Bisbee daily review., 1905-07-02
FOURTH OF JULY.

FOURTH OF JULY.
 The ational holiday of the United States ! near at hand, and while its oSsery1 ce is not perhaps as enthusi. sstie c the events which it commem- orate1 well understood at the pres snt time as many years ago. when caose who joined in the celebration had heard recounted the trials and privations by the actual participants in the prolonged strug. gle for liberty and free government in -his country, still the loyalty and patriotism of the prese.t generation ss no less than that of any genera zson in this country since the sign hns of the declaration While those sho fought the Britishers in the rev oluticnary struggle sacrificed their lives and their property in establish Ing a home government it was demon strated in the war of the rebellion that no people on earth were more loyal to country or more willing to gfye Iz their lives and property for 1z5 reservation of principle thar E1S' vho fought on both sides ol that Memorable conflict. In every succeeding conflict where the United States was party, call to arms nzs brought quick response from every walk in life, as witnessed when President Mckinley called for volun- seers to go to war with Spain few years ago. Those who responded to mat call included men of all stations in official, business and professional dfe in every state. Men holding high positions in the government depart nents in Washington asked to be re- fieved that they might go to the front and defend the honor of their coun- try; in every state tkose who volun- tfsered belonged to no one class; from ETizoHa went the miner who polished ike drill head in the stcpes and tun- nels. alongside the general manager, and the cowboy and the lawyer marched side by side in the same ztatio and rank; the merchant and aechg- c and railroad man all stood equal hen they asked to be en- rolled. railroad and mining men quit their ,sitions and good salaries and sers~~ as privates in the midst of Ehe fighting on San Juan hill The zsuF which went from the United States to invade Cuba and drive out he Spaniards was ample proof that the patriotism of this country is con fined to no class or to men of any position in life.
 While we have evidence of patriot sm on every hand whenever a time comes demanding it, still this coun- 1y is rot what it was when those xho established it's freedom passed frum the scene of action. The coun- try has made wonderful progress dur Ing the century aud a quarter which azs passed since the declaration of ndependence was signed and sealed Sith the '-saered honor" of those who defied the authority of the mother ouUntry whose rule had become in- folerabIe. Then the country con -,ss'>d of a very few imrcs---iehalS p5rDle. with none of the convent e1ces or appliances for carrying on tho development of the country thaz are present in this age of wonderful nFogress and invention; then the blowing was 3cze with oxen and a ssrked stick, now it is with gang blows and carriage to ride; then wheat Eas cut with a sickle and threshed by horses tramping the grain and EAaH from the stalk, now with steam reaper and thresher the wheat is rut and threshed for the mill with. out ever being touched by hand after q is ready for the harvest; then stexm power or steamboat transpor. sztion was unknown, and the only power used for any purpose was water shot through the old fashioned sster wheels. and trip across the ocean to England required weeks, all vessels going by sail when there was a brceze; now the great ocean grey. hDuuds cross the Atlantic in six days and train flys across the country sro4 the Atlantic to the Pacific et ca5 ste of seventy miles an hour; tier 1here were no railroads oz sszs boats. no electric light or teie. sraT to get message from New TprE to Arizona would have required year, now messages fly from every Ezrt of- the world with the speed of