Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-07-24
FOURTH or JULY GRAFTON.
Bill Nye's Latest in the indianapolis
Sentinel.

fathers declared all men to be free and
equal, and began to hold ont induce
nents for the oppressed of other climes
to come here and help xii! off the In
dians. Il has been great success.
1t has been thoroughly demonstrated
to dying world that all men are fully
equal to all other men, If not more SD.
We point with pride to-day to our
broad lands, our lnxuriant national
debt, and our steadily increasing Nor
mons. We have only few more In
dians to wipe out, and then the opfaess-
ed foreigner will have it all his own
way. The men who declared them
selves free and independent 100 years
agoare now no more.
yielding to the great nervous strain
incident to a redhot campaign, they
finally pinned away and died. As fore
fathers We canneser successful, supply
their places, and their untimely death
has cast pail over this otherwise joy
Gus occasion
To-day from ocean to ocean America
reioices. From the humid Atlantic to
the moist Pacific the mighty cannon
al Ia
and the smaller canron is gathering III
its harvest of thumbs. THIS is an an
nual holiday and great national thumb
carnival. We rejoice that the idea of
| freedom suggested itself to our fore
fathers. Otherwise we would all be
in Canada tc day. Now only a pant
Of us are there.
Let us notsleak gh;ly Of Canada, for
some of our largest moneyed men are
| there While We would not care to be
part Of Canada, it is good province
to snugcle INTO or to snuggle out OF.
It is good place to stroll into after
barking hours, while the board of di-
rec: ors are In session.
i One hundred and nine years ago the
king of Great Britain made the great
mistake of his hfe. | onls regret that
| he did not live 10 see it as we See 1t to-
dav. Hal he been less overbearing TO.
ward the li.f.snt soiony, the young men
of A,nerica would have been drinking
alkali water in Egylt to-day. We
could have fought the heather all ovei
the globe, aid left onr shoulder blades
to I'll ach III any cline which be might
.eiect. Had the royal tyrant softened
little toward the struggling settle
ments in America 109 years ago, he
c,uid have borro we'd our navy to-day
if he would agree to take good care oi
the worms ald return them in as sood
order as he found them.
/ But he decided 10 do differently, and
to-da, he must take the bitter conse-
qucnces. Kings are not al ways right
They frequently get lett. Of all the
nrany kings whom | have known per
sonally, and with whom l have been
thrown more or less, there ale only
four or i've upon whose Judgement
cohll rel. during IL great er.sis.
That is the reason | very rarely &C
to crowuel head when dm iii trnubl.
seek out some tender-hear ted and
unseliish pawnbroker. and tell him all
There Is one cloud fellow citizdnS
which | see with my prophetic eye, jus,
clubbing the distant aor,zon OF our na
t.oba existence. Sooner or latter il
will dtrken the brightest day for MS
Is 1t the ltp,ous Chlnaman or the great
nnlaundered Morn.onsl | hear YOU ask
Is it the spolls S, ,stem under which one
half Of the people will always be happ,
and the other half accursed! Is it ti.e
kiln-drird, tiie-ane'-burglar proof, " orn
less American dried apple pie which is
now invading our happy honest is ii
the baseful slmoon breath of New Eng
land rum, which would eat out the
sitals Of stone quarry and go bacs
the next day to Inquire for the ole
nitro-gIycerine cansl
All: no, felfow-citizens; thousand
times nav. 1t Is this: If our repub-
lean form of government holds toseth
er for ninety one years more, We vii
have to celebrate again, and it make:
nv head ache to think of it. If the
feeling OF renlorse which shows ltsei
the succeeding day after centennia
celebration, becmes intensified will
each succeeding century, l hope that tht
9Th day of July, 1916, shall be on
OF town.
! l cannot close this brief Grafton, fel-
: low-titizens, without an earnest appea
to you all to be noble and better men
OF course If you are women this vii
not be expected; but we can all be gooe
citizens by that time, perhaps, and
earnestly exhort all those within th,
SOUND of my voice to be loyal and law
sbiding. BY all Means be industrious.
Do not wait for me, but form habits o
industry at once which will cling t.
you through life. Am convinced L.
what / have seen of it's effects that j
is good thing Rise early and g
about your duties joyously. and, wher
the morning meal is prepared and al
are gathered about the festive heard