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Domestic News July 13, 1804

The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser

Washington, District Of Columbia

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On July 4, 1804, over 200 Republicans gathered at Boston's Faneuil Hall to celebrate Independence Day with a procession escorted by the Washington Infantry, patriotic toasts honoring Jefferson and others, and sentiments expressing anti-Federalist views, chaired by Hon. James Bowdoin.

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BOSTON, July 5, 1804.

GLORIOUS ANNIVERSARY.

"Citizens, Citizens, no art, nor intrigue, must ever obliterate from your mind, nor from those of your children, the virtuous design of this commemoration."

YESTERDAY there was a republican Triumph at Faneuil Hall, where upwards of two hundred Citizens assembled to celebrate our political emancipation. The procession was escorted by the Washington Infantry, under the command of Capt. Joseph Loring. The meeting was conducted with decorum appropriate to the great occasion. The Hon. JAMES BOWDOIN, Esq. was in the chair, and the day passed away in a Succession of sentiments, replete with genuine patriotism. It was a glorious spectacle of those men, who retain the spirit of '75, and it was particularly honorable, in being displayed and enjoyed in the metropolis of Massachusetts, where an insidious and baneful party, have been employed, during the last ten years, in the endeavour to introduce the elements of an aristocracy under various, specious disguises.

The enthusiasm that accompanied the verbal honors that were paid to a Jefferson, Samuel Adams, a Hancock, &c. were highly energetic; and the consequent despair to the Anglo Federal party must be proportioned to the ardour of the Republicans of Massachusetts; many, very many, have been the attempts of the enemies of equal rights, to neutralize the public opinion in regard to the true interests of liberty; but the rapturous consequences of this day, will eclipse even the appearance of such a hope from their minds. Not the day, when our beloved President's Declaration of Independence was first promulgated; nor the august day, when a ratification of the Independence was received from the proud but sullen Court of Britain, could produce more unequivocal and joyful demonstrations, in behalf of that independence, than were evinced yesterday by the respectable association in Faneuil Hall.

The following are the leading sentiments which were given on this gladdening event. It will be observed that they are not clouded with mystery, to give a half concealment to the meaning of the mind, as has been customary with the Federalists; who seditiously interweave one word for the prosperity of America, amid twenty for the prosperity of Great Britain. No! They were pure, determined, comprehensive and honorable; such as the hallowed shade of a WASHINGTON would approve, and such as the real friends of our Independence, as a nation, would have engraved in letters of gold. They were not given, like the voice of the Demon, with an intention to betray the hearers into wretchedness, but in the love of human kind, and with a view to enlarge their individual sphere of happiness, and the common good of the empire.

1. THE DAY—Let it be regarded by republicans as their political Sabbath: ever to be remembered and kept holy—13 guns.

2. The People—May those who believe them perverse and refractory, be ever exempt from the burthen of ruling them—7 guns.

3. The American States United and indivisible—Whom interest, honor and compact have joined together, let none presume to put asunder—17 guns.

4. Our beloved President THOMAS JEFFERSON, whose eulogy is proclaimed in the prosperity of his country and the despair of her enemies—9 guns.

5. The federal Constitution—They who attempt to demolish the pillars of this temple should remember, in its fall, their ruin is inevitable—7 guns.

6. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts; a speedy recovery, by the best and only means, of her wonted eminence and distinction in the union—7 guns.

7. The State of New Hampshire—May her regeneration to the true faith, awaken the penitence, and quicken the conversion of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Delaware—7 guns.

8. Quiet repose to the "Sleeping Sampsons of New-England," and perfect security to the few harmless locks which are yet unshorn by the saucy Philistines—1 gun and a Dirge.

9. The American Navy; equal rights to all nations on the surface of the ocean, and the bottom of it, to those who would usurp its entire dominion—7 guns and three cheers.

10. The American Army: arrayed to protect by their valor in the field, the victories acquired by wisdom in the cabinet—7 guns.

11. The federal Judiciary—May the sanctuary of justice never be outraged by the oppressor's wrong, or the madman's profanity—5 guns.

12. The 5th of November, like the 4th of July; let it be a day of joy and triumph to the People, of disappointment and disaster, to their adversaries—19 guns.

13. Congress—Patriotic in principle, wise in deliberation, irresistible in decision—5 guns.

14. Our fellow-citizens the American seamen, native or adopted; volunteers not slaves—4 guns and 3 cheers.

15. ELY's Amendment—Let us listen to the prophetic admonitions of Washington, and "indignantly frown on this first dawning of an attempt to alienate one portion of our country from the rest."—Dirge.

16. GENERAL TICKET OUT—GENERALLED; or the managers managed in the Electoral Lottery—2 guns.

17. The proscribed Patriots of 75, who broke the chains which were forged for their country and hurled them at their tyrants—9 guns.

VOLUNTEERS.

By Dr. Eustis—Madison, Gallatin, Dearborn, Smith—honor, honesty, justice and integrity.

By Dr. Jarvis—Perish the dastard that will not support his friend; Our sister state Virginia, which never deserted this state on a single revolutionary question.

By B. Austin, jr. Esq.—Democracy, accurately defined and virtuously practiced.

By G. Blake, Esq.—The body politic; nourished and strengthened by wholesome correctives, but uncontaminated by the poisons of quacks and impostors.

By James Prince, Esq.—The federal plot lately contrived to blow up the republicans, on the 5th of November; may it prove as disastrous to them as the powder plot did to the Roman Catholics.

By Major Brazer—"Old South;" may the principle of equal rights, so energetically supported by that consistent republican be held in everlasting remembrance.

By Col. Gardner—The militia of Massachusetts; they were the first to assert their rights, may they be the last to abandon them.

What sub-type of article is it?

Celebration Politics

What keywords are associated?

Independence Day Faneuil Hall Republican Celebration Boston Jefferson Toast Patriotic Sentiments

What entities or persons were involved?

James Bowdoin Joseph Loring Thomas Jefferson Samuel Adams John Hancock George Washington Dr. Eustis Dr. Jarvis B. Austin, Jr. G. Blake James Prince Major Brazer Col. Gardner

Where did it happen?

Boston, Massachusetts

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Boston, Massachusetts

Event Date

July 4, 1804

Key Persons

James Bowdoin Joseph Loring Thomas Jefferson Samuel Adams John Hancock George Washington Dr. Eustis Dr. Jarvis B. Austin, Jr. G. Blake James Prince Major Brazer Col. Gardner

Outcome

successful republican celebration with patriotic toasts, enthusiasm for independence, and expressions of despair for the federalist party.

Event Details

Over 200 citizens assembled at Faneuil Hall for a procession escorted by the Washington Infantry under Capt. Joseph Loring, chaired by Hon. James Bowdoin, featuring sentiments and toasts honoring independence, Jefferson, and Republican ideals, with guns, cheers, and dirges.

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