The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-07
HOW To CELEBRATE
FOURTH Of JULY
Hon. Charles Kellison Wants a Sane,
Patriotic, Intelligent Observance of
Nations Anniversary to Perpetuate
Rights of All the People.

| grow the tree OF liberty.
And so they came in groups OF
tens, and Juveniles and hundreds.
Committing their souls to God
and their lives and fortunes TO
the unknown dangers OF the will
derneSs they left the homes, fire
sides and graves OF their kindred
to aid in building a nation and
government dedicated to the
principles that all men are en-
lowed by their Creator with the
inalienable right to life, liberty
and the pursuit>of happiness and
later to Law the corner stone OF
mighty Republic whose funda-
mental law guarantees to every
citizen the right to worship God
according to the dictates OF his
own conscience.
In the beginning when their
numbers were few and their
wealth and commercial impor-
lance comparatively small, they
were suffered to toll and struggle
against the multiplied hardships
of their surroundings without
let or hindrance from the ruling
classes OF the countries from
whose bondage and oppression
they had fled, and they grew and
multiplied and waxed strong in
their faith and in their fortunes.
As time went on, when they
had cleared away the forest, laid
bare the wilderness and made the
desert to blossom as the rose,
when their wealth had grown
sufficiently large to excite the
cupidity and rapacity of those
who live by exploiting the labor
of Others. the oppressive govern
ments of the Old World, from
whence they had come, began to
parcel out these colonies and
and to falsely claim them as
their own.
These monarchies and despo-
tisms Of the Old World engaged
in Bloody wars between them
selves. disputing the ownership
of the colonies until Eng
land, the greatest pirate nation
of the world, finally established
her supremacy over the territory
OF the original thirteen colonies.
For nearly two hundred years,
these peaceful conquerers of a
new world, these original settlers
of a new continent, were made
the political sport and playtllings
of their foreign rulers. Contri-
buttons we're laid upon them,
annoying and oppressive reguha-
tons were adopted for their guild
ance. and every obstacle was
laid in their way to prevent them
from becoming in fact and in
truth free and independent
states.
The story of their wrongs
would fill volume. 1t rs a
story OF injustice, oppression and
OF government hypocricy and
fraud and sufficient to excite
the Indignation OF all fair mind
ed men.
At last the descendants OF
Those early settlers, our revolu-
tionary fathers, resolved that
they would stand it no longer
They assembled together in
confcderated convention and at
for many weeks of earnest and
solemn deliberathon and discus
sion, resolved that they would
cast off the yoke of foreign rule,
and pledging together their
lives, their fortunes and their
sacred honor they unfurled to the
breeza the emblem OF revolt and
the flag off a new government,
the first government in the world
TO declare the absolute equality
|of all men before the law
That most important step in
the political history OF mankind
was taken by the American coll
onists ON the 18th day OF July,
1116, IN independence Hall in
the City OF Philadelphia.
For eight long years England
strove to whip her rebellious sub
jects into submission, for eight
years the uneqrtal> struggle con-
tinued and the land was made
red with the blood of patriots
from end to end, and every
schnolboy knows with what re-
suit.
The STORY OF the sacrifices and
heroic decks OF the men who
made all this possible has never
half been told. and never will be
told untii the recording angel
shall unfold the record of their
deaItifldess patriotism and daunt-
less deeds.
These men built the first ma
tlon recbrded in history founded
ON the principles of political and
industrial equality among. men,
principles that were endangered
for time by the spirit of COM
mercialism that latter made their
appearance and threw its baneful
shadow over our NATIONAL life.
Chattel slavery grew apace and
darkened the fair picture for
tirne. burt that stain has been
washed and wiped away in
blood, and the auction block and
slave marked have gone forever.
Do other dangers threaten our
national lTfe? Is industrial sla-
livery to supplant THE chattel sla-