Show 1781 oh h god godi it is 13 nil all overl cheso were t the he words of lord no north rth the british premier on that fated morning when lord george G cr maino waited upon him wilh the news of the surrender of Corn cornwall wallie at aorl yorktown town on oct 1911 1781 well might ho lie exclaim thus for not only the ariti british th rule in tho united colonies was over but als also the rule of his party and cabinet which had to retire from office on the of march 1782 covered with tho mockeries mock eries of their adver faries abathe and the debeer desecration at ion of a nation if we may call the fourth of july 1776 the natal day of the american union the of october 11 1781 roi was the day when it received its baptismal sanctification with unusual ecla mid tand brilliancy therefore have the tile preparations been made during a few mouths months past forager for a gorgeous celebration of the one hun dreith anniversary of the great day lay when the last support of british supremacy on the north american continent south of st lawrence elver river was broken and victory undoubted and undisputed hung close to the standards of geo washington VAS bil and his bravo warriors the eyes of all the world are centered to red this year more than for a decade A past upon tho the united states the atrocious deed of july ad and its fatal result on the never to be forgotten of Septem september bor has caused the comments and sympathies of the whole civilized world but at the same time dark as the pall of mourning is which f hangs iadus over the land of the free and the home of bi brave ave there are i still till bright stars resplendent on the firmament of the history y orthis of this cou country n to which a world looks with hopeful assurances and proud anticipations one century ago only a few thousands of liberty lovin t 11 freedom desiring men of progressive 11 minds mind S flax in the old world were looking forward with anxiety and solicit solicitude udo to the outcome odthe of the fearful ing on in the western hemisphere between despotism and self govern ment monarchial absolutism and md popular rights rig lits and the triumph of the cause of the people shone like a a prophetic beacon light of promises aises across the atlantic into the european nations over which hung bung heavy and hideous the nightmare of autocratic oppression tody to dy dw millions are proud of the achievements of the american republic which opens its ports and its hearths heart hs its wealth and its resources to all who are tired of the old world dynastic institution institutions and aristocratic extortions extort ions america stands at the head lead of tho the nations of the world today to day despite all her defects and deficiencies she receives as a generous hostess representatives of the leading nations of europe ir england france germany from tho latter two countries she welcomes representatives senta tives of oatlie the families whose ancestors fought and bled with the revolutionary fathers to help to se secure cure for the homely colonists of the american Amerie mn solitudes the precious boon of liberty for which no sun seemed dawning in the night of slavery and serfdom in europe and to great britain the mother but now sister country columbia reaches the hand of long reconciled friendship for the bloody chasm of fratricidal war has long since been bridged over yea closed and the live greensward and sweet flowers of mutual af affection and sympathies with each others sorrows rows leave grown over the once bloody battlefields battle fields were it not for the mourning that still thrills in the hearts of the american people although it may have disappeared from their house fronts the celebration of the event next wednesday would bo be a day of universal festivity and hilarity from the penobscot to the rio Grand efrom puget sound to key west As it is the celebration will be c chiefly confined to yorktown itself tho the memorable spot on which tho the immortal cause odthe of the rights of man achieved one of its few but too few triumphs Corn cornwallis wallie surrender to george washington waa WS the grand finale to the heroic drama whose curtain rose on an the of april 1776 1775 amid amidst A the hissing of tho the bullets bullet and sand the roar cannon fitful and fearful were the episodes of that drama which had bad a continent for stage and a world for audience audien ct wo have neither the space nor the presumption here to detail the various shifting scenes beenes of that grand contest between a nascent freestate free state and nu an effete despotism from F roin the ma majestic jestie expanse of the st lawrence to the impetuous current of the santee on oil contin continent c nt and i island in forests fores Ls and on field fields under summers scorching sun run and winters bleak blasts the war was ft as waged by men reso resolute luto to vindicate their manhood protect their lic artlis and gain their independence reverses were ivere numerous and discouraging the prospects often dismal the hopes few and the resources less im but tho the covenant embodied in the document of july ath 1770 bound tho the ill fed ill clad ill tinned soldiers of liberty together and humbled huni bled the pride of a burgoyne at saratoga gm and that of a cornwallis cor Corn wallia at yorktown it is but just however here to remember that there was one mind bat of washington which absolutely penetrated all the signal issues odthe of the war for american in independence by its magnetic tic force and from boston to york tw town so controlled and cevelo developed p ed those issues that victory became the logical necessity of its p philosophy and action r and ind made him indeed first in war i but the centennial celebration of an event uko like that to bo be commedo two d has a mor more than military significance while proudly rejoicing in the memory of tho the victory won by their forefathers on blood battlefields the american people of this day have a duty forthe for the future as well as for the present no more docs does true glory ry reside in the roar of in murderous us cannon the thousand voiced report of guns the hashing flashing of babers tho the storming ming of fortresses the sacking of cities the slaughter of fellow beings the only legitimate contest between nation a and ild nation the solo sole justifiable rivalry between people and people is on tho the gra infields in the worl workshop shops in the artists studios fatu dios in the scientists laboratories in the thinkers silent chamber rn in the philanthropists humane acts henceforth the sword should be s shaped into the plowshare plow sharland share and the sabre curved into the pruning hook agriculture manufacture commerce sciences and arts aro these thee should be the tile grounds on which the present generation and ind all its successors censors ces sors should fight their battles all toone to one common emmon unselfish end th le abiel I iq of the human 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