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Show SO l TIIEHN CELKnn AT ION AT i Bl'SOLKTOWS. i Bcnoletown', Utah Temutuuy, ; July Mh, 1ST I. j Editors Jlerald : 1 The fourth was celebrated here amid ! gieat enthusiasm by tho entire population. popula-tion. Johnio lieb, the orator of the oceusion, spoke as follows: Fellow citizens, who have met. here - to-day in tho burning July sun of these ' mountain fastnesses to do honor to that I gallant little band of patiots who, I mnoty-fivG years ago, rallied around ' tho shrine of their country's freedom and fulminated the Declaration of Independence, In-dependence, which is the charter of American liberty. In Utah certain religious fanatics claim and appropriate it to their religion. -Northern people claim it and appropiato it to their section; and though they have sus-i sus-i pended the writ of habeas corpus in (many instances, destroyed the right ol ' trial by jury, and violated nearly every I other right sanctified to us by the blood of our fathers; the fourth oi ' July is to us still sacred and wo are ! hero to-day to curse the hand and pai-! pai-! nlize the arm of such brave men as .these, who in violation of truth and i history slander the memory of those 'who lirst with tho glittering staff unfurled un-furled the ensign of liberty which fuh j high advanced shone like a meteor ; streaming to tho wind. Without country, coun-try, without tradition, for to that vast" column of freedom not one Southern stono or pebble was added I The sacrifices were all made by the North. Battles were fought by them; but 'tis no part of our duty to speak j of the fierce, long and arduous struggle rof the Kcvolution, or the vales or tho Cowpcns, the miseries of Valley Forge, tho pealing sheets of musketry, boom-! boom-! ine of cannon and clashing conflict of sabres everywhere; or of the shouts of I liberty and defiance that went up from ! tho battlements of On. Sufficient is it ! j to say everywhere human rights and I liberty were vindicated by our great' i fathers, and that this day is given to us! a heritage, for we, too, are native : American citizens; and whilst we j j would not steal and appropriate it toi I ourselves, we would be recreant to 'ourselves if wo did not demand our ! portion of it. Our lathers arc all j gone; their strong arms have long I ainc been made food for worms; their j eloquent tongues hushed in the mute l and solemn vaults of death; but their acts have implanted monuments in our breasts, and of those who aro to come alter us that will cause us lo revere their names and shout forth their deeds upon every future anniversary. anniver-sary. In conclusion, we have the smiles of but few others here today i to cheer ue, but they have them '. elsewhere, for whilst we are in the i lowlands, thousand of fair ones nmid ; the distant slopes of the Blue Mountains Moun-tains aro made happy by the music of 'i the bird and the waterfall, for the la-i la-i j dies ever leel a warm interest in their ; country and its benefactors. And we .ifeel all the military ardor of 1770, i without the presence of soldiers here. The gifted orator was greeted with . j unlimited rounds of applause; and the I celebration at Bunglctown closed with pi the firing of several demijohns and nu-j nu-j mcrous volleys of soda-cocktails, "j Yours, ' AUTI-HUMBl'U. |