The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-05

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| IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF IT'S RESULTS.
Tho Declaration of Independence was an
important event In history. not 80 much be.
even because Of ia ASSERTION Of the correct sSt
principles which underiie tho social oreaniza-
Sc Se sses Sps O. The
American colonies into n permanent govern
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portant practical results ~ which 1t was foi;
sna5led. out oi lie chaos which followed N the
enSnrinSw S1 gritish power. to establish an
,. "aistSry is iaii o. instances where other
prsssor and attempted to maintain. theit iibb:
srtles by self-govsrnment: but the history Of
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what they have achieved ~ arms. The Com.
Tie Plaudets 81 the popul ACE. WAS restorsd to
; sas .ds aSP slsed tSsR%s
| government The history OF some Of the South
ability 81 a people to acSisve their fresd ed
and Of the incapacity to maintain their liberty
tSss Is mot he only
the boldness 70 strike Tor liberty must be- the
s.'f The Sssss ,ss w What
ever its form. which fails to protect the person
a pea. property of the citizen. must inevitably
On the 3oth day Of April. 1880. We csle-
81 Washington. Upon that day the American
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the S9ss Rre.lasns 3, sSe Snltsd %f s!ssss
was we'll that from field and shop, from the
that day. We reckonsa one hundred years oi
tTtoas man A. WIG 5St little .E tnsn
grave e @ Of chiei ExesutiVs
h Aa hs e, when
upon the Prince Of Condo, said he: AZ tLe
myself equally oyerwhemed BY the greatness
What part OF the habitable globe has not heard
81 his virtues, and the wonders OF his lifep
conntrymen. in extoiiing him. can give no in
formation even to the stranger
THE GROWING GLORY OF WASHINGTON.
"of Washington. 1t can truly be said that the
slory 3, ;s spe1sid @ sa At the
close Of the Revolution no was BY general CON
During the century which has passed. a
greater than he has not arsen.' A kind Prey.
saa 20 M the
NsDosSnt, But Eth fSrtItSas Tith
| courage that counted no odds. and. lmore
thsP a With It'd ohilake SSs sSd a9
ths seven, yearf struggle along the bloody
man. Bear ing aieft the sacred ark in which
was bound up the liberties Of l., his country,
doubted the favor y God. Whether in victory
or II defeat. whether triumphant on the
wavered. he bore upon his great heart the
tons and f hopes s Of al his coSntrymen. IN. '
What would have been the Immediate issue
as
M IN or bs
nent 81 : mighty nation u,. =. 49,.
Country saved: re liberties e t6e Colonies 50:
sSu h s dS Ss III
no lust OF power could entice him: After four
to Rs
deliberations, 9f the Gonyeption 1 Thich az
the IN Of the nnted sStes
IAN understanding Of the condition Of the
is essential to q full appreciation of the mag
OF MS oTp service IN that iH d TI
H9 as eyer Of 3D. e adopted in ISL
under WHICH inddepende1ce had been bee achieved:
ma pr0Ved lnaae1Ilate 70 nnet .me G;xtSoncaes
~ It's Character. with power n to en-.
tosdeclare war, Sovereign itself and With
tql power to deal ~ With sovereign !. foreign
eious statesmen Of that day. BY none was the
imperative necessity for such 9 Goyernmsnt
wa ane
sary to the preservation OF all that had been
as dssss the
Virginia the great historic Convention.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
Sc mblace Of mon than the Convention Of 1887.
halls q Legislation q upon The field q battio.
Randolph and Madison, Pnskney and utedga.
were lit - ter in the
the great laws Of iawsNfor free people.
1mperishable forever Le the fame Of tho
Who by WsdSm than
Of our free Institutions a government by the
people. and having for its bed rock the intell-
genco. tho virtue. and tho patriotism OF the
people. Listen to tho preamble of its match
less instrument:
1--WE, the people Of the United States in order to
form more perfect union. establish Justice, in sure
DFSyS. iST
g I'll: s" Sasd
America.
What commentary upon tho handiwork
Of Washington and his compeers. that not
withstanding our population has been aug
mented moro than twenty fold. the western
Alieghenies to the Paciflc Ocean, yet los years
have Witnessed our organic laWas 1t came
from tho hands Of its Trainers. What com
founded this Government in tho fact that 30
many OF the Central and South American ro-
publics have modelled their Government after
that CT the United States. Tho representatives
OF these foreign Governments have borne earn
est testimony to the value Of our federate Con-
stitution. and to the prosperity and happiness
1t has brought 70 millions of freemen beyond