Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-07-06
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Wehre WfilinE ihis % iho iib Of julyi
tho glorious An, M We ICED 10 cali !, and
thinh H. thcn huy, loae yeom ago. II
ans Then associated In aar mlnd With tho
firing NJ cannon anl ChlAeacCrokorWilh
long professions, oisil ml military, with
music and Ofnlion, aud shall We say II =
gingerbread and gingsrpop. Divers COP
pcrs, Of the grand old aofi, have va lives
ted IN gingerbread on that returning day
with some misSiyings on bur eStravngaLce'
Eui then II came but GDec a year, and We
tUnld uirurl'io hnva u good time Of H. AZ
We grtW 81 her, VIZ learned that The day
had meaning to il beyond the show aud
tho ru,se aud tic gingeibrcai-'tbat II
wns Intended to Keep up patriotic feel
ing, anl To- remind al OF tie time when
ctr fathers struggled for freedom anl ia
dependence and finally succeeded in OBJ
ialnirg 10th. Then wo listened with nd
miriug wonder to the ford orators Of the
day How they suffered aud fought and
whipped the British Lion, who from that
hour hal been afraid of US, as were the
rest of mankind, and We became fully con-
WINGED that we could caSily whip all crca-
tim. How could we cowc TO any other
conclusion from what We heard
Time passed on, and, while yet in our
teens, MS they say Of young lady, VIC
left the cold regions Of our birth place for
the classic land of the old Dominion--for
we had rcnd of Washington and Jefferson
and Madison, and Of Patrick Henry and
tho Lees, aud we longed 10 be there. We
remember ith of July at the old town OF
Winchester, once Washingtou's Head Quar-
tcrs in the French Wars, when the clo-
oucnt John H. Cook, the father of John
Estin Cook, tho novelist and biographcr,
made the grafton, and grand one it was
The Union, then, was something more than
name, and the illusions of the gifted
speaker, after the usual compliments TO
our revolutionary heroes, were 20 the pend
ing struggles Of the gallant Poles with the
Russian Bear for lberty and inIcpcn-
Jcncc, and well do VIC rccollcct how our
youthful bosom gowed and thrilled as he
toDolu led one Of his stirring appeals with
''ihc issue Of the let is in the hands Of
! God"
II is sad to think Of The great changes
from that day TO this. OF patriotism that
grew cold; of sclishness and envy aud
jealousy, that took its place in the hearts
! of Il people, once brothers in interest and
affection; of cruel taunts and insults; OF
broken vows and faith; of disrupted lies
and separation and blood and copilngration
and outrage and ruin; Of constitutions yio-
which its great Father had blessed with
his dying breath. To large portion OF
our people, the 18th Of July has lost its old
Significance. II comes and goes and
brings no gladness to their hearts 1t re-
minds them cnly Of bayonets and tramplcd
rights and lost privileges. IL cxci.es no
joyous emotions, no cheering hopes. IL is
full OF sad and dark remcmbrances of the
past. win the old feeling ever come back?
We trust 80, but there must be another
hchaDgc IL change not on ly Of rulers but in
the hearts Of cur conqucrors. There mus
be once moio Tree and equal States, and II
free pnd equal people throughout the
Union, nov cemented with fraternal blood.
There must be freedom in decd and not in
mime. With the return of u constitutional
government and its attendant blessings
will come back the old feeling, and then
will the southern people, now so long OPP
pressed and insulted, again heartily join
in demonstrations Of joy over tho great
anniversary Of American Independence,
and moi til then, mark our words.
No celebration Of the day was had in
our city.