Show THOUGHTS ON THE DAY in thousands of cities and tawni throughout aliis land the people abc celebrating the birthday of american liberty arc playing gun arc firing and general ro is the order of the day the glorious achievements of americans will be told in flowery eloquence by orators of no mean talcut deeds of valor will be recounted in touching language americans frill be encouraged cou raged to perpetuate the institutions founded by the fathers and young men will be stimulated to work of a character that trill bring them distinction and honar it is fitting on lucli a day to read alic declaration of independence pressing upon alic mind the principles that actuated those who struggled for liberty in cir ly days the sentiments contained in that document arc well calculated to thrill an american citizen with alic feelings of to the government in connection with jhb constitution of the united stales the declaration of independence inspires hie true citizen with a determination to ever be found on the side of liberty and justice ever ready to oppose encroachments encroach ments upon great principles in those instruments when such a citizen is cognizant of any departure in any slate or territory in the union from the spirit and meaning of those world renowned documents he is filled with chagrin lie determines in his own mind to use liis ability nd influence in a legitimate manner to cause a return again to the principles of the patriots were all american citizens to do this liberty would be perpetuated the government would be strengthened and the out ok for lie would be inoel clorious lo rious when il is considered what aind feelings and ambitions prompt hen it is remembered what a lost f people comprising alic s of is nation havo come from different reign nation imbued with all roani rr of ideas alic wonder is that the has such n marvelous marv clous and icci a successful history to present docs on this anniversary of h of the allon licar r w arch to the top round of alic ladder power she holds her own today to day ith the oldest nations of cr sons have achieved faira at mc and abroad in alic various dc of active life the of her citizens lias astonished of older nations under ie protection of lier hag the art and have been fostered startling have added to the coin ris of civilized civilised civili sed life and the talent t the new world shines brightly in 11 these arc but a few of the thoughts bat push themselves forward on iiii honored day man f our readers will think more in cdail of the history of alic past and specially of that ref cring to the rand labors of the early patriot hey will upon the cs of the future knowing eliat the of nations teach that au ad crance of a citizen to virtue aion sty sobriety industry and true of liberty insure the pcr guity of a nation while a departure means decay and ly death |