New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-06
FOURTH OF JULY.
Entertainment in the First and Fourth
Districtss

Entertainment in the First and Fourth
Districts
As was promised these districts in pre-
vious announcement, the old fashioned
fourth of July festivities were participated
in by a large number of the citizens gather
ing at the Chandler Warehouse, listening
to the reading of the Declaration of indie
spendence, orations, and speeches from va
rious prominent gentlemen. At about P.
N. the crowd began to assemble, and at
four. the hour announced for the opening,
the large hall was crowded to overlooking.
As the levee was largely represented, and
the call chiefly emanated from the citizens
of the front, it was deemed just and proper
that the meeting should be conducted I'M
der the auspices Of the Greeley and Brown
Levee Campaign Club. The meeting was
called to order at P. NJ. by the president,
Captain George L. Norton, who, after an
lnouncing the object Of the meeting, intro
'duced Mr.. H. L. Lazaras, selected to read
the Declaration of Independence, which
was done in an excellent manner the reci-
tation took about twenty minutes, through
the most profound quiet.
At its conclusion Judge A. B. SlOanal1er
was loudly called for, and he arose amid
prolonged applause and delivered the fol-
lowing eloquent GRAFTON:
GRAFTON OF JUDGE sLOANAKER.
Fellow-citizens-I received the request to
address you but a few days since, and hav-
ing had but little time to prepare, shall
therefore not detain yOu long. / stand be-
fore an audience personally unknown to me,
and vet / can not feel that / am a stranger
in a strange land. Five years ago when /
stepped upon the soil Of your State, conse-
Grated by the blood Of your ancestors,
though was born upon the soil of Pennsyl-
vania felt too that this was my native land.
This il America, and / am an American cit
izen. would invoke the same spirit to pre-
side here to-day and tOrevermOre, through
out this land, thai burned in the hearts Of
our forefathers, when side by side, shoulder
TO shoulder, the Southern and Northern
man, the native and naturalized citizen, the
Catholic and Protestant, stood upon Ameri-
can soil around our common flag, to win
the universal freedom for one common peO-
pie Can we meet in this spirit, or shall
these disturbed waters which are now flow
ing through our land continue to pour their
bitterness upon the people, and upon their
culture peace, happiness and prosperity
FellOw-citzens, give me the hearts OF
the American people, united together
by brotherly love and affection; let
me but plant the principles of
the declaration of independence, the
teachings Of the constitution, and an indy
ing reverence for the American republic in
the hearts Of our people as they once lived
there; and can not and do not doubt that
all these stormy clouds of estrangement
that are hanging over and enc0mpasslng
our country would pass away and be for
and fhqf TgPnannpffv and han
piness, aud kind and fraternal feeling
would come and dwell in this land every
where. In the name of Union and con
stitutiOnal freedom and in the presence Of
that All-seeing eye, on this our ninety
sixth anniversary Of American independ- |
ence, / invoke that spirit to rest among |
YOU and abide with you throughout this |
most important historicrl fact in Ameri- |
can annals, is a duty as well as a source of |
patriotic qualification. Every people, in /
some form or other, observe the great days |
In their national calendars, the days which
have given birth to nations, or to the fOun- |
ders OF nations, or that have been signalized
by some decisive victory on land or sea, that |
has laid the basis Of national independence.
Such celebrations spring from the most
impulses of the human heart,
and they elevate a people in their
own esteem and that of the world.
they feed the flame of patriotism, that IN
ense love of country which endears men
o the land in which they were born and to
he political institutions under which they
i've and prosper. They have a tendency to
more closely combine the members of pO-
itical communities into compact and sys
ematic masses, thus giving them that iden-
ity of sentiment and unity of purpose
which constitutes the chief strength of a
lation. The tone Of national feeling is
Elevated and purified when, on such day
is this, we assemble to Tecite the virtues OF
he illustrious dead, to recall their names
ID actions, and to spread before the world
e glorious pages of our history which
GEer shine like leaves Of gold in the
line history of the human race. Ii
challeH Rome could boast of their long
them, We and distinguished men, and
Ina the faeBOrld to equal and initiate
than a eenttfet greater reason to exult
has given birtlin period OF time less
now the symbofurauon, this country |
human excellenceAn whose names are
mentioned, are rece highest form Of
proud patriots, of sEhich, wherever |
and human benefaetOrs as those OF
'entombed the sacred ashes o. statesmen
and what name in history coflnla has
universal respect and homage dngton,
WashlngtOn-W Washington, the 4. such |
MS country NC man in ancient or III OF |
tltnes approaches him in the spOtless pat
OF MS patriotism none surpassed him
SKIN, discretion and valor of conduct il
the field, or in correctness Of iudgment anf
wisdom OF policy in the cabinet. His pri
Vate life was in keeping with his pnbli,
character. His virtues as a citizen She'd J
genial influence throughout the social at
ihosphere, imbued it with a moral tone. AMI
increased the veneration and love which
ms countrymen bore him for his vii a,,G
military services NJ -,
range of history has so nearly annroacbnd
the standard OF human perfection as mi.
american soldier and statesman No nan
vas exercised such a powerful and so1,,torr
influence IN the formation of uubGc and
private character, both in America anf
Europe, as that OF Washington. Washing
TONS example demonstrates that no 1,ay
however illustrious and beneficial bis az
lions may be, can secure a Iastine
uOld upon the affections of his countrr
dis. and the world, whose life il NJ,
vlrtu0Nlshed for equal purity and tor
While on 'Eivate and public cbaracter
70 celebrate riay we have come togetbe,
freedom and indepniversary of nationai
late each other that the qpce; to eongtatu
1rini that the cOnstitutionhlic stin stand,
states, IN unimpaired vigor, vthe United
states together in bond of politica'ds the
ana That 10 exists as the fountainbes,tu
american liberty and law, let it also La
Gay OF sober reflection on our duties to m
past and present. Let us ask ourselves
Whlie we have inherited liberty from q,
ancestors, we cultivate the stern virtues !,
winch 1t was wont Are the public CON,
CHS controlled by the mercenary and n
capable, OF by the wise and good Are on
rulers distinguished tor the purity and sell
denying qualities which mark the primitiy
age OF the republic, when the virtues an
services of Washington. Adams FranLi;r
Hamilton, jefferson, and their associate.