Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-07-07
THE FOURTH OF JULY
Celebrated in Wausau in an Extensive WAY
and Enjoyed by All.

occasion, our present mayor, MIR. Mar
chetti, who spoke in part as follows:
ut is well for our country, well for
our people, that in the restless struggle
for existence, in the never ending strife
to better our worldly condition, In the
ceaseless chase after those objects which
our heart desires, in the steady turmoil
of business and of work, in the quarrel
of contending parties and factions, in
the uproar of all this discord, there is
one day in the year on which there is
only one sentiment in the heart of every
American, which is: Our country. our
whole country, and nothing but our
country. s.
To-day the busy hum of Industry is
hushed; the voice of passion is stilled:
the clamor of the denagogue is silenced,
Z and we come together hand in band, as
one people, as members of ore family,
under our flag, glorying in the fact that
1t is still without stain, 10 enjoy the
spell of one hour of our country's his
tory upon us ALL"
He spoke of the inception of our gov
eminent, of the declaration of indepen-
dence, and of early history. To our
forefathers who framed the constitu-
ton, he paid the following tribute:
1.-The system of government which
they have formed is their most ELOQUENT
eulogy. A grander monument than
human power can rear in their honor
is the fact, that this written constitu-
ton has successfully sustained for more
than century the most severe tests of
foreign and domestic wars, internal
dissensions and conflicting sectional In
terests; and all the attacks to which it
was subjected, and all the troubles
which have beset it, have only served
to make it better understood, to bring
out its strong defensive powers in bold
relief, and have increased the love and
veneration which we ali feel for the in
spired character"
OF freedom, the mayor gave ex-
preston to the following sentiments,
"The spirit of freedom permeates ali
of our institutions. 1t dwells in the
heart of every American; it levels all
false distinctions or grades of society;
it acknowledges no superiority on ac-
count of birth or wealth; it makes a
sovereign of every man; it exacts jus
tice and equality for all men,
He said:
''The day after the declaration of
independence was adopted by Congress.
John Adams said That this event
would be solemnized with games, sports.
the ringing of bells, bon fires, and
| Examinations from one end of the con-
tinent to the other from this time for
ward forever
'His prediction was fulfilled to the
letter to this day and must ever remain
true, because if ever the American peo-
| pie should cease to celebrate Ibis their
birthday, with its glorious recollection
clustering around it, that time will
mark the beginning of their downward
career, and the nation will go down as
Greece and Rome have gone down, and
of the majestic temple of American
| liberty nothing will remain, then the
glory of its inception and construction,
and the shame and disgrace of its fall
But the American people will never
degenerate so fatally
| We are here in this age, reaping the
| fruits of the labor, the political sagacity,
| the patriotic sacrifices of former gener,
atoms; not that cheap patriotism which
wraps itself in the flag, and like the
pharasee, loudly proclaims his own
love of country, and bewails the
patriotic delinquency of his neighbors;
not that counterfeit patriotism which
waves the flag with one hand and holds
out the other for an appropriation or
something else; but that patriotism
which preserves in patriotic act while
suffering, in deeds while bleeding, that,
which is willing to do, and does do its
duty to God and man and country, that
which is willing to, and does sink, its
personal advantage to the common well
fare"
He closed with patriotic talk TO the
young men. 1t was speech which
ought to have been listened to by every
body, and the PILOT deplores that its
lack of space prevents publishing it
in full.
During the afternoon Geo. Rosie
gave exhibitions of bag punching and
at five and eight o'clock Lee Barber, of
Merrill, performed his high dive into a
net The fire run at o'clock in the
evening was of such interest as to draw
out large crowd of people along the
route travelled. The fire works and
dance in the evening drew out another
large crowd and while the fire works
were being touched off, the parks
standing room capacity was taxed to
its limit. The display was very beauti-
full and interesting.
There was perfect order preserved
during the day, Notwithstanding the
fact that number of grown persons
persisted in throwing dynamite crack
ers on the streets. One young man was
found by the police with a revolver,
which he was handling rather care
lessly, and he slept in the coop that
night. Several others were arrested
for the first offense and some for drunk
enness, but on the whole the people
were pretty orderly