even hy his own party,
and disowned; but in his late day
our public schools and an enlighten-
ed press had so far educated the mas
scs and made them Judge of charac-
terthat the very hour Of his attempt
10 betray his country and party he
WIS known and assigned among the
dead and drowned. To-day, our
Presidential head Is but suspected by
the enlightened opinion Of the mass.
es; to morrow be may be less or
more questioned, and very soon an
exact and rieht.bublit Judgment will
be found, WHICH the very All-Wise
tan but mdorsc. Rca lcrs, with so
much intelligence among the masses.
and sc much independence and good
ness among our leaders, n nan or
4 dozen, even 4 thousand Arnolds
and JEFF pavises, cannot destroy our
country. But an avenging God can
do it, and He only when by our
wrongs and expressions we deserve
to fall. -a.