Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-07-02

thC utS" VI nd play cu On Tau 1SttSi a.
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 sdministra
ton. Already 1t 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 the
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, THE 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 I'M
usual indulgence"
There was a 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 or his father. The
marine band comes into prominence.
Citizens Of every class thronged the
White House. listening to the martial
airs received by the president.
The department OF Mr.. Tyler was
| easy and natural, yet sufficiently dig
nified. 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
The throng, comprising beautiful WON.
| en-, grave senators. cabinet and foreign
ministers, dashing army and navy off,
GERS. oflceseekers, citizens and loung-
ers, was great from twelve to three.
Between five and six about forty
| gentlemen sat down to dinner with
the president"
Daniel Webster's Speech.
The Fourth in Fillmore's days
dawned 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.
Il 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 1t existed in former times
nor was known In the most enlight-
ened states Of antiquity; while with
us its principles have become inter.
woven into the minds of individual
men, connected with our daily opin-
ions and our daily habits, until 1t is, II
I 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"