Show THE FOURTH OF JULY exercises on the battlefield of bullford Gul lford court house alce Steve the orator of the baythe tribe of tammany cele bralo the day at Washl neton greensboro N 0 july 4 vice president stevenson was the attraction at the fourth of july celebration today on the tiie battlefield of guilford court house the vice president was received enthusiastically and made a speech in which he said in part the historic traditions of the old north detate are as dear ta me aa yourselves the blood that through my veins is thac of the men who with your brave airee little more than a century ago first gave to he world the declaration of american independence men who have for all time linked the name of charlotte with runnymede and made your mecklenburg immortal in tho great struggle for independence north carolina played no mean part her eons stood in the front ranks of those who airet braved the hostility and resentment ot the british crown her eons were the first to realize the necessity for a separation and the establishment of american independence but what of the future what will be the verdict of history as to the achievements of the present generation in all that makes a state truly great is north carolina to lag behind or keep even pace with her sister commonwealths in the century upon which we are about to enter with an area of more than miles stretch ing from the seaboard miles to her western border with a breadth of miles from the north to the south with a soil happily adapted to supply all her material wants with a climate unsurpassed upon this continent traversed from north to from pine forest to mountain fastness by railways her mountains overflowing with every variety of mineral we althin a word so abundantly blessed with natures choicest gifts north carolina I 1 am persuaded is juet entering upon a career of won dei ful material prosperity thank god we are all citizens of a common country with one flag a common history and a common destiny the of the of kings mountain and of guil furd can never forget that this flag is a symbol of constitutional liberty the eternal symbol of an indivisible union of indestructible states THE TRIBE OF TAMMANY independence day celebrated by the great chief in the manner new york july 4 tammany celebrated independence day in the usual fashion there were long talks bv senator patrick walsh and short talks by congressman springer of illinois bailey of texas cummungs of new york and haves of iowa mayor gilroy the grand sachem presided richark croker who has just arrived from hie trip abroad entered tho hall eloa after the speaker had begun and waa accorded a reception befitting the big chief of the tribe of tammany letters of were read from president cleveland vice president steven eon senator hill governor flower secretary herbert and a host of others in senator hills letter occurs the following paragraph the country demands the exhibition of true elates manship at tins hour upon those administering the government it demands their adhesion to well established constitutional principles it demands their maintenance of honest and vigorous but patriotic partisanship not in efforts to build UD personal political factions by the distribution of official patronage of punishing an adversary and rewarding sycophants but by a broad and liberal policy strengthening party organizations everywhere and en coara eing devotion to tho correct principles of government it demands the adoption of a definite financial policy to prevent the government from drifting toward the rocks of financial chaos and finally demands foreign policy which extends american sympathies to free republics lather than to monarchies the fourth at washington july 4 the fourth was celebrated very quietly here today were half a dozen celebrations by patriotic bodies of which the most interesting te was conducted by the sons of the american revolution which under escort by the marine band and a detachment tach ment of national guards marched to the foot of washington t and held exercises there |