The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1874-07-02
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Az th. "sagls" day 10 near at hand it
is fitting to tender . few remarks IN its
honor. allow are you going to spend
the Fourth" 10 common question now,
and tho answers are widely different.
Every man who can talk is aching to be
invited somewhere, that he may speak Of
revolutionary days, forcfathers, etc.
Some are satisfied to 80 to grove, eat
ice cream, drink lemonade. hear the
speeches, tho declaration and the music.
Others don't care snap for tho whole
thing, and would rather stay at home
with their families and try and keep cool,
rs the Fourth is invariably intolera-
bly, hot. Let the American celebrate
the day as he pleases-it is his right.
If he can find fun in tying bunch Of
crackers to q dogs tail and touching off
q cannon 2x6 inches, it is all right. 1t
he can amuse himself in haranguing
to swcltering and dinner-"hankerinG"
audiences, about the wig-powdered, swal-
low.tailed, chapeau-covercd fathers who
labored so hard to establish their indie
pendence, it is all right. If man wish
es to drink his whisky straight and get
blind drunk, it is all-wrong because
his hair will "pull" in the morning, and
he is liable to be interviewed by tho Po-
lice court at an early hour. Most Amer
1 ans seek for a proper exhibition Of
their appreciation Of the privileges they
enjoy, and in the "stylcs above quoted
they exhibit. Tho la,ter''style"we would
not particularly recommend for tho rea'
sons above stated, and for others ad
vanccd by the new sect of Crusaders.
and by temperance lecturers. Delirium
,rcnens arc none tho bother for having
beeninduccd by Fourth Of July whisky. l,
may be, however, that instead Of a process
ion Of snakes and rats observed through
the medium OF "cvcry day whisky" q
man by o free use of Fourth of July
whisky would see only battered flags,
torn and bleeding declarations, busted
constitutions, spiked cannons and bloody
Reformcrs. But enough Of Fourth OF
July whisky.
We believe with General ITawley, for
the most Fart, that it is just about as well
to celebrate in the old-fashioned style.
He says:
believe in the Fourth of July III the
popular acccptation of that term. l
believe in the Fourth all over, from the
Gro xn of my head to tine sole Of my
feet. As q boy and young man fired
my guns and had my good time. like
to see the boys do the same now. You
may belong to = City Council, and may
pass volumes of ordinances against guns
AMI fire-crackers you may serd pla-
toons Of policemen to arrest tho boys
who violate your ordinances, but you
still have within secret sympathy with
the young rascals, aud you like to be
awakened on the morning of the Fourth
by great bells and guns, even If you do
swear little about it. believe in the
Fourth of July; believe in "scnti-
ment;" believe in the flag; and hon
or the memory Of Daniel Webster, when
pointing up through yondcr rotunda at
the gorgeous ensign of the republic"
he trampled with magnificent scorn up
on the poor, puny, contemplate spirit
that dared to ask " How much is all this
" orth ?" God bless Daniel Webster
for that one paragraph was gricved,
not angry-grievcd in my very soul
when heard men on on this floor, men
of wealth and culture and honor and
ability, snecring at what they called
"sentiment," and laughing at CIGARS, I"
and when hear Massachusetts, man
from the very hills of Berkshire ridicul-
ing the "eagIe," and all that "cheap clap
trap" God grant the day may DO far
distant when what you call +" Fourth Of
July talk" shall bcout offashion. Our mil
lions of "Boys in Blue" talked it from
tho cradle; and while, perhaps, in6dels
to free government sneered at them, and
ridiculed the "crOss roads talked about
the Fourth of July" and the "eagle"
those brave boys believed in it; five
hundred thousand graves bear witness
to their belief God help the poor,
narrow soul whose eyes never moisten
at tho sight of the flag!
The celebration Of tho day may be-
como tiresome, but We can afford, once q
year, to be bored about how much VIC
owe to the men whe fought at Lexing-
ton, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Monmouth,
Eutaw and several other little sklrmish-
o.. So celebrate after the fashion you
wish, but don't fail to celebrate.
The Beccher- Tilton scandal 10 again
rc-opened. This time the following lot
ter agitates society: