The Ames Review. (Ames, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1921 Page: 5 of 9
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THE AMES REVIEW AMES OKLAHOMA
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tna Declaration af Independence was
' adopted now known at Independence
Hill — From a Contemporary Print
FOURTH OF JULY
1776 REAL DATE
OF DECLARATION
Dispute hu arleen at tlmee os to
Whether July t or July should he ob-
served so Independence day It will be
seen br the following quotation from
The American Revolution" written by
John Flake and publlehed by Houghton
Mlltl'n company that the Declaration of
Independence was resolved upon July 1
but was not put Into form and finally
Adopted until Uta evening of July 4
On the 1st of July 1770 congress
resolved Itself luto a committee of the
whole to "lake Into consideration the
resolution respecting Independency"
As Richard llenry Lee was absent
John Adums who hud seconded the
motion was culled upon to defend It
‘ which he did In a powerful seecln
He was ably opposed by John Dlcklu-
sou who urged that the counter ought
not to be rashly committed to a po-
sition to recede from which would
be Infamous while to persist In it
might entull certain ruin A declar-
ation of Independence would not
strengthen the resources of the coun-
try by a single regiment or a single
cask of powder while It would shut
the door uon all hope of accommoda-
tion with Great Brituin
That there was weight In these
considerations was shown only too
plainly by subsequent events But
the orguiuent os a whole was open
to the fetal objection that If the
American people were to wait for
these questions to be settled before
taking a decisive step they would
never be able to take a decisive step
at alt Independent action on the
part of all the colonies except New
York had now become an accom-
plished fact All were really In re-
bellion and their cause could not fall
to gain In dignity and strength by an-
nouncing Itself to the world tn its
true character Such was now the
general feeling of the committee
When the question was put to vote
the New York delegates were excused
as they had not sufficient instructions
Of the three delegates from Delaware
one was absent one voted yea and
one nay so tlmt the vote of the col-
ony was lost Pennsylvania declared
In the negative by four "votes against
three South Carolina also dcclnred
In the negative but with the Intima-
tion from Edward Rutledge that It
might not unlikely reverse its vote tn
deference to the ‘majority The other
nine colonics all voted tn ‘the affirm-
ative and the resolution was reported
as agreed to by a two-thirds vote
Oo the next day when the vote was
formally taken in regular session of
congress the Delaware members were
all present and the affirmative vote
of that colony was secured Dickinson
and Morris stayed away thus re-
versing the vote of Pennsylvania
and the South Carolina members
changed for the sake of unanimity
Thus was the Declaration of Inde-
pendence a lost resolved upon by
Laughter From “’76”
Thera were as merry soldiers In the
days of the American Kevolutlon as
there are now One of the most
laughable figures In the Continents!
army was Doctor Skinner a waggtsh
surgeon whose huge fur cap and long
heard made him the butt of the sol-
diers everywhere When asked by a
teasing comrade why he wore such
lengthy beard he answered: "It
Is a secret sir betwixt my God and
myself that human Impertinence shall
never penetrate" And this same
doughty surgeon who was always
ready to pick a quarrel In private
took excellent care of his precious
person on the battlefield "Every roan
lias bis sphere of action” said he
"beyond the limits of which he ought
never to emerge Mine amidst the
tumults of war the conflicts or battle
ta in the rear There I am always
to be found 1 I am firm at my post l
And nobly he lived op to bis prin-
ciple! Among u&er merry wags In the Coo-
iba unanimous vote ef H‘
mIm mi I be 2nd ef July 1770 and
tbla work having bore di congress
at eere wont lute committee ef tb
tabula te consider tbs form ef dec-
laration sMik should be adopted
Thomas Jeffermm Jobe Adams Reo
Jaiuin Franklin Roger b forms a and
Robert Livings! oo were tba members
of a romiulitee to draw up tba das’
Inratlun and Jofferaoo as represent-
ing lbs colony wbUb bad Introduced
tb resolution ef idqeodenc was
rbum-n le ba tba author of tba dec-
laration On tba evening ef Iba 4tb of July
1770 lha iHwIarsllon of Itidei-endeart
a as unanimously adopted ly twelve
colonies the delegation from New
York at III remaining unable to act
But the acquiescence of that colony
was so generally counted upon Ihat
there was no drawback to tba exul-
tation of Ilia people All over ’lb
country the declarathm waa received
with bonfires with tbs ringing of balls
and tba Bring of guns and with torch-
light processlous
Honors Minute Men
Commemorating the Brave Deeds of
the "Embattled Farmers" This Mon-
ument to Revolutionary Patrlota la a
Shrine Inexpressibly Dear to Every
American Heart
LOTS DOING
“The Fourth of July my birthday!
An by gum! There’ more' celebratin'
my day than there I on George Wash-
ington's!" tlnental army was-an Irishman named
I-evlnestone He belonged to Marion’s
brigade One very dark night he was
separated from his companions and as
he was wandering around be was sud-
denly surrounded by a troop of horse-
men and a pistol was pressed against
his breast "Declare Instantly to what
party ' you belong" shouted a harsh
voice "or you are a dead man 1" Lev-
Ingstone peered through the darkness
but could not make out the uniforms
of the troopers “I think sir" said
he cautiously "It would be a little
more In the way of civility If you were
to drop a hint Just to let me know
which side of this question yon are
pleased to favor" “No Jesting I
roared the trooper - "Declare your
principles or die!" "Then" shouted
Levlngstone "I will not die with a
lie In my mouth! American 1 — to the
extremity yon spalpeen! So do your
worst I "Yon art an honest fellowl"
laughed the horseman "Wo art
friends and 1 rejoice to meet a man
faithful as you art to the cans of
your country I” — New York Evening
Tost Magnate “
NATIONS BIRTHDAY
by
Duncan M Smith
AU kail Ike day we selekrale
Fraaa early le Ike meenlsg
Until wkee dark kaa stared area ad
7k midnight kell gives waralag
We celckrele lUI we are were
le kedy mlad eed pocket
Tke firecracker felly ket
Aed seed ale ft tke reaket
7k day a wklck ear falker slgeed
7k tkrillieg Declared
Aad gev eate tke walliag werld
A pretty kread-eew Bailee
Tke dey we aerified Jeke Bull
Tket stamp eed tea-tea grafter
Tkat we weuld r ear little skew
Wilkeut kts aid kereafler
Tke day w lauacked tke skip ef stele
Witk noisy spseckifyiag
Tke forces ef tke metker Is ad
le striegant teeea dsfyieg
Aed I eld ourselves we were grew up
Aed fully uuu eed twenty
Aed wkat we’d do le eeyeee
Okjectieg weuld ke pleaty
Tkee let tke voice we lift ke not
Eefeebled or kalf hearted
Skew we appreciate tke mea
Who got this kusieess storied
Aed let us raise eleft tke flag
Witk starry emblem clustered
For tkis is eue ef tkose rare days
Tkat cuts a let of mustard
I® lJl Wmtrrn Nawapapar L'sloa)
Rochambeau’s
Splendidgl
Service
A study of parallels serves to es-
tablish the fact seemingly forgotten
that Rochamliean rendered no minor
aid but was the Immediate Instru-
ment of Providence for the triumph
of the sacred cause of freedom Just
as Pershing and his army were the
final weapon of Foch to smite the
oppressor writes Margaret B Down-
ing In the Catholic World From the
military standpoint then there can be
no controversy over the success with
which the commnnder-ln-chlef of the
French allied army executed the be-
nevolent Intentions of hts king
Rochambeau however too often fig-
ures In the American mind solely as
a symbol of the friendship of France
gained through painful weary efforts
of Franklin Jefferson and other great
fathers of thd republic He is a figure
to fill the canvas no matter who takes
up the brush to paint him Wash-
ington shows him as the honest col-
league nnd dependable ally from the
moment he set foot on American solL
In his greeting to the commander of
the Colonial forces the French gen-
eral wrote: “I send you a copy of
my Instructions as well for I feel that
TO RESTORE- MORRIS VAULT
Memorial Tablet Also Will Bo Plaeed
on Resting Place of Supporter -of
Washington
After more thnn half a century the
burial vault of Gouvemeur Morris In
the yard of St Aun’s church New
York city Is tobe restored and a
memorial tablet placed
Gouvemeur Morris who was bom
January SO 1752 Is credited with
writing the final draft of the Con-
otat'on of the United States Morris
was elected to the Continental' coo-
gresa when twenty-five years old and
soon became one of Washington’s
ablest supporters lie took an active
pert in the preparation of the Con-
stitution and though according to
Theodore Roosevelt many of his the-
ories were rejected he remained one
of Its warmest advocates He was
also active In the framing of the Con-
stitution of the state of New York
During the French revolution Goa-
veraeur Morris was minister pleni-
potentiary to France and waa a targe
At Historio Salem Bridge
Here the First Armed Resistance to
Royal Authority Was Mads by ths Pa-
triotic Colonists
If we are to co-operate usefully 1
must have no secrets from my gen-
eral" In the late days of February
17§4 w hen TVashlngton another CIn-
clnnatus was busy with the cares of j
husbandry about Mount Vernon and
Rochambeau honored by his king al-
so for the nonce rested on his sword
he wrote that Immortal eulogy to his
former associate which may be found
graven on the statue of tlie French
hero In Jackson square Washington
“We have been contemporaries and
friends In the cause of Liberty and
we have lived together as brothers
should in harmonious friendship"
There Is one splendid saying handed
down by the loyal Closen Wien
France danced madly In the red
stream after she had executed her
Bourbon ktng and his Ilapsburg con
sort Rochambeau last marshal of
France under the dynasty gathered
his bewildered army and offered his
services to the awful tribunal His
old friends and aristocratic kindred
reproached him for making peace with
the enemy and hinted at unworthy
motives Then the hero of Yorktown
and of a half-century of wars drew
himself up haughtily and flinging his
sword on high he exclaimed:
“France! whoever rules her my best
and my alL"
Famous Old Church
Christ Church' Boston from an
Etching by A H Haig This Church
Is More Familiarly Known as ths Old
North Church Made Famous by Paul
Revere
power In forming the early ties be-
tween this country and France His-
tory also credits him with being the
projector of the Erie canal
Morrlsanla the old manor 6f the
Morris family originally consisted of
1920 acres In what Is now the Bronx
New York city On the estate all
the members of the Morris family
many of them famous In Colonial and
Revolutionary history were buried
In 1806 after the completion of SL
Ann's church they were removed to
the vault they now occupy
Many Farmer Patriot
The farmers among the I'eclaratloo
signers were Carter Braxton of Vlr- I
pinla William Floyd of New York
Benjamin Harrison of Virginia John j
llart of New Jersey Stephen Hopkins I
of Rhode Island Francis Light foot
Lee of West Virginia and Lewis Mor-1
ris of New York Carter Braxton of
Virginia recorded his occupation aa
that of a “planter" but Benjamin liar-
rtsfln also of Virginia and a planter
and grower of Importance la tba
James river country described hit
aetf as a farmer
lAroYca AHVcmOut?
Da yee sufler daily Wkaake sod
Slabbing HIM I— I Ml Ud
putted f Vee akooMs tl Ye west le
be wvll sod tke kart way to r U
ta le ftsd wkat b making yee M so
kadljr You akoold look tkee to yoor
kidney- Wkee tk knlooys weak
yoo toiler backache rkeoaielie paioa
sod oriaary irregulortuee: your head
sc bee yoo are tired oervooa aed do
era wad Help tke treakcoed ki-lnaya
Euhpooe’s FWory till Dose
kave helped tkeooMela They ehould
I kelp yoo All rmr a tighter I
A Kmum Cbm
Joseph TrflaooW
Mate W Ute'IIO
Kobo any: "Ibl
e good do ol of
troakla urtih mv
back which pained
mast ef the time I
couldn't etoop over
or otrolahuo up
without sheeting
pains going ell ever I
toe 1 know my kid- I
I pert wore not acting tl annuia
I and whea 1 beard about ba
ney Ptllo I decided ta trjr them They
I cured mo of tbo trouble
Cat Doaoh a Aae oBa '
DOAN S !!
I POflTEB-MUJURN CO BUFFALO A Y
BETTER
DEAD
Life it a burden whea the body
is racked with pein Everything
worries and the victim becomes
despondent and downhearted To
bring b the sunshine take
COLDISDAL
The National Remedy ef Holland for over
200 years it la an enemy ef all pains tn
gulfing from kidney liver and uric add
troubles AU druggists three alios -Leak
for tke mm Cold Medal oo every kos
Girls! Girls!!
Clear Your Skin
With Cuticura
Seep2Sc Qatar 2S aJ5dtTclf 2St
She Tried te Be Agreeable
Sea Captain (Introducing friend to
his old aunt)—' This Is my old friend
Barker be lives on the Canary Is-
lands “How Interesting" murmured old
auntie and gathering all her wits
she adds: “Then of course you
sing"
I CUSTOMS FIFTY YEARS 460
Who among ns would say to-day “I
l never use a Dentifrice I never have to?
Yet Fifty years ago odd as it may seem
not one person in 1000 used a Dentifrice—
or even a tooth brush
So to-day after more than 30 years of
persistent publicity of Allen’s Foot“Ease
the Antiseptic Powder for the Feet not
many well-turned-out people care to con-
fess “You know I never have to use a
Powder for the Feet!”
More than One Million five hundred
thousand pounds of Powder for the Feet
were used by our Army- and Navy during
the war
The reason b this: Incasing and confining
the feet in Leather or Canvas Shoes is
bound to create friction more or less
Allen’s Foot Ease remove the friction
from the shoe and freshens the feet It
b thb friction which causes smarting cal-
louses corns and bunions You know what
friction does to your motor-car axle Why
not remove it from your footwear by Shak-
ing into your Shoes today Allen’s Foot1
Ease the cleanly wholesome healing An-
I tiseptic powder? Get the habit as millions
now have it
' Non to Spare
Government Index figures of health-
fulness are above ninety but they re
I late to horses cattle and swine 'What
Index figure would fit the children? —
Boston Transcript
Clgairetito
' No clgarotto has
the lamo dollcloua
flavor as Lucky
Strike Decause
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