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Show IHICAGO LETTER. The iirandcit JLmerrcin Day Dec laratlon of Iedrpendroce. Utah a Strlklse; Parallel. The Pro-pescd Pro-pescd florid' Fair. Fourth of Jnlr CaHaIlh-. Sieclil oorrMpoadence Mesextt eim.j The ever glorious Fourth Is here, and right Joyfully we are .celebrat ing it. The mayor gave ycuDg America full permission to ue firecrackers fire-crackers anywhere within and without municipal limits. But the clerk of the w eather has played a kind of practical Joke on us. The fact I", cllmatlrally speaking, the weather is more Ilko Patrick's day than like the fourth of July. Ileavy overcoats w ere worn this morning, and in some cases furs were visible. People who went on fishing exe-ditions exe-ditions lost night, intending to be at the vafe side of old Col today, were orely disappointed at early morn. The wind was blowing a strong gale from thu north, vessel, were seeking the haruar for refuge, and Hninclad pleasure eekers Indulging Indulg-ing In profanity of the mo-t lurid kind as day dawned. The -1th c July is certainly the gnndc-t day In American hls'ory, and next to the Passover of the Jews, iicrhaps the grandest in the whole history of civilization. It deserves being celebrated with more befittlug ceremony than the firing of fining explosive-, or toasting the landlords ot wlnky grocgeriis. The day shou'd always bo coni-memoratsd coni-memoratsd t the inauguration of some good work tending to religion, morality and patriotism. On tills day every ngbtininded citizen siiuuld swear to uphold political honesty In the earli part of 177tJ the Massachusetts delegates in Congress were instructed to vote for independence, inde-pendence, absolute and c'ernal Others of the colonies forwarded similar instructions to their delegates. dele-gates. About this time Washington wrote: "A reconciliation with Great Britain is impossible. When 1 took command of the army I ab-hored ab-hored theideaofindrDendence, but 1 am now fully satisfied that nothing noth-ing eKe will sive us." On Juno 7, 177s, Ilichard Henrj Lee moved in Congress. "That these united colonies areand of rignt ought to lie free and independeul fctates." Four days later this motion was adopted, and a committee consisting con-sisting ot Jefferson, Franklin, John Adams and lloger Sherman ap-linted ap-linted to prepare a declaration eit independence. On June 23 ihe committee reiiorted, but the declara tion was notasreed upon until July 4. Is Itnot fitting that tho work and the names of these men be sacmllj reviewed each recurring Fourth, and that their memories be proudly honored Of men and deeds not a tithe as worthy cf vonir. Byron says Bat tliec are deeds nbich taoaid noi put 1K1J-. And umei tail xentt sot wither, thoaxa the carta TorgeU ter empires wiia a iwt decar. Tho catUvert aad th caslaied their dealli and birth. The high, the mosnuin xaaiesly ui irorlh should be. and thai, parrivor or 1 me, And from iu iooertailT loot forth in Uie snn 1 fate, lila yauder H asxtch mow leiperisoablr pore bcjontl J thinst be low The grand epic which is to pre-sine pre-sine the deedsaud the names of thefe sacred heroes Is jetuuwritten, auu x-ill be, until some sou of Utah performs the glurioux last In no othir proving of the republic, except ex-cept in Utah, arc the j oung taught thit tiievs men were more than mortal, and that their mbeiou was as much of divine guidance as was that of M ses, w ho wrought tho in-dependence in-dependence of ills ieople. It Is because be-cause this teaching lias not been inculcated as it ought to be during tho past 1H yirs that our liLrhest fe3t toiiaj Is the explosion of a tire cracker or the delivery of ai mflat ed oration by some windbag puil-tician puil-tician or preacher The Americau Declaration of In-depend'-nre !, with some slight amenJment, the wo-k of Thomas Jefleron. What Americau can pronounce this name withoutre-calllng withoutre-calllng the clissic words of I.ucan, the Iatin poet, who maki Catosa of I'oinpej "Claram ctTencrmbite noaien, Genabc5, ct asltam costrsc jiod prodrrat urbt" caue IllntriojimJ recred by nalioni, nd nch in bteutn; for oar eocnur sood. Compare JefTersou with Pompe, anj how immeasurably saiali the latter apar;-. Tlie deeds of Jeller-son Jeller-son and his brithren Here trnc siorj s uines4 tidonei . Won by the nnarabltious heart and band " Of a proud, hrolherlr. aad erne band. . aU nnbooil rhamploni In no pnnrely Of Tiee cnUiled corruption , ihcr no land Dooacd to bewail the blai phemy of Iawi MaaioK kicfk- right, divine ly ,0me Dri eenic claac On fourth of July celebrations it was cu'tomary as vart of the exer-cles exer-cles to read the historic document in full. It would not be inappropriate inappro-priate to read It toda , aud uot onh to read but to naue, retlcit, review andpondcr. niedocumciitrjjsof that tyrannous monarch "He has erected a multitudo of new oHces and sent hither swarms of ollicers to harass our people, ard cat out their substance " "lie has refused hU auent to laws the most whole-ome aul necessary for the public gooil " 'He gives a"entto qua-tcnnglarge bodies of troupi amimg us,' and for niunlors protvcti the9 troop bv mock trials ' " "In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redres in tho most bumblo term, our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated iuj iry " Who that is familhr with the his'ory of Utah can read the ..bovu extracts without feeling their exact application to the affairs of that injured in-jured aud outraged Territorj . Are there not swarms of officeholders harassing the people and eating U-e people-'seub-tance? DidnotMurrav. Thomas, and others refuse assent to wholesome and ncctsarj law s? How poetically appropriate is the clause relating to troops aud mock trials' Have uot thu ropIc of Utah petitioned pe-titioned for redressiu humble terms, and have been answered by iDJury aud outrage, bv perjury and calumny, cal-umny, by inquisition and persecution. persecu-tion. As the immortal Declaration sas 'We hate reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. Ve hate appealed to their natho justice and magnanimity magnanim-ity and we hao conjured ibem by the tics of our common kindred io d-sayow theso usurpations, which would ineuabiy interrupt onr concretions con-cretions and carrennnffanrt Th.... too have been deaf 10 tho voice of Justice and consanguinity." Is not this truthful! the case? How often has it been told to the world and to the United States par-t'cularly par-t'cularly of the emigration and settlement set-tlement of UtahT Is not the world cognizant of Urn fact that parched tongues, blistered hands and weary feet reclaimed Utah? Is It not a fact that in the conquest of that desert mind triumphed over matter? How olten did the exhausted body lay down to die, but to lw aroused again by the tireless, Imperishable spirit and soul? And 3 et, we today, would and do malfen, maltreitand plunder the people w ho endured all this these people, too, Americans, and their President of the stock which instructed the Massacbu-sett's Massacbu-sett's delegates to vote for Indepen-1 dence. I Let us take a retrospective glance I at past days as relating to Utah. On I July , 1S82, when civil war con-1 vul-ed the country, and vhen I brother was arraj ed agalnt brother, I the people of Salt Lake City celc-t bratcd the day in grind style, and unanimously adopted resolutions sustaining the Union. Again OtJ July 1, 1545, the celebration or Ihb day took the form of a thankscivlng for the pieserTitlon of the Union. A little later on, July 1, 1B71. we find the acting Governor of Utah proclaiming tire people of 1662 and 1535 disloyalists and aliens. He would not permit their militia to celebrate the daj. This creature's name was IJIaci, I be!iwc He was a libel on mankind. If this was not driving a people into rebellion rebel-lion 1 cant say what it was. George Washington admits that he was actually driven to separation by the brutality and tyrannj of his own kindred across the ocean. But Blai k has passed out of sluht while the people of Utah are olive and of intere-t,and still holding aloft the banner of American liberty. It is true BI ck's successors tear and trample the sacred emblem, but it will arise again and be unfolded to the breeze pure aud unsullied. There are othir July days in relation re-lation to Utah which occasion sad reflectiono. On July 4, ls3s, the comer stone of the House of thei Lord was laid at Far West, Mo , but mobs destroyed the sacred work Ou July 4, 1SS0, P. P. Pratt and others escaped from the Columbia Co-lumbia jail, Boone County, Mo. On July 4, 1SII, John Tajlor was stretched on a bed of faiu and agony from injuries received a few da j s before at the hands of a savage mob which attacked Carthago jail. On this same Fourth the bodies of Joseph and Hiium Smith were scarcely cold In their grave. In fact, tbc cowardly, cold blooded murder might be said to be a Fourth of July celebration, for it was onl a few days before that it was celebrated. cele-brated. Considering tho time nud place, this murder w as more barbarous barbar-ous and bloodthirsty thin an that the Itonian mob participated in. when they rolled Christians in the skins of heep nnd caHea and turned them over to the panthers and lions. Jul) 4th, ISIS, wo find Prcsilent Young and his followers on the way to Mt, Pisgah. What a dressy tale lies behind this exodus. Oa July i, IS 17, wc find the pioneers pio-neers cucamd on Green River, where CapL Brown of the Mormon battalion joined them. Bead the story of that march from Illinois to Utah, and if you have the heart to say.that these men and their chil-dnn chil-dnn should be despoiled, disfranchised disfran-chised and reduced to political servi. tude, then 1 must say that heart Is a tiljcs. one, and its possessor a person who would desecrate his mother's grave. IZven away back ou July 4, 1S33, tho people of Independence, Mo, celebrated tho day bj destroying a printing press. It Is a poor excuse to say it was a Mormon printing press. What would Jtflerson and Adams. Franklin and Washington say to all this If the) were alive? What would Kdmuud Burke, the friend of thve men, say, he who was called a Jack Yankcu in England because he favored and spoke for conciliation with America This is a fitting time to aad Burke's great conciliation s.eech. On this fourth, we are assured that our great fairof 1593 will be a sac-ces. sac-ces. Certain! everything tendsat present to make it one of the grand est affairs the world eer knew. It is sure to l one of thu latter-da seenwondeix of the world. We speak of it as a fair, an exposition, a sho v, an exhibition and so on lust as fane dictates. But the official title, as defined be tho Boards of directors is "Tho World's Columbian Colum-bian Exposition of !H " Why the word "fair" should notanswer just as well is not quite clear. Exhibition Exhi-bition aud exposition nican samu thing, but the latter has the sanction of trench usage. Iu view of the history of the word "fair" it would b- more appropriate than exposition as applied to thu Columbian eventuf 1593. Fair comes from the Latin, enue a festival day. Orizlnally 11 was a church festival, aud iu Oer-mau Oer-mau the word fair is rcudcwl, mefsen, the same which tlieTtomau church use for its Sabbath sere lei, mass. The early church fcstlials brought large assemblages together, nnd trading soon crept in. linall the fair became a market, excent iu I a few places where it degenerated into a nuisance Thu Bartholomew fair, Greenwich fair, Glasgow fair, Douuybrook fair, eaeh has its i?cu liar histor , and none erj edifying, j But that does not detract from the I beauty, conciseness and applicability ol the word fair, as applied to a celebration cele-bration or commemoration of the kind projected for 1S3 However, the mass of the people will call it air and fair it will be Tho site has been definite! agreed Uon, aud it is 000 that gives general gene-ral satisfaction. Some .rsons maintain main-tain that it is a dual or divided sltt, but it is uotrcall soiuiew of the Provision made lor transportation. The Lake Iront I a prk of about sixty acres, jutt on the verge of the lake, and right iu frout of the vast auditorium Jackson Paik Is a tract of land about GUdacr. b, also en the verge of the lake, but eight miles 1 from the Lake Front, As both are connected by rail aud water it can be arranged so that visitors to the Fair can seethe wholu with one admission ad-mission ticket. Tne attractions of the show will be inhauced by n pleasant ride either 011 the lake or by tho lake, with tho fine residence, drives aud boulevards oT Chicago's "100" full In view. On the Lake Front will be constructed three im mense buildings which In 1SD3 will be used for the Fair. These buildings build-ings will be permanent. After the Fair oue will bo used as a public library, one for an art gallc.-j, and the other for an exposition building. In this way a great benefit can be conferred ou tbeclt,and wo will have something to look at for our 510.000.000. At Jackson Park w ill be located the agricultural and machinery de-l-ittments. The buildings here will I temporary, but thire Is ample ground there for all lUiposes. Tho National Commission has adjourned until OctoberS,but before doin so it took every precaution to expedite the work, and jrovided for any emergencies arising during this protracted rece-s, for such it really Is. A sub-committee was appointed, the business of which is to a-certain all about fairs, ancient and modern The ex-directors of thu Paris and Phlladeli hla fairs will be consulted, and their suggestions carefully considered. con-sidered. The rri.jrt of this committee commit-tee will make an instructive and interesting little volume. Provision will also bo made for a lady directorate, so the women will have a chance to demonstrate what they can do. A Mr. Browne, of Colorado, wants permission to exhibit a mine as it is in operation. He proposes to sink a shaft 500 feet deep and at its base to run a long circular corridor corri-dor enveloping the shaft, this corridor corri-dor to be flanked with drift showing show-ing the ore in its natural tate of deposit, The commissioners from Colorado endorse this project, but Mr. Browne wants permission to charge a separate fee for admission to his mine. Surely the State of Colors Jo might bear the expense of tin, and then make It ran ol thi- show. If it Is permitted to charge I fees for private affairs of this kind, it will make the great Fair look like a circus with its side shows. The truth is, every State In tho Union ought to take part In this, and make it state, national and cosmopolitan. California has made a demand for ten acres for Its exhibits, and will bear all the expenses. That is what otuerStates should do, let each ex-exhlblt ex-exhlblt whatever products or industries indus-tries it is remarkable for. Fourth of July casualties are not more numerous this year than usual. Were it not for the abnormal condition -ot the weather it would indeed be a tame fourth. Perhaps no persons are more puzzled about the weather than the weather men themselves. The Signal Service had no knowledge of tho gale which wrought so much disaster to shipping. ship-ping. Mariners are now counselling counsel-ling the weather department to turn its attention to giving "tips" on the races, or hints to the lottery and gambling followers. This means that the Signal Service has outlived out-lived its usefulness. Thegaleofto-I day capslzed-a large schooner laden with lumber. The captain was drowned, but tho remainder of the crew were saved by a passlngeteam-boat. passlngeteam-boat. The excursion boats which ly between Chicago and towns in Uchlgan were forced to return to port. The CS-ty of Chicago, with 1200 persous aboard, presented a sorry spectacle wheu forced to return re-turn owing to the storm. Seasick-ncrs Seasick-ncrs added to fear almost drove numbea of wonien cray. Even after being safely anchored In her dock the passengers were still fear-stricken. fear-stricken. There were a dozen other vessels disabled, but only two livts lost, these persons being washed overboard. The police report contain a list of several deaths from pistol accidents, and about two dozen casualties from firecrackers and guns. In one place a large cannon exploded, but happily no one was hurt, though crowds of people surrounded the gun at tho time it was being fired. During the 24 hours of tho Fourth th fire ilfjWrtmcnt responded to 92 calls. The majority of these were trifling affairs. Ticnlcs and pleasure pleas-ure parties resulted in a tt.v murders, mur-ders, but murders are the usoal accompaniments of holidays In Chicago. Jl.MCS Chicago, July 4. 1630. |
