Arizona republican., 1912-07-05
T WAS DONE
 THE RIGHT WAY
Celebration of the Fourth i'll Phoenix Patriotic Talk and Not Maddening Noise and Wild and Senseless Hurrah

was such ceIebratlOn-that in which 1 hundreds of the people of this city l irdulged-as has real connection l with the meaning of the day The i firecracker the torpedo. and the mad 1 Gening loaded cane were absent, as l they were a year ago; but yesterday 1 there was an element of patriotism 1 that such an observance cannot but l help to foster This was exemplified i in the highest degree at the speaking i held in the afternoon on the city
 hall plaza.
 In the city all the exercises were under direction of the Loyal Order of l Moose They were in evidence every where and it was due to their ener- getc management that the day was such a brilliant success. They had arranged, among other things, for the draping of the band stand on the l rlaza and it was from this stand i that the addresses of the day were i delivered. The chief address was by 1 Attorney General Bullard. who was
 preceded by Mayor Lloyd B. Christy ] and R. s. Fisher MT. Bullards speech was as follows:
 This Fourth of July is of especial | ! zOnian's heart should swell with pride ] because today fro every national i building from every reservation, from every fort, from the mast of every ] American vessel in all the ports of ! the civilized world there will break 1 to the breeze for the first time the 1 beloved flag of our nation .emblaZ- 1 Oned upon it's field of azure blue the 1 rty-eighth star, the star of Arizona. ! I do not know but that you are 1 aware of the fact that it is the law of the land that upon Independence 1 Day following the admission of any 1 state into the Union star shall be added to the flag, therefore, when. 1 today. Old Glory is unfured from 1 thousand flag poles with Arizona's ] star every ArizOnian may cOngratu- i late himself when he remembers that on this day he is not only celebrat- 1 ing the birth of the nation but tn" ] birth of the last great American state Today has been designated as the natal day of the nation. One hundred and thirtY-siX years ago, born in the din of battle. rocked in the cradle of poverty. reared to hard ihoOd by early diversity since the dav that the guns of the Minute Men or '76 celebrated her birth to the present day. the United States of America has grandly and uninter- ruptedly progressed to the goal of success. having her eye steadfastN fixed upon the WatchWord of liberty. until today she proudly towers above all other countries. richer than all, respected and feared by all. queen among the nations and Q haven for the oppressed The years of the Am erican republic have been notable be- vond any similar period in the his tory of the human race. This era has been marked by a period of popular government over the large areas of the world One hundred and thirty-six years ago the people of most nations were ground beneath the heel of tyrannical government and c,,,sbad b1 onpressive taxation. As we stand today there is not des- i notism existing among nations Of any proportion on the face of the earth. The rights of man cover the earth as waters the seas. or the skies the globe The world owes this marvel lGus development. so full of benefl- cent effects to the patriots who dared defy the autocratic king. Before the establishment of this era ot the rights of man industry was crippled. invention was lacking. the common people were denied knowledge because their rulers realized that knowledge was power. the world was at stand still commercially, all men were dls- cn1lraeed and to a thinking mind It
 seemed that the human race was evoIuting backward instead Of tor
 ward hut when the Declaration Of
 Independence, with it's clarion note
 of liberty sounded to the patriots of
 all ations and as the other nations
 saw the sturdy independence of Am
 erica's sons. the old despotic forms Of
 government crumbled and fell away
 and there gradually spread over the
 world a series of governments found
 eC upon the popular will ana slmul-
 taneousIv there developed in the
 world an era of industrial activity
 of the spread of popular education
 and q growth of moral sentiment
 such as the world had never known
 before and this is what makes the
 Declaration of Independence so lm-
 portant in the history of mankind
 and why today we celebrate not only
 because of the birth of liberty m
 America because this day inaugurated
 the birth of liberty for the world.
 What were the principles for which
 We fought in '76? They were many
 but principally liberty to govern our
 selves. liberty of expression or
 thought. liberty to worship our God
 in any way that we chose and free dom from excessive taxation and op-
 pression and ever since, when upon
 the hard fought and bloody pattle- fields of the Revolution were won
 to ourselves these principles We have
 ever jealously guarded them, and we should continue to do so. SlmpiE because we have become wealthy and
 successful is no reason why we should relax our vigilance as the price of safety. There are as many
 foes to liberty in our midst today
 as there were in '76. Let us beware
 lest the tyranny of power be re-
 placed by the tyranny of combined and concentrated wealth, fear lest in sidiously our liberties are one by one l