The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-07-11
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As Taken by our Special Reporter, on
July 4, 1900.

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Mr.. Tntrodueer, people and folks, lit
tie boys. big gals, fellow-citizens,
tAinps, Sunday-school children. babies
Of all kinds, and the public in generals:
- have appeared before you TO digest
you with my good looks, and deliver
70 the gang on this great and amphib-
ious suspicious occasion, the prescrip-
tian and post mortice address Of our
akafartis.
Our special artist having been absent
IN Canada, we have failed 10 have our
! illustrations prepared and we will now
proceed to pour hot shot cn your heads,
in plain style
Lebanon never fails to celebrate the
18th of July, except ii falls OH the 5th
of August. Ia witness of this fact |
the separate and divided, single and
equal proverbial
We held that men and women con-
sfitntc the inhabitants, Irrespective Of
party, nation or cclor I'VE include the
/ oahies). I also affirm that there are
more people in one town than in other
towns. Statistics will prove this. /
also proclaim from this position of pub
lie confarmity cur belief III Bill Nve
and George Francis Train. We are iii
favor of free whisky and the free coin
age of silver; the creation of moro
offices particularly postntfices. We
are opposed TO both political campaign
excursions. railroad managers, teie-
graph poles, rnd dynamite, the duty
on sugar, and the law that says pay rs
you 90.
Years ago when you and / were
young, Maggie, stung by yeller jackets
and humble bces, we Jumped The game
and moved West, which gave rise to
the Deelependance of Indignation,
which was foll.wsd by an excursion in
the Sfayfower, and the outcome of that
picnic caused all this trouble and gave
us that great and Il 5rious anthem ave
Won't Go Home Till MorningW Eng
land havin-, ordered tea stamps, our
forefathers soaked a cargo III Boston
harbor, which cancelled the stamps
and settled the freight bill.
Patrick Henry, an irish gent, wanted
to fight. John Bull has proved by AS
tEnncnly that the stars are getting nu-
meraus-42 in sight on our banner and
more twinkling The British say dis
tance improves the view. Long may
the banner wave over the free lunch
and ice cream stand! We will war no
more unless Sullivan and jackson will
do our fighting.
We view with alarm the Chiucse en-
igFation, rs they destroy millions Of
oar fire cracker supply. The Chinese
must go! They're gG-eo-going. yes,
going to take the country while we
dance to the Italian hand-argan.
Down Went Mclinty, = the band !
[ suggest that>the tewn council send
/ the marshal to Chicago to arrest the
Worlds Fair and move il to Lebanon.
We demand that our legislature pass a
law including the suhurbs-A ibany,
Jefferson. Sadavilie, Waterloo and La
comb-in the corporate limits Of Leba-
non. A voice. dent drink Browns
vile whiskeypJ The man who does
not see the advantages of this country
Canada to furnish the paint. a fact-l
We have passed through the plague of
census-taking, We ask where is the
man that built the Rock mountains?
Echo answers wherel Let our watch
word be, Nix come arouse! our motto,
Charco naniteh s. Senior Chilli Cola
row. Farley vrau from "a. Nil desper-
andunnl Pro homo publicol Ia hoksss
polSsasi Sic cemper tyranusl We arc
bound for to go!
We are in favor Of d frs country, OF
free passes, of free political and free
religious belief, where we may be
sprinkled or inin- fsed, Baptist or
mugwump, Methodist or Democrat.
Presbyterian or ReIalsh Hem en-, Campbell
ite OF pfohJs Mormon or Union Labor
paFtyJrsS y here one ballot-box stuffing is
s.S ox,od as another.
And now, by the memory of our rev
oIution. by our navy, by our q. A. r.,
by our schools and churches, by our
banks and three-card monte. by our
snow-cappcd mountains, by Ben Har-
rison and Governor Pennoyer. we are,
aTE, was aud viii be, do declare our
selves a separate, distinct, single or
double and independent nation, for
and by the people, yesterday, to-day
and tomorrow
Accept my thanks and your liberty.