, 1866-06-29
THE FOURTH OF JULY.

yeafs and ten OF our National Independence.
Il is, we trust, the wish of every one that the
coming Fourth of July will be celebrated
throughout the length and breadth Of the
land. Let the Lakes on the North-the
the Atlantic on the East-the Gulf OF Mex
leo on the South, and the Pacific on the
West, w.ft the loud roar OF cannon-and the
glad shouts of 40 100000 of people-td
othe. lands May each patriotic member Of
our confederated Union wish to each other
in pledge-PEACE, PROSPERITY, HAPPINESS
AND BRuTHERLY LOVE. Let US remember
that the clash of arms is no longer heard in
our land Our people have laid aside the
sw, I'd and taken up the pea;eful implements
of industry. Peaceful pursuits beget peace
iul habits, and peace is what the country
wants. Let US drop ordinations and recrlml
natiuus. Let whatever is unworthy in the
past be buried in oblivion. 1t is of the fu.
ture We wish to speak-that future which is
big with the fate Of empires We are rap
idly approaching our ninetieth natal day as
nurion, and under the circumstances it is
~ re huned that the clming Eunrth of I'Ai..
will be celebrated with becoming decorum
uni genuine patriotic zeal, and that general
good feeling will pervade the land.
Five years of bloody strife has swept over
our fair land and has made desolate many
fesides-demOlished many old homesteads
ard IL ade many widows and orphans. Mill
Dns Of treasure has been spent-squandered
md stoen-poverty and wretchedness are
Stalking abroad on every hand; our once
fair fabric of free and enlightened gotern.
meut is>reeling like a drunken man-full Of
rotrenness and corruption-
=" With naught of life, save the power to suffer,
And all of death. save the quiet of the grave !"
: After cighty-dvo years of unexampled
prosperity and happiness, and five years of
Unprecedented disaster, disruption and anar-
the old family altar on this natal day and
cement anew the bonds of Union Let each
party acknowledge their errors, (and they
are legion on both sides y let by-gones be
hv>gones let us each and all remember that
we cannot be CniOn men unless We are in
favor of sustaining the States in the exercise
Of their just rights. Until such a sentiment
as this pervades the minds of all, Union is
impossible, and fanaticism will lead US into
the same vortex from which we have Just
escaped. Let us hope that the war of breth
ron is ended, and t. at brotherly love has
assumed permanent and lasting sway. Is
there people that could be more blessed
than the people Of the United States, if they
will only remain true to themselves Our
only real danger lies ahead-cOnSplcuouS,
olevn;ed aud rl"i"ly visible to oil ~hv choose
to Look beyond the present moment aud com.
pare our condition now with the republics
and dynasties that have passed away. Our
present condition was clearly dscernrd by
rhe founders of our government, and it was
supposed that that they had provided every
Safeguard against the danger that now threat
ems u.s. We repeat it, that our present cJn>
ditUn was anticipated by the great statesman
who preceded US, aud now that the hydra>
headed monster Of fanaticism appears to u.
full fled sed, shall We wantOnly and willingly
embrace it, aud thus crush out in the wild
surges Of factiom fhe high destiny that
awaits us? With the multitude of objects
of charity and benevolence that surround US
ON all sides, why pick out the negro and
make him the exclusive object of our bene-
factions Instead of this, let US treat ali
the objects of charity alike, and with the
same liberal hand. Finally, laying aside
every thing like cant and fanaticism, let us
alias countrymen, friends and brothers.
cherish in untadlng memory the bright deeds
of our tnreiathcrs. remembering that it was
both North and South that grappled with
and overthrow British oppression, and there.
by gained US this coming Independence lay.
The preparations being made at Walla
Walla to celebrate the ever glorious Fourth
are such as to give assurance that the de-
@onstration will be in every way creditable
10 the patriotism Of our people. We trust
that every man, woman and child in the
county will attend. Every true patriot and
Union loving citizen, who is able, should
make it poRt to give his aid and influences
in making this The celebration of all celebra.
tons Of the glorious Fourth in this Valley.
Although We live on the outskirts of "Uncle
Sans presumption" and the paucity of our
population dsbars US the privilege of partici-
pating in the National Council, still we are q
part and parcel of the great brot otherhOod,
and are heirs in expectancy of one day in,
heriting our share in the profits and honors
Of the great house Of the United States.
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