Telegram-herald., 1890-07-13
SECOND THOUGHTS
Suggested by Fourth CT July Cas-
ualrles AT Chicago
IS II SOT the TO CALL A HlLI ?
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ntaaeT. There vas ssss auzness tran
Z = lne city thea = commonly
oa sua1ay No 2ees OF b0sl-
q avFe eloaed tnAa @se usually closed
q saat dAy, ard had not been for
~ nfe crackers. 10Y pistols aad other
..4te9-.ai machines, one could have be-
l- ~ Ia4E the ely sas keeping 4 Sab
b4sa llr tas nrsE liAe IA 4 number OF
y-srs. Tae explosions referred 10 not
oaiy destroyed the quiet and disturbed
tae peace OF the cily, but were un-
usually destructive OF lie. limb and
property. Thirty-two parsons were
s4ot. 0r wounded by explosions during
tie day. Os these, three have died,
four are believed 20 DC mOrtaliy
wounded, I've or SIX viii be crippled
during life, and one has lost tie sght
Of bOtn ewes. Besides TINS we had
twelve fires, and tnIrty-twO IRE alarms,
ne1rly all caused BY tie explosion OF
powder IN the form OF fireworks IL
the doctors and undertakers teel any
gratitude TOR the amount OF business
thrown into their hands, they should at
once uOld meeting and by resolutions
Ia4nk the City Council for permitting
the unrestricted use Of firearms, aud
the explosion OF gunpOwder on the
Fourth OF July.
"Oh. for a lodge in some vast wilderness
- much has been said about the
glories of American independence"
80 much 0ratOry Of the spread-eagle
sfgaf ff.H
great and grand American Nation,
~ much powder has been burnt IN the
celebration Of this great anniversary,
SO much noise mas been made apparent
~ 10 prevent Us all from forgetting
that Ne are independent, 80 much has
been thought and sung and said and
done upon one side OF tins great, grand
and wonderful subject its glOries and
blessings and beauties, and grandeur
and greatness, and wonders have been
so persistently and perennlally and per-
petuaily deplG1ed TO the adrnirlng gaze
OF gathered thousands, its dignity and
importance have been SO repeatedly
viewed and reviewed and re-re-viewed
by the multltudeS who have been col
lected on tins day IN this greatland year
ly for 10 these many years, thatit really
least, 20 hear something on the other
side of the question Tor are there not
two sides 20 every subJect?) Has not
all the buncombe OratOry been eI-
haused on one side? Can anything
new be said IN praise OF the
GLORIOUS Fourth? Am l not COM
PEELED if | would say anything new
at least, 10 speak of the evils which
have resulted 70 this country from the
declaration and establishment of the
Independence of America. Many and
many time have we all (all we adult
people, / meanl !, lain IN our beds on the
morning OF the glorious Fourth and
wearily ro4sed from one side to the
other, while the cannons and flre-crack-
ers and pistols and guns and torpedOes
aud tIn-flOrns and other unearthly de-
wees have driven the last vestige OF
sleepfrom our eyebds, and wished that
the old king who exasperated the Pill
grims and drove them out of England
might have been struck with Lightning
or paralysis or something, so that his
vigOr for persecution might have been
curtailed and our forefathers might
have been allowed 70 remain at home
and II peace and qoietness all the days
OF their hfe. Or If that might not be
that 3 strong breeze from some quar-.
ter or the gulf stream or something else
might have driven their fraIl aud leaky
barks into some other port, the sand
wich Islands or Van Dieman's Land
for instance, or q cyclone have allowed
them TO sink gracefully beneath the
green waters Of the Atlantic ocean, anc
left this country without any gloriou!
Independence Day 70 celebrate. or il
they felt impelled TO come to this coun
try, and come just as they did, to es
cape from oppression, that 1t nigh
have been permitted to them by the
eve of faith, 70 foresce little, Just Z
little, of the undiluted annoyances and
tOrments of the day we celebrate, anC
they would, undoubtedly, have relenteC
and staid at home.
In their immortal declarations the,
complained OF the actions of the En-
glish king t.iat "hsrrassed them anC
ate out Their substance"
/ venture 70 guess that what IS vast
ed today IN tins Nation, would hav'
paid ali the taxes assessed by the En-
gllsh government ut that time for one
year, aud have gwen each one of on
forefathers a new hat and our fore
Z mothers a new bonnet, and each one o
their babies under two years of age
hrand new rattle box, with a nursing
bottle thrown IN Of neededl.
Why. the medicine required TO repai
and restore shattered nerves alone, OF
the 5th, 6th. 7th, Sth and ath of July II
each year. would have paid for all th'
tea our great grandmOthers drank, le
alone the exhorbitsnt tax they com
planned of. And then, the shattere,
bones and buguies, the broken head
and harnesses. the perfectly lovely gar
peuts soiIpd OF ruined on that day 70
the last hundred and odd years, Why
7 don't think our Pilgrim Fathers fore
taw an thisi It has been estimate
tuat the one article Of soap alone re-
cuired % cleanse the clothing sOiled o
rhat dav. would pay al the taxes G
which they complained. and give {
each family a new Domestic sewn
r5aehfne. with hemmer aud tucker a.
tscnnent. most approved stvle.
And then the rich. halt-cooxed md
-rshhle food the warm. sloppy, sOU
drinks. swallowed 0y people, not. Z.
-oa and uncomfortable. the dehcsi
-tle babies exposed o1 the street - 81
s,-n. the deatenlng noises, the s'c'
re adors of hurnt powder snd otns
Uleslvts Wno can teil how man
have been ssCrfHced IN this wa
81 rendered temporarily or permanen
lv nuseratle
Then .ook AZ thC enormous waste
trne which has resulted from tne rea'
Esd. 1f thn Dee aranuu ot lndcp cppoef n'
sorr. Ata moderate estimate e Won
taE. shout fan minutes - resd 90
re.rart very moderate estaIna
che ngr1ner of tnaes 8 has seen res
tt cav ir thfs country at Sxtg mittio
...ff B.. are hundred tnou saud tuns