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3 THE DECLARATION. HE Declaration ol "iTi independence was the grandest docu ment ever penned by human hand. The original docu ment Is still pre served In the gov ernment archives at Washington where It Is guard ed night and day as Oto mast sacred relic of our Infancy aa a maiion. It has been printed and re printed as It should be. Every Amerl oa should know It by heart. Every fhvdgner coming to our shores should Summarize himself with it before enter, lap upon the privileges of citizenship. T4 it is safe to say that it Is not read msar* nowaday*. Fifty years ago the wading of the declaration was a part —the part—of every Independence Day a4ebrailon. Of late decadea the cuatom (has disappeared almost entirely. It - aught to be revived. No celebration of (3ha day should pass without Its being rest and without Its history being re The immortal document was drafted •p Thomas Jefferson, amended slightly Ip El colleagues of the committee of 4m Continental Congress, and reported nmd adopted on July 4, 1776. On June PSh of that year Richard Henry Lee, 4 Virginia, offered In the name of hla •fate a resolution in congress; ~nat these united colonies are, and - 4 light ought to be, free and Inde pendent states.” This resolution was seconded by Mb Adams, of Masaachuaetti; the de bate upon which began on the follow ing day, and continued two days. Ob July 2, 1776, Lea’s resolution was - nailed op, and delegates from twelve - colonies (New York not voting) unani mously declared “that these united • atonies are, and of right ought to be, dree and Independent states.” But aa the declaration was not re ported and adopted until July 4th, the anniversary of independence wae fixed «m that day. The document, which had been relegated to a committee for preparation, Is as follows; When, In the course of human events, ft becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which •save connected them with another, and to assume, among the powera of the earth,, the separate and equal station tn which the laws of nature and of na ture’* Ood entitle* them, a decent rea ped to the opinions of mankind re egaJrca that they should declare the reuses which Impel them to the separa tion. He hold these truths to be self- evi TUB OLD iTYUt i aral - IUI ill w« m emN Mini MUI lt»a» n* ••***>• *4 l| I half I'raaluf with oartal* taaltaaaht* right* that ■—tog thaa# *ra Ilf# llhartjr m4 I ha —tototl at h**»l*sa* Thai lu **vara Um— right*. m t**n grattol aanwg 4*ri»i*g thair )w*t p—ri fruto I ha mm*| a| tha gut *»—I, that »h***»«r Na at gu« ara—a* hmitoto 4#air*.il*a u| ihaaa wmI*. N la th* right u4 lha haugta u» Alto* w4 atwltah M. a*4 lu taaitlai* * ■aw — vsraawat. kajrta* «t* hmwlaila* — M*h g*i*at»tto. *aa .«rgaat*lhg lu —war* la *toh tom. to «*> thaw shall amm w*w» llhalg ta thatr aalair and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long estab lished should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that man kind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to Which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing Invariably the same object, evinces a desire to reduce them under absolute depot Ism, It Is their right. It is their duty, to throw off such govern ment, and to provide new guards tor their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government The history of the present King of Great Britain Is a record of repeated Injuries and usur pations, all having In direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his assent to laws the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of Immediate and pressing Importance, unless sus pended In their operation till his assent should be obtained; and when so sus pended he has utterly neglected to at tend to them. He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of • vsvuvnuou iu iuo legislature—a right Inestimable to them, and formi dable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their publie re* orde. for the sole purpose of fatiguing them Into compliance with hie meas ures. He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing, with manly firmness, his Invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative power*. Incapable of annihilation, have returned to the peo ple nt Urge (or lhair eterclae, the slate remaining. In the meantime, etpoaed to nil the dangers of Invnston from without and convulsions within. He has endeavored to prevent the popula tion ul the*# euiea.for that purpua* oh struct lag the law* for naturalisation of foreigners, refusing to pas. others to encourage their migration hither and raising the Condition of new appropria tloaa of land* H* has ohatru<i*d the td Ml a 1st rat ton of Justice, by refusing bU assent lo Uwa fur establishing p, dteiary power* It* bee made Judge, dependant ua hi* will atone, for ih* tenure of thatr oA-ea. and the amount and the payment of their aalaries ||. ha* erected a multitude of new uAcee and aent hither ewerma of oAver* lu haraa* our people and eat out their •uhalanca ||e has hept among a* in Hma* of penes, standing arm tea allh eal the consent of our tegteialuraa Hs has afar ted to reader the military in dependent of and eupertur bn the civil power It* hna combined with other* in subject a* lu a lurtedlction b reiga to war roaatltutlwn. and unnchnonl e-lged hy war Inna. gt<t*a hla ament iu their acts at pretended legteUiloa fbar quartering large bod ten of armed troops among us; for protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should com mit on the Inhabitants of these states; for cutting off our trade with all parts of the world; for Imposing taxes on us without our consent; for depriving us, In many cases, of the benefits of trial by Jury; for transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses; for abolishing the free system of Eng lish laws In a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbltary gov ernment, and enlarging Its boundaries, so as to render it at once an example and fit Instrument for Introducing the same absolute rule into these colonies; for taking away our charters, abolish ing our most valuable laws, and alter ing, fundamentally, the forms of our governments; for suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves Invested with power to legislate for us In all cases whatsoever. He has ab dicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection, and waging war against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He Is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desola tion and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled In the most bar barous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilised nation. He has con strained our fellow citizens, taken cap tive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands. He has excited domestic Insur rections among us. and has endeavored to bring on the Inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare ts an un distinguished destruction of all ages, sexes sad conditions. In every stage of these oppressions ws have petitioned for redress In the most bumble terms. s • V J r THE NBW MTYIJR. our r«pe#l*4 peituo** he** been iu »er*4 only hr rvpeelej Injury. \ jirlnte ehue* • here.ter U ibu* tu«th«l by every *.« ehlrh any 4*bM* * tyruni le HUAI lu be (be ruler ul * Ire* veuyt* Hu* be** «* been we*ltft« J« alien IIwm lu our Hritleb brelbreu We beve «eru*4 ibee* fro* net* la ii*i». ul *|. I*«M* by then I *g telelute to e«t*»4 ee wvwruuklv )m**4Mum over ** W# beve re«ile4a4 them oI Ibe bbue vteuvee ul uur «w>tgr«n •* e*4 wll>e «*»« beve We bev* «t>t<e*le* t« (beir ueiiv* |ueli«« euJ i»M<e*i*tiy nnI «* beve •ottjuml ik»iu by lb* tl« el our romeout bm4re4 lu 4 lee vow ibee* uvuryeitoM ebkb wotii4 Inevitably Interrupt our connections and corres-i pondenee. They, too, have been deaf to the voice of justice and cc.nsan-1 gulnlty. We must, therefore, ac quiesce In the necessltly which de-< nounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind—ene mies In war, In peace, friends. We, therefore, the representative^ of the United States of America, In general congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our Intentions, do, In the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, sol emnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all po litical connection between them and the state of Great Britain Is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that, as free and Independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which Independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance cl r» fha nrMfnof l/\n of niirlna Deoul dunna I we mutually pledge to each other our Uvea, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. JOHN HANCOCK, President of Congress and Delegate from Massachusetts. Tree Aintrlrttoiim* Behold what a great Are a little matter klndleth! Senator Sumner's speech on the Alabama question, which excited only passing notice here at that time, set all England ablaze. The reason of this Is plain. The English people have been constantly deceived by Americans traveling in that coun try as to the real state of feeling to ward them in the United States. There are but few Americans who are repub licans or democrats to the core; and when they go abroad und dine at the tables of English monarchists they shed their Americanism with alacrity, and toady to the ignorance and big otry of their entertainers, and assever ate that the warmest fraternal feelings are cherished by the people of the Unit ed States for their "English brethren," whereas the fact is, there is a strong and deep-seated feeling in America of resentment or hostility to Great Brit ain. Do not misunderstand us. We are not for war v/ith any nation; on the contrary, we are for building up this nation in wealth, in civilization, in refinement, in political strength, In mil itary power, In all things that go to make us broad and tall and great; and then we are for having this nation, in the majesty of its might, stand for peace, for humanity and a common brotherhood. Is there not, at last, to be realized on earth the conception of a missionary nation—a people too great and too numerous to be anything else but magnamimous and kind and loving? Let us give the pulsations of the mighty heart of this nation to the welfare of the world, and settle all pet ty national quarrels In a spirit charac teristic of a generous and a mighty people.—New York Ledger. AV of glory! wel come day! Freedom's banners greet thy ray; See! how cheerfully they play With thy morn ing breeze, On the rocks where pilgrims kneeled. On the heights where squadrons wheel'd. When a tyrant’s thunder peal'd O'er the trembling seas. tJod of armies! did thy "stars In tbclr courses" smtte his ears, Blast his arm, and wrest his bars From the heaving tide? On our standard, lo! they burn, And, when days like this return, Sparkle o'er the soldier’* urn Who for freedom died. Ood of peace!—whose spirit fills All the echoes of our hill*. All the murmurs of our rills, Now tht storm is o'er;— O, let freemen be our eons; And let future Washingtons Kite, to lesd their vsllanl ones. Till there a war no more. Hy the patriot'e hallow'd real, Uy the warrUr'e gory breast. — Never let our graves be press'd Uy a despot's throne; Uy the I'ltgrlnu totle and cares, Hy their battles and that* prayers, Hy their eahes let our heirs liuw to thee alone. A W«M« tMtSMe One* whit* Mr Webstar was add teas ing the senate the senate ,U> k Sum menved striking, but Instead •>( alrtk lug twice at 1 p w continued to atrih* without leaanttun more than tom times. Ail eyas were turned to tg> cluch and Mr Wshewr remained el lent until the clock had touch About twenty when he thue appealed in Iba chair Mr Freatdenl. the clock la out 4 order' I have tha (nw'" Argo luitge | thlnh I have aaan ««u to*ora, Fvtauner I hae* had that honor, your humor I shaved your honor las' wash Judge- Twenty ream GREETINGS TO BRYAN GIVEN CORDIAL WELCOME lb MISSOURI. Ctlll the Idol of tho Free Silver Democ racy—Thoosende of People Gather to Hear a Hlmettalle Address— Great Crowd* at Nevada and Lamar. Bryan In Mlsenarl. Carthage, Mo., Judo 25.—William Jennings Bryan, still the idol of the free silver Democracy, had been ad vertised all over Missouri as the crown ing attraction of the Chautauqua assembly now holding forth here, and this was taken advantage of by free silver advocates and a grand political gathering arranged Several thousand people were at the station when the train rumbled In at 8:08 o’clock this morning with Bryan aboard. While the local band was ex hausting itself on “See, the Conquer ing Hero Comes,” the crowd cheered lustily. The defeated leader was not taken to a hotel but was quartered at the home of W. E. Hall. Thousands fol lowed his carriage to the door and erled “speech,” but he retired In si lence. Scores hung about the lawn waiting for him to reappear. They were not rewarded before time for the parade. He looked much better than during the campaign. He is heavier and his countenance shows no lines of heavy work. He confessed to feeling in the best of health. All the way around the town snap shot shooters clicked and some per slstcnt ones followed mm on wiiccih, from which they took pictures while doing fancy balancing. Excursions were run from many surrounding towns. Bryan began making his first speech in Missouri since the campaign at the Chautauqua pavilion at 1:30 o'clock, in the presence of 15,000 people. Mr. Bryan left to-night at 7 o'clock for Ottawa, Kan., to address the Chautauqua assembly there to-morrow, and will then go on to Denver. He came here from his old home in Salem, 111. Nevada, Mo., June 23.—Five thou sand people were at the Union depot at 6:20 o’clock this morning to greet Mr. Bryan as he passed through to Carthage. A committee met the train at the crossing north of Nevada, and awoke him—he was asleep in a Pull man car—and insisted on his speaking at ex-Governor Stone's home. Ho made a five minute speech and was cheered by thousands. A large num ber were at the train at Rich Hill. He refused to show himself. Lamar, Mo., June 23.—W. J. Bryan •poke here for ten minutes this morn ing from the car platform to a crowd of 1,000 people. He was cheered lus tily. He said that people hail discov ered their ailment, but they had taken the wrong medicine. "What is needed, he added, “Isa change of doctors.” Be spoke of the recent attack made apon him by Prof. L. C Bateman of Auburn, Me., and said it was un worthy of notice, but stated that bia answer was made in the United States Senate yesterday by Senators Allen and Butler. NEW PLAN TO GET HAWAII. Uovgaa Has e Schema to Dodge the Two-Thirds Role. Wasuixotox, June 25.—-Senator Morgan to-day introduced a bill for Hie annexation of the Hawaiian islands. Senator Morgan said that his bill was intended to carry the annexation treaty Into execution in case it should be ratified by the Senate or to provide for its ratification by the joint action of the t.vo houses In case the Senate should refuse to act. "The treaty,” said the senator, "can be ratified in this form by a majority vote in each of the two houses, thus uvoiding the ne cessity for securing two-thirds of the Senate, as would be required if the matter should be passed upon by that boov alone.” HON. E. D. COOKE DEAD. Keart Disease the Cause of a Congreve ■ten's Sudden Taking Off. W AsmxiiTog, June 25—Congress man Edward Dean Cooke of Illinois retired about II o'clock last night, ap parently in perfect health. At 2 o'clock this morning Night Clerk Coch ran was called to his room sn4 found him suffering from nausea, but he soeg recovered and declined to have a phy aiciau called. He retai ned to bed and nothing further was thought of the matter uutil ' oehrsn returned to the •"'»»* ■4X414* a 4j 4*itm'it uu* morn in* uoil went to Mr. Cooke a room to tu<|uire for turn Mr. Cooke wee deait. eu<l the ph.vaician, who wee Immediately iub Burned. *aid that he had appnreutly teen dead fur keveral ho lira Oer U*pl| la Jim* Wumimiiii*. June BA —The atnta depertmeut ha* practically completed Ita reply to the Japnneae proteat atralnat the Hawaiian nnnvkatlun treaty, but ha* not yet delivered It. Thn reply la uadendoml to be dlguh he it ta tone, a tlning letfat def*n*e of our puaittna, which, without la any ten*e abating our elniMte. atilt doe* not dikdaia to aupport them by much t tall -n of preeedeat and interna thtaal law MOT WINOa Vagerertan »■ tMW maetcra a ante* ttedtr hMiltk Uni*. Kan . June M The M,«t ta ten** beat that baa ever bnea fell la IbU melton baa prevailed bare aiarw * n'eliwb yealerdar morning, wbea a but wind awakened the entire pope:% It waa but enitegb to earl the leave* a# all bind i»t tegvUttoa and baa dun# great damage t*> the eewga The tW a »meter baa award I tea nearly all day The heal ta general i.t.r Iki* |«rliue af baaaaa JAPAN’S A I l 11 uut. — L'ltlmatum Against Annexation of Ha waii by Thla Country. Washijiotow, June 25.—The annexa tion treaty with Hawaii formed the principal topic of consideration by the Senate committee on foreign relations at Its brief session yesterday. The treaty and accompanying papers were read end referred to a sub-committee consisting of Senators Davis, Porslcer and Morgan, with instructions to in vestigate the entire question and re port to the full committee. The protest from Japan in connec tion with the Hawaiian treaty is con sidered in a more serious light than was at first made apparent, and the committee took exceptional precau tions to prevent the publication of its proceedings. The protest was ac cepted as almost an ultimatum on Ja pan's part, to the effect that the treaty must not be perfected. It is not a protest o/alnst the form of the docn rnent, as hud been supposed in soms quarters, but against the document it self, or, rather, against the transac tion, as being opposed to Japan's in terest* The speclfio reason alleged for the protest is that the consumma tion of the agreement between Hawaii and the t'nlted States would disturb the existing trade relations of the Pa cific, and nullify treaty right* The protest Is in such definite terms and is directed so squarely at the transaction as to cause the committee to feel that the entire matter should be handled with the utmost circum spection, as the only way in which complications of a serious nature can be avoided. Tbs opinion was expressed in the character of that filed by Japan would, If presented by a nation more nearly equal to the United States, lead to very serious difficulties, but there is a general desire to extend unusual consideration towards the Atlantia state, not only because of the uni formly friendly relations existing be I tween that country and this, but also ■ because it is b it that Japan's success ! in her war with Chirm may have had | the effect of arousing a spirit of com bativeness which is not warranted, in the opinions of the members of the committee, by her relative size and Importance as compared with the United States. THY TO CAPTURE A TRAIN. fluid Work of Tramps on the Santa Fa In Central Kiniat El.l.iswoon, Kan., June 25.—At about 11:30 yesterday morning several tramps boarded the engine of the Santa Fe local freight as it was leav ing town and at the point of revolvers commanded the engineer and fireman to throw up their hands The train crew came to tho rescue and after a struggle succeeded in driving them off. The city authorities gave chase and two of their number were landed in jail. Upon being searched they were found to have revolvers, dynamite cartridges, steel drills and other bur glars' tools The police judge held them on a charge of disorderly con duct to await the action of the rail road company. Tvosble Among the Osage*. Pawhvhka, Ok la., June 25.—The quarterly payment of the annuity money to the Osage Indians was to have begun here this week, but seri ous trouble hss arisen and the pay ment had to be postponed for a day or two at least. Previous to this the half-breeds and whites who have mar ried into the tribe have always come in for their share of the annuity money, but the fullbloods seem to be in the majority and this time decided Ira ntvorf thoiv wSrrkts A# tka le*t nwv. merit they attempted to debar the half-breeds and intermarried whites end serious trouble is threatened. An Klevatnr Telia Kansas City, Mo., Juno 25.—A freight elevator In the building occu pied by the C. J. Halter Tent and Awn ing company, at :i>4 West Third street, in which were eight women and one man, got beyond control at the fourth floor at 7:30 last evening and went to the bottom, forty-live feet below, with great velocity. It was a terrific fall, yet no one was killed outright, nor was one of the nine fatally injured, although there were broken bones and sprained tendons and serious shocks in plasty. ft Make Mlnsrel Wool •ft Josei ii, Mo.. June 25. —Mineral wool is to be manufactured near Jop lin in largo Humilities by a new pro cess Invented by lieorgu A. Case, who has begun the erection of a mill for that purpose. After considerable ei perimeuting, Mr. Case succeeded In manufacturing mineral wool from the refuse slag that accumulates from lead smelting. Samples of this material have been shown at 8k Louie, which offere a market for all that can be made It Is used for tracking purposes and la worth from fti.t In fid per ton *»»« Chess utar by tvdus - a. l,o»!•••«, June *A—The International lh*s» Congress foe womeu player*, which was begun to day in the Masonic hall of the Hotel Cecil, hi u.< first uf ! t* kind la the history of eheea The a see of the in<*t brilliant game will revelv* a special prise uf li.ww. uf fered by Heron Albert ds MothavbUda of Vienna WlNEHIKt FOR IOWA, * miresatee* l i.ye, »„ as*.MIsh Vesaiy Meats ia the stats I hi. |M> Weneienl'm. lewa. June futuie sun1 men a fa,-lure re ere In thte Mete lousing over the field with .. tww tuwahiag tun« one uf Um greel wine pv.aiu.ing .teles The t ail fur hla people say that they will p„t |» Icsa than twenty piente In Iowa, a* * ‘‘l ***) arueh enc-.uraged ever I # nutluuh. f he grape crop it gotnrf to be one uf the tergeet fur veer*