The Newtown bee., 1894-07-06
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remnant of the mighty host, that fought and preserved us as 8 nation" in the stormy days of generation ago, those battled.scarred veterans among you who wear coats of blue over hearts of oak. Take them to your hearts and to your homes, and show them that the present generation of Americans, educated in the public schools, since the war, appre- ciates fully all their services and all their sufferings in the cause of American nationality. Let no member of the Grand Army of the Republic, no matter how humble his station, be overlooked, for in each honest breast beats the beart of hero.
 And let Us hope that this celebration | may tend to arouse in all minds. but par | ticularly in the youth, sentiments of pa | LtioLism, q love of our country and it's | iu-tituttona, and that the thrlling story of the "Hrroes of '76' and the later, though no less glorious story of the de- | lenders of our national honor and integ- l Ilby III lhF tlhj uayS ol bhE lCpClAloih | may inci5e them and u3''to do and dare, if the occasion should arise, for an i'm perilled country, all that these noble an- cestors have done.
 Following came the reading of the, Dec laration of Independence, which was giv- en new force and meaning, if it were pos sible, in the interesting way it was read by the pastor of the Congregational church, Rev o. W. Barker. The next speaker on the program was introduced as ''The sage of Shiloh, the Hon George w. Bradley" THE DAY WE CELEBRATE. This is the day in which we all feel proud, 3 Proud of Newtown. the best town in the state Proud of our Governor, in any honest crowd Though he got in somewhat rather late; He never bid defiance, and talked lOud,"
 For loud voices every one should hate; - But, we were about to say he's doubly good
 Because raised o'er in our neighborhood. | ''When in the course of events," Jefferson | Took his immortal pen and declared e That independence was already won | And that our invaders were 90 neatly Snaret s By our brave army, led by Washington, | His name became world famons for he spared e Nor king nor tyrant reigning anywhere, IT | And made liberty look so sweet and fair! l NhiSA SN'NiA s sound
 il That Orpheus seemed upon our earth one d And a world ot Myrmidons sprang from tn ground,
 7- To help we had been so helped before! | The old world looked and wondered so pro
 found
 Were the magnetic words of one renowned
 For writing this immortal declaration, They saw in us an independent nation. o And when in 1872, they tried again, 'e To drive us off the land and Oceans IF They found us all ready to maintain
 Our liberty, sort of f'Yankee notion" n Which sent cannon balls and grape like rair !, And gave our sailors such quick promotio U And noble ships, to "knock them out" agalI r. In twice five years the greatest living poet,
 Like to the champion in the fisty ring, l. Is called upon to support his claim or show i o Although it be an imaginary thing, e So all England thought best to try and kno, '- To know, ii we still could fight and sing }, And wear the belt; if we could keep the ring V, To-day, 'tis not much that we fear a king! But some "strong women" say, we are nc Dt freei
 70 And they mean just exactly what they say. o They would throw overheard ship of tea
 As our fathers did, but what they'd have thei l. And, for the lite Of us, we cannot see " Why they should not vote on ev'ry lectio ,- We know the ladies that we see before us, u Would march with us for they should ador z us!
 
 1 Every wicked person to obey the law l. Our country's tree and no man dare rebel, s Even if the constitution has flaw.
 No Arnold now, that will his country sell , A sicken1ng sight as man ever saw.
 i But Arnolds and Indians, all went down - BelOfe the man WhO would noLW ear a crow 1 Franklin said, eve must all hang together
 Or hang sepaI ately," a truth well known,
 But uttered OppOrtunely in such weather
 As Tar brings out mans 8 dreaded old cyclone
 But life would be scarcely worth q feather,
 And all Gods children never further growl
 If one Nation can grind down another
 And treat man as a slave, not as a brother.
 And yet, this very day old England still
 Puts shackles on her great colonies,
 l But God will some day make her ''fill the bill
 And drop on her knees; of all her folly she
 The most relentless and stubborn in her wi
 Ireland gave to England, Wellington,
 Who "beAt down" that great beast," Napo
 con.
 Oh for another Patrick Henry, a man
 Who could inspire you to fight for liberty (
 Another Adams, who would 'sink or swim"
 For his country, as every patriot can.
 Such were the men who, ever ill the van,
 "ShOuted for 1iberty," and they did fly
 And write their burning words across the six
 words that brought war, but words that nevt
 die.
 This heavenly lesson that our fathers taugl
 Was taught again in our hot civil war, - Though all believed it right for which the
 fought,
 g, A separation now is what all abhor, n | The stars and stripes are most dearly fraugl u With blessings that our patriots died for.
 And, Goas bless the men who, pure and bray
 saved the Union, and every star still wave [! K THIS FROM AN ENGLIsHMAN, LORD BYRON; eff "Where may the wearied eye repose , While gazing on the great, U Where neither guilty glory glows, a l Nor despicab1e state?
 Yes, one, the first, the last, the best, 1t The Cincinatus of the West, I | Whom envy dare not hate. 1T Bequeathed the name Of Washington as To make man blush there was but one!" % The orator of the day, although 'e stranger to Newtown audiences, W; H. happily chosen in the person of Alto h. ney J. T. Lynch of Bridgeport, forme
 ly of New ! ork. He is man of mediu in stature, hair slightly tinged with gra Id and appeared at ease on the platforr r. He possesses a good voice and could ca le fly be heard by the large audience. |
 is an orator of no mean type, and CT once got the sympathy and attention to his audience. His oration was indeed e, splendid effort, logical, condensed al le forcibly delivered. We give genero, Ls- space to his oration H. We cannot mediate upon the occasit
 that leads to this celebration witho UT concluding that it must be conductive Ne beneficial results. We are all aware tn y. one of the cardinal virtues in man is | lGe love of country, and no man who tru
 loves his country will ever do that whi al- will cause the blush of shame to mou pl the cheeks of his fellow man for al IT. that may be characterized by the absen INf 1I1f tdnl srN..