Sharp County record., 1885-08-20
FOURTH OF JULY.
A Stirring Grafton on Our Natal hoildaS
by Truthful william.

hacan to hold out inducements Tor the
onnressed of other climes to come here
and help us kill off the Indians
1t has been great success. 1t mas
been thoroughly demonstrated to a
dvino world that all men are fully equal
70 ali other men, if not more So we
noint with pride to-day to our broad
lands om luXuriant National debt and
our stcadily-increasing Mormons' we
have only few more Indians to wipe
ont and. then the oppressed foreigner
will have it all his own way.
The men who declared themselves
free and independent one hundred and
nine wears AGO are now no more. Yield
inc to the great nervous strain incident
to red-hot campaign, they finally plned
away and died. As forefatherS we can
never successfully supply their places.
and their untimely death has cast pail
over this otherwise joyous occasion.
To-day from ocean to ocean America
reioices From the humid Atlantic to
the moist Pacific the mighty cannon
tbunders forth Nations eXulta1on'
and the smaller cannon is gathering in
its harvest of thumbs. This is an an
nual holiday and great National thumb
carnival.
We rejoice that the idea of freedom
sucopsted itself to our fOrefathers. Now
only part of us are there.
Let us not speak lightly OF Canada,
for some of our largest moneyed men
are there While we would not care to
he a part of Canada, it is good prov
ince to smuggle into or smuggle out Of.
II is a GOOD place to stroll into after
banking hours. while the Board of Di-
rectors are in session
One hundred and nine years ago the
King of Great Britain made the great
mistake of his life | onl Y regret that
he did not live to see it as we see 1t to-
dav. Had he been less overbearlng to
the infant colony, the young men OF
America would have been drinking al
kali water in Egypt to-day We could
have fought the heather all over the
olobe, and left our shoulder blades to
bleach in any cline which we might
select. Had the royal tyraut sottened
n little toward the struggling settle
ments in America one hundred and
nine years ago, he could have borrowed
our navy to-day, if he would agree to
take good care of the worms and return
them in as good order as he found
them.
But he decided to do differently, and
to-day he must take the bitter conse-
uuences. Kings are not always rlgnt.
They frequently get left. OF all the
many Kings whom | have known per-
sonally, and with whom | have been
thrown more or less, there are Only four
or five upon whose Judgment | could
r6ly'durlhg great crisis. &,
That is the reason | very rarely go
to a crowned head when | am IN
| trouble.
| seek out some tender-hearted and
unselfsh pawnbroker, and tell him all
There is one cloud, felIOw-ctZen>,
which see, with my prophetic eye, luSt
climbing the distant horizon OF our Ma,
| tional existence. Sooner or later 1t Will
darken the brightest day for us. Is 1t
the leprous Chinaman or the great un-
lauadcred Mormon? | hear you ask. Is
it the spoils system under which one
half of the people will always be happy
and the other hall accurSed? Is it the
kiln-dried, fire and burglar-proof worm
less American dried-apple pie which IS
now invading our happy homes? Is 1t
the baleful simeon breath of New En-"
gland rum, which would eat out the
vitals of stone quarry and 90 back the
next day to inquire for the nitro-glycer'
inc cans?
All. no, fellow-citizens thousand
times nay. 1t is this: If our repubIi-
can form of Government holds together
for ninety-one years more, we VIII
have to celebrate again, and it makes
my head ache to think of it. Ii the
feeling of remOrse which shows itself
the succeeding day after centennial
celebration becomes intensified with
each succeeding century, l hope that
the 9TH day of July, 1876, lshall be OUT
of town.
can not close this brief oration, tel.
| lOW-CltlZenS, WltnOuC an edIncSt dPPo"i
to you all to be nobler and better men. melnl
Of coursa if you are women this viii!
not be expected; but we can all be good
citizens by that time, perhaps, and l
earnestly exhort all those within the
sound of my voice to be loyal and law
abiding By all means be industrious;
Do not wait for me, but form habits OF
industry at once which will cling to to
you through life. am convinced by
what | have seen of its effects that it IS
good thing Rise early and 60 about
your duties joyously. and, when the
morning meal is prepared and all are
gathered about the festive board. come
and rap gently, and in a low tone OF OF
voice, on the door of my boudoir. -Bu'
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