New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-04
ORR AOST CENTE.NNl AI
Au Eyeut that Should Have Iseen
Celebrated.
Tie First Attempt 10 Establish Il
Republic in america Occurred
In New Orleans lOs
Fears Ago.
ia Brilliant Beginning aud Tragical
Termination.

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To-day Il the last anniversary OF .he birth
q our country before the celebration oi
tbs centennial at Philadelphia. and today
chat Jubilee IL " ARMY anticipated by The
entire people. It is nearly three years since
Che design Of the sentenary was made pub
lie. Chen 10 was received with yidiculs.
acsyn ana contempt. To the element OF
disloyalty. then fast dying out. it was a
a,cckery. To tho more powerful States
and Cities it appeared An nnwarranted as
aamption Of pecuiias glory. The press
abused it.. Congress was frightened from
Aappopting it. The State Legislatures lis
tened to The addresses OF the delegates and
forgot their appeals in discussing local
politics. All this has changed. The scheme
&aa steadily grown in favor and the hands
o! its oyiginators become strengthened as
taa day came neafeA States are vieing
~itheach other for opportunities 20 compete.
Conghess Has Endorsed it. and the United
States issues an honorary commission to
delegates. Since fhs last rebel opposition
toths oath was shown to be founded on a
eopcealment Of the acknowledged error of
the State Department in forwarding the
;souclad oath instead Of its substitute. that
objection Is removed. All States and cities
and towns Of this continent win NEE. the
represent tiyes Of the Old World in the
City Of Brotheyly Love.
1t Is fitting that this celebration. marked
BY tie exposition Of the progress Of civiliza.
ton in science. art and industry. and sane.
toned by the hallowed memories that give
It birth. should take place in the Quaker
City. where the representatives Of the
sh;steeu feeble colonies pledged themselves
to hang together in the face OF the certainty I
.: hanging separately il they failed.
The opposition to the festival in different
localities has ceased. foe many reasons. Pa. |
ts;otic thoughts have BECOME more frequent /
sad brighter: and the slories of that day
~;iI be shared by all. Other days. too. are
severed. and the good work done has not
been forgotten. ii the day and place of
Che signing Of the declaration Of indepen.
dencs svers to be forgotten. then the recol.
Isc!icas Of alI tho deeds Of those trying
times might as well be blotted out. Each
has been honored in its turn.
Concord and Acton egain come together In
shs spirf Of seventysix. and the story of
tie banquet has 20 reference 70 the old
tann< that one furnished the ground for the
hshs. and the other the men. Rhode Island
has recalled the capture Of the Gaspee. The
sU;us OF Ticonderoga have se.echoed the
WorGs tf Allen without a question of the
lie gree Of their reverence. Bunker Hill has
sailed within the Bay State most wonde:-
iui assemblage, and tho houored sons OF
her Southern sisters have received as I'M.
s,inted tribute of affection as tho heart
Ut man can conceive. Who can read the
of that seven mile procession, |
wherein the pride, ponp and circumstance
Df glorious var, apart from battles magnif'
cently stern array, mingled with the devices
and vans Of every product OF peaceful in
dustry, moving through tho ~ouderly gala
esowd Of million happy, welcoming faces
end not accept vith glow OF pride the
truth of the words of Colonel Andrews that
''the golden chord Of those ancient mem.
prizes which rune from Moultris 10 Bunker
Hill" had been struck. 4,
North Carolina has found that even In
He little townof Mecklenburg there was a
worthy act pf independence for national
and the Ohio river has been
,he sceno Of another. In few days the
lame of Washington will secall his assump-
lion Of the command at Cambridge, and
" ashington's elm have . new significance
IA the tender eyes OF Cambridge bellies and
Ihe hearts of fair Harvard's students. d
Whea 1876 dawns the Massachusetts
General Court will revive tho instructions
u 100 years before that pledged her dele
rates to liberty, and in less than year the
,ine and the palmetto can again be entwined
when Charleston celebrates how her gun .
hers successfully defied the British fleet.
SIX days from then music and cannon will ,
Usher in the second century of the republic.
It is good to be young and ardent in these
Jays; to have the blood stirred by tales of !
he early struggles and the ambition fired I
~ the prophesies Of the future. These
of generations of the nation are
he more harmonious that they have at last
ONE to be spontaneous. Each celebration G