Our American Holidays INDEPENDENCE DAY Our American Holidays INDEPENDENCE DAY ITS CELEBRATION, SPIRIT, AND SIGNIFICANCE AS RELATED IN PROSE AND VERSE EDITED BY ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER [Illustration] NEW YORK MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY 1912 COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY NEW YORK _Published, February, 1912_ CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE 7 NOTE 9 INTRODUCTION 11 I CELEBRATION THE GREAT AMERICAN HOLIDAY _Anonymous_ 21 THE NATION’S BIRTHDAY _Mary E. Vandyne_ 22 HOW THE FOURTH OF JULY SHOULD BE CELEBRATED _Julia Ward Howe_ 24 II SPIRIT AND SIGNIFICANCE ENGLAND AND AMERICA _James Bryce_ 39 THE BIRTHDAY OF THE NATION _Daniel Webster_ 40 THE FOURTH OF JULY _Charles Leonard Moore_ 42 LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS _Anonymous_ 42 ENGLAND AND THE FOURTH OF JULY _W. T. Stead_ 46 SOME EARLY INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESSES 47 THE FOURTH OF JULY _Charles Sprague_ 53 OUR NATIONAL ANNIVERSARY _A. H. Rice_ 54 AMERICA’S NATAL DAY _James Gillespie Blaine_ 55 CRISES OF NATIONS _Dr. Foss_ 56 THE FOURTH OF JULY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY _Phillips Brooks_ 56 III BEFORE THE DAWN OF INDEPENDENCE AMERICA RESENTS BRITISH DICTATION _Henry B. Carrington_ 61 SPEECH OF JAMES OTIS 62 INDEPENDENCE A SOLEMN DUTY 64 AN APPEAL FOR AMERICA _William Pitt_ 66 CONCILIATION OR WAR 69 “WAR IS ACTUALLY BEGUN” _Patrick Henry_ 72 EMANCIPATION FROM BRITISH DEPENDENCE _Philip Freneau_ 76 IV