Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-04
IN INDEPENDENCE DAY IN 1898.
| Celebration OF the Fourth In Boston In
| our Forefathers' Time.

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In the morning 10 the discharge of ar
tillery, the ringing of bells and the decora,
tion of the shipping and many parts OF
the town with the ensigns of the Union,
succeeded poetical and musical exhibi-
tion at the Universal meeting house.
At IL o'clock an oration was pronounced
at the request Of the town by John Quincy
Adams at the Old South meeting house,
which for purity of style and rectitude of
principle has been pronounced by the pub
lie equal If not superior to the best exercise
of his oratorical predecessors.
To add splendor to the day the Boston
artillery, the Independent Fusiliers and
Captain Johnsons company of militia
made their public appearance, and by their
citizen soldierly conduct, correct discipline
and fraternal harmony fully accomplished
the object of their parade.
After the duties of the day were per-
formed Captain Bradlee's artillery repaired
to the Green Dragon, where they partook
of liberal entertainment and concluded
their festivity with the following toasts:
The glorious anniversary. May the birthday
OF American independence soon become the
common jubilee of mankind
The intrepid band of patriots who sealed the
Declaration of Independence. May their names
be venerated until gratitude and fame shall
molder in the sepulcher Of creation.
Hancock, the illustrious president of con
gress on that auspicious day.
The town OF Boston, the cradle of the Revo.
luton.
May Americans never want wisdom to pre-
serve and prudence to enjoy what valor has
procured and union established.
The diffusion of letters throughout the world
Learning is the daughter of liberty.
May every nation the globe boast, like
America, n Washington who has the shield OF
Fabius, the sword of Marcellus and the helmet
of Scipio.
The orator and the poet of the day. May the
trophies of eloquence ever decorate the altars
of freedom.
The reformers of mankind. May they who
have rent the veil Of ages exterminate the
monsters who wore il.
The Gallo Columbian fraternity Of freemen.
May the union OF France and America be as
durable as the ocean which divides them.
May the helm OF government ever preserve
an intermediate course between the shoals Of
slavery and the rocks of licentiousness, the
Scylla and Charybdis of the political channel.
The American fair. May the bravest veteran
never blush TO wear their chains.
May the Hercules of liberty, who while an
infant i'll this country strangled the serpents
of Britain, destroy in Europe the hydra of fac
tion and cleanse the Augean stable Of mon
archy.
Heaven forbid that the name of Washington
like that Of Caesar, should ever be assumed by
any future American magistrate to consecrate
villainy or defy idiocy.
The nineteenth century. May il commence
with the millennium of universal liberty
1t may be said that each toast as it was
given was emphasized with three cheers
and the discharge of seven guns, with the
exception of the twelfth toast Here the
gallantry of Captain Bradlee's brave artil-
lerymen became unbounded, and in honor
Of the fair they doubled up with six
cheers and 10 guns.
When these modest but patriotic festivi-
ties We're at an end, the celebration of the
Fourth of July, 1893 by the town of Bos-
ton was brought to close.-Boston Her
aid