St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-05
ADLAl A DRAWING CARD.
VICE, PRESIDENT STEVENSON .cELE-
BRATES THE FOURTH
DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA.
He Makes spread-Eagle speech.
on the Historic Battlefield of
Guilford Court House = Pleas
ant Talk About Our Ancestors
AMI the Liberty They Secured
for All of Us.

GREENSBORO. NC. July 4.-Vice
President Stevenson was the attraction
at the Fourth of July celebration today
on the historic battle field of Guiiford
Court. House. The vice president was
received enthusiastically and made a
speech. in which he saia in part:
We are not strangers. The history
and traditions of the old north state are
as dear to Inc as to yourselves. The
blood that courses through my veins is
that OF the men who, with your brave
nerve, little more than century ago,
first gave to the world declaration of
American independence, the men who
have for all time linked the names of
Charlotte with that OF Runnymede,
and made your Mecklenburg immortal.
In the great struggle for independ-
ence, North Carolina played no mean
part. Her sons stood in the front rank
OF those who first braved the hostility
and resentment of the British crown.
Her sons were the first to realize the
necessity for separation, and the estaD-
lishment of American independence.
1t must not be forgotten, Mr.. Presi-
dent, that the love OF liberty and the
hatred of Tyranny. which found express
sion in the Mecklenburg declaration of
May 20, 1715. touched
A RESPONSIVE CHORD
in the breasts Of the ancestors of many
Of those now have the honor to ad-
dress. The men who planned this dec
laration bullded more than they knew.
Inpledging their liberty and fortunes to
resisting British oppression, they
sounded the keynote of national de ella
ration of independence, which, 1lS
years ago this day, was proclaimed by
the Continental congress at Philadel.
phia. To North Carolina, then, be.
longs the imperishabIe honor of having
taken the first step toward securing to
the American colonies independence of
the British crown.
But what of the future? What will
be the verdict of history as to the
achievements Of the present generation?
In all that makes state, great is North
Carolina.
With an area Of more than $4,000
square miles, stretching from the sea-
board 500 miles to the iwestern borders.
with breadth of;200 miles from north
to south; with soil happily adapted to
the supply of all material wants; with
climate unsurpassed upon the con.
tinent: traversed from north to south,
from pine forestto mountain fastness.
by railways; her mountains OvergroWn
with every variety of mineral wealth;
aJundantly blessed with Natures choic-
est gifts, North Carolina, [ am pur-
suaded, is just entering upon career
of wonderful
MATERIAL PROSPERITY.
This is, indeed, MIR. President, the
fitting hour and place for this great as
sembIage. Today, the Fourth of July,
there are no state lines or sections, but
whether our abiding place is on the
banks OF the st. John or on the Column
bia, whether upon the Eastern sea-
board, or near the great Father of Wa
tiers. we are all Americans. Thank
God we are all citizens OF common
country, under one flag, common his
tory Ut common destiny.
Standing upon this historic spot, con-
Secrated by the blood of heroes, we lift
up our hearts in gratitude to God that
he has been pleased to vOuchsafe to our
fathers and US such country. Under
this flag we have in the largest degree,
liberty-not the license of the anarchist,
but liberty regulated by law. The sons
OF the heroes of Kings Mountain and of
Gullford can never forget that this fay
is the symbol of IAN indivsiDe UNION"
You should never forget that all of our
hopes and aspirations are bound up in
the constitution of our fathers. Guard
this constitution as the very ark of the
covenant. At whatever cost, the federal
union-this grand union of people and
of states beQueathed to US by our fathers
must be the heritage of the future
generations of our countrymen. Let
him be accounted the common enemy
who would weaken the cords that bind
together ali states and sections of our
common country.