The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-07-05
SENATOR JARVIS SPEECH! +!
Made a Fine Impression on
the Fourth.
WASHINGTON MONUMENT,
The Celebration of the Glorious
Fourth.

The Crowd Cheered His speech from Re
ginning to End-It Was Shorter and
Better Than the Address of Senator
Sherman-How Washington Celebrated
the Fourth.
Special Telegram to the Charlotte Observer.
WAsHINGTON, July AT the Wash
iHgtOn monument celebration today
Sherman spoke with more vim and less
stammering than usual, and made a good
impression, but Jarvis shorter speech
seemed to take the crowd better than
anything else that was done on the occa-
sion. He was in fine trim, and his off.
hand remarks were again and again
applauded. There was applause as he
began
In a great country like this" he said,
$50 magnificent in domain, so vast in
population and with such varied inter.
ests, it is natural we should have our
social, business and political divisions.
1t is therefore well that there is some
time and occasion when we can draw our
selves out of our immediate environ
ments and assemble together, remember
ing alone that we are American citizens.
OF all days in the year the Fourth of
July is the most OppOrtune for such an
occasion 1t was on that day that the
immortal declaration which has been
real was proclaimed to the world. The
key note of it is that all men are equal
not equal In stature, in mental cndow
ments or in some other things, but equal
in that every American citizen is a
sovereign, and every woman all un
crowned queen This same great thought,
which is the keynote of that immortal
declaration, was exprC ssed in other
words and in another form by President
Lincoln when, on the field of Gettysburg
he said, this is a government of The peO.
! pie, for the people, and by the people.
Everything belongs to the people. 1t is,
therefore, well that the people themselves
should catching the spirit of their
ancestors, renew their expressions of
love for home and country. 1t is our
country its past is ours, and the hopes
of the future shall be ours.
when that great naval review took
place year or two ago if an English
man was standing on the pier and saw
British ship 60 by he would, That is
Her Majesty's Ship if a German were
there he would say, when the kaiser's
vessel passed, that is + is Majesty ship.
But the American, as the stars and
stripes tloated by, would say, There
goes our ship Great applause
Now, do not belong TO that class of
men, said Senator Jarvis, who think
that because something differs with their
ideas the country is going to pieces. |
do belong TO that class which is willing,
anxious and ready 10 forget all of the
past that ought to be fOrg and lock
/ forward to a higher and more hopeful
/ future. AS we stand on the brink Of the
nineteenth century the leOple should
take pride in all that has been done
which was great and grand and forget
/ all which would have divided US.
/ My countrymen, let Us with hearts
/ grateful for the past and hopeful for the
| future, ask that the spirits Of Washington
and Lincoln may descend upon US and re.
! baptize US with the fire of intense patri-
otism, filling our hearts with love of
country and love of home"
This sentiment caused General Breck-
inridge, who had himself made an elo-
quent speech before Senators Sherman
and Jarvis, 10 call for three cheers and a
/ tiger, which were given with will by
the many hundreds present in the noon
day shadow Of the mighty monument