Maryland free press., 1866-07-26
July 4th, Is4s, and,Jaly. en-, isss

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There was not particle of tn hearty -
siasm of former days manifested on ~. re rae
of July this year, anywhere, and under H. shasa a
head Brick Pomerpy, in his peculiar stvjs Sse .;
some Of the reasons why, q folIows: y ~ e'a
Another anniversary has been Numbered la
the past--another diamond added 10 tbe s,...M .M
Of the stars OF memory which pin up tie cu,,. .t
OF the past. frqrf 'l .s- IA r- nSsa"a
Twenty years since when q boy. v.,,,...
forward longingly to the 4th Of July. Ar -
the proud day came, went forth to listen n - ~
tors paint the future and picture the past VA Nh
wnal pride did we walk the streets, an atom y
the procession keeping step to the nstio.si ~
and keeping our eyes on the beautiful 10
overhead. Twas not alone that Il was ~ =,
Of July that we were aiding to celebra,. - a.. w.
was the glorious thought that from Ms;s.,s w. U
ico-from the Gulf to the Superior ec,'S.. waa'
from Oregon to Virginia; every i:y and x;i!-
was alive with patriotism-that all over ~.
panse of farm and forest hill and prair;e NC ~ =
aud mountain, the flag Of the free was VIM ssa
that poor boys like ourselves had a rigI, saa
protection under its folds and shadow sn,., Ing
the rich. Whoever held Il aloft we aSm..s . sa
Whoever followed where il led we loved ~ ~.
ter whether he was American born or 60 - M
the Green Isle Of the sea- the.coal pita afP..H0a H0a
the Rhineand, or the Vineland, or The so ~ y
Serf or the Cossack -. " 10
We were taught Democracy-we ver, /, MI.
to love those who lived under the shadoS.
flag, to rise above sectional bitterness asd A. ~.
ana believe every man brother who paid ,r;h'
ute on the day that married the dawn az ~. 1'S !.
ton. That day came With the morn-~,Ss aa-
morn ofAmerican existence, after the dsrI III
OF bloody night had passed away. - '''S'
It told of free people.
Ofa prosperous people,. 10
Of Q people who. had egnai rtohts ana L..
privilegss and an equal rsprssentat;on bv Ss.,i
II told OF apeoplc who were by the Constants.
given. 80 '1suu0a
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1t was to us day which renewed IN. ho.a j..
brotherly love. Boston and Mobile spoEs - y
to each other; New York and st. Louis ;onsd Az !
the song; Hartford and Memphis shouted = =
unison; Charleston and Chicago sent tbe :. ~ y
shout heavenward, while the villages of - sN
est and plain, the hamlets of the pineries and rs Is
viiius OF the magnolias Joined in swelling n,
proud chorus. - u'
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.uly 4n 1866. .t ee. .5a-f
we hear hire crackers on the street-ve =.
few boys playing with torpedoes--we see = e.
country people wandering about hand |;
hand ike mourners at a funeral. with solemn E
ces, looking for the great procession Of freem.s
The glory OF that old day has departed from hsr,
There is a jocky horse race-a drinking Of ebss
9everages-a hunting for q place se.ebrate-
eeartn Q. patriousm-a lack of devotion to Ii
day and its objects. The Union "a broken n
sons OF America, led astray by sectional ag;t.
have forgotten what the forth of July 4 for;
broke our presses-it gagged our Speaker;
imprisoned free speech--it thrust freemen int
damp, dark dungeons-it rent the Union asu,nd.
it strewed the land with slain-it coversd y
graves with widows weeds---it reyelled or n N
.he earnings OF poor laborers-it prescribed. me-
for an oIlnion-it shouted in drunken elee A. :;
6aid Jests.'t forgot the lessons:.of statesmen
drove half ofthe Union to war with th- Nh.
half-it toyed with and strangled our Gbsr,;.s ~
1t tickled the bayonet-pierced catastropbes ~ n
nation with little stories-it divided the Unior
and tar,w the poor people OF the country bigb n,
on the the rocks Of taxation, there 10 remain h;
our national Debt be repudiated. and lie n..,
pered, protected Bond Holders be compelled ,
work as other men do.
The 4th of July to day is but hollow mock
cry of its former self 1t Is forced laugh fro,
a condemned prisonerl 1t is treacherous mil
on the iace OF Puritanisml 1t is the empty sch
OF an old song! 1t is the scream of success fror
the radical Abolition traitors OF the landi II
Q lin Ping, hating sp lsmodic pro ession !: ca
p'irison to the glorious days oftwenty wears sine
when there were no eleven States WAITING
blood, in ruins, in desolation to be admitted /
the Union they never lefii 20 '1s 'TI',ST
People Of America-will you tell us who tbe
are wha deserve the name Of patriots1 gl i,,g3
Are they the ones who fought .or their libert
who lost, and like men submitted to the d,
erees of fate, or the cowardly, treacherou,
sneaking radical moDey-getters and Union.hs
ters, who sit in drunken glee and refuse right
their own, TO common brotherhood Of peopl,
And as you think of these things, win YOU ',e
US whether by another 4th of July our natio
VIII be united, or whether we must be preparin
rights. ~ -