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Show I WAS A GREAT CELEBRATION. lit Lake Olserveil tlie AnnivcTSiry of the lirth of the Nat-1 lay in at Ex'eishe, Brilliiint aud Patriotic Jlat u;r. Parade Several Miles Long that Fresented Many Nicely Uniformed Uni-formed Or:aiizatlons aid Attractive Floats and ' Fine Trades Displays. ' "';.' ( ' " r ' . ' fter the Procession Was Over the Crowds Went to Liberty-Park, Liberty-Park, Where They Heard Stirring Music, an Eloquent , Oration,- and the Declaration of Independence. ! . ... - -i i the Evening There was an Exhibition of Fireworks from Capitol Hill Which was a Filt n Close to the Glorious Fourth. sit. which w as tantalizing to a degree, for goddesses which ride on springles wagons on a hot d..v aro quick! v wearied. ' The long procession was broken here and then hy l,ads. Or rather the bands added to it. The sound of reeds and drums and cvmbals and horns was heard in the willfulness, and the man whose duty it is lo sw allow the claironct was out iu force and red clothes. An hour or more w as consumed Indie In-die procession, which, by tho way. numbered several ingeniously contrived finals, in passing, l'atriotisiii lurked iu that procession, too. especially with the lnlaiitrv. who achieved a coating of dust, which made them look like pieces of rough hewn statuary. J he parade see sawed through tin town or a couple of hours, and thou sought refuge iu the shade of Liberty park, where speech-making and red lemonade 'lay. in wait for all during enough to come. KXKKCISKS AT THE I'AKK. An Animated anil l'atrlutle M cue iu tha Ariernion-lTr. Allen's .AiUlros. The exercises at Liberty park attracted at-tracted almost as largo a crowd as did tho parade. ' The park was cool and most refreshing was the shade of tho thousands of trees. The weary crowd that had stood for two long hours under the burning sun, watching tho long parade, rested with a sigli of relief under the leafy bowers. They were however, too eager to see everything that was going go-ing to remain quiet long, and stream after stream of peoplo wound continuously continu-ously back and forth iu the park, forming form-ing an animated picture, brighteted by the gay costumes aud still happier faces of the'ladii s. The park was beautifully decorated. The rich green of tho foliage was everywhere every-where relieved by gay bunting and hy the stars and stripes fluttering proudly in the occasional breezes that stirred the leaves of the trees. The park could not havo been more pleasant. A grateful cooluess was held, the thick covering of leaves and every detail of the preparations was so complete that there was not a hitch during the ontire exercises. Kvery heart beat high with pure patriotism as on every hand was seen the flutter of our national emblem the sign of the equality and freedom of man. More than one, as lie saw the whole landscape land-scape made bright by the smile of tho sun called to mind the words of the poet iu his address to the old Liberty bell. An1 as we eiwt the smllluz sunlight ( n tif Fourth of each July. V iv.lt u'ei-e fortret the Ix-ilmiiu Who. betw.xt the earth and sky, Hiiuir out louuly Krieilom.' W hi ,h, pleuMi (lod. shall never die.'' The exercises at the park were of a character to call forth every spark of patriotism. The stirring notes of the " Star Spangled Banner" by the Libe ral band opened the exercises, and the crowd responded by voice and hand. Applause and hearty cheering gave evi-deuco evi-deuco of the hearty sympathy with the grand old melody. The stand for the speakers was appropriately ap-propriately decorated. The stars and stripes draped in graceful curves from every side. Many of tho most prominent promi-nent citizens of the territory occupied seats on the ulatfornf and tdded the weight of their presence to the occasion. occa-sion. The scene in the park was at the same time a varied one. It was undeniably unde-niably hot nnd also rather dusty, and the fakirs did a good business. The neanut vender shouted the merits of his wares in a voice that seemed clogged with dust, ' and the perspiration stood iu great beads on his forohea I. Tlie lemonade stands, too, did a good business and the seduelive voice of the proprietor, made hoarse like the fog horn of a steamer by the great quantities quanti-ties of dust gulped down, lured the youth from the rural districts with his best girl, into iiivest'-ng in piuk-colorcd water, that had scarcely a trace of lemon iu its composition. compo-sition. The balloon man was also on hand, and bis squeaky balloon-whistles proved an irresistable attraction to the small bov, who invested his last nickel in the inspiring instrument of torture. Their shrill notesjidded to the constant whizz of lire crackers, the frightened scream of voting ladies who happened to be too near them, and the merry shout of the boys, made the whole picture one of endless variety. An expectant hush fell over the cut ire assemblage as they were called to order hy (lovernor Thomas, A prayer, breathing the soul of patriotism, was otlered bv Kcv. J. H. Thrall. Then followed tho reading of the Declaration of Independence by Ileber M. Wells. This was listened to with attention aud even eagerness. The reading was most forcible and pleasing aud the vast assemblage voiced its approval by frequent and prolonged applause. i'rof. V. Allen's oration was a masterly mas-terly effort.- Jt inspired to lofty thoughts and higher ideals. The oration was delivered in tho best possible manner, its polished finish being made double effective by plcas'ui? voice aud forcible gesticulation. It was substantially as follows: . M .. . n.i . The natal day of a natiou! 1 hat nation na-tion the leading exponent of government govern-ment bv the people. Small wonder that on this day from ocean to ocean, men turn aside and ponder the lessous of the past, discuss the dangers of the nrcsent. or with prophetic vision behold be-hold the future glory of our country. Eloquence loday will spare no effort to express the present worth and future greatness of our institutions, yet she shall fail. , Poetry will lift her sweetest ntraius to charm her hearers with the richness and purity of freedom's song, and yet shcshalltailtosing the glory of our ""History will search the mounds of Asia, the marbles of Athens, the ruins of Home, the manuscripts of the dark ages and she shall not find wherewith to compare this giant among nation, and her band shall grow weary as she attempts to set forth the deeds accomplished accom-plished by one nation within us tir-t century of life. 'o: Though impelled by all the power of eloquence and uplifted by music's soaring flights, no pen can portray por-tray the deeds of that century. Yet we may consider some of the sources of that greatness. We may grasp som! of the ur. at central facts which made that creatness possible. If we are prescrv-ine prescrv-ine that source of power we are doing well the work given over by the fatm-r w hen they foil asleep. Nations, as individuals, nave character charac-ter So well defined is this that under given circumstance we expect a nation to do certain things- If w e can determine the w ell springs of the character who made possible the creation of our government and the contmutd on a.) ' I W that it is all over; that only the 0 and the smoke and burned paper win of the fireworks; that tho god-s god-s has been seen and smiled upon in t wen vying poso on tlio car which diet'; that sundry small citizens irbiis of cloth where, on the day to yesterday,' they wore thumbs, tired patriot in secret rather rows ro-ws liiat the fourth of July conies oiicj a year. '"lie, there has been preliminary wishing ainongyotithful Americans tlie p-st, week, and at intervals one ' even now hear what seems to be a uiiiler of yestenlay in the manner resented by a llrceraeker explosion, 1 the v i-ry and prespiralion and 'iml patriotism of the real: Imle-:uee Imle-:uee day aro gone, and the towu ' resinned its normal condition of 'ing in licks ou a large, glowing fu- Hie early riser yesterday morning aii'diulelv iroeeetled to celebrate in ;,,ueral way the activity of his forces forc-es and particularly his own smart-85 smart-85 in getting up so soon in the morning firing off the family double-barreled 'S'l'i, to the intenso disgust of the -ir boarder, who in most cases cared :ii for sleep than patriotism. But I' ii feeling was but temporary. In " midst of such a fusilade each shot Renting an enthusiastically palpi-heart, palpi-heart, it was hard to remember ;!l,ing more than that 114 years ago '''sof agreement were signed by tailed States which articles are ' without blemish or blot from any ""t lightweight, middleweight or "J'Wi-ight nation. y1" streets were early thronged and ''o'clock the personage who was in "lny found it necessary to take to ". Nubile of the street. 'Hut then no-1 no-1 was busy on any matter other "icli as related cither directly or iliV(,,ly to tho observance of the day. 1 wbo proposed to walk out on dress ate early breakfast and pro-"(1 pro-"(1 themselves with a great degree agwness into the heart of tho city. fe to collide w ith other men who ''."c same object in view. Tinners ' lw' aiainst barbers and plasterers "'M upon the corns of typesetters, men were crowded over by bigger. lne citizen who was only boys' size u rhysique was not in it by any ".nied that Aladdin had rubbed ,;?niP in the night with the view to ';,nZ the city into its best suit of for decorations had sprung np f lioiirs of darkness. Here, there ' everywhere bunting gleamed and 'n(,'lin the morning sun, lending, '-r'o the dawn. Flacs floated in the "Chinese lanterns as candy as ;?h fnlliiliug their mission by lend-p''tin lend-p''tin the davtime. swung in the ,'"' on every hand. Such a com- ,traJisformation wasouite striking, 'ifiiinamen, stocked up with tire--". deigned to get rid of some of ."ris i,e could not entirely sell by mZ in celebrating the birth of the ""' which has declared it will have eof him. John started in w ith as . .... j ( much energy as though lie was a small boy with patches on his pants and a dime to buy red lemonade in his pocket. It w as ! o'clock before the women folks began to appear in any number, llut when the Hood set iu the tide could not bo stemmed The invasion was complete and there was no gainsaying il. Young ami elderly women and women with small children floated, drifted, crushed through the throng or vainly entreated a proper observance of the prerogatives of the sex lrom the edge of tlie crowd which seethed between be-tween curb and wall Here and there Wil'iain II. Lo, the poof Indian, was eucountered iu all the tii'liness of w ar paint, perspiration, dust and plain, olfactory dirt. Somebody had extended the freedom of the city to the Indians together with a quantity ot good petroleum whisky, and several ot tlieiii had acquired quiet and genial jags which caused them to grow couhdential aud stop the pilgrim and stranger to bav at the moon with him. fcarly in the day the fakirs, who confer con-fer bl'essiugs on humauity through the medium of worm lozenges ami Chineso silk handkerchiefs and popular popu-lar songs, began getting in their voices and declared themselves .as a heavy section of the social fabric, attracting a little more attention than anythingelsi, until the drives of floats winch were to appear iu the procession began drilling " out town with their shows, hunting the starling point. The moment one ot ese vagabond floats appeared no Kr wLt its degree of W tjerc was a wild stampede in its direction. An I as the thousands on the streets wi'tn of the youth and beauty ot o war cd on the cheeks of the youth and beauty aforesaid, but still they eont n-tietl n-tietl to writhe through the dust o tho Knee'day 'Comforts to pave the ?vay to independence day. glory would inlVa bov who wasstnall but not still, piped the first hailing cry. "Here they come!" There wa a wild palpitation of the crowd Mothers took up the cry and tSSWS.; indeed rising and fall ing ' ts majestic, grand, he I lai , and the roll of it ns it moved 1W ly Yo , cmdd1 Sot see ,he down the way . j- h st C0I1. rl?fZ it "med that the flag course anu u s aCcord. rol- floated along of its ow n . ,ivinal lowiDg came t be . r oh in. features w bich nuuc 1 t. teger of the .P'iAtions the float. th'ei,!,?ir-al A he "oddess. with thelioddess. Ajctn hJdr AmA mhron upon wich she must not love or ability for intrigue, loving liberty lib-erty more than life; courageous, power-nil power-nil in debate, far-seeing iu statesmanship, statesman-ship, John Adams personifies the spirit ot the ago, and iu that persouality represents rep-resents the beliefs, purposes, tenacity anil aspirations of the people. A noble race they were. Have the sous been equal to the burden laid upon them by the nobility of their fathers. V e do not enquire whether means of communication have improved, appliances appli-ances of civilization become more common, com-mon, population increased o: wealth multiplied, lor all this might bo and yet the nation might be weaker than when it entered upon the struggle for independence. Unless we have fostered those elements of strength which marked in so eminent a degree Americans Ameri-cans of the eighteenth century, we have Id Great bombardment, terminating with graud explosion and earthquake.. H'-AeruU display t toiuh shells at a height of 60J feet. iSl (inuid Biithtof fancy exhibition rocket. SS One set niece statue of Lilierty. Kae-simile Kae-simile o tie lioauess ot Liberty or Bartholin's statue. ift Devil among tho tailors; verv ainnstnit and siicsestlve. Canister bomb shells. .lanuueH,- stars. Chinese draiions, Kgyj tian t-phiux and aerial c.mtortioutstjt. Sfe-yraiirt display ot sky-rockets. Stl Ascension of mauimoth bomb shells) 9r-Kiryptlan obelisk, a most glorious Imitation Imita-tion Iu of the Egyptian obelisk, Central park. New York. --;rund display of shells of spiders forming form-ing their itoldeii web in niM air. :M(ruuct volcanic eruption, showimr great Salt Iake in the foresrouud, dutlnl with pleasure parties, ;-Flying eagle flanked with American snield. SI Finale. A Riunntie cascade of tire, representing re-presenting the Fallsof Niagara, of 8,000 square feet of golden lire, SOxluu feet. The execution of this magniticent programme pro-gramme cousumed three hours or more and duriiig all thai time the vast crowds iu the valley kept their various eyes on the mountains, tor it was good to see. ONLY A Fi;V FLOATS. Advertising Wat-nns Take I p Most or the Vehicle Display. There was a lack of originality iu tho way of floats, but those which were placed iu the processiou were very clever exhibitions and delineated the various branches of business quite well. Mehesy, the furrier, had a liaudsomn float trimmed with furs und representing represent-ing a wild beast carnival. llevine & Hobiusou, Auerbach, the New Kugland bakery, Hiiukin Ormsby. Farrell A: Co., Fermentum Yeast coin-pany, coin-pany, Sam Levy, Anheuser-Busch .Brewing company, the Park Lake Ice company, Mountain Ice company and A. L. Williams followed iu order with wagons gaily ilecorated and benring legend relative to the various hues ot business. Then came the float of the Utah Faint unit Oil company, a tastefully prepared picture of the work of maV iug paints, 'ihe float was trimmed with caily colored cossamer. cause for concern. There has been but one crisis in our affairs since the government was tirmlv established which can be compared Wl,)i the period just considered. 1'he crisis came. Tho people brushed aside the cobwebs of logic, looked deeper, and believed that liberty could not prevail with tho ' nation divided. They gave the last great evidence of 'their devotion to that belief. Treasure, life, all that men were, and hoped to be, were oll'cred up. As earnest determination determina-tion was theirs who stood in the held marshalled against the blue. Does it uot prove that throughout the whole country mens' hearts beat us true to liberty's call as when Paul Revere aroused the farmers for Lexington? More than this. That coutest showed that beneath the love for a state or a section there is a deeper, purer deoth that responds only to tho sentiment, "I am an American.'' So that today sixty-live sixty-live millions of frecmeu, with joy aud gladness, with thauksgiving and hope, go proudly forth to celebrate their independence, in-dependence, conscious that thev have preserved their father's lovo of 'liberty aud added a new siguiticance to the words "Our country." Before the fourteenth amendment was adopted there was no American citizenship. Up to this timo citizenship of the United States was deduced from citizenship of one of tho states. But all this is changed. A GBE AT JMtAIION Continued from pajfe I. firmly wrought uuiou of the thirteen colonies into a nation, then we can fix the leading characteristics of the people today, wo shall be able to judge of our worth to administer our great trust. Ihe thirteen colonies had been settled set-tled by representatives of tho best elements ele-ments ot Ireuch, Dutch aud English. Ihe Huguenots brought from beautiful 1'iauce the traditions of a nobie race ami the tyranny of their native land had not been able to destroy their lovo of freedom, nor to close their hearts to the cries of their fellow men. Determined upon liberty under the law, they were willing that others should enjoy the same boom. Hardly through years of abstinence, economical by the training of their ancestors, self contained through centuries cen-turies of self restraint, devoted to freedom free-dom for which they w rung their heart strings in deserting France, a land more dear than other could be, they gave to America an clement of greatness, a motive force whose effect has been and today is directly felt throughout our union. All persons, says tlio amendment, born or not, in the United States aud subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States aud of the states wherein they reside." Now a man is a citizen of a state bo-causo bo-causo he was first a citizen of the United States. "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without with-out due process of law, nor acny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." J. G. McDonald, l'ctersou & lirown, Sears & Liddell, C. M. Stan uery, aud George A. Alder & Co. came in order, aud the Summit Viucyard company presented pre-sented a tableau representing tho god Bacchus with a nagon and a jug on. Next in processiou came Itarnes, Lewis & Co. 'a display, aud tho wagons of the Troy and I tali laundries. Culmer Bros, had a very line Chinese pagoda made entirely of sheet iron aud illustrating the extent to which the cornice makers' art is practiced. The Faust lirewiug company hud two largo kegs of beer, which were tapped en route and the contents delivered to the people iu retail quantities. The Salt Lake hotel had a bus loaded with runners. The Cary-Lombard Lumber company, com-pany, the real estate exchange, Heraoh-man Heraoh-man Shoe company, Itlachcns Brothers, Bailey & Sons, the National Cash Keg-istei'. Keg-istei'. Sttidebakor Wagon company, and Kobinsou Biothers completed the lot. Plilcgraaticshrewd in business.a lover of his home, accustomed to all the terrors ter-rors of the sea, the Dutchman contributed con-tributed a straiu which was well fitted to withstand the assaults of the British ministry upon the cherished cher-ished rights of the colonies. The descendants de-scendants of the heroes who for scores of years withstood the Spaniard ou sea and laud with musket, earthwork and flood until battle seemed the regular calling (?) of the nation, aud beautiful peace a phantasm of the past, they preserved those elements of character which onco gave Holland commercial and maritime supremacy. But the major portion of the colonists had been Englishmen. The Frenchman French-man and the Dutchman hail acted but as a modifier in that general result. England's best blood was flowing in Americau veins. When the emigrants to the new world left the ports of England, Eng-land, that great commonwealth lost hearts of oak. They were of the men whom not even Cwsnr could subdue. They were of the men who timo and again had humbled the valor of France, and who had wrested the sea from Hollard. They were of those who had stood as a wall about Cromwell when he fought for the rights of parliament and the survival of English liberty. They were of those who had contended and still were contending for civil and religious liberty, for the emancipation of the huiuau mind. The most ot them were from that, great middle class that has ever been tlio throbbing heart of the English people, sending its revivifying revivi-fying blood throughout the body politic of that nation and giving it energy and strength for the wonderful deeds it has wrought. With these came many of the higher classes, devotees of liberty, who sought to build freedom's temple in a new world, unfettered by custom and tradition. Gf such ancestry and with such beliefs be-liefs they came. To what did they come? To a life of ease and pleasure? No! From the water's edge back to Allegehany's summit a denso forest spread its arms forbidding the cultivation cultiva-tion of the soil, and lurking in its every shadow was a foe crafty and treacherous. Starvation threateued his beloved ones while the husbandman was seeking to protect them against foes of human kind. All things were new. Necessities (?) must be provided against when they arose. Native land was months and oftentimes years distant and upon his own ingenuity and valor must the colonist depend for improvements improve-ments and defence. Educated in the schools of Europe, here he was cut off from Intercourse with his compeers and thrown back upon nature and the communings com-munings (?) of his own mind. If an emigrant for conscience' sake, here he found that closer and more intimate communion with God which comes to men dependent upon self for companionship compan-ionship and upon nature for instruction. Oftentimes this resulted in fixing more W hen tho prolonged applause which greeted Prof. Alien's speech had died away the enthusiasm of tlio assemblage was again stirred up to the highest point by the strains of "Hail Columbia." Colum-bia." The benediction by Arthur Stay-ner Stay-ner closed the literary exercises. A ULAZfc UF OLOKV, The Day ioes Out or Slclit t' a Magnificent Magnifi-cent Pyroteckuio Accouipsnituent. In the evening the eyes of everybody turned to the hills to the north of town, where the fireworks were to bo turned loose upon tho public. Long before the time set or the sun set, either, for that matter, the people from tho outskirts began camping on First East street, and when dusk finally came that thoroughfare thorough-fare looked as though it had been invaded in-vaded by a campmeeting with a sensational sensa-tional preacher at tho head of it. Citizens Citi-zens and taxpayers set in the middlo of the street on rocks taken from water trenches and on kegs and boxes secured from the front of business places. Residents Resi-dents in the immediate neighborhood brought out chairs and the highway was traust'ormod into a sort of anuex parlor. par-lor. One young man, when tho shadows foil, removed a soat from a carriage, and, with his best girl, held it down in rapture for three hours, his right arm being tied in a hard knot around the girl's waist. A drove of Chinamen at the intersection of First South and First East streets herded together aud made interesting remarks as the fireworks fizzed and boomed and glittered. Away up on the hillside the blaze and glory of departed day were put to shame by that of coming night. First came the premonitory whiz of a rocket, warned bv which the throng below was on the qui vive for what was coming next. What came next was a bouquet of colors rising from the hillside and soaring high iu air; a sudden explosion, softened by distance to the sound of a gun far down in the valley and then millions, millions, millions of varicolored vari-colored balls of tire, dazzling in their brilliancy. They fell like a fountain of fire through which a rainbow shimmered, shim-mered, or like a palm tree in the domain do-main of Pluto. And throughout the rise and fall the rockets coutinued to pursue their way like comets from earth into the space above. The air you might almost say bristled witti them. The red, scorching fire they left in their wake found happier culmination in the explosion high above which sent the little bubbles of lire drifting, drifting drift-ing away and away until one disappeared, disap-peared, another blinked and was gone; you watched another and somehow you missed it, and when for a moment your eyes were attracted to a newer display, you found looking again that there was nothing but darkness where an instant before beauty had been. And while all this was being enacted in the upper air, below revoling wheels of lire made one dizzy in the effort ef-fort to follow their dazzling motions. Roman candles lent the air of a giant peacock to tho darkness of Ihe night, the pale smoke curled upward, tho light of which it was the accompaniment accompani-ment sheddinga mild effulgence upon it. And so piece followed piece and admiration ad-miration exhausted its slock of "Oh's" and "Ah's" long before the programme was concluded. Au idea may be gathered gath-ered of the magnitude and beauty of the display by a perusal of the programme, pro-gramme, which is here presented: Prnloenc Volean ie enipt'on on Knf en J'ea k. 1 !rau(l national salute wilb fiieiis that sseenrt ) feet in the heavens. (.Brilliant magical illuiuinaiion of Bengal liiihts with niluim. . , . Ti Grand device showing the W anateh mountains moun-tains with tliesiin rlf.in.7 over the peaks, with motto -Utah's Dny Is Dawnluit." 4 Aerijt (iliplay of mammoth bombshells, exploding at a heipht of cJO (wt S.piuet!o gi oves. exo) tilting blossoms or raiden flowe.n. IWDS t&X. . Grand e:M uuiyiay of exhibition sny rockets. 1 Mosaic rosetta. . 8 Grand fllgat of ti'ercAi rocnets, exploding at an altitude of rOJ fevt. gGrand eclocliia wheel, commencing with a scint ila'lne center, imd cbamr.ntft'dwoniam-mo'h cbamr.ntft'dwoniam-mo'h whee!t. i-evo!v:DK !n op-jofclt.; d rections. IOAerial display bomb ee 1 . at an attitude atti-tude of u feet in the air, shom.itf tw.niilmg stars, comets, aerpenta and aerial bans- q'i rTbe magi" tree- dlip'aying biocms of ruhlei. emeralds and peaii. l-r.ra-d d.p!av of l nam moth batteries discharging rich carmine aud purple um and meteors, terminating with nights of eying 11 Jrand Mt pier. f-d-rated labor, made especially for thi association. 14 One et piece representing the mining Industry. In-dustry. "Silver is Kln." ... )5 Aerial d.'Tlay in'n hon;h shells t a height of nil feet. .... . , i Mamtwitb diamond ere-.. . f"et. j i;Aerial dlpi of tnni(!-rt.lt i,rkts. ( which d:.ct:irtre p'ri-maoi: torreatu of g.,u-n i showers and magic art. I ii-tiraftd i-PJ' ot HT-U4 are tckets, l firmly those dogmatic belieis tor wnicn he was willing to suffer, while again it brought home the truth that all men are biothers, and thus softened the religious re-ligious and political asperities so prevalent preva-lent in those days. Intercommunication was difficult and rare. News travelled trav-elled slowly from mouth to mouth, then nations were not subject to the attraction at-traction which comes from close companionship com-panionship and constant interchange of Thus'grew up a people dogmatic in their convictions, proud of their particular par-ticular colony, stern aud unyielding in their opposition to injustice, narrow in religious belief, valiant in self defence, clear headed in their views of public Dolicv, eager iu their devotion to civil ftbertV and believing that government should be founded, uot upon expediency expedi-ency out upon the everlasting truth. Iu a great crisis, such as existed in America from 1700 to 17U0, the leaders of a people truly represent the prevailing prevail-ing temper and character of that peo-p peo-p $ In times of absolute peace ?), where no great interests seem at stake, The demagogue may flourish and the heroism of the "homo guard may dwarf! manly deeds of the soldier of the line But when the people are aroused! when they realize that the g -eat fundamental principle, upon which all growth aud development must be bid So involved fheerhn ing decisions must be made, thcytura to the men who, in their be of nd lines typifv the mass. Skilfully drawn pen portraits of the great meu ofXt generation bring before us the neoDle of that day and enable us to es-Smit es-Smit correct! v the national character wWch compelled independence and provided -'more stable and lasting ""in Johrr Adams and Tbonias Jefferson we find the people of these times epi-torn epi-torn "ed. That declaration penned by the hand of Jefferson is sufficient to . The truth of this proposition. Va-uc n no general PrinciW A nledeiuir the people to civil , Ev -J Xftbe rfgh. of the col- j ' wi "to independence upon immutable ! ?u -rice i "lands the imperishable nton-jtlMlCt, nton-jtlMlCt, ji .ia people j iX'-iitv-aonhloundei-cs.! j'ni,, withuoi |