Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-07-03


the fireworks played off. Had GenercV
Howe been here in disguise, or his
master, this show would have given
them the heartache.'
When Enthusiasm Waned.
We have an account of the Fourth
as celebrated in Tyler's administra-
ton. Already it lacked the freshness
and spontaneity of those early ones
John Adams witnessed, one of which
he saddened by his own death. indie
pendence forever" he murmured, as
he lay dying, his ear caught by tho
sounds of fireworks. It was the toast
he had sent in response to request
for one to be given in his name at a
Fourth of July banquet to be cele-
brated many hundred miles from
where the sands of life were running
swift with him
That of Tyler's breathes nausea OF
noise and distaste for vapidity. An
eyewitness writes, "Thes Fourth OF
July passed mucn as usual every
where; sQuibs and popguns and
cracked bells, with vapid orations,
stupid toasts, and execrable speeches;
hot meats and cold wines, the custom
airy laudation of the nation, and the
quantum of headaches that follow un-
usual indulgence"
There was levee at the White
House, and the Sunday school children
marched through the walks of the cap
itol grounds; "Mr. Adams watching
them with satisfaction and interest"
John Quincy Adams, then shared the
quiet enthusiasm OF his father. The
marine band comes into prominence.
Citizens Of every class thronged the
White House, listening to the martial
airs received by tho president.
1.-THE department of Mr. Tyler was
easy and natural, yet sufficiently dig
nif1ed, placing everyone at his ease.
And nothing could surpass the quiet,
unaffected grace with which the ladies'
received and acknowledged the cour-
tesies of all who paid their respects.
Tb" throng, comprising beautiful wom-
en-, grave senator's, cabinet and foreign
ministers, dashing army and navy off,
GERS, officeseekers, citizens and loung-
ers, was great from twelve to three.
Between five and six about forty
gentlemen sat down 10 dinner with
the president"
Daniel Webster's Sneech.
The Fourth in Fillmore's days
dawDed for the laying of the corner
stone of the extension of the capitol.
Daniel Webster, secretary of state, in
delivering his Grafton as speaker of
the day, accomplished more than 'the
customary laudation of the nation
He stepped forward, copy in hand, but
extemporized new thoughts and highly
interesting reflections.
II have said, gentlemen, that our
inheritance is an inheritance of Ameri-
can liberty. That liberty is character
istic, peculiar and altogether our own.
Nothing like it existed in former times
nor was known in the most enlight-
ened states of antiquity; while with
us it's principles have become inter-
woven into the minds of individual
men, connected with our daily opin-
ions and our daily habits, until it is, if
/ may SO say, an element of social as
well as Of political life; and the con-
sequence is, that to whatever region
an American citizen carries himself.
he takes with him, fully developed in
his own understanding and experience.
our American principles and opinions.
and becomes ready at once, in cooper
alton with others, to apply them to the
formation of new governments"