Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-05

set their teeth and knew that at last
the conflict was on,
The Boston tea party the schoolboy
nnriots who provoked the anger Of
Gage, the various petty outbreaks
which emphasized the growing es-
arrangement were unheeded on the one
hand, but on the other full OF grave
significance. The elimination came
100 years ago, when Liberty Bell rang
out the glad tIdlngs that the new ma
ton was born--the glorious event
whose anniversary we this day ceie-
brate.
II is n long sad splendid story,
which covers the period of time that
elapsed between Bunker Hill and
Yorktown. There We're heroes I'm
those days. The minute men,"
the Green Mountain boys" the
farmers with fowliug pieces, the lean
WO0dsmcn who followed the leadership
OF the swamp Fox. an have found de-
served place upon the roll Of fame.
But there We're also others. who did
not serve upon the battlefield. There
We're those who, with equal loyalty, en-
ploycd talents I'm furnishing the sim
ews Of war-the means the provisions.
the clothing for the army. Among
ton, the mothers and wives and daugh-
ters and sweethearts Of the men In the
trenches or on the march.
These performed service as valuable as
that which gave Molly Pitcher place
In history, though by name we know
them not. But they were worthy COM
panions Of those who bore saber and
musket. and amid tears and anxeties
their busy hands not only spun and
woye and knit and mended, but also
turned to the sterner task Of cultivating
the fields, IN order that the nation
might not become too scanty or alto
gether fail.
There comes an elevation to the soul
in the recollection OF the stress OF bat
tie as II surged up and down the sleu-
der line OF colonies, the priyations of
the camp and march, the pain and an
guish and distress OF those who were in
any way engaged In that mighty strug-
gle. IL Is good to hear and read of
those times.
TOLD IN THE SCHOOLS.
our schools properly make this part
Of history prominent-and the story
ought to be reyerently kept fresh I'm
our household talks TO the end that, In
nc NuultUillhtlOll VI the hrtOA OF tNNre
who did so much Tor posterity we Of
the present may raise w race OF
patriots who shall be worthy Of the in
herltance which has come to them.
The progress of our country during
the past century and a quarter sur
passes every record In history It's path
Of Advancement has many times been
harrassed, but never blocked. II has
spread its borders and its benencent in
nucnce far beyond any limits which the
fathers could have anticipated
II has had to deal with problems
some Of which threatened IT'S existence,
but which, once solved, left It stronger
and healthier than ever. From 10 weak
colonies 80 has grown 10 As strong
states-almost every one OF which IN
extent and resources Is equal TO an en-
pirc
IL has extended Its power for good
far beyond It's own coasts. occupies the
head Of the table Of the family Of ma
tons and may De truthfully considered
the arbIter Of the world, Its offer Of a
home and an asylum for the oppressed
OF all lands has been accepted by mill
lions who have come to add 10 the gem
eral prosperity as we'll as TO Increase
their own.
In material growth 1t fairly staggers
description, No other country furnish
rs such opportunity for advancement.
Dr. such field for ambition, Poverty In