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Editorial
July 4, 1867
The Wheeling Daily Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Satirical editorial on the Fourth of July anniversary, noting the exhaustion of liberty's original blessings and cynical celebration amid the Fortieth Congress, with no paper issued tomorrow.
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The Anniversary.
To-day, we learn, is the birth-day of freedom. It will be commemorated as the anniversary of the occasion when sundry respectable gentlemen of the last century laid in a stock of the blessings of liberty, for themselves and their posterity, of which blessings the posterity have been so prodigal that the original supply is pretty well exhausted.
The day will be very generally celebrated, much, we suppose, on the principle that people observe Washington's birthday, as the anniversary of that which in its time was very great, but which unfortunately, is now very dead.
Like all other Christian patriots, the folks of the REGISTER "will go through the motions" and join the general jubilation out of respect for the custom, saying nothing of their sad misgivings as to the propriety of jubilees about liberty in a country that is cursed with the Fortieth Congress. No paper will be issued from this office to-morrow.
To-day, we learn, is the birth-day of freedom. It will be commemorated as the anniversary of the occasion when sundry respectable gentlemen of the last century laid in a stock of the blessings of liberty, for themselves and their posterity, of which blessings the posterity have been so prodigal that the original supply is pretty well exhausted.
The day will be very generally celebrated, much, we suppose, on the principle that people observe Washington's birthday, as the anniversary of that which in its time was very great, but which unfortunately, is now very dead.
Like all other Christian patriots, the folks of the REGISTER "will go through the motions" and join the general jubilation out of respect for the custom, saying nothing of their sad misgivings as to the propriety of jubilees about liberty in a country that is cursed with the Fortieth Congress. No paper will be issued from this office to-morrow.
What sub-type of article is it?
Satire
Partisan Politics
Constitutional
What keywords are associated?
Fourth Of July
Anniversary Of Freedom
Liberty Exhausted
Fortieth Congress
Satirical Commentary
What entities or persons were involved?
Fortieth Congress
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Cynical Reflection On Fourth Of July Amid Political Discontent
Stance / Tone
Satirical And Cynical
Key Figures
Fortieth Congress
Key Arguments
Posterity Has Exhausted The Original Supply Of Liberty's Blessings
Celebrations Observe A Now Dead Ideal Like Washington's Birthday
Misgivings About Jubilations For Liberty Under The Fortieth Congress