Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-07-11

here Camillus, with his legions, me. the
-, proud aud naughty Gaul-
The gallant Bruce at Bannockburn. freed
the Scot from Edwards thrall-
narabaldi, with his red shirts held yon
heights from morn till night;
here stood kossuth: there Pulaski-God
Where, then, was truth and right?
Anu with Winkelreid, the martyr here on
:, Sempach's bloody plain,
floated high tho Swiss banner DER the
Austrian MANNED and slain.
But the holy of all holes, where the min
strel loves to sing
Where the statesman and the warrior
- where the. peasant and the King
hneel in common, this is Freedom's--
here her voice grows loud and shrill,
I'LL the deep, resounding echoes scream
the name of Bunker Hill.
Here the bold and fearless Prescott shouted
out his stern comand--
Here stood Putnam-here fell Warren,
nobiest of that noble band,
And TWAS here that gallant Frenchman,
=. while our nations honored guest,
Placed the first slab Of that pillar where
our sleeping heroes rest;
While our Webster-only Webster-raised
his master voice on high.
And drew angel tears from heaven for
those names that cannot die.
Let Us. then, my patriot hearers, on the
Fourth of each July,
rass the day in song and story, stirring
ode and minstrelsy--
Teach the young their fathers struggle
!, bow they bled at Brandywine--
howthey won at Saratoga; and Of Arnold's
base design .
Brave Dekalb and Count Pulaski, and
how Marions gallant men
Thrashed the Red Coats on their sorties
from each swampy cypress fen.
Read 70 them our Magma Charta-speak If
Monticello's sage
Turn the leaves where glorious actions
- burn and glow OH hist'ry's page
Charge them keep their trust iuylolate
and till time shall pass away,
Sing anewits fame and glory on each In.
dependence Day.
GRAFTON BY WILLIAM MICHAEL BYRNE.
William Michael Byrne of Whining.
ton, one-of the shining lights of the New
Castle county bar, followed City Solicit
tor Hartman. Mr.. Byrne was called upon
by Mayor Boyd to make the Grafton of
the occasion, which he did in very an.
propriate language. His address was
very interesting and highly appreciated
by his auditors.
Mr.. Byrne prefaced his remarks by
saying; Ut is pleasure and an honor
TO join In the celebration to-day. The
| spontaneous enthusiasmiof the people Of
| New Castle has met universal response
from their fellow citizens Of Delaware
The speaker recountcd bis pleasure Ia
standing in the shadow of the old Court
House at New Castle, where the honor.
able records of the Delaware bar were
SO largely made. He paid tribute 10 the
| judges and lawyers OF other DAYS and
| stated that tine honor of the bar Is fully
sustained by the learning, integrity and
honor OF the lawyers of to-day, an,g5nS
whom honorably stand Messrs. C6oner
and Rodney He expressed tJ1e hone
that tho celebration of Indeipendence
Day shall never dwindle Gnto mere
sport for boys and childref.
"'rhe critics of brstg is,n he said.
"easily made, buy those who cali MS 4
! nation of brag, Never tire of singing the
praises Of Mgincourt, of good Queen
Bess anJl~ihe Armada and Of ma,chIsss
| Wg,lerloo. We, therefore, will not be-
turned from recounting on appropriate
occasions the glorious achievements OF
our ancestors.
"The meaning of the American re.
public ia liberty to the individual; every
man is secured by equal laws in the en-.
joyment of private rights. To recall the
past is without profit unless we learn a
lesson for the future.
America to-day is full Of vitality.
She is not decrepit, she is not decaved
she has no inglorious past. 1t become
N our duty to discharge the functions OF
! citizenship as it was the duty of our
forefathers to serve their State ia their
day and generation. The perpetuity Of
the American republic is secured by
that remarkable private virtue which
characterizes its people Never did the
moral laws Of the people exert such
wonderful influence In public life. II il
our duty to maintain a warm attach.
ment 10 American institutions, to dis.
charge our electoral duties with an en-.
, livened conscience to maintain wise
system of public instruction, so that
American liberty shall not suffer in
! our day through our fault"
! Mr.. Byrne at once captured the hearts
Of the people and he was Justify cheered
At the close Of the exercises at the
town hall, the multitude repaired TO tho
baseball park TO witness the game be
tween the Columbia Athletic Club anc
the Montgomery Club of Philadelphia
MANY DECORATIONS.
: Immediately after the parade Messrs
Henry IIolschumaker, Harry w. Her
/ bert and Howard Lofiand, the Judges o
! decorations, drove oyer the principa
streets Of the town for the purpose o
. ascertaining who had the best decora
t tions on their residences or bushes
places, three handsome poundcakes hay
ing been donated as prizes for decora
+ tons by Messrs. j. Harry Rogers, jaime,
l Rowland and j. Milton Davidson. Til,
three prize-winners were j. Harr,
5 Rogers, sheriff ellis and the Lonapt
Fire Co.