The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-09


The Fourth OF July has come and gone
with US once more. the day that H. often
called the glorious fourth. We fall to
comprehend the fact that there 10 or was
much glory In that ono day that We set
apart as q national holiday and that we as
from centre 10 circumference.
1t 10 true that on the Tth Of June. AVG.
that Richard Henry Lee. delegate fforn
Virginia. offered 10 ongrens the hrst reso-
luton declaring that the united colonies
dependent States. This brought forth
q long and exciting debate. which ended
In the flual consideration Of Mr.. Ices reso.
luton being postponed until the. LIST Of
July but four days later Thomas Jetier-
son, John Adams. Benjamin Franklin,
Roger Sherman and Robert r. Livingston
were appointed committee to prepare
formal declaration.
This committee had for Its chairman
Richard II. Lee who was called home on
account OF sickness. W hereupon Mr.. JEFF
ferson was appointed In his stead and he
IL was that prepared the formal Declara-
ton In the original language OF the dele
gate from Virginia. This committee 70.
ported to Congress their Declaration on
the lat Of July which was adopted OH
the 4th.
Now then. as this act on the part OF the
colonial congress would undoubtedly call
fourth the armies OF Great Britain to
quell and again bring into subsection the
Beceeding colonies. where is the glory
that We talk SO much abouG
The united colonies Of America are not
yet free by any means. but have simply
declared their intention so to be. There
is yet q long and bloody contest to pass
through, before the question of freedom
can be settled. A contest In which the
crimson tide Of life shall gently ebb away
and many q good and brave man go to
battle, meyer to return.
A contest in which both Great Britain
and America shall sacrifice their best and
noblest men in war. contest in which
wives shall be left without husba nds,
mothers shall give up their boys, sons
and daughters shall become Orphans. In
fact there are great hardshlps and priva.
tions encounter. great difficulties to
overcome and much sorrow to endure
before we can grasp our independence as
q nation. Is there much glory In all this2
We say not. But We, tho American
people, at this critical moment. push
aside the curtain that hangs between the
present and the future aud look beyond
tho privatioDs and hardships of war, and
| then 1t Is that we get q glimpse OF the
| glory that 10 TO follow.
We look away from that mem orablo
| Fourth of July and the Colonial Congress
action on that day, to ses what ls going
on in the vicinity of Yorktown. Here we
lind Washington slowly bat surely b Mild.
ing his entertainments about the Brittle h
army. until the moment for final action
has. arrived and Lord Corpwnlls fsgn.
ing sickness but through the tried and
trusted Major General O'Hara on the 10Th
OF October, 1888. surrendered the Brltleh
forces to Gensral Washington, the great
leader of the American armies. Thus II
was that the powers OF Great Britain were
broken aud the yoke OF the same thrown
on and the united colonies OF America
now became the United States OF America,
a free and independent nation and so rec.
oRuiZed by all nations even by the British
authority. We think here would be the
proper place for rejoicing. Long live the
United State of America.
The Fourth was very quiet out here. @
few picnic parties up along the Brandy
wine and little fishing was about all the
day was productive OF except some very
good shooting by our crack shots who
were successful In bringing down quite q
number OF clay birds.
A NUMBER OF our people spent the day
with friends In other localities while quite
number Of visitors spent the day With
friends here.
Thomas L. Moore, the musician OF Thu
place, being somewhat indisposed Is spend
ing few days with friends IN Cheste
County, Pa.
The report that Lewis Potts near Cen
treville had bis arm broken a few day
ago. was without foundation.
The little grand daughter of l c. Rich
ards, who broke her arm a short time ago
is getting along nicely.
We have been having lots of rain an
the furmers have been having hard tim
to get the harvest work done. Perhap
the Increase III growing crops will max
npfor little lost time In hary est.