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The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Fourth of July. (search)
The Fourth of July. This is the Fourth of July. In former days it was saluted with the firing of guns, and was honored by grand parades, orations, dinners, and toasts. The Declaration of Independence was generally read. The exertions oratorical were considered too great for one man — so there was a reader and an orator. Fourth of July. In former days it was saluted with the firing of guns, and was honored by grand parades, orations, dinners, and toasts. The Declaration of Independence was generally read. The exertions oratorical were considered too great for one man — so there was a reader and an orator. The reader recited on solemn and emphatic tones the Declaration. He began with energy, and rose as he continued, until he thundered in the conclusion wherein our forefathers declared that held the British as they held "the rest of nkind --Enemies in War, in peace, friends." Here the roof was perceptibly stated by the powerful any for every nation; for no nation that is civilized and humanized can got along without its holidays-- days of festivity and general joy. Thus we had our Fourth of July. The day is now changed. We have no holiday. The ruthless enemy who has trampled upon every principle and right commemorated by the day itself, gives no in