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Show OUR NATIONAL BIRTH-DAY. What is going to be done, in San Pete County, by way of celebrating the "Fourth" jn a becoming manner? man-ner? We should not be willing to let the day pass, without paying honor to it, as the birth-day of freedom, free-dom, the day that ushered in a new era, and made it possible for the citizen ci-tizen to become a sovereign. The Declaration of Independance which -nh -was the fore-runner of the most glo rious Constitution ever begotten by the mind of man, upon which to base a government, should be read to the youth and aged in our country, coun-try, upon every recurring "fourth," and the deeds and doings of the patriot pat-riot fathers dwelt upon in glowing terms, for the purpose of keeping them green in the minds of our youth, that thty might be incited to emulate them as the opportunity offers. of-fers. The thought that we as a people in Utah are being oppressed, from lime to time, by those who are in the tnajority in the nation, and our rights trampled upon should not deter de-ter us from doing honor to the day, Whatever rights we are denied, or acts of spoliation brought to bear upon us, they are the doings of men, not actuated by the gre;.t Magna Churta of our country but by greed of gain. Our Constitution grants to all men the rights of Life, liberty, ' and the pursuit of happiness; for what it is, and wbat it was intended to be let us honor it. Let us meet together on the morning of the 4th. day of July, A. 1). 1890, and amid the booming of cannon, stirring strains of music, under the folds of our flag hear read that sacred instru-rn;nt instru-rn;nt the "Declaration of independence." independ-ence." Let us repeat again the names of such men as, Washington, Jefferson and Adams; let our children hear of their doings and let them understand un-derstand that these names belonged to typical Americans, politicians if you will, but patriots at the. same time, not boodlers and oppressors. C Teach them that what was, may and must be again- That America was reserved for the home of the oppressed oppress-ed of all nations, that it was intended intend-ed by God for this purpose, and fruth is mighty and will prevail, pon't let us forget that patriots ney-ulk ney-ulk under nor succumb to deeds of Oppression. Remember that over forty years ago, when no foot but the red-man's trod the vales of Utah a small band of pilgrims entered Salt-Lake Salt-Lake Valley, after traveling over the dreary wastes a thousand miles, leaving their dead by the wayside. . Driven from their homes, and that by those claiming to be Americans, -thoie people brought with them a Jove of country ;they loved their Constitution Con-stitution and planted the symbol of (t, the stars and stripes upon Ensign : Peak and did honor to it. Those . were patriots; they forgot their own wrongs; and footsore, half-starved, naked and sick at heart with indig-pities indig-pities heaped upon them, all could , be and was forgotten in the task of ' Jove, doing honor to their coun fry. Let the citizens of San Pete County, some of whom, are the decendants pf those pioneer patriots, do honor to the day in a fitting manner; keep alive the love of country in their own and children's hearts; and celebrate cele-brate the fourth of July, in a man-per man-per creditable to American citizens, and lovers of Freedom. |