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OUR MOTTO : . DIEU ET MON DROIT,
THE LEDGER FUDUSwiKQ CCSPAn.
VOL. XIII.
WINDSOll, BERTIE COUNTY, .N.?C, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1896.
NO. 30.
A NATION'S BIRTH.
ONE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEAE3 AGO
THE REPUBLIC "WAS BORN.
OUR F1BST CENTURY..
'It will be celebrated by succeeding gen
erations as tne great anniversary festival. It
0u?ht to be commemorated as the day of de
liverance by solemn acts of devotion to Al
piqhty God. It ought to be solemnized with
pomp &n(i parade, withshows, games, sports,
guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from
oUo end of the continent to the other, from
this time forth foreverm6re."--J6hh Adams.i
One hundred and wenty years agOr
there tras bora in! the western world a
new Nationthe Republic of the Uni
ted SStates. , . , . ; : 1 '
Defiance to tyrants was emblazoned
in empyreal light upon her brow', and
Freedom and Justice, were the front
lets between her eyes. : ...
Monarchs, crowned with kingly dia
dems, stood awed at the august mani
festo, and at the solemn arraignment
of King George before the judgment
of mankind, and parliaments and cab
inets started in dismay to their feet;
but the people as they descried the
eagle of Liberty spreading' her wings
and soaring proudly aloft, breathed
freer and took stronger heart, &s the
clear ring of her voice sounded through
the air, declaring, with grandly
rounded ennnciation, that "all men
are created equal." ' i
REFUSING TRIBUTE.
Refusing to pay the tribute of taxa
tion arbitrarily imposed upon them at
the point of the bayonet by the British
crown ; failing, too, to move the King
and his ministers from their career of
haughty and reckless obstinacy, the
thirteen American colonies found them
. a - y t-
selves reduced to the alternative ol
abject submission to their socalled
royal masters, or of armed resistance.
RINGING THE LIBERTY BELL
Already there had flashed throughout
the country the electric words of Pat
rick Henry: ' ; ' -. : ; ' . .
"We must fight ! An appeal to arms
and to the God of Hosts is all that is
left us. I repeat it, sir, w,e must fight 1"
And aa the blood ot jpatriot hearts
had now flowed freely and bravely at
Concord and Lexington and Bunker
Hill, Washington declared, in words
of solemn emphasis and characteristic
brevity:
"Nothing short of Independence, it
appears to me, can possibly do."
He also warmly approved and com
mended Paine's pamphlet, ' 'Common
Sense," written to this end.
The sons of liberty shouted their re
sponsive acclaim to this manly sum
mons from the great American soldier
Washington and, like the sound of
many waters, the spirit of National in
dependence which thus possessed the
people came upon' tho k Continental
Congress theji in session in' the I State
House at Ph; -C lelphia, PennJ .. . - .
'.- $ '.-: ' l -. .V?
i. .js'a eesolution.- ( - .
It was in this temple of freedom,
therein was sitting as noble and august
a legislative body as ; tho world ever
saw, that Bichard Henry Leo intro
duced a resolution oa tho 7th of Jane,
1776, declaring: V ' !
' 'That the United Colonies are an d.
ought to be free and independent
States, and that" their political .. con-
FIRE Ck ACKERS
A EOURTH OP JULY PASTIME FOR
nection with Qreat Britain, is and
ought to be dissolved.' . -
Upon this resolution there sprang
up at once an . earnest " and powerful
debate. It was opposed, principally,
on the ground that it was premature.
Some of the best and strongest ad-
vocates of colonial rights speke and
voted against the . motion, which at
last . was adopted only by a vote of
seven States in its favor to six against.
Some of the delegates had not received
definite instructions from their con
stituents, and others had been re
quested to vote against it.
Its further consideration was accord
ingly postponed until there was a pros
pect of greater unanimity.. On the
11th of June, therefore, a committee
was appointed to draft a formal Decla-
, .- 1
ration. , .
members op the committee. .
This committee consisted ofBenia-
mm iJ'raniuin, ooan Adams, Tnomas
Jefferson, Koger bherman and Robert
K. Jjivmgston. On the 28th of June
IN PHILADELPHIA, JULY 4, 1776.
the committeojnade their Report, and
presented the Declaration which they-
had drawaup. .:
The first or brignal draft was penned
by, Mr. Jefferson, Chairman of the
committee. On the 2d of July Con
gress proceeded to the serious con
sideration r of this momeatoui paper.
The discussion, as to tho tone and
statements characterizing the docu
ment, and the propriety of adopting
at that time a measure so decisive,
lasted for nearly three days, and was
extremely earnest. .
It was so powerfully opposed by
some of the members that, Jefferson
compared the opposition to "ceaseless
action of gravity, weighing upon us by
nignt .ana oy aay. zs supporters,
however, were tho leading minds, aad
urged its" adoption with masterly
eloquence and ability. ,
' John Adams, Jefferson asserts, was
"the Colossus ia that debate," aad
"fought - fearlessly for every, word of
it"' Tho bond which was formed be
tween those two great men on this oo- greeted with shouts, bonfires aad pro
casion seems never to have been com- cessions. It was read to the troops,
pletely severed, both of them finally drawn up ander arms, and to tho con
expiring, , with a sort of poetio justioe, gregations in churches by raiabters
on the fiftieth aaaiversary; of the act from the pulpit
which constituted their chief glory.
WELTj OHABACTEKIZED.
Well and truly 'did the mighty
patriot Adams characterize this event
as the most memorable epoch in the.
history of America. .
FOR THE HON,
UNCLE BAITS PR33CJOCIOIU3 "KIDS."
"I am apt to believe.psaihe, "that
it will be" celebrated 'by .'succeeding
generations as thegrcbt anniversary
festivaL It ought tofeo 'commemorated
as xne aay oi aeiweronce, Dy solemn
acts of devotion to Almighty God. It
bught to be solemitized, with pomp
ana paiaae, wnn 8008,403, sports,
guns, oeus, ooaiua. ua mamma-
wons irom one ena 01 rxnis. continent
xotneomer, iromjxuisuimoiiortn xor-
evermore 1
xne ream nasequaueauio great
ttwiui, wiouea. auii,iuu, give &
uramauo euecno 113 announcement 1
It was known throughout tho city
that the great event was to be de
termined thatVday by' thoflast formal
acts ; but the closed ubors of Congress
excluded the poptolace'.f rom witnessing
the august assembly or.its proceedings,
though thousandsof anxious citizens
had gathered around tho building
eager 10 near wb-wqius 01 auonai 1
destiny soon to do omciauy pro-1
claimea. ' I
From the hour when Oongaoss came
togetner m. tae xorenooa aii.Dusiaesa
Mraa uuspeauea inrougaous me
ana j.ue oia oeumnu uieauuy remwneu
at his post iaithe steeple, prepared to
BouuuiotmwiuB waiwuig uiiuiaiuuwj
the expected glad tidings. ;
He had even stationed a boy at the
door of tho liall below, to give im
mediate signal of tho turn of events.
APT INSCRIPTION. '
This bell, manufactured ia England,
bore upon its ample curve the now
j prophetic iascripftioa, "Proclaim
liberty throughout all tho land unto
all the inhabitants thereof. .
Hours passed on, and fear began to
take the place of hope ia many a heart ;
even the venerable and always cheerful
bellman was overheard-ia his despon
dent soliloquy : ,
"They will never do it ! they will
aever do it I" '
v - - -
afteraoon, tho door of tho mysterious
i a .
Finally, at about 2 o'clock ia the
hall swuag open, aad a voioo ex
claimed: -
,4Passed ! it has passed 1" '
Tho word was caught up by tea
thousaad glad mouths, aad tho watch-
uujr uuw iyjjou ma uauua aau
shouted, "Bingl Bingl"1 Seizing tho
u . . -1 i v: t J Ji
irontoaguo of . the bell iawhiohho
tad long felt such a professional pride,
tho electrified old patriot rung forth
sucn a joyous peai as was never neara
w
before, 'nor ceased to hurl it backward
and forward till every voice joined ia
its notes of gladaess aad triumph.
1 Tho roar of cannon, and illnmina
tions from every house and hilltop,
added to these demonstrations ot uni
versal rejoicing. t .
WIDESPBEAD EXULTATION.
And this was tho typo of that exul-
tatioa which everywhere manifested
itseii, as uio news spread wnn ngnt -
I rung rapidity from city to city and
.. . -
from State to State. Every Amorioan
I patriot regarded tho declaration by
I Congress as tho noblo performance of
i an act wnic a naa pooomo mevitaoie;
and the paper itself as tr complete
I vindication of America before tho bar
of public opinion throughout the
world. - -
When it was read by tho magistrates
and other functionaries in tho cities
aad towns of the wholo Nation, it was
r Washington hailed tho declaration
with joy. It is true, it was but a for-
mal recognition of a stato of things
which had long existed, but it put an
I end to all those temporizing hopes of
reconciliation waioa had clogged tho
military action of the country. Oa
the 9thof July, therefore, Washington
caused it to bo read at 6 o'clock in the
evening, at tho bead: of each brigado
of the army. ' . . -
WAsniNOTos's' coinccrr.
"The General hopes, " said ho la
his orders, "that this important event
will servo as a freah incentive to every
(officer and soldier to act with fidelity
and courage, as knowing that now the
peace and safety of hii country do-'
pend, under God, eololy on tho euccesa
of our arras"; and that ho is now in the
eervico of tho State possessed ot suf
ficient power to reward his merit and
advance him to tho highest honors of
a frep'counlry." ,
The troops llstcnod to tho reading
of this with . eager attention, and at
its closo broko forth in tumujtuoua
applause. ' .
Tho excitable populaco of Now York
were not content with the ringing of
bells and the other usual manifesta-
tiona of rublio ioV. Thera was a ln
equestrian sUtuo ofGeorgo the Third
& Bowlinff Green, in front of tho fort,
Around -this kingly effigy tho cx-
cftedi multitude, surging hither and
thither, unitedly gathered, and, pull
fcg i down tdtho oa. broke it
wt0 fragments, which fragments were
afterward 'conveniently molded into
bullet3 Ma made to lo Eervico against
His Majesty's troops.
.bomo of the soldiers and officers of
tnA AmAmn o. K..in i
this proceeding, Washington censured
it, as'having much the appearance of
a riot and a want of discipline, and
tho army was ordered to abstain, ia
- - 1 .j mm mm w m V J W rfm mm
the future, from all irregularities of
the kind.
GREAT JOT IS BOSTON.
Ia Boston, that citadel of radical
in8a30raijnajoa tjHm Majesty,
tt
the publio joy knew no bounds, and
even the British prisoaors wcro conr
teoualy eummoAed to witness tho spirit
wita vnJcll a brayepeoplo, detetxaraod
to be free, dare to dofy tho British
throae. Oa tho SOVCatecnth day of
JqW Qiq British officers oa parolo
received ..each a card from the Gov
HALIi OF ISDEPENOENCE, riIlIADELriIlA
TS 1770.
.
eraor, requesting tho. honor of said
I . . 0 .
wiuv-a a i,fcOAiuAiv;o in. mo wwauiui,
" 4,Bjr "wt
Wuuu,us wo uiuuu Bwp,
that cad beea takon at Philadelphia.
ma ouicers wcro hob wuaou a bus-
I ' ' 1. ii . i . .1 .
i picion as vo mo purport oi mo meet-
ing, and hesitated for a whilo as to tho
I consistency of giving tho sanction ot
their presenco to a proceeding which
I they could not bat regard as traitor -
i ous.
I , Curiosity, howover, got tho better
I of theso scruples, aad it was resolved,
after a brief consultation, that tho in
vitation ought to bo accepted.
Oa entering the hall tho King's of
ficers found.it occupied by "rebel
lious functionaries, military, civil
and ecclesiastical, aad among whom
tho same good humor and excitement
prevailed as among tho throng out of
1 doors. Tno untisa oinciais wcro ro-
ceived with crcat frankness and cor
I diality, aad were allotted such stations
I as enabled them to witness tho wholo
I ceremony.
r.TWotiy as tno ciocs struck one.
I Colonel Crafts, who occupied the chair.
rose, and, silence being obtained, read
aloud the declaration, which aa
laouaced to tho world that tho tie of
allegiaace, which had so long "held
I Britain and her North American col
I onies together, was forever separated.
This being finished, tho gentlemen
stood up, and such, repeating tho
words aa they wcro spoken by aa of
ficer, swore to uphold, at tho eacri
flco of his life, tho rights of his coun
try. " , .
Meanwhile tho town clerk read from
a balcony tho solemn declaratioa to
I tho collected multitude, at tho closo
I ot which a shout begaa ia tho hall and
posted liko aa clcctrio epark to the
:
mW i I 1 II I
trcets, which now rscg with lead
huzzas, tho slow and mcaanrcl' boon
of cannon and the rattlo of musk c try.
Tho baUcricj 0 a Fort Hill, Dorches
ter Neck, tho caatlc.Ttantaikct aad
Long Island, 'each sainted wiVa thir
teen gun, the artillery ia tho town
fired thirteen roaada. and tha'iafaa-
try scattered into thirtcca dMiioas.
poured forth thirteen ToUejf all cor
responding to tho number of Elates
which formed tho tTcioa.
There was also a municipal baaqncL "
at which epeechcj were - mado and
toasts sdraak, and la the CTtaing a
brilliant illuninatioa of tho home.
ARDoa ct TinaisiJu
la Virginia, tho proclaaatioa of in
dependence was greeted with tint
cacao ardor ot enthusiasm which for so
many years had characterized tho peo
ple of that ancient commonwealth, la
the course of political freedom,
In South Carolina, too, the declara
tion was read to tho assembled nnltl
tudes,' amid tho greatest rejoicing,
puplio addresses, military and clfio
processions, band of xansic, firing ot
cannon and kindred deaonstratiom
ot popular lavor.
In all tho colonic, indeed, tho dec
laration was hailod as tho nasals?
tway of tho old world and tho birth of
tho now.
Origin of "Tho Star Spangled Bonner."
Thero is littlo ia tho history ot all
literaturo raoro interesting than tho
narratlvo of the circumstances under
which "Tha Star Spangled Banner
was written. Often alter tho bom
bardment of Fort MoTTcnry, Francis
Scott Koy himself, with grcat anima
tion, described hU feelings that nca
orablo night, and how he wrote, that
sons. His heart was aickLwith aax-
icty. .
Ho commenced tho verses-ca tha
deck, in tho f error of the moment, ia
tho dim light of tho September mora,
ingwhen'ho saw the Brltiah soldiers
hastening to their ships, and whea ho
caught a glimpse ot tho flag which ho
hod watched for so anxiously from tho
first faint gleam ot dawn. Ho had a .
letter ia his pocket, and npoa tho
back ot this he jotted dowa tho open
ing lines and so no brief memoranda
of tho current of his thoughts. Ho
relied also a good deal npoa his mem-
ory.
j In tho small boat which comejed
him to ehoro ho completed the poem,
and that night he wroto it onl as it
now stands, at tho hotel at which ho
stopped la Baltimore. Next morntcg
ho showed tho verses to Jnd?e Nichol
son, who was cTcatly pleased with
thorn, and took them ' at onco to tho
offico of tho Baltimore American, and
had them printed for general circula
tion.
Tho poem was set op by Samuel
Sands, aa apprentice la tho Bsltlmaro
i.u,,, w . ,
1 Americaa ojcc, wno up to a lew Tears
,m m i- n.ni
CoanlT at a Tenerablo a-t. bnt !n
fairly good health, with xalad aad
takon rrrnut Intrrn,! In lh Tutn
I w
i pUraait of agriculture,
I
I "Hue Touched 03 taj Bicycle,
I "Whero's my bicyclot asked papa
1 oa the morning of tho Fourth, as ho
cacao oat into tho yard.
"Boo-hoo ! I d-doa't know,- said
Willie. "It went off a litUo while
ago.n
'WcatotT! Whore?
-'Boo-hoo I I d-doa't kaow. I
f-fu'tlllod tho roomatlo tiro with pow
der aa touched a uvzaatch to it, an
'ih-hoo-ah-hoo!--it went away."
Harper's Bazar.
Wouldn't Fop,
I wish, saU she, as by tho paet
Of crackers they C14 stop.
That you, dear Goor?, wero IDco
these
squibs.
For thea petjiap you'd porw
Beady for the Toorib.
'lifer .. .
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