The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-04

III ,s,terday evening has not
as.d lux ,I the .rdor Of our young Amer
d,'5'I Is5 IE.si.e Of the elder patriots i,, in
n MI mij.L a great many people viii
S..,. o., n's ,orp to-day in one shape and an
.,s,, 's,, mostly ~ participants however, n, in
s.a ''ns' Il a',s ,hs numerous excursions nj that
.,1. .'a' be.n O. 'In projected. No public ob'ss-
AN'',I ~ ,te d.y has been arranged Tor
". Il'% ,il,. and hence those who want to
'As 4 ~, ron,tb,t .ll must needs go where
y. i. '.s a,onIe are disposed to celebrate it,
''t y. f,S, S,,s often thought that it was a
~ ,b,, tbs Fathers Of the Republic
tosa M not have declared their lndepen'
I,os S.os. in May or October, or at some mod.
'...' '..,. ,,,.op Of the year, so that people
s..l ',.t sol .vslter through all time when
..III ~. m 10 listen to orators who have
s., siI,,,D.,u,I succession since l776. But
~ - ,,n,s We think Of the subject the
NM. M r,coueilsd We are to the July iea-
,a,.. .,,. Of The day. Providence did not in
, ,.,J that The people should celebrate
u, ,t Fourth Of July in the towns and
si,i,., Their. is no know way to amuse
=, instruct the rising generation on a
via,gnper y holiday when cOoPed up by
Mil and mortar walls. The day oil our
isJ.p.pd,ncs seems little else than an
.sI;,,ior IN them under such circum-
.,,,,,.. It We are indeed free people
4, people want to feel free on that day
,,d there el.s beneath the canopy does
:, American feel 20 free as on the green
III h,.,lh The vide spreading branches
of,b. woods. Where else can a. 4th oi July
orator so appropriately tell the DID, old
ao,, about The American eagle "soaring
,oI,T II is uot in the city that the
American Eagls sOara alofl, but amid
a, nlt. and crag. Of his native forests.
Therefore, as no 4lh Of July OratiOn is
,,bolor that does not introduce the
American Eagle, and that does not pic
tur him as soaring alOIt over the heads
OI,he audience, it is in every way proper
,h,, The eternal fitness Of things should
hOb.ervsd and respected by listening TO
4th Of July OratIOns in the country.
The man who wrote the Declaration oi
IDI,pepdence did not mnch believe in
cita anyhow. lie spoke Of them as
e,Ots upon the body polite" He was
alsly, Of the opinion that tho liberties
Of America we're safer with its yeomanry
dlu with iu city population. During
lie lat year or two many per
sons have had cause to recall this
opinion Of Jefferson. The mob spirit
ku been 40 bold, and 90 much communis-
tedilbolism has been manifested in the
dlie, that thousands Of persOns have
secretly thanked Heaven that the great
So1yoI The people lived in the country,
md that they would be found sound and
true for tue preservation Of law and or.
dsr when the issue between authority
and anarchy came 10 be made up.
Going to the country Isl Salutary r:-
creation in these days Of excitement. The
great American poet who died the other
day declared that the "Seas and the
stormy air are the wide barriers OF our
borders" and that made familiar with
The elements Of freedom Americans could
luSh nAIl their enemies, foreign and
domestic. This may be a poetic idea
to some extent, and yet it is true
that the great stay and support
d American institutions always
have been, and no doubt ever will be, the
agricultural Classes Of our native land
Andit really seems "a il the Fourth Of
JAY belonged more to them than to those
Who lead artificial lives, and as If we
oush'to 90 to them when We seek to eel
tStl's the dayPrOperly. We trust, there.
iOrtthat our excursions to the country
today will promote the happiness, pa.
ttiOtiin and useIulue. Of ali Of ia.