Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-02
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lasted until the next anu 50 July "ouA~
have become the birthday instead OF July 4
Toward evening the discomfort OF the as.
sembly was increased on account OF the sWarms
Of flies which came from nearby livery staDie
into the hall of legislature. These pests were So
audacious in assaults upon the statesmen Inae
Jefferson said their annoyance helped Drlng tue
matter to conclusion and Harrison reporteu
the declaration to congress as accepted, though
in the minutes of that day the declaration was at
first left out on account of the vengeance OF Eng
land
TODAY independence hall, in the old state mouse
in Philadelphia remains about as II was on e
Iulv a. and so as far as the setting OF the stays
the drama is complete but the DRAINS lesoiA -
left for us to supply.
All that we have left OF the record OF lno.
memorable day is the text OF the Declaration Oh
Tndependence, and that represents what al
brave American colonists were ready 10 Jay uoWn
their lives for and what should be handed oo"n
70 ns and guarded as courageously as It mao
been won, the Fourth of July has amply serveu
i+s nurnose and deserved its one monument
.The Spirit OF Liberty for ALL
Whether or not the Declaration OF lnue
pendence was signed on July 4, ll1o' Dy any Dus
Hancock. as president of the Continental con-
press and Thompson, as secretary, is matter
Of doubt for the journal entry records slgneu
nv order Of and in behalf of congress JeHer-
son himself made conflicting statements regard
ing this question.
Some contend that the delegates moI AAAAOA AiesA
" on the morning Of July and signed the docu
mont Whether or not the signatures were al
fixed on July A. congress act was off1clal on Indt
day that Jeffersons Declaration of independence
was declared acceptable to every colony. AND 50
1t resolved that copies should be sent throughout
the newformed republic.
The general assemblies conventions, councils
committees of safety and the commanding officers
Of the Continental army had to be informed OF
the independence of the United States. These
COPIES were signed by Hancock and thompson.
The Congressional Record of July - SHOWS tnat
a resolution was introduced in the national as
sembly to the effect that the declaration should
be engrossed on parchment and presented Tor the
signature of every member August 2.
This fact therefore, serves authority that
the parchment copy signed on that day in August.
after it had been compared with the fair copy
and the latter destroyed, is the copy OF the Dec
laration of independence which was considered
for SO many years the original draft Of the great
bin Of rights of the American people. It is said
that even this signing entered into with fear
and trembling
Satisfied that the signed parchment a
lasting evidence Of the birth of the new nation,
congress took no further official action regarding
the instruments itself until January, 1777
By that time the new republic began to feel its
strength and congress decided to promulgate
the names of the signers Of the Declaration of In
dependence by ordering that printed copies OF the
document should be made with the names Of the
signers added.
Mary Katharine Goddard, a woman who car
ried on the printing business Broadside, Bal
tirnore, probably never heard of woman's rights,
yet it SO happened that it became her right to
print these copies OF the American bill of rights
From these copies numerous others were soon
made until before long every home boosted at
least one copy OF the original document which
gave life to our republic