The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-05

| our Independence wrote their names where
hos as SSs sssSe ss% The az s
Of human events" Entrusted 70 them e deter,
when nSton should p Se born IN ina da So TSay
| declared the Independence Of new nation IN
tho sense in which men declare emancipation
or declare war: the declaration created what
| WIS declared.
Famous, aiwsys. among men are the founders
OF states, and fortunate above all others In such
| fame are tbesc our fathers. whose combined
wisdom and courage began the great structure
OF our national existence, and laid sure the foun
| dations Of liberty and Justice on which 1t rests.
Fortunate, nrsi, 10 the coarness Of their title
aud In the worlds acceptance of their rghtful
| Claim. Formulate, next, In the enduring magnI-
tude OF the state they founded and the benen-
cence Of its protection OF the vast interests of
human lifo and happiness which have here had
Their home. Fortunate. agsin: In the admiring
Imitation Of their work, which the Institutions
| OF the most powerful aud most advanced ma
tons more and more exhibit and, last Of all,
Fortunate 10 the fun demonstrations OF our
later time that their work Il adequ,t tie to with
| stand the most disastrous storms of human for
tunes. and survive unwrecked, mistaken, and
This day has now been celebrated by great
people at each recurrence Of its anniversary, for
a hundred wears, with every form Of os ents-
tious joy, with every demonstration Of respect
| and gratitude for the ancestral virtue which
ssss IN w. g,ors ana wm 1, .e nrnes. ta'n wa.
| nor reduce the ardOr or discredit the sincerity
81 liz Observance A reverent shirt has ex-
| plored the lives OF the men WAC took Dart In the
| great transaction; has unfolded their charac-
| tiers aud exnioited to an admiring posterity the
| the fortitude. the perseverance which marked
| their conduct. and which secured the prosperity
| aud permaneuce OF their work.
Inc care and zeal with which our people cher
lsh aud iuvgorato the primary supports ana de-
.weryns force and coincidence Of fms instincts. The
| community aud publicity OF education. AT the
charge and as AN institution Of the state, is nrm-
| ~ Embedded In the wants and the desires Of the
| people. Common Schools are rapidly extending
through tue only part Of the country which had
| been shut anainst them. and follow close upon
! the footsteps uf its new liberty to enltghten the
enfranchised race. Freedom OF Coincidence cas-
| ily stamps out the first -Iarkies OF persecution.
aud snaps green withcs the first bonds Of
sDiritu ] dOmioatiOn- rbe sacred Oracle- u
their religion the people wisely hold In their
own keeping as the KEYS Of Religious liberty. ana
charmer into loosng their grasp.
Freedom from military power and the main
teoanoe Of that arm o! government In tue peo-
pie; strust IA their own adequacy as soldiers
when their duty IA citizens should need ~ take
on that form Of service To the state these have
gained new force by tho experience OF foreign
and civil war, and "A standing army is aremoter
possibility for this nation, 10 It's present or
prospective greatness, than In the days Of lie
sn all beginnings.
Hut In tue freedom of the press. and the uni
versatility OF the suffrage. as maintained aud ex,
srciAed today throughout tue length and
breadth OF the land, we ind the most cOnspicu-
oue and decisive evidence OF the unspent force
Of the ipsii.nuGns Of Liberty and The Jealous
are the great agencies aud an gines OF the people
sovereient,. They hold tue same relations to
the vast democracy OF modern society that the
persuasioIs Of tho orators and tho personal
voices Of the assembly did in the narrow con
fines oi tho Greclau states. the laws, the cu-
toms. the Impulses, and sentiments OF the
people have given wider aud wider range and
license TO the agttatioDs Of the pre-s, multiplied
aud mora frequent occasions for the exercise II
the suffrage, larger aud larger communication
Yeas ands these prOdisto,. activities In Their
| fullest play-incess mt aud powerful-indts-
pensanis in tue habits OF tho people and I'M
preenable III tboir affections Their public seq
vice. and their differentiation 70 the public safe
", stand IN their play upon one another AMI In
IL lltf Main
long exist in true vgur ia our system without
the other. without the atcnf,iL oinnipressnt,
aud indomitahle energy Of tue press the suf-
fraKe would ianeuish. would be Subjugated by
til. corporate power of tue lseions Of lacsmen
which the administration Of the AFFAIRS Of a
great nation imposes upon u. and fall a prey to
that vast patronage which. We are told, dis
Itnman republic" On tho other hand. II tue
n presslons Of the press upon the oplnions and
read, mode of theT working o. l. through the
frequent and peaceful Suffrage, the people
would be driven, 10 satisfy their dispeasurc al
coarse meth DDS OF barrcadcs and batteries.
We cannot. then. hesitate To declare that the
government still Inspire tho laws, i've ia the
nibiis of the people add animate their purpc-es
aud their hopes. These principles have not lost
their spring or elasticity. They have sufficed for
all the methods OF gOvernm ent In tine past we
feel no fear for ther adequacy In the fu-
ture.
unity. liberty. power. prosperity-thcse are our
possessions to-day Our territory Is safe against
foreign dangers: It's completeness dIssuaGe=
FROM further ambition, to extend It. aud its
rounded symmetry dscnrrages all attempts to
dismcmber ". No ulNisiOn into sreatlY unequal
parts would be toieraole to either. Noimagin-
able union of Interests or passiuus large enOI gh
to include oue-half the country but must EN-
brace mucn more. Tue madness of partition
into numerous and feeble FRAGMENTS could pro
coed only from the hopeless degradation ~ the
people, and woud form out an incidout IN gen
eral rum.
Let Us take heed to our ways, and, while II Is
called to-day, resolve that tue great hariti re we
hav- received snail De banded down throug u the
long line OF the advancing generations. the
hone OF liberty, the abode u Justice, the strong
NOR 4 clements Of the world together" and of
faith ia God, which binds that wond 10 liis
throne.
Mr.. Evarts having concluded his Grafton. the
"HalleluJah" chorus from HANDLES " Messiah"
was performed by the orcne-tr.. and chorus, and
the ceremonies were then concluded win the
Singing Of tue DoxoiOgy, the old Hundred"
psalm, In which tue entire assemblage Joined.
After cheers for Generals Sherman, sheridan,
and Hooker. aud the Governors OF OHIO. hcni-
ran, kentucky, and New jersey. ard for Dom
Pedro aud Mr.. Evarts, the audience gradually
dispersed.
: In tho morning the statue Of Alexander Won
/. Humboldt erected by the Germ M, In East
FIrmount PARK. was unveiled. inc oniosrs d
members OF the humboldt Monument Associa-
zion ana the member. Of different German so
cieties. formed processiou and in1rchad 10 lie
spot where the monument Is erected. The
the first overture, followed Nv Beslh wen :
chorus. " Die kbrs Goties." sung bv the music al
societies. The President ~ tue Monument AssO-
sociaton, MIR. George X Negirr, then IN an al
dress in German. at the conclusion ~ which ne
Ziseler then, In an address In English, present
ed the statue to the Paramount Park Com
mission.
Only Two Murders IN WashInRton Clay.
WAsHTSGroN, July L-The only public
: celebration Of tho day under the auspices
Of the Oldest Inhabitants Association at Ford's
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