, 1866-07-06
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
Grand Celebration at Salem, Ill.,
Forty thousand persons present.
ADDRESSES RY GEN. Ig. r. &AER.
Man, GOV. OGsLE>UI, GEN.
JOHN LOGAN AND
OTHERS.
Vprf&inE Of Lnyai TfeM-
OF Andrew JohnsNti-'ut~lr, Dec.
ufNtiunps ctc., etc., exc.

Iuly, In thls Stale, uas held In the plta. crow
adjoining 'he dusty lllle city OF salem, the count,
seat Of Marion County, q place Of shout thrs,
thousand IphahltAutS, whose almost uuAlitnnr
io9slsa to the principles Of liberty au,i Republican
I'm make Salem a brigns md sninlu9 light II
Southern hfino's- Great preparations aerp mad,
to rendsr this celebration cpe of unusual msgnlt
eencc. both BY the mssuitude which 1t ,vas intend
ed should distinguish II, snd By .he high rvputanot
Of the men who were engaged 10 h present as fht
Grand attractions Of the occasion. statesmen and
walrtors whose very names 1re tall mans OF povsl
IN this conn,ry. By happy thourhE OF tho blend
ing OF glorte- recent ana remote. his WIS mlne
'roltiers n -nn1on and WELCOME" as well a ! ce's.
b1a,ion Of cur natlonll h1rshday. and charu.psly
picturesque md oid-siue etect wa pr- pep cit ny
s IN se sssss' perie ei sn ~.
prominent ftature OF the uay- All the minor c.sc.
hsGoas which had teen proposed by 'he patrrorrc
sadsus nfmauy m.tet aoout we-s given up, IN or,eI
thai aii might mite to rho one grsad ehGn ts1tion
1t SALEM. vh1ch ins days ana even eeks hetose II
came ou; as .oe rrsnd sl4pis Of conversa satiou ID
that ecit1u Of cunnfty. Mauf uh0 lived at dis
lance feacheu salem on fhe eve Of The Fnurtn. and
N!ehik lodrtIps were At pFr11tun Eszfh with. bot
he grand cEoMd was Of course, on ioa morning Of
the Unrth. Then the rtre.. OF -as,n en-. uyletf
Each train which eame teom either ea.t Dr wesl On
the ohlo & Mississippi Railroad Sas Of nn4sn4j
ltnefh eometimes conrs'lng of e!eh.sen Or !" su,y
CARS. and al dcuseIy crowded, while every co:rtr1
read lhdtuc into salem. from a1y DIRECTION seted
70 h1ye been taken pos ssx4fon OF oy new trlne OF
lerse,ie retn. TO l.nl oi pfnu1,te4 Vehicles Of
eRefF de- eEso{tpn Nttc ID anssttfon, 6ud hLudrras
unable 10 nrd cons~yance.. trndFed several mile
through the heat and dust 10 be ptcscut~ Truly,
they came
sAs leaves come, when forests are repded."
Old snd young Of hosh texe. md ali conct,1on,
IN lille, 1ockel to the pomt oi teudazyua.. an1on.
to give strength by tht1r prrsenr. and cpllp,e,,,c
to the demonstration In tarar OF iber and sht aud
unqesstood Has 10 he the prevailing caanl.er,-tic
o. the ds5. Copperhcads did not coma. Tn.y held
jambaree and barpecrs oFts At Nonut ysrnou,
twe0t,-tuo milee IRON 3sle1n> where they eJm;a-
cfoE1ted Andy jehn.ou> etc. drank anu we're lu,u-
pE1uu.lr merry Even 10 the1nsesye., ttc Idea or
tbelF celebrating tue Fourth OF July must have ap-
pea1rd Inconsistent and jneongruoo., auf they
wisely ktpt away fron place where H., cbarac,er
OF tho t,ay rs an anulver.sEy Of freeoon1, would
have ectn made too unuleaean'Iy conspicuous 10
their benfgh ghted Understandings.
TO relu1n TO the IoJal celebration at ysEen,
The committea having the ma ter n charge dls
uos. a. committees on .uth oda,ls 100 "ffen do.
sending out ! lot of "po-ier-," and putting up !
sna1l SAND for speak-rs. Thes reaIls lsn nothing
undcne IN The was OF previous arrangements wh,cn
poses Of the celehrauon beaultni grove Of huge
tseee, With but little undethrush amop. tbelp nt,d
with such gaD'le alvptpg ground Ike that Of IN
amPht1hes,se. tnas thousands might sce and hear
without difficulty. E*e1u" THIS s1o1e rlx relfed
. TIE GRAND STAND,
a huge double platform. On th= lower platform
band md club and On Inc ripper s:aes wen. liz
okaiuEs ol the da7, invited euess, aut msmoe.s II
the psess. On large banners be'ors lhe stand ap-
penred tNo extracts fron the utferance- ol the man
Johns on which were e-pct1niy tai,FfcaI WI a
viewed 1n contrast with The more recent dareiop-
ments ofhis charae'er. They wsse lh. memorable
Ss.se1 nice. Asts onnoa
be made ouluNs. and tgataors must Ne p9pi,red,'
eic.> Niih eome laEfher poah anout hi- hen2 q
- second Moves" os Juaae. or souesh,ag Of lho
kLu- ThsFe Was slso prominent panaer which
epssomked the situation beautifully, ia pl1odylng
the old cortwEheao and lonr:on cJ Of Tna
Union IS II was and the Con. fitutIon a. Il .s,"
which wae here made 10 read :. .JoArton a. NJ te4s
L1ngr<ss a. H." III be hack Of the st5nd uss
the suacsspl,ou, " Gov og!e~by, the lncotrupt!ols
statesman acd ,al'snt warrior" On the rlxhi aud
greatest ;. military ehi.aain of the ase'''
ststesma1 Or Egypt Tae h.aaer a Of ,st Fi,eeu.a @
earss,dgs box tnsGfbed s'4u ro11ds," foafsd neaF +
The right or The front. In the cen'ts and a. inter-
yale alonrd ths stage were reared tau tattercd
ments. totn By AcreamlnR ahot and bursting bell,
snd u1ngG with the smoke q many battlefield,
baEners made glorious w1'h the uctuoics o. mAuJ
OF The battle lacs Of lhe One Hundred md Sareoih
snt Une hundred and Esevsn'h teaimauss, whlo
sho.a Ean*su aboat we're q re sixly,alEd: Twe1a-
lb,x1ytr$,, EiRhlh. Twent3 ,hrst Fortielh, and
IWlLts-. ecnna regiments Of ltl'no1- volunteer.
~ktch clustered 70 mem07eJ Il fzatfusJus stnGt
and death. depended hum The umhslgcous cauopy
Overhead and "aye1 tDelr gorgeous fold. through
1eafY v1sfa1 on ateSy hand.
In anothtr portion Of thr grounds, north or tbs
main slaud, was located. tic co1nm..sary tieraft-
ment. where at baskets ssere oepo*1trd hI 'hose
wanted. Then ihsre setr .et here aul there through
The woods huge hog.btsde in which tnake,I tepA oI
Ice, that thirty thousand might drink of pure cno-
vae eaterpsi. I'D also established sererol rcc
rpent ssnuus here aud there. but no su:o1ieaiipr
lquorb *ete allowed On the groun.i- Al th. en-
aar, ore a1moEt Large enough 10 have .hadsd an
n1ny.
ruz PROCESSION
Of QHe&Ia and ciuxeuh was formed 1put ten O'Clock
H.. the arrival al the train from Oxln, which
brought with It soma three shousnd visitors. jcD.
r. H. LYON nas ofeer Of The cry, and ,haessr.no,s
Sa. Lieut.. J. II. Wbam Nj. K. Lemon, aax Gapf.
T. y. Pierce, Gvt. ]. F. Biack. Gap'. }. Nlcnois,
Gap.. 2. l. sm,.n. sergs- l. .. nod,ss, ". =.
Cspf. W T. Spro1te. Lien;. J. q bessie ;. - ~
uwfig TO the 1mmense numbers pre-: ent litrlc
order could be oasetsed IN ,he formation ofihs
ing thIrs5iour beautiful young etrs tyocat Of The
sthtes OF Inc Union, and 4 number OF figs Uefe
torne in various p0rtbns Of the line, but the fest
ilree nbressr BlJed ,yiib tie sturdy yepmanr7 Of
the sud, their wives, children Of awstthratt., ali
Ths disuogal:hea Raasl.. Geaelsl shsr@ao,
Governor 0eitsby aud Gen. Loran, were eseorfed
up 10 The C1ask Houtc, and there waited about
hAIf IN houf 10 recover from the etIecs OF the In.
tsnsey pitserefane fai)rnad ride mp IRON cen,falla
where they had stopped the preceding night. Whlla
they. remained here, the crowd Kept poutlaR IN a
sbout halt mile RON ibe hoel, IN such MS, NUM-
bers that tho spacious forest WI. tulI Of theu 1t
IA believed thas act leas than forty tfsousaud men,
Women and chtldren vera assembled here on this
ocesion. The Gay WIS oppzasstveiy NOT sud tu,,ry,
bur1ts difcontoFts seemed 10 be Eemenbesed ~
none N ihc JOY OF the occasicn. When The dis
Hpnui>het gues,s arrived ou Tho ground, they wela
lccs lved with en.hu4Eas.Ic cheera.
TIE CELEBRATION
AZ the grounds commenced ~uh an MIR hf the hand
sss ah spsa ss ss
excellent, and their execution was q1i1a pas able.
Prayer ~as then offered up oy Rev J. d. G1ilh.m !,
1,on Of political aGA1rs 10 The tnrone Of oiviEe
grace a. auhject for sey:oua consideration sntl
amendment With regxru 10 Andrew johnson. The
reverend gentensn PRAYED that he nigh. be led
hs might not b. permitted having stosd arm IL
the hour Of peril 10 now beeome one q the enc
mics ot our county but hat be un'gn: bs oroush'
TO fee from temptation Ae thanked Gud for tie
action OF Conxfees IN the seFous queHtfous c0u
earning The national life aud honor 1hlca haa o:er
p.VNkAH u"tNkS ~A4@0A. A1N- fAs3|A 'At a%uJ AAW "
Ee enaoleo 10 tfand nr,n In the eaute OF night II
inc mtnte s. IL tas Pasf. - .,. ..,,s., ,,,,
Alter anotaer fragment OF music dandW1ched lnt1
the e4erriset st This poius,
tolone' Hfcks IN n'rodueed
GENERAL y. I. suBRNlN
as ont EnIlant cnieita.n, patriot and nero the lido
Of bis army and The pride Of bis eoun,ry.'
General 3henan Nas received with po.ihve31
enthu,iaetIc ttorna Of appausc, The immense audi
enee rising t7a H.asse, cheering, waving hsls aat
b.1diefchIc!s. md 10 every way possible demon
s.,a.sng thelf Joy n 1eetng the bsio who marched
down 10 tne ae1. When the 1enpe.z Of ~eteoms
had IN SONG u1eztprs subsideas GeEeral Sherman
epsas a. toluws:
Gentlemen and feliow-soldiess. when accepted
thu mv1.srpu 10 CONS Dyer TO yonT to,sn apd jolz
WIZ you In the tsstvlSes ot.this Fourth or July,
did NOT dream thai would ba callrd 80 soon obo1
hls'ous nan xoaM b!e&k The n.y and prepare fo
these who were to foilo~. but aut myself here n
your bidding Rud brheye / have never failed ySr
ard w1ll ~ 10 10 ny he~t nov 70 fhst every OK
fc!dssr Nt give ne fu!l credit fox being In oarnesE
u ts 1org tune my ntcads. s!ncs have sern Il
olo Fo1fth Of any une, WIN " pspet1slons. mai
toes and bannef9, edieo ana children, s!l Assenhet
III The pfEttA pf nlf urH. nave seen crowds OF n