New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-05
NOISE AND PATRIOTISM.
HOW THE FOURTH WAS CELEBRATED IN
NEW-JERSEY.

PUBLIC EXERCISES ATTRACT a bit '"O"p A''
NEwARK-rRoLLEY AND STEAM CARS
CROWDED BY PEOPLE WHO SPENT
THE DAY IN THE COUNTRY
OR At THE sEAsIoRE.
The celebration Of the Fourth In Newark SeS'er-
day was enthusiastic and noisy. Up TO long past
midnight Friday night there was pandemoh'u' -,
Market and Broad SITS. which were denseiy pacheo
with people until a late hour There were no ires
and few casualties reported. Yesterday, al Day
light noon and sunset the church pens were ru"s
and sa!utes were fired. The cary trans anu INC
trolcy-cars took thousands OF people OUT VI """,
many going to the seashore for the Day Inc io'',
public exercises were held at Pedne Meno' Id
Church In the morning. The edfee oeca"'e ~
crowded that the gates were closed ana the peope
.s,uo, into the lecture-room Alderman Will
tam n Kueb,er chairman OF the Common Councii
Committee on Fourth Of July Celebration pres'ueu
and made the opening address, In the Iro"' VI '"'
gallery sat in a row. Mayor Seymour anu eN--Ma!o' >
Lebkuecher and Haynes. Prayer was maze D! INC
Rev DR.. David r. Frazer OF the f1rs' rres'' '''"''
Church
The American Singing Society, under the leader
shin, Of August ScharT nberger. sang The rag
without a Stain and Emblem of Freedom 'o'''.
g. Gibson. City Controller read the Deciara'ioH u
INDEPENDENCE. A quartet, consisting OF " Imam ~
Williams Frank Hodson, T. NJ Ward ana n ~
Northrop sang "Our Native Land ana me Di,s"'
Sword of Liberty" followed by solo, Inc 1"o
Crenaders." BY William X. Williams Ai'er
medley of popular airs by Vosss Band. tnere ~"S :"
solo "Hurrah for You ora Glory (words by Ihomas
Dunn Englsh). by Miss Lizzie Dooley' ana uue''
az Feel Thy Ange, Spirit" by William r. W'i1aahs
and H. d. Northrop The Rev. Dr. henr' D""e'
then delivered the grafton. He SAID:
THE REV. DIR. BAKERS GRAFTON.
o,s hundred and twenty years have passed. sii'o
ou foresa,hers met in Philadelphia to formulate d
,rincn,e and inaugurato policy, Out VI ""''
was TO be born new and unique ha'io''
Although unconscious perhaps. or is srahueu''
their action marked the distinctive epocn u ~ tau
history and for more than century II mas o'.
,oAra,ad far and wide in joyful memoriai "e"-
,tor Once again the year in It's course prihsS US
90 Tho time when our communities pause III vi.
haste Of accumulation to recognize '''e "0o
far-rsa ching deed Of our ancestors. J.,
we are fortunate In the city OF our reSue ', "
A. t, ,s ono ~ the capitals OF that Industrial EN-
,,ro which Divine Providence and human enterprise
together are building on this western Oo,'
Our ,ov is intensified besides, in that Newark IL nv
81 recent origin the outcome of ransient ~;
il dates back to the beginning % u eariv Colonial
ana Rsvouonarv times We happy tnen l;c IN
The place the occasion and the theme 40 ne ne va he
can IN the ' Truth Which the again dscoses
but we are summoned by throhs VI sue
1ndependenee Day is and typical EdmynS S
Burke Speaking IN eca he that the had
creited a new state Of new species IN % " ereaf
on Of the globe LOB relations and balances and crawl
ia tons OF power the appearance OF "o The sep
would in the system nnes o. from s3 Great Britain
freak of popular feeling no acciuenl "a g.. dn With
ustment was necessity of be anu huma aa mind which
that ordained movement. OF '"e human
is the very heart OF history 81. ,nouire as 20 its
fort no rQSf
not Bismarck the personal centre OF gfoap unit
soldiers and masss Of T NATIONAL maze
would have been poweress without fredfi n The
Great and his ahsyseHs me q Italy Of abad and
Victor Emmanuel Is that two thousanu ,Ssnmh,,c ia
Re-, Rome the Of a hs Fl tS Of
selves The definite part aSsg 81 the spirit Of caste
OF T Rros song Of Burns mans man for a. that
and that finds statement IN the ~ The an
Client world were only arstocraces At the from
The Magma Charta and Runnym ar,S the Sarons
Everything ir the past was tentatve any the sea
lm,nafy and when Columbus caught 3u @, tns s
a new Continent and gave II over to the CUSTODY VI
Civilization the experiment of sef,government was
this Be "%sr BY was
idle venture but was The JON; a ths ac 81 0o
man 1Serv under law was TO be than dream
real. ana living fact, Individuals and communities rnn
were not to play fast and loose "''h inc eo''"' '
nation true to all that was best In TIE past ana
responsive 10 md riI nsnrer of the world America was
discovered at right moment neither me- sT9
mept 20 on theatre adequate for their movement
The early settlers were not nercsnaT GAIN They
came seeking free Church in free state ihey
mpesd by h The G saSers of these
Communities we're noby true to their rssponsl .Sne
ties in character and capacity the na'e stock on
which ali other shoots could be grated lhen; VIII VIII
the Revolution came thoee qiaied dOf
cr
lin and jefferson John and Samuel Adame and
above them all the great gn and behedction
worth a army in the field In the after perlods tne
same provdentia direction Is manifest III e'e''
New-Hampshre boy patterned IN the ncn ouin nS
o,rsnehened bv the culture OF Boston, stood peer
less in the Senate at the vital moment commits is
sonna 10 eathbow Webster in his day was
Gods man just definitely the antslay yer SEN
men s saH, trt he crime Of And when the
strife despsGe1 into id na IN the chair Of state
the Chief Magistrate. and Grant in ne m, nea. I ,he
General OF the arme ana IN tins hm war Following IL on to
,na ne into courage and skill until they faced the
nIpoudsst troops OF Europe and altered not nor
failed and S1ats the q. he men OF the revolution
ROYAL Gasry of f. y tSa ry iners Il On
France wooden leg in the s tve 70 one SoveT lis
iors , h' I,mhs and his glory everywhere his blood
u.s. ON hundred battle-helds the price OF his VIC
tories The warfare in which h he he WAS ensasea
the heart OF the people faithful even unto death
II need be- is the choicest G any any ea
The work begun BY the fathers shall not ran IN me
hands of their sons On this. our civil SaDDau IN
.bnrs should be more than vague ana empty re-
to;c,ngs Through all the land may we enter mo
Sacrament OF patriotism, covenant OF reiiewed ue
Colon 10 the Republic OF Washington and Lincoln.
Following the grafton there a solo, Columbia
V Nv Only Love" by Miss Lizzie Dooley; Sailor
conr ny the Mendelssohn Quartet. and closing airs
nv the band In the afternoon and evening there
were concerts IN Military Park. the programme m
Guiding n splay of fireworks on the Canal Drl1ge
There was no parade. as In former years. Inc
Ancient order of HibernIans end the Caedonlah SO
n,y na raded independently going to outlying parks
10 hold their annual games, ana there was uispiay
- ss n,.han iaslrnent uniforms on the street.