The Memorable Fourth.
fWa<Kato times.] The Fourth of July is a red letter day m the annals of the whole civilized world. In British countries the day is inauspicious, not because it reminds us of the defeat of our arms — we trust we are now sufficiently enlightened to look buck upon that calamity with equanimity — but because it is associated so closely with our commercial concerns, anr* especially banking affairs, as to b ■ a day suited rather for putting on sackooth and ashes than for merry-making . [t is a ereat pily that (he fathers of the American Republic did not put off the most important; ceremony of the fourth oiJuly, 1776, for a we^k or so, and thus give after-generations of Britishers a chance to chime m with their descendants m celebrating the " birthday of liberty."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 186, 13 July 1883, Page 2
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136The Memorable Fourth. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 186, 13 July 1883, Page 2
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