The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-04
FOURTH OF JULY,

To-day is the glorious Fourth of July
We say 'the glorious Fourth of July" be-
cause the day, in the fullest, completes'
sense of the word, is glorious. 1t is the
natal day Of the grandest government the
world ever saw, or ever will see, for it is A
government Of the people, by the people, for
the people Take the annals of the history
of all cimes, of all countries and of all
characters of government, commencing with
sacred history, the Bible itself, and studying
the various forms that have obtained, that of
the judges, of the kings; that of the tribunes,
of the triumvrate, of the consuls, of abso-
lute monarehies, of despotsms, of limited
monarchles and OF republics, and none of
chem compare with the freedom, the just
ness, the peri ct equality, the sovereign
sovereignty of ours. We mean our form
of government as it was conceived, as 1t was
brought forth, AS it was established and as it
was for years administered. The Innovations
that centralsm have stricen and still strives
to make, we do not countenance nor up
hold. We are talking about the constitu-
tional government of our fathers, of Wash
ngton, Madison, Monroe, Jefferson and
Jackson, and not the ideal impossible repub-
lie of Hamilton and his coadjutors of the
carly days, and of the results growing out of
the late civil war, as nonsenscal in theory
and as impractical in fact, as the: French re.
public, which is but puerile despoti:m.
One hundred and four years ago to-day the
bell at Liberty hall in the city of Phiadel-
phis, proclaimed the glad tidings to all the
world that new nation was born, That |
bell, feeble in tones snd cracked in voice, |
could scarcely be heard two blocks away, |
but the pean its notes awakened resounded |
throughout the length and breadth of q cor.
&inent. Thirteen feeble colonies of Great |
Britain, by their representatives in |
aolemn conclaye assembled declared their
Independence of the mother country, and |
the people of those colonies took up the 10y
Gus refrain and sounded them with lustv |
aungs from hill top to hill top and from
mountain range to mountain range; from
green valley unto green valley; from mean
'daring brook and deep.howing river to
Wandering brook and deep.towing river;
From plain unto plan from virgin forest
unto virgin forest until an entire continent |
took up the welcome notes and whispered |
them to the zephyrs, murmured them to the
breezes shouted them to the winds, and new
world raised its voice in rejoicing and HAPPY |
,hozannas. Then but few thousand people
in poverty, surrounded with but the rudest
appliances for self. iefense for self susie.
nance, but with brave hearts and strong
arms, determined to be free, and laid their
Lives upon the altar of freedom If
the sacrifice should be needed, and |
to-day fifty millions enjoy the blessings
they wrought fifty million hearts rejoice
in the freedom they won, and raise their
voices in salutations Of love to the flag, the |
wool and warp Of which Is consecrated with |
the blood they shed in lis behalf. Fifty |
million people celebrate this day, their
bosoms swelling with emotions Of gratitude,
reverence and honor for the founders Of the
republic, and for the hallowe memories of
one hundred and four years that cluster