The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-16
THE RATIONAL ANNIVERSARY.

THE NATIONAL ANNIVERSARY
Tie time 10 fast approaching when
lno people Of this nation, from one ond
of "A to tho Other viii gather together
10 celebrate tho natal day Of American
independence II has been said Of the
south that whom secession WIS born the |
sentiment Of national patriotism died
In tho breasts Of her people. No far no
Texas is concerned the coming festival
win give the lie TO that charge Under
tho changed conditions incident TO the
rule Of new and more liberal idoas in
the national government the fires of
southern national spirit are boing rap
Idly rolinded which abundOnlly
proves that inRtoad Of having died out
they wore only smothored for n
time, while bitter partisan feelings held
high carnival in the rollins OF ruin,
That day has passod away, let us hope
forever The people of the two sections
arc again united Again the same llag
nuttcm above us The same ideos rule
south as north The men of the south
amin III nj the council board Of the no'
ton, assist in making laws, and when
the time comes or the necessity for u
blood libolon arisos they will be found
in the van of the fight, Ns they have
ever been, dying broyoly for the intog'
nly of the nation, or TO ayengc it,
wrongs
Why then, should not the fourth Of
July again bccomc--tho great onniyor-
sary which il II sentimental rOllyinP
point for national patriotism-as
dear 10 us now ~ it was
Of yorol let it be observed
throughout the length and breadth OF
our glorious empire state. Let Texas
act from her own patriotic impulses,
and wait for no expression from any
other state She has rs much hight as
any one OF the southern states To
stamp her progressively patriotic spirit
on the new age, and by reason OF such
progress, she should do IT, We are
proud to believe that in this, as in other
things, Texas leads southern sonti
ment and moulds southern opinions
Let her beware how she uses such IN
huence. Let her be sure that no act oi
hers no endorsed sentiment Of hers can
ever be construed into IN obstacle to the
returning national sentiment of the good
and patriotic people OF the new post'
bciAm southern age,
We would keep alivo the memory OF
Bunkors Hin, Monmouth, Brandywinc
Valley Forge, Trenton, Guilford Court
House, Kings Mountain, Eutaw Spring.
and Yorktown in the southern breast
because the southern veins supplied the
richest blood, which on those famous
fields nourished into the vigoroI new life
tho newly planted tree of Ameri
can liberty, and whilo the memory
of the heroic struggle continues tc
thrill the public heart we do not
intend to part with u single iota
of the honor honestly accruimg tc
the south, In this light, and to these
ends we trust the coming Fourth o
July will witness the grandest popular
out pouring ever experienced in Texas
In doing this, and in honoring The day
upon which this republic was born, we
do not inurc the memory of the brave
men who died nobly for tho southern
cross We but scatter immortelles oven
their silent graves, for it is only reason
able TO suppose that the brave have ac'
cepted in good faith the settlement OF
the sword. The spirits of those who
died for the cause would ratily the act
of the living in returning frankly after
defeat, to that allegiance which all paid
alike, less than two decades since
We trust that our citizens from all
sections, will unite, and in the spirit Of
the good old days, get up such celc
bration rs will mako the first anniver.
sary OF the new century, memorable foi
all time.