The Rice belt journal., 1920-07-03


the British crowu and thai III political connection
between them and the state Of Great Britain IS
and ought to be totally dissolved"
This Of course is the real Declaration II Inse-
pendence the document now known as tie DeclaTa
tOu being adopted rwo days LATER Of the adop-
tion q the Lee resolution John Adams wrUte 10
his wife the historic letter which says among
ether things:
The second day Of July. ITT6. will be tie most
remarkable epoch in TIE history Of America. /
am apt to believe that il VIII Be celebrated bT
succreding generations as the great anniversary
festival II ought 70 De- cOmmenorated as the
day O. 6eliEe12noe by solemn acts Of devotion 20
God Almighty. It 0nght 10 De solneliDed with
pOmp 2n8 parade with shows games sp0yTS. bells
bolfres and illumination fggm Cna end Of this
Continent to TIE ether from this time fo-ars for
eEernore-
Time has proved that gehn Adams tfourh he
gOt his datss mixed. Was true prophet. Prohstly
the Fourth Of July Is our distinctiFely American
celebration An the civilized world celebrates
New Years Easter, Memorial day ThanksgfEi-r
ard Christmas IN one way OF another. But hide
Pe1delce day Is ours alone. To oe sure, we have
Rashingtoa's hErthday and Lineogn.s hsr7b5sv
wbsch are also ours alone bur the Fourth In
clndes mJst If not aM 0f what they stand for
In short the Fourth q July cones mighty pesr
being our national Day when the American Esgs4
se-Nsanas for everything frgD TIE Mnyhgwsv 10 the
ArEsune-frca I620 To November III. 1918
A'uiStSoe day. That Introduces sha psrrfnen.
polEt that another change must he made in TIA
long evolution Of The celebration Of the FUpr4H o4
July For 4 me RUuT5b Of July stands 70, ons
Spee-nc 'hiag thzt ons specific thing is Sus- ex
aciiT What i1s original neutrality-suspicious. dsr-
signifies And after Ar-alS-ice day-ans an rba,
i stands tOr-irs quite evident thst TIE American
@gis must De taughf to coo instead Of srr4srs
Ehen il goes % the John Bill part Of its perform
ante
for ne have seen Cur Oad-time-rEo-tsuse-4
Sighting for bis life and for our lives too arainst
fo~ thai would have desrr0ypd sn that va EaE-
Ash-sTeak5uE peoples in Common hold dear And
after l0ng while va crowded 10 alonnS5sa onr
ancieat enemy and got busy 10 make up ia, lost
time Nevpr mind vito won the var. We hsva
nE'tion eagngh to know exactly what John R-u
Tor lnele Sam-an8 are grateful accop57nr7r
itS guile hkely than Uncle sam came rear
ncusA 70 saving John Bulls life to feel sD-as-t5ry
more Than 3 friendly Interest in tsrn. So se-ns
paris q our FOur1h of July celebration vii, hsre
70 he toned dOEn from n0w on.
Moreover, its high time that the Ar,a-srs, ns,
Rls puf thsiF mind 10 fixing - the ~day ga r47a
hgafe~ For tAe Fourth of Jnly celebration rfpb-
DoW Is berwixt and betEeea- The old-fssh5o54s
FOur1h vas done sway with TIE Sane Four-b-
Surplansed fl. N0w the Sane FOurrh- Is IN aa,.
ger of hec0ltng merely holiday HOLIDAY esgs-
bTarioRs. IKE men and nations Do net stand Srsn
Ard the Fourth q yulT Is w0r1h The cFoseS4 81.
fsnt5an and best effort Of The American people.
The ass1 FourTh os JULY cese6rarfoa. wa5ef vrsS
Bid in l7sT ia PhiladsEhaa eanot serve rs mol
eli lis Prindqal feature was banquet nj which
rany toas-s were drank, each toas- being 4o1lor.
es fT ihe discharge * firearms an1 cannon. Car-
talnlT too wei and possibly Too no5sy.
ThP Beaee era tnsuEzTSte5 by the eauinK of rhs
Nonroe administration sDd continued siuFsnE the
Juveniles Has unfaFgEahls to 6szsonsrragsve eee-