Show celebration OF OUR NATIONAL pirth BIRTH BIRTH DAY the fourth of july instant bein being 0 the t f gaty fourth anniversary of american independence pen dence was celebrated in great salt lake city with the same zeal and patriotism that 1 hs ts ever been manifested b by y the people of itah utah on similar occasions whenever the circumstances eum cum um that have hive surrounded them have not inhibited the observance of our nations s birth day in a public and appropriate manner so far as we were able to greater e harmony and unanimity of feeling prevail eo eu among altnow the thousands who were in attend inc anc onca and participated in or were witnesses of fhe the he ceremonies and doings of ot the day and phou order pr and was observed without constraint or the interference of marshals or police there being being e no rowdies drunkards nor disorderly persons been seen or heard beard at the ewery during durine the exercises neither in the s 81 aeta sets through throng h h ach cb the procession passed we are not mah disposed to give lengthen 0 as details of arh occurrences nor to exhaust 11 bp english voc voca ul arly in lad laid iad n ng our fellow b or their acts however meritorious but oo 00 the present occasion we consider it our y to say thai thal the committee of arranger ats burton staines I 1 1 C a me ine and sharp who unaided unald urald ed by any dlly excepting hy y the presence of two or ee policemen superintended super intended the entire ar ments to the letter all that as expected rf f them by their especial f friends rt t i I 1 lp e time they were appointed to that 9 3 duty i national salute was fired at sunrise at the urt house and at the city hall which was f I 1 wed by music from ballos brass band s a boned near the residence of his exceller excellency cy 1 1 0 ro o bernor cum Cam cumming mang ming a quadrille band near youn toun youns youngs s residence and captain martial band at the coult collit Tx use each of which after playing 0 several 1 c onal martial and other appropriate and favorite alra aira proceeded through 9 h most of the principal streets cheering the citizens with I 1 hair their music which awakened memories of i the past kt t nine oc losk according 0 to previous inv dinv tallon failon the civil officers of the them territory and C dunty the officers of great salt lake city i and other gentlemen of distinction met the tho committee of arrangements arran 0 cements at the court house from th thence ence in in carriages they pro j eded to the residence of governor cumming and escorted him to the Bowe bowery rynear near the tab j rocie which had been prepared for the oc aslon aalop where a large 0 concourse of people had and gerein were in waltin waiting walting in n tile he i the arrival of the escort at the temple bock ock a salute of fifteen guns in honor of his excellency the governor was fired bali t s band playing 11 yankee doodle k large and extensive platform or stand h b d been erecter on which were seated the governor bo io vernor and escort the orator of the day I 1 C ommittee of arrangements Arrangement sand and presidents youn loun young kimball kimbau and wells with many other c hed and respected citizens lii lil li beino being being c si abed the star span spangled a led bm ban npr cpr was played by the brass brasa band after weib prayer was i as offered by the chaplain eder elder orson orfia prat followed by music from ae ze ct ia ta dille band cov G governor over arnor nor then robe rose and said I 1 do lat it arise t to address the people but to express my sympathies with the enthusiasm waith they have manifested upon the cretu return rn or 0 tilis tills fis fia our na natchal tenal sabbath tw h and fifty years ago the vic f ma of religious and civil persecutions found an Q upon upton the western shores of the atlantic f eighty four years ago a government was fonn foun i to every man the right to worship god Accor according dirig to the his own conscience that day sprang into inlo existence the tha text bozof liberty the declaration of independence cel on that day was established the a i thit that tempie temple of civil and reil rell religious a 1068 liberty to which all may an dhave bee been n called to worship at its altars thirteen years ago a band of weary pilgrims emerged from yonder mountain height to seek a home in the wilderness in the valleys of the mountains it was indeed then a desert today to day it blossoms as the rose and may it be to you a perpetual inheritance his remarks were enthusiastically applauded plau ded followed by a salute from the artillery john T caine esq read the declaration of independence followed by a salute of two guns g ns an and hail flail columbia by ballos band the hon albert carrington orator of the day then delivered the following ORATION fellow citizens of a renowned and cherished republic deeply grateful for the choice blessings of civil and ana religious liberty still so beneficently guaranteed to us we are assembled with the tens of thousands throughout our territory and the millions throughout our union t to 0 joy j fully participate in cel eel celebrating eb rating this the eig elg eighty loy ty I 1 fourth anniversary of our nations enoe I 1 it may be safely asserted that of all human I 1 governments ours oura embodies and that too in i I 1 the best form by far the greatest number of those principles so wisely devised for develop in ing prom promoting doting and increasing the welfare of i the be t human family in their civil capacity I 1 andy and as this days proceedings in utah are made known abroad every patriot within ili ill the e extensive bounds of our great country as also every lover of freedom throughout the world will be cheered and encouraged in his arduous thou though b too often thankless and opposed la boi a for the advancement of human rights but most of all should ou our nation congratulate itself that here in a region so forbidding to the many amid loft lofty y mountains and eternal snow so large a nu number aber of her citizens have erected and aie erecting their numerous free 1 and happy fireside altars wrung from the elements by most industrious toil and arenow are now mingling their voices and appropriate cere monies with those of the north and south the east and the west in the heartfelt and enthusiastic celebration of this cur car national birthday on an obras on like this a somewhat de tailed sketch of the past may ba expected b by some sume and might be interesting and instruct c tive to many but this is a fast age and one i especially delighting 11 ia in the briefest of brevity a quality commendable too to be a safely lii lik dispensed pens edwith with however this safeguard against i pi prolixity may not entirely preclude a broadly Hk etched outline of a few prominent his hit historic 1 features the tile retouching of which may tile the better enable us to realize the dear bought 1 ble bie bleasie blessing asin of the present and encourage us to labor with renewed energy for the perpetuity 1 of our glo glorious rious rions institutions England France holland and spain eni lightened lightened and powerful nations each expend e ed many lives and much treasure in adkin huking nuking discoveries and planting colonies upon tc the american continent the efforts of S spain pa in were chiefly directed to south america and the southern and western poi pol ions tiong a of F north horth america franco france pushed her adventures j across the canadas and along the chain of the i great lakes diverging to the ohio river at i pittsburg then westerly from th the lakes eakes to the mississippi and along that river to louisiana while the dutch and english chiefly confined their attention to the sea coast from maine to florida gradually extending their settlements inland as their skill and increasing numbers enabled cabled them by purchase and conquest to crowd the rea red man toward the setting sun our mother england has ever been characterized by a great fondness for making extensive 1 land claims and her son jonathan seems to have strongly inherited this family charac te the practical development of which by england soon wrested from holland her j settlements on the hudson connecticut and delaware meanwhile religious persecution which we are pleased to say bay has never rever been preeminent pre eminent i ly intolerant in Engl engi england arHl drove forth the puritans and huguenots Huguen to increase the new i worlds asylums from oppression at home and to strengthen the hands of those j gling idling 0 in a new field to extend the area of agriculture cul ture commerce science and the arts As the french colonists gained strength a plan was early formed for connecting the canadas and louisiana by a strong line of j fortifications with the design 11 to confine the british BritiS li colonists to the region east of the ohio and mississippi ly and if possible to prevent their battling or trading west of the al keghany mountains this grasp was on entirely tire ay too large a scale to please england beside drawing a fortified line across her oldest chartered grants which extended from the atlantic to the pacific these discordant designs produced what is called the old od french war which commenced in 1754 and terminated in 1760 resulting in the canadas becoming a british province th this s war for the prosecution of which the american colonies furnished disproportionate quotas of men and munitions was a most excellent ordeal for the colonists teaching them the power of union training them in the use of arms before veteran troops and giving them saif reliance and a measurably correct estimate estimates of their capabilities bili ties As the colonies grew in importance the home government with a fatuity unaccountable by human han reason began to increase it its burdens bur buT dens unon ubon the colonists tp deny them thea their tb ein eln right rights and nd reject with contempt their loyally couched d petitions for redress the spirit or of our revolutionary fathers could no longer brook such cruel oppression and under the title of united states of america on the ath of july 1776 16 they promulgated the ever memorable 14 declaration of independence in which usurpations through unwarrantable legislative jurisdiction were a great and just ground of complaint against 9 the mother country to her the colonists had ever clun clung with a yearning fondness they had any passed assed com passionately tely over her neglect and thriven thrive rl in spite of it they had poured out their blood like water and expended their treasure with a liberal hand to widely extended her fame power and domain for a long period they submissively remonstrated an and petitioned against while shile patiently enduring unjust interference in matters solely pertaining to their internal policy and yet england could not or would not discern that she had no rib ril right as she also proved to have not the power to bind with chains the stalwart youth who had grown from infancy with ant little aid from her fostering care these and many afore more facts connected with the revolutionary pre history of our country lre are subjects of deep interest are commended to your earea careful a study and most clearly manifest f est some of odthe dealings with the human family by that being who oleth the destiny of nations who burneth the hearte hearts of the children of men as the rivers are turned who ex albeth and kingdoms and boeth all things in accordance with his own good pleasure time and your familiarity with those arents admonish not to yield to the flattering allurement to fizet over again the battles of the revolution ol that long arduous aud and noble struggle of freemen for their rights the dof which ta Is at times tithes blazoned with brilliant at times limes shrouded with almost impenetrable bence loom hut but through which under udder that providence which S napped snapped its beginning and ever sustained the I 1 that heroic hero ic band 0 of f true patriots battled onto on to the successful achievement of that independence whose blessings Mes bies sings singa we this day so n chiy richly i enjoy from the opening skirmishes in lexin lexington lon and concord in april 1775 to lo the surrender surrender of cornwallis at yorktown in october 1781 which virtu virtually aily ally closed the war that noble band land of pree Free freedoms Jorns dorns soils sons amid mid sore privations and untold hardship true patriotism and unyielding perseverance jeopardized their all upon the altar of american liberty and who in our day so recreant as to lightly esteem those ster sterling linz sacrifices or who can f feel eel to withhold with hold bold his aid for keeping I 1 the liht tight upon that altar steadily burneti burning F to cheer and aad encourage the friend friends of humanity in every clime the e labors of the patr pati pairs ims of the revolution closed not with great greal britaina Brit ains acknowledging the independence of th united states on the of november 1782 then theil as since there were not wanting man many who from vari ous motives motive caused serious dissensions in the body icso serious as at attires times to threaten the permanent establishment of those giors which are the glory of our country and the pride of our race but that pro providence evidence sustained the right in the conflict w with ith glands En 11 power still watched over the nation and guided its councils having noted the acknowledgment of our independence it may prove beneficial to here remark that celebrated english writers have advocated the be probability of our having remained colonies hadtke had tha the mother country pursued a uniformly jasmand jast aad conciliatory course couse refraining from meddling with our local effi sers fers cers and with our internal policy especially in in tile the matter of taxation without representation some may imagine that our present constitution is coeval with the declaration orinde pen dence or even dates back to the first assembling s sem bem bling of the continental congress in phil adelphi aon the ath of September 1774 but the powers ex exercised by that cod Cou congress gess and the 11 articles of confederation agreed toon the loth of november 1777 proved inadequate for the successful conduct of governmental adf aff affairs airs andas early as 1783 1785 measures began to be agitated for conferring more p rower power ower lupori the general government lor ear far this purpose delegates from the several states convened in philadelphia in may 1787 and on the of september presented our pre present nt constitution to Con congress gresT it was by that body submitted to tile the several states and after animated lengthy and at discussions was finally accepted and was appointed to take effect on the 1780 under that our present constitution george Washing washington toiv toly who has so truly and eloquently been pronounced birst in war first ip in peace and first in the hearts of his bis countrY countrymen med mCD was elected president and john joha adams was elected vice Pres president from that period our nation has grown and atrid flourished with unexampled rapidity and prosperity welcoming the oppressed of every land until our flag is known and honored in every sea until our possessions extend from the atlantic to the pacific embracing the choicest portion of this land lind choice above all other lands and the azure fieldor our national banner is is spangled be with the starr starry y emblems of thirty three in lieu of thirteen free independent and united states of this powerful peaceful aad happy republic fascinating as are the pages of our earlier history ili ill story a cheerful compliance with the fitting requirements of the present occasion forbids further drafts upon their interesting and use ul instructions and prompts hastening to glance at subjects more immediately within he 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