The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-07-03

lasted over until the next and July would
have become the birthday instead Of July T.
Toward evening the discomfort o. the as
sembly was increased on account OF the s"arms
of files which came from a nearby livery stapie
into the hall Of legislature. These pests we're SO
audacious in assaults upon the statesmen tnat
Jefferson said their annoyance helped ofhg the
matter to a conclusion, and Harrison reporteo
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 house
in philadelphia remains about as 1t was on tnat
Julv L. and so as far the setting OF the stage
the drama is complete. out lne oi"i'"
left for US to supply.
All that we have left OF the record OF ina.
memorable day is the text OF the Deciafation y,
Independence and that represents ~hat All
brave American colonists were ready to lay GOWN
their lives for and what should be nanoeo oo~n
n no and guarded as courageously as II mao
been won the Fourth Of July has amply served
its purpose and deserved its one monument
The Spirit of Liberty for All
whether or not the Declaration of hide
,andence was signed on July A. 1116 by any Out
Hancock as president of the Continental con-
sress and Thompson. secretary, is a ina''ei
of doubt for the journal entry recoros sisne0
by order of and in behalf OF congress Jene.-
himself made conmctins
ing this question
Some contend that the delegates met intorniai
" On tho morning Of July and signed the docu'
ment Whether or not the signatures were al.
fixed on July 4, congress act was ohclai On 'nas
day that Jeffersons Declaration OF lndepenoehco
was declared acceptable to every colony anu 50
it resolved that copies snoulo De sen. 'nioueA
the newformed republic. .
Tho general assemblies conventions councils.
committees of safety and the commanding omcers
of the Continental army had to De INFORMED oi
the independence of the United States These
comics we're signed by Hancock and thompson.
The Congressional Record Of July 10 shows that
a resolution was introduced in the national as
sembly to the effect that the declaration snouio
be enerossed on parchment and presented Tor the
signature of every member on August z
This fact therefore, serves as authority that
the parchment copy signed on that DAY IN August
after IL had been compared with the falr copy
and the latter destroyed is the copy OF Inc Lee
laration of independence which was considered
for so MANY years the original draft of the great
bill of rights of the American people 1t is said
that even this signing entered into with fear
and trembling
Satisfied that the signed parchment was a
lasting evidence of the birth of the new nation,
congress took no further official action regarding
the instruments itself until January. 1777.
Nv that time the new republic began to feel Its
strength. and congress decided to promulgate
the names of the sgners 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. woman who car
ried on the printing business on Broadside, Bal
timore probably never heard of woman's rights
vet 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 al
least one copy of the oSignal document which
gave life to republic