Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-07-06

regret excessively that the task Of tall
ing to you to-day on subjects cognsl
WITH this occssion was not delegated
some gentlsnen with more experiens
and more gifts Of oratory than mysel
| However, having In moment Of fat
hesifation-the man. ~ we'll rs the, We
man who hesitates Ia lost assumed th
/ task, shall endeavor TO scquit tnyse
Of II Ia the, best way may. merely r,
marking, in passing, that were It nc
for the profanity Of II should b
tempted to repeat . celebrated remar
OF Henry Ward Beecher's, which run
TO the effect that IL is id hot--sn in
cident, by the wsy. Of frequent occur
renee upon the Fourth Of July,
Web celebrated this day with
great deal Of splendor, with a great des
Of unanimity. with public spirit tina
shows that the flames of patriotism bur
up in the average American with ell Oh
ardor of the old days. 1t is right tina
the Fourth Of July should be celebrates
and celebrated with all the fervor an
eclat that can possibly be made to In
vest any public occasion. 1t is, withou
question, one Of the two or three mos
memorable days in the whole history o
mankind Napoleon in Egypt, stimu
lating his soldiers. pointed up to tn
pyramids and said, "Soldiers
there are sixty centuries iookinl
down upon you from those pyra
mids." The sixty centuries that hav
been interposed since Cheops frat bull
his mighty monument. and to-day, hav'
not, in all the ranges Of the earth, in al
its varying climes and varied ages, wit
messed one-twentieth part Of the. goot
accruing to mankind which have charac
lied the brief years since Thomas Jeffer
son, one hundred and ten years ago
penned the Declaration of Independence
lApplause.
Ny friend DR.. Schneider was goot
enough to say that the Declaration o.
Independence was, next to the Ten Com
mandmsnts, the most fateful document
ever written. want to insert new
page. / would reserve for the Sermon
on, the Mount second page. For I
third page would take the Declaration
Of Independence. Christ, in the estima
ton OF the Christian. before all mankind
gave US the law of religious freedom
Thomas Jefferson and his compeers. 81
Philadelphia on the fourth day Of July,
Its, promulgated a political gospel, .
gospel which has ramified almost with
the marvellous suddenness as that which
characterized the gospel Of Christ. On
ly q hundred years and . brief decade
sincs il was formulated, to-day its spirit
has spread all over the earth. 1t 10 the
dominating impulse. even where not con.
csded, In regulating all those affairs Of
mankind that have reference to C0nsti.
tutional government. To-day we see it,
progress In England. In his mstchlesa
speech the other day In Liverpool,
Gladstone, whom he referred to the fight
now taking place there ss the flight Of
the masses against the Glasses. was sim.
ply reitersting srefrain borrowed from
the Declaration Of Independence. The
Declaration of Independence had not
been formulated twenty year, until the
most mercurial and one of the greatest
nations Of the world threw of the forms
md spirit Of despotism. To-day its
spirit ramifies in every Intelligent nation.
1t il right, therefore, that we should
celebrate Il. And. gentlemen. / call
yoar attention to the peculiar circum.
ssGnoss atts AinR Its celebration in Los
ANGELES. We htvs seen in the process
sion to-day representatives Of every ma.
riop ON the face Of the earth. We have
seen the Irishman, the Frencaman, the
Italian. the German, the SlAvonian.
We have seen representatives Of the
nations from ell the storisd lands Of the
Mediterranean. We have even seen on
the sidewalks the Representatives. the
moon eyed representatives. Of the mgr.
lad hordss Of far Csthay. In every re.
spsct this celebration and it, Attendants
are peculiar. unique and striking, and
il l. Hight that 1t should be 30 because
Though that Declaration Of Independ.
ence were invited to this country the OPP
prsssed of every nation upon earth.
Here was opened an asylum where the
political ~ weary could be at rest. Since
that fateful document was penned q
great incubus has been taken from man
kind, and the lungs Of free men have
been allowed free inspiration.
In commemorative the Declaration OF
Independence, and the Fourth of July,
upon which 1t was written, We would be
committing gross error not to remem.
Der the peculiar character Of the men
who brought that great event about. 1
think that At no stage OF American his
tory, has It been 20 desirable that we
should 70 back and study carefully and
automatically the splendid character
Of the men who GRATED this nation q
now. Their like had never been seen
before, their like may never be seen
again. From W sshingtoudownthey were
men nj generic, men with no archetypes,
men with no succeasors. 1t would Of
course b Z twioe told tale to refer to
my Of the dstails Of the Revolution.
Bat there = one feature about the man
that carried Il Through to success, and
than was thAf the pen and the tongue Of
every uaAn on the faos Of the earth who
could inllaence public opinion. by re-
markabis oonesnsos, have put him at
the had of the human race. While
bot rsrardsd = specially brilliant O. .
statesmen snd while not regarded -
vsry sdveuturous As . soldier, he has
had the singularly good fortune Of being
agsie1sd to the head Of all the
seafssmen Of the world and Of
6Slsr placed st the head of the
qolamn Of ali tbs warriors Of the earth.
Essn 20 great . man % Frederick the
6reAk tie most peerless soldier, with
perhaps two sxcepttons, that ever lived,
sent him biz sw6tX Nth his celebrated
message: "From me oldest general ia
Europe to the greatest General IN the
world" (Applause,) And Jet Wash.
ington never permitted himself to be in
toxicated by military glory; he never
allowed any of his transcendent achieve.
ments nor the adulation which natur-
ally flowed in upon him to upset his
mind for moment. In one Of his BIT
ter moments, when being attacked by
bis politickl adversary, Frsnau--pcliticAl
abuss b By no means q new srt-Je6er.
son says he threw the paper down vic.
lsntly and swore . mighty oath. Says he:
Here am bsipR attacked for political
ambition, and by the Eternal the man
that wrote II knows would rather be
home on my farm than emperor Of ell
the earth"
The men who accompanied Washing-
ton and made his achievements possible
were also men OF . singularly pure
men of Q splendid balance.
mon who would not do moan thing,
man who could not do mer.
cenary thing. They nearly all
pattsrned on the illustrious ex-
supple Of their chief. When the
Congress of the United States
to pay General Washing.
ton for his services ~ General
lssimo Of the American army he
Indignantly spurned the proposition.
Says he: "My services are gratis. I
give them Of my free will. They are
from my heart. / will have none Of
your money" The Congress persisiing,
snd showing determined disposition to
sndow him, Warrington finally yielded
to the great persistence and said, ''Gen-
tlemen, If you must give me something
I herewith send you an itemised account
Of my actual expenditures. Pay me
that Il you will, but stop there" What
4 fine lesson there was In that action!
What noble inspiration to the men Of
A - nv ,..,xsra t< laoru ANNA If