The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-08
Fourth of Bully Grafton.
Delivered by Samuel Eddy, at the old Set
tiers Fourth Of July Celebration, IN the
IosOa Of Salem, July 8, 1869.


State of the Union, where flows the beautiful
Ohio, am happy and proud to meet you on
this glorious but eventful occasion. e.~.
Ninety-three years have come and gene
since our fore-fathers, (being then under the
British yoke of bondage) declared to the
world, that all men onght to and should be
free They seemed to appreciate the worth
of that heaven-born liberty. They had al
ready felt the weight of the tyrant's heel.
They had already heard one of their number
say, (and they endorsed the motto) "give me
Liberty or give me Death.'' In making this
vow, they gave freely their lives and their
sacred honors to each other; noble heroes!
No wonder God blessed and crowned their eff
fcrts in seven years of hard struggling. And
we, their sons and grandsons, are this day
reaping the glorious fruit of their hard fought
battles-their privations and sufferings, to
gain and hold for us a green spot of earth,
that We can call our own, with no, rent or
tithes to pay to tyrants. Goi3 80
Since that browning victory, what onward
progress we have made in arts and science,
with the reward of industry. The small sail
vessel and dug out canoe have given place to.
the mighty steamers blowing and whitening
every ocean. And it can comparatively be
said: Columbia rules the waves! While the
log school house and humble cabin have give
en- place to splendid mansions. And lofty
churches with their towering steeples and
echoing bells both speak their praise and
point to heaven and God. The lightning has
been trained to carry our news over land and
beneath the ocean wave. But amid all this,
while prosperity and honor seemed to hover
round about us, an enemy came, while par
TALLY asleep, and sowed tares among our
wheat. That enemy is Satan. Hailing from
warm climate. he naturally made his way
South, among the nabobs, to find kindred
spirits; whispering in their ears, that they
could whip the North two to one. But when
the trial came, they found him liar and the
father of lies. But at the battle of Bull Run
he was suffered to be victorious, on this
ground only; because we fought to restore
peace and order on the same ground that it
existed prior to the rebellion. But, He who
can see as man cannot, could look into the
future and behold four millions growing un-
der bondadge, and their prayers had come up
like Cornelius, and their deliverance at hand
And the Lord did not prosper our arms much
till Abraham Lincoln (moved by the spirit)
declared the whole race of them free Then
the tide changed. Soon the hero, U. s. Grant
was at the helm and the track moved for
ward. Behold him at Fort Donaldson. Shilo.
Vicksburg, and with Lee under the apple
tree. Now he sits in the chair of state-oc-
cupying the highest Office in human ambi-
ton. % Foles
And now how shall we perpetuate our free
dom and liberty? Answer. We must put
our trust in that Being who formed the uni.
verse-who spake and it was done-who holds
this vast universe in the hollow of His hand.
We must read the recordaHe has left us-in
short we must believe the bible. In vain
dosKeptics try to overthrow the bible with
their false philosophy. That record was
made IN an honest age as we live in, and we
all go to our records for truth; therefore it
falls on the scripturelt to prove it false, which
he cannot do. Nearly 1000 years it has stood
the SCOTS and jeers of the wicked, but like
gold well refined, it only brightens the more,
foritis heavens own record, and all the
gates ofhell combined cannot overthrow it,
forItis built on the rock, Christ.
Well then, the bible says 7 pay what thou
owest." We must pay every dime $50 Grant
says) Of the National debt. We must use in
dustrys and economy-in short. he honest
with ourselves with God and the world. Then
our light would shine to every nation on
God green earth. fa2p 1eqa-q 4
A few words on economy. Our nation has |
given away too much to pride they dress too
gay-in purple and fine linnen-and they eat
too rich food. As the doctor told his patient:
eat less and work more. The ladies some
timesuse not good Judgment. They dress SO
costly that the honest young farmer dare not
pop the question to them. fearing that he
cannot keep up the appearance of their Gus
tom, with the few hundred, or thousand dol
lars his fathergiyes him to purchase farm
with. he has tospdnd it for jewelry and cam |
bricks, and compelled toalive by rent Hence
the girls choose OF take clerks that dress
fine, and ere long, by a pressure Of times.
they lose. their post, and famine oft ensues. |
Whereas, the young farmer ,takesup with the
plain but neat country girl, and when the
crash comes he is ready TO meet it and live
on, for all are dependent on mother earth for
Isustenance. Another custom have watched
Iandiseen the sad result Of; that is well -to-do
farmers selling their farms and going to some
cityor village, to live easier and with less
labor. Nine out of ten make a failure by SO
doing: They often go into trade and break.
When doing well, it is best to let well enough
alone, unless he sells a small farm, and pur-
chase larger one and go into stock raising.
which is profitable 4
r. Now let, us take o peep at the great future
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