... Several amendments were proposed, but after a deal of confusion aind uproar the original proposition was tarried. Independence Day was celebrated on Wednesday throughout the United Stales. At Woodstock, Conseeticut, Senator Blaine delivered a speech ...

... reasons which will satisfy the Southerners that they are the real inheritors of the treili• tions of 1776, and that if Independence-day is to be kept up they alone have the right to it. Nor will they be deficient in the matter of speechmaking. They will ...

... dullness, • 4th of July celebration comes to rune. for • moment, the calm surface of political life. We are aware how wildly Independence-day is annually celebrated in the United States, and how anxious Americans have been to give political significance to the ...