The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-25
THE ONE HUEDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF
The BATTLE OF YORKTOWN.

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The one HUEDREDpH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN.
Ca tue 18th Of October, 1881, was fought,
orra:her completed tho glorious and viclori'
Gus battle Of Yorktown, Virginia which
virtuslly closed the revolutionary war and
secured the thirteen origiosl states Of the
American Union. Washington commanded,
seconded by the peerless and yenom!sd La
Fayetto, Gen. Lincoln, of Massachusetts, and
the Count Do Rochambo II, the commander
of the French feet Other great and glorious
commanders figured, both in tho army
and navy, and both American and French
valor were Jointly displayed, and French
and American blood jointly offered rs u lbs-
ton to the god of battles and the goddess OF
liberty. Yorktown gave liberty to North
America and paved the way to tho subse-
quent liberation of Central and South
America from the chains and shackles then
imposed by the decaying but despote and
relentless power Of Spain. Nay more, its
fruits were scattered over the old world and
gradually inculcated the idea among the
peasants, the sers, and even the middle
classes in Europe, that if their
kindred in America we're Free self
governing and independent why should
we of the same race and blood not
possess the same glJriouS privileges The
spirit, fest bsplise1 NJ Lexington, boldly
endorsed OF Philadelphia on the 4!h of July,
l776 aud sealed unto everlasting glory at
Yorktown, October l9th, 1881, 10 reyolu-
tiJnizing the world Tho lriuned achieve
ments sounded tho death knel of the
Tyranny, remoneloss aud despoIic, Of n
thousand years, and ever ,ince. as tho ligh.
has sproad, the sons of mou Insdo
IN the image Of God have
steadily advanced on the dark
and rugged road to universal emancipation
from king-craft universal self-goyornmen.
and universal brotherhood It has been
truly isyet dark and rugged road, bus
Gld praised while many repulses have
boen enoo uttered and many hearts hsyo
fsioted by The waysido, tho cad Of each do.
cado, since the glory of Yorktown, has exhib-
tied q decided progress in tho assertion of
human rights-n the disenthrament of men
from the monstrous and accurod dog.
mas of feudalism and ldng,cralt. And
whereas, but century ago the priv.
lego Of reading and writing was,
comparatively speaking, confined in Europe
to the royalty, nobility and higher gentry,
and in America to a restricted number of the
population, now how is It Again we say,
thanks be 10 God, tho men in this country
who cannot read aud write, and understand
practically the principles Of freo representa-.
tive government constitute small minority
of the population. Liberty Is safe If virtues
upheld. If the parental lroside in the great
majority of homosteads is made, us /! has
been and ever should be, tho primary school
for the incubation If the first
principles of virtua, and tho spirit
of manhood in the essence of citizenship
as applied e, the individuai man or woman
neither tho accursed powers of ancient king.
craft nor the wlles OF tho invisible spirit of
evil can ever SO bes)te1d degrade the PEG
plo as again to make them howers of wood
and drawers of wa'ec Tho smile of the
good angel is not confined 10 these United
States. They have enwraptured Mexico,
South America and tho isles of the sea. In
France they beam with etIulgent glory, aud
In Erin's isle they shine forth with II promis-
ing that mSzes the most powerful
throne in Europe tremblO. Every
where the ligh! is spreaiiug--inher-
tied despo!s tremble and the people, though
heavily laieu, sleidily ascend on the ladder
of human rights, Sucn ara the fruits ia cen.
fury of the surrender Of Lord CORVALLIS to
Washington, at Yorktown. Very we'll, what
nexs Virginia, famous-as tho mother Of
states, through her legislature has provided
for grand centennial. celebration of the
event at Yorktcg n on tho 7th of next 0c.
tobor, and invited all the states in the
union, through congress, 10 participate
congress tho old state invited
the attendance of the French descendants of
La Fayette, Do RochAmbeau, and all of tina!
gallant race who participated in that victory.
Congress has made generous provision for the
nation at largo; each sta,o especially all of
the original thirteen, will DO represented as
becometh a free people. 0ace more, snd
again We thank Col, tho arms of struggling
France aud triumphant America will be in
tsrlocked bosom to bosom, knee to kuee,
foot to foot and mouth.to car" The SEMI
centennial visit to tho United States in 1925
of Lafayette, as tbo guest of the nation, Ia
'olging scenes never bat then witnessed in