The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-07-09
FOURTH OF JULY
BIC DAY IN TROY
Patriotic Celebration, Public Speak.
ing and Politics.

seat supersedes us in that great hon
or and she is sustaining the reputa
tion in a creditable manner. TIL,
celebration was held on Saturday
and it is said that there were two
thousand people in Troy.
- In the forenoon there were some
e>gefy interesting athletics, including
footraces,. etc. In the afternoon the
programs was opened with band
concert by the famous Hornbeah
band. There was public speaking
baseball and aeroplane demonstra-
tions.
BY special invitation, Hon. Chas
J. Wright, of Springfield, Mo-, was
present as orator of the occasion
The politicians, Democratic candi-
dates for Governor, Railroad Com
missioner and Representative, were
present for the occasion. Hons. Crab
tree and Bryson spoke first. Then
came the independence oration by
Mr.. Wright.
Chas. j. Wright is the son Of the
late Chas. Wright, one of the pioneer
teachers of the county. The Spring
field attorney inherits much of his
fathers fine mentality and scholarly
attainments. He is now one of the
well known attorneys of the Spring
field bar and president of the asso-
citation.
Mr.. Wright was presented to the
audience by Hon. Carroll P. Wilson,
of Troy. He paid his respects to the
people of his native county. He was
indeed proud of the honor to address
these good people 1t was thirty-one
years ago, said Mr.. Wright, that he
left for Springfield and tho there
were many strange faces in the
crowd before him, there were many
who seemed familiar. There were
young people who looked not like
strangers and he thanked God for
the reception and the privilege of be-
ing there.
1t was thirty-five years ago that
he received admission to the bar of
Obion County. 1t was only short
time afterwards that Judge w. w.
Cochran and Hon. Fftz J. Smith were
admitted to the bar.
Mr. Wright spoke for more than
an hour, discussing the glories of In
dependence Day. He related the
fact that his father was English born
and that he was of English origin,
but that he and his father were both
patriotic Americans. He took the
part of the colonists, who, were sorely
tried and finally rebelled against
King George end the decree of the
King taxing the American colonists
without representation, with the re-
suits of the Boston tea party. King
George was German, and in his acts
dealing with the American colonists
he did not have the moral support of
the English people. The plain people
and many of the titled families SYM
pathized with the colonists. The re-
suit was the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and the separation from the
mother country, the Revolution, in
which Americans were opposed by
the English redcoats and the Hes
slams.
The final triumph of the colonists
made this glorious occasion a nation
al holiday.
Mr.. Wright spoke of the strong
ties between England and America
In kith and kin, in history and ira
lition, in civilization and culture.
He spoke of visit to England, and
modesty forbidding, he refrained
from saying to the audience that one
Of his clients had retained his serv-
ICES in case taking him to London.
There he visited tne British Museum
and saw the great Magma Charter,
preserved thru hundreds of years.
Mr.. Wright spoke of the growth
If American ideals and of our nation
IL strength and greatness. He at
all our glories to the fact
hat this is christian nation. All
rue greatness springs from the foun-
ain of light and truth which is God.
These facts led on to the fact that
lations in days of yore had misin-
erpreted Gods wisdom. They saw
n the Supreme Being selfish divin-
ty. The Israelites said that he was
he God of the Jews, the philosophers
hat he was God of the Greeks. the
euton that he was God Of the
trong. And for these conceptions
he nations perished. The last OF
he nations to follow the fallacy was