The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-07
ABLE AND PATRIOTIC.

a Ringing Address, Deliveries by Sherman
Handy at Iron River, luiy4.
Upon Mr.. Sherman r. Handy, Of Ciys-
tal Falls, dNolycd the honor OF deliver.
ing the orlti,u Of the day AT Iron River
ON July 4. MIR Handy delivered an able
and learned adhlrcss--onc that TnE piA.
MoSn DmIG's readers will find pleasure
and profit in pcrusing. lie spoke az
follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS ! accept with pleasure the
courteous invitation OF your committee TO ad'
dress YOU today for Ia. reason desire 90 meet
aud mue'c viii, the people Of Iron River. We
celebrate today the Fourth oi July. For lis
years II has been with our pcopr. either rs
colonies or as 4 nation the sacnal day. During
an the ages O come IL viii stand out on tile
record OF the worlds history az the birthday of
n enl,t rcpnhir Nations yet unborn VIII road
with admiration and with awe Of the men who
on Ills ,iny, ia this new world, without the ght
of expcrlrncc to guide them, carved uui u new
government Ii il not meet that this anuiyer
siry should pass unnoteyJ II Il not mert that
this. the birthday oi American history, should
pnss unherllded into history. one hundred
and ciahteen years arn. thirteen American col.
ONES, with less than three millions OF people.
scattered n omg the SCI board from New lfamp
shire to Ceorrit. without effective onp,uIzation,
without navy or army unuidrd by wealth or
| fnr,iun ~ .ncc, suddenly amd funver sundercd
the ties which hound them 90 the mother conn.
try Looking hack at this net from the stand
point of i ccnturys distance In bodness aud
grandeur Of conception, Il stands unrivnled la
history II Will SO down al the ages Ia history
ana ~ song with the gallant sirugg'es ~ AL the
people Ia AN times. for civil nnd religious ftsc
dom Let us turn Tor moment Go the Coutn,
eutnl Congress. assembled in Independence Hall.
! In Plnladehhla ON the Fourth oi July. lT7G
one nct oi insult aud oppression upon the part
of the Crown toWnrd- the colonies had followed
another Ia rapid succession nntil the time had
come whrn tie representatives. ~ the colonies
wct, 10 dc,tlc ~ fyor ~ abject submission 10
| tyfnny ur resolve 20 hc forcy, r free and nde.
! pendent Ou the ons side were the ties oi
country and Il common ancestry upon the 9th
cr rebellion against the mother country aud the
commencement 81 a struggle tho end of which nu
man nrould fDrrtcl. Tic mru who signed tlh-
declaration were not uumiudinl OF the grave ~
sponSiiiniies which they assumed II was no
rush net ON iirir part. They we'll know that
Great Britain would never permit the COLONIES
10 be wrcSied from her grasp without strueplr
rhey well knew that England, With hci untold
wealth. her powerful army aud navy that mad,
her mist ress of the sens. was iae TO he resrcct
cd even by the strongest government upon thu
earth The declaration wis ~ignrd. the die wa
clst n new era had bc'u reached IN the worlds
history: n'w government hai bSn pro
claimed braS words had been spoken whcl
sounded strangely to loyal ear@. but Which
reaching down the aees will ever stir the grca
heart ot humanity oar declaration ot inde
Ieildcli splemny announces ~ a sc.Icvidrn
truth that t men are burn equal. IL pro
c,aimed as the cardinal feature OF the soci'
J. compact ~ tile very corner stone ofrivii gov
, crnment. the absolute equality 81 all men
, Governments were declared "a have been estah
I.hel anons intn iorthc benefit ~ the govern II
What "a glorious inheritance q this dearation
. what ,hlcn words ~ truthare CLEANED from II
p,e,s' what loity stAie-manship h breathe
/ la it, every mttermce Wen dd the great cou
4 mnnrr ui England exclaim: "rhe men who ca
80 write deserve 90 be irc." Whence cam
thr-e men who signed this declaraiionf ? Ia wha
y school oi politics or philosophy did they hear
II these great truths Who taught them th
p. sicnce ~ political government From wha
!. royal live ~ awgvers did they spring u
skilled in the diplomacy and craft that eontr'
= cabinets Rnd govern empire they were oi "
y, people rii-ed by an all.wi'e Providence 90 ovr
+ come the obstacles aud grapple With the danger
that threatened their liberties From the earl
eat strnaRie- Tor the inedom 81 mankind to u
DAYS ut 'rhomnt jefferson. the men who IN q
halls OF debate or on The field oi battle. ha'
~ been the eloquent advocates Of human rights
rs tCOSrNuED ON EIomrn rAoEl