The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-07-13
From the xenia Torchlisb,.l
Fourth of Imly..


1t is only ninety years ago to-day since
the sublime Declaration of Independence
announced our country to DO Que OF the
nations Of the earth. There are men now
living whose age reaches back 10 the birth
of the nation. A nation not older than
man with thirty millions Of population,
thirty hundred millions of public debt,
eight million traitors, and--Andrew John.
sonl f~
1t is hurried little history for ninety
years, But that is what we have come to.
Yet our record has somo luminous lines in II.
We have distinctly whipped great Br-
tain twice, IN. b. We are hankering to
do it again)
We have waved the banner Of glory in
and around the Halls Of the Montezumas
And wo have about made up our miud that
Maximilian has waved there nearly long
enoush)
We have built incredible thousands Of
miles OF railroad. (Lillewise, we have
smashed to pieces Incredible thousands Of
American people thoreon.) 4~a
Wo have invented aud put in practice an
infinite taugle of telegraph all ovor this
continent. (And we keep it to the top Of
its lightning in dilIusiug Assocated.Pr Press
dispatches and Johusous votoes.) .,.. i. ~
We have searched the old forest with re-
publican civilization. from tho Atlantic to
the Pacific coast. In which process we
have combed out and cracked innumerable
vile vermin Of humanity called " red men of
the forest, '-romantically so called,)
We have given to the world the blessed
sewing machine aud Hoes cylinder press.
| with which we are in q wayto sew up and
Hoe down all creation)
We have fought the greatest civil war Of
the worlls history, crushing q conspiracy
of eight million people---the most cause
essly, criminaly, and desperately treason-
able people the sun ever shone upon, (B,-
sides, wo squeelied, in the same process,
tho hundred of thuusands-wo don't know
how many-of their Copperhead allies in
! our midst; and were SO lamontably mag
unanimous rs not to have hanged any Of
hem--lettiug them all live tv vote us back
to where we fought from)
| We have, by this war, righted the most
stipend, wrong OF Christendom, striking
off the shacRles from four million slaves,
and restoring to them those "unalIenable
rights Of life, liberty, and the pursuit Of
happiness" which our 4th-of-July Declara-
! ton maintains that all are endowed with"
! Two are taking measures to secure these
trccd loyalists in the aforesaid rights by
remandhg them to the mild and patriarchal
rule of those whose judicious and gentle
lash has governed them hitherto, even az u
fond father governeth his wayward chill
dren. r.g t
In this war, We put the finest body Of
soldiers into the field that ever did battle,
noble, generous, glorious men, who God
bless them J lavished their lives by tho
hundred thousand that we might still be u
nation. land we manufactured Generals
aud Colonels enough to fill all our Offices
! for two goneratious.) ~'~
| In this war, too, we found three of tho
grandest heroes of history-Grant, Sher-
man. Sheridan. rrhis was after we had
found George b. McClelIan.)
We had for President, from tho beginning
to the end of this war, one of the most
honest. earnest, generous. genuine men
| that ever guided people through tho Rod
Sea of battle (We have Andrew John
SOM
Such are some of the gIories land so
lorth) that it is natural to recnr to en- this
4th of July. And it is natural too, to look
round and contemplate results. We have
| the ninety years OF national growth before
us-and that, with slavery's mortal poson
in the national soul and body. Look at il,
and, without any 4th.ofJly fustian, say
if there is anything in the books that can
| be named in comparison. In spite Of the
shameful and degrading drawback, we
have risen to standing with the first rate
powers of the earth
BIT, the stain on the banner now dyed
out with patriotic blood, We go forward
from u now era hencelorth. Ten 4ths of
July from this will not have passed till we
shall be recognized as the controlling power
on the gIobo. This is not patriotic pruph-
ecy this is the logic of evenls-destiny.
| Dear readers, may we ali celebrate that
hundredth 4th of July. And let us so live,
and act, aud vote al to feel that we have
contributed our share TO promote the integ-
rty, peace, prosperity, aud grandeur of tho
Great Republic.