Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-04
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Municipal Observance of In
dependence Day.
WITH MUSIC AND 0RATORY
Appropriate Exercises Held at the
District Building.
ADDRESS BY HANNIS TAYLOR
Discusses the Work of the Five
Master Builders of the Ameri-
can Commonwealth.
WITH MUSIC AND 0RATORY
ADDRESS BY HANNIS TAYLOR

celebration of the glorious Fourth TINS
morning at the District building. The
lofty character of the exercises and the
appreciation of the large assemblage was
another demonstration OF the success OF
the safe and sane idea which was inau-
gurated here one year ago
The ceremonies in their every feature
we're edifying, instructive, refreshing and
thoroughly patriotic. The Grafton OF
Hannis Taylor was historical master
piece. In which he sounded the call for a
great memorial in the District In honor
of those splendid characters in Ameri-
can history George Washington and
Abraham Lincoln.
Preceding the exercises the United
States Marine Band played several pa
triotic selections.
At just 10 o'clock President Cuno II.
Rudolph of the board Of District Com
rnissioners. chairman of the general
Fourth Of July committee. mounted the
fag-draped platform beneath the arcade
OF the main entrance to the municipal
building. In a few we'll chosen remarks
MT. ftuQOipu SpChe VI tuc SdHC iACeiiCo
of celebrating the nations natal day with
patriotic observances. which is meeting
with so much favor over the entire coun-
try.
President Rudolph then presented to
the open-air audience Gen. John NJ. Will
son. who read the Declaration of indie
pendence.
He then announced that Mrs Thomas
q. Noyes, who sang 1.-The Star Spangled
Banner at the first safe and sane cele-
bration last year. had consented to sing
the immortal song again. AS Mr.. Ru-
dolph presented Mrs. Noyes she was
greeted with an outburst of applause
from the thousands present. At the close
of the first stanza. which Mrs. Noyes
gave with splendid volume and effect. the
assemblage again gave vent to its feel
ings In hearty applause. AS the last
thrilling note Of Francis Scott Keys
great American inspiration song died
away. seemingly mingling with the folds
of Old Glory on the tall ediflces beyond
the crowd, the applause given the fair
singer amounted to an ovation.
Hannis Taylor's Grafton.
The Five Master Builders of the Amer
lean Commonwealth was the subject of
the Grafton of Hannis Taylor. These
were described as Jefferson. the dreamer;
Washington the actor; Pelatiah Webster,
the architect: Marshall. the expounder;
Lincoln. the savior.
Darwin once said that the Anglo
Saxon migration across the Atlantic was
probably the most important single event
Taylor. From that migration sprang
the thirteen English colonies that fringed
our Atlantic seaboard toward the close
OF the eighteenth century. out of whose
union arose the federal republic of the
United States. We thus began our ma
tional life with ten centuries of eventful
history behind US. II. as French phi
losopher has told US, each civilized man
- an epitome OF all who have gone be-
fore him. so each American state may be
said to be an epitome of the social. re-
hgious and constitutional history of Eng
land from the seventh to the seventeenth
century
After reviewing the important events
and epoShS in American history from
1I43 to the present time, Mr.. Taylor said
Pelatiah Webster February 16, 1852, pub
in pamphlet of forty-seven pages, the
entirely new plan of federal government
under which we now live He elaborated
each department of IL. executive, legis-
lative and judicial. in formulas as terse
and lucid as any ever put forth by Bacon,
Burke or Marshall. If any of you doubt
what / say. you can read it in the Lii
brary Of Congress in the original print.
which is just as authentic as the Con-
stitution itself.
The Sin Of the Republic.
THE deadly original sin of this republic
was the institution Of African slavery.
which the north first introduced from
motives of gain, and which the south
perpetuated for the same reason. Final
ly the north and the south solemnly COW
enanted together. in what are xnown a.
the compromises of the Constitution.
10 perpetuate the institution by law for
ever. After that fateful compact had
been signed and sealed a great moral re-
volt took place in the conscience Of the
world whose roots are to be found In the
judgment rendered by Lord Mansfield in
the case of the negro Somerset. where
in IL was held that the moment a slave
touches the soil of England he is thereby
set free. When that great moral revol,
demanded political leader in this coun-
try the summons was answered by a
strong, human. tender man from the
west. whose nature was as simple and
sincere az it was heroic He never for q
moment faltered-like a Titan he strug-
gled and triumphed and like a prOto
martyr died. He was the greatest Of all
deliverers because he emancipated both
the enslaver and the enslaved. When he
broke the manacles upon the wrists OF
a proud and devoted son of the south,
nail him as her deliverer from the thral-
dom OF an institution that was a deadly
blight upon her prosperity.
The South's Debt to Lincoln.
While retaining her colored popula-
tion intact as the most peaceful and
stable of all labor said the speaker
while retaining in her own hands the
complete control OF her political destinies
the south is advancing by leaps and
bounds. is becoming opulent and power
iui as she never was before. Her people
nave exhibited under the most difficul,
circumstances possible the genius of the
anslo-Saxon race for government and
law. In 1850 the agricultural products
or the south were everything her min.
ing and manufacturing products practi-
caliy nothing. Today her mining and
manufacturing products actually exceed
IN value her entire agricultural output
including cotton. In the presence of the
results OF such an economic revolution
wrought by the abolition of slavery
certainly the south can hail Abraham
Lincoln as deliverer. There is one deb
We all owe him.
A Memorial to Lincoln.
Livery real artist when he paints q pic
ture must keep steadily In view the ques
ton OF balance. The eye must not b.
offended by the concentration of all In