Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-07-08
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
sfOw sOIambia's Natal Bay WAS Ob
 served. An Enthusiastic CelebrG- tIOn of Cur National Independence.

| served. An Enthusiastic Gelebra- l t!0n of Cur National fUdeHendence. | Another Fourth of July has passed into the unknown regions. One hundred and six years ago last Tuesday Richard Henry Lee of Virginia moved the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in the Cont.
 mental Congress Ever since that day the
 Fourth of July has been celebrated by
 Americans the world over. Every city, town and hamlet in the United
 States gives vent 10 surplus patriotism
 on that day, and Americans in foreign
 countries hold reunions and rejoice, as if
 members of the same family. Tombstone,
 the most intensely American town of the | Southwest, observed the day in moderately
 good style The booming of cannon and
 other incidentals of great cities, was
 omitted, but genuine enthusiasm prevailed,
 houses and places of business were almost
 universally decorated, and except in sd. | looms, trade was almost completely sus- 1 pended. From an early hour in the
 morning. the smal! boys made the day 1 hideous with the noise of exploding fire
 crackers. Miniature cannon was fired of,
 and old Harry raised generally, whenever the boys got a chance. In one of the yet
 uncompleted buildings on Fifth street, a
 number of boys encountered drunken
 man taking d sleep on the floor. They tried to rouse him gently al first, and tall- | ing, sent off several punches of fire crack CTS under him. The performance made
 lots of fun for the boys and had the effect of thoroughly sobering the victim.
 The city was gay with flags ana bunting, and u general holiday appearance pervaded ( ho n;, hn al ,Ii ,l, l., siness, and aI air of jollity seemed 10 pos
 sess the community. The great
 FEATURE OF THE DAY.
 was al Schellelen Hall A large crowd attended notwithstanding the heat of the room, and everything was conducted nicely. Capt. Seamans as President of the day appeared III an immaculate white brooches, and well sllcked moustache. There was DO questioning his idea of his own importance. He delivered an appro- priate address, such as could be heard sub. stantialy in thousand towns in the Uni ted States or the Fourth. The gallant Captain said we were just recovering from an extensive con-fiag-ra-tion, and consequently could not do as much justice to the day, as if that se.ri. ous accident had not occurred The honor he felt in introducing tne diff-er- ent gentlemen and ladies who are to take part in the exercises Was unbOunded. Charley Pring presided al the organ, and did his work well. Miss Annie Bro7n, Mrs. Jennie Futile, Mrs Hughes, E. c. Suman, Phil Montague, A. J. Mitchell and others sang. Miss Brown, as is usual when that lady appears before an audience, was the qusen. The first song rendered, "Colum- bia, the Gem of the Ocean," dragged along unpeasantly, Miss Brown only taking part in the chorus. X vigorous encore from the audience brought the singers 10 the front again, Miss Brown this time taking the leading part. The EPITAPH has more than once sung inc praises of Miss Browns glorious voice and high vocal talents. She never appeared to bet ter advantage than on the Schetfelin Hall stage on the Fourth. Her magnificent voice filled the hail with melody, and cheer upon cheer from the audience showed how her efforts were appreciated.
 MT. Swain read the Declaration of h. dependence well, and the usual applause was given at the conclusion.
 The Republican white elephant, Henry C. Dibble was then introduced. He start ed of in the usual gil-orious manner, famed the old bird of liberty into blazing heat, and tried t0 create enthusiasm but failed. He started off with a d.squisition on the French Bastile. He tried to be fine but hardly got beyond the graduating es- say standard. The point he tiled to e,- tablish was this: II C. Dibble should be in the next national legislature as he is eminently adapted 10 shape its policy He than compared our institutions with those of France and Great Britain, and considcr- ing the fact that he is 8 practical lawyer, made a big blunder He said there was constitutional provision in Great Britain, commanding the dissolution of Parlia- ment, when that body run counter to pub lie opinion. Would Mr. Dibble be sur- prised if some well informed person told him there was no such thing as written constitution ill Great Britain? Again; the British Ministry resigns when Parliament gives an adverse vote, and the Premier has the privelese of desolving Parliament. This is a custom, not q constitutional pro- vision. Mir. Dibble would bave the same idea prevail in American affairs, and one way to reach it is by electing II. c. Dibble to Congress. The orator then proceeded 10 demonstrate how the character of Con grcssional legislation could be improved. He would have a closer tie between the constituent and representative, and make the latter truly a representative of the for mer. This proposition could be eXempli- fled to certain extent by sending Ii. C. Dibble to Congress. The electoral college, the speaker asserted, was mockery, de fusion and snare. It was clumsy in its workings, and not up to the standard an. ucipated by the founders of the Republic The speaker thought there was not much danger to be anticipated from the 'igno- rant democracy" ss we always made point to foster public schools and spread education
 As an oraton ihe address was a decided failure, and as bid for Congressional honors for the speaker was hardly up to is authors antlcipatiOnS. At its cOnclu- sion he received very mild applause, The singing of the Star Spangled Banner" by Miss Brown was pleasant change from the dreary oration, and the audience testi- tieG to it's appreciation of the change by giving hearty applause.
 Senor N. NJ. COrelia was next intro- dGced and spoke as follows:
 The Fourth of July may justly be con- sidered Inc gredtest day in the political | history of all nations. II should not he ! called yoUrs, for It really belongs to tine | whole A!Ur:I;au coutin,nt. On that day i iib,rlS MS hn.n in tlc western hems. ! phcrr, and il wu> the principle disclosed | then thul brought Into eXI,'cucG all the i happiness, all Ihe grandeur and all the { prosperity now enjoyed throughout this | mighty nation. You Americans are right | Tn being proud of that cluster ol brave |