Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-07-02

eS"N 'ct lives! ne evacuated, and
fhen little later. sentiment sug-
Sgesteo by the day crossed his Iips.
independence forever," he said. and
never spoke again.
Exactly five years after the deaths
OF Adams and Jefferson. James Mon
roe died. the third president to die
upon independence Day. He was one
OF the most American of American
presidents. His death. on July the
9Th. emphasized anew the fatality
that has pursued SO many Of our chief
magistrates upon this day.
In l195 Washington selected a plot
OF ground within the city of Washing
ton as suitable spot whereupon to
erect a monument to the American
Revolution. This was never acted
\ upon. but thirty-four years after his
death. 1t was decided instead to erect
there a monument to Washington
himself. Slowly funds were collected.
and on July 4th. 1913. the cornerstone
was laid with imposing civic. military |
and Masonic honors. The monument /
was built so slowly. however. that not !
until December. 1884. was the last
stone lifted into place. and the beau
ktitdl Washington obelisk. the tallest
structure in the New World. com.
pleted.
Two years after the cornerstone
was laid. the unfinished shaft had
reached the height of more than $50
feet. Zachary Taylor. the beloved
old Rough and Ready OF the Next.
can war, mad been president sixteen
months. On the national holiday /
July T. 1850. he visited the uncomplet.
ed monument. in which he took great
interest. Once on the grounds. he laid
aside the dignity OF his high office
and stretched himself under the
grateful shade OF the partly complet.
ed SHAFT. a peculiar lassitude seem.
ed tn come over him. and he lay there
long time. Suddenly paroxysms OF
internal pain came on. He had been
struck with death on Independence
DAY. ard that within the shadow of
the first presidents monument. Again
the old fatality to 4 president upon
the Fourth OF July. He was carried
back to the White House. where he
iineeTeu nNe days and died.
The civil war that devastated DIR |
land. 1865. had progressed none toe
fayorably for the Union cause I'M nc
the middle of 1853 Grant was dog.
sedly Desiesing Vicksburg. which con.
trolied all the lower Mississippi As
stubbornly the Confederates resisted.
Lee had determined to carry the war
into the North. and had invaded Penn
sylvania with a great army. The fate
'f the nation swung in the balance.
North and South. the people trem-
pgly awaited the issues of each
r. July 1st found vicksburg still
,oldinS out. after six weeks of ter.
Inc cannonading. The same first
an OF the same month brought the
2etween the invading army
lice. and the defending expulsIye
rmy OF the Federals at Gettysburg. /
"a 1t was American against Ameri-
an and July LIST passed into July End.
nd that into the third of July. and pu
ct the dreadful battle ragged Sixty ISL
men on those three days the
Tere taken prisoners. wounded or tel
He'd. Lee was forced back. In the seV
1rning battle of the war fortune had Yc
lvored the Union forces. the
The dawn OF The Fourth found the
cart of our people torn with contend. ed
IL emotions. The mother mourned
Ike Rachel over her SON. stark upon Ser
lie field of Gettysburg: the father re-
'iced over a crucial battle won: the +
outh sank. appalled, at the blow to ele,
er pride. her hone her ambition: uni
le North was buoyant and elated. A.
hen over the wires at night flashed ter
lie news that Vicksburg had surren- of
cred that day. and the Mississippi uni
as open to our gunboats. Great and Ed
lid. long and loud. was the rejoicing son
the one part of the nation. Sorrow the
i and filed with despair was the pho
st OF the nation. God grant that and
ever again may independence Day strC
nd one portion of our people rejoic- isoI
& over the discontinue OF another has
'rtion. for We be brethren doe
The sad Fourth" was in July. 1881. MAJ
wo days before President Garfield to I
Id been shot by Guiteau. the assas.
n. and for the fifth time in our his.
ry the shadow OF death hung over T
American President upon Indepen. Gag,
nee Day. The country Fourth-of ten
ly picnicS were abandoned. the cele- Sou
ations in the great cities were sus- five
nded. Here and there a flag waved for
ournfully. as though anticipating its ern
rly hanging at halfmast II was a dist
let Fourth. a sad Fourth. a hard and
'urth. All hearts were touched. igan
ON that awful day. July 9. until the near
cad day in September. when the last SIEVE
mmons came 10 the poor. worn. suf- or |
ing President. there was never a This
king hour but that the thoughts OF Her,
r people were with their stricken mile
ief fighting hcroically for life.
The Spanish-American war was on
nd in 1898. On the third OF that 10
ly the Spanish admiral. Cervera. lister
Ide desperate attempt to escape only
I'M Santiago harbor. 1t quickly end. in a
in victory for the Americans. A he "
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